Dr Tim Drew is a Non-Clinical Lecturer within the Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery and is also the Distance Learning Coordinator. Dr Drew is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and holds a PhD in Medical Physics from Dundee University, which he completed in 1993, and is a state-registered scientist and chartered engineer. He has extensive experience of the design of medical and laboratory instrumentation, both within the NHS and University sectors. His research interests include the design, development and evaluation of orthopaedic implants and instrumentation.

A numerical model of an intensive care ventilator-humidifier system, Drew TS, Vardy S, Tarnow-Mordi W, Lerski R. Medical Engineering and Physics vol. 18 pp251-261 (1996). A microprocessor-controlled psychomotor tester for minimal access surgery, Hanna GB, Drew TS, Clinch P, Hunter B, Shimi S, Dunkley MP, Cuschieri A. Surgical Endoscopy vol. 10 pp 965-969 (1996). Psychomotor skills for endoscopic manipulations - differing abilities between right and left handed individuals, Hanna GB, Drew TS, Clinch P, Shimi S, Dunkley MP, Hau CM, Cuschieri A. Ann Surg. (1997):225:333-338. Technology for psychomotor skills testing in endoscopic surgery, Hanna G, Drew TS, Cuscheri A. Semin Lap Surg. (1997):4:120-124. A two-staged method of radiological and multimodal neurophysiological localization of thalamic and pallidal targets, Forster A, Drew TS, Tulley M, Latimer M, Varma TRK. XII meeting of the world society for stereotactic and functional neurosurgery (1997). Total radiated power, infra red output and heat generation by cold light sources at the distal end of endoscopes and fibre optic bundle of light cables, Hensman G, Hanna GB, Drew TS, Moseley H, Cuscheri A. Surg Endo. (1998):12:335-337. Improved control of gas humidity in neonatal intensive care ventilators, Drew TS, Vardy A. Physiol Meas. (1998):19:427-440. Core cutter for harvesting cortical bone grafts for reconstructions of the ossicular chain, Mills RP, Drew TS. Ann R. Coll Surg Engl, (1999) 81:2, 124-6 A new method of fixation in osteoporotic bone, a preliminary report, Drew TS, Allcock P. Journal of Injury, (2002) 33:685-689 Pilot study of a device for measuring instrument forces during endoscopic sinus surgery, White P, Nassif R, Saleh H, Drew TS. Acta Otolaryngol, (2004) 176-178. Do you get value for money when you buy an expensive pair of running shoes? Arnold GP, Drew TS, Cochrane LA, Abboud RJ. British Journal of Sports Medicine (2008). The Pedar system: normal in-shoe pressure values during gait, Putti AB, Arnold GP, Cochrane LA, Drew TS, Abboud RJ. Clinical Biomechanics (2008), 23:688. The use of in-shoe pressure analysis in the evaluation of running shoes, Arnold GP, Cochrane LA, Drew TS, Abboud RJ. Clinical Biomechanics (2008). Development of force measurement system for clinical use in minimal access surgery George B. Hanna, Tim Drew, Graham Arnold, Morkos Fakhry,Alfred CuschieriSurgical Endoscopy, Volume 22, Number 2 / February, 2008 Mechanical vibration as a means of optimising cement micro interlock in cemented hip arthroplasty, Drew TS, Talih S, Theaker E, Henderson S. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, (2008), Vol 91-B, Issue SUPP_II, 294. Shoes influence lower limb muscle activity and may predispose the wearer to lateral ankle ligament, Kerr R, Arnold GP, Drew TS, Cochrane LA, Abboud RJ. Journal of Orthopaedic Research (2009). Does mechanical vibration optimize macro interlock in cemented arthroplasty? Talih S, Drew TS, Henderson S, Theaker E, Abboud RJ. Current Orthopaedic Practice: June (2009) - Volume 20 - Issue 3 - p 285-290. Trampoline-related injuries in children: a preliminary biomechanical model of multiple users. Simon Menelaws, Andrew R Bogacz, Tim Drew, Brodie C Paterson. published online July 28, 2010 Emerg Med J The effect of Varying Footwear Configuration on the Peroneus Longus Muscle Function following Inversion”. The Foot. A K Ramanathan, D T Wallace, G P Arnold, T S Drew, W Wang, R J Abboud Foot (Edinb). 2011 Mar;21(1):31-6. Epub 2010 Dec 10. The influence of shoe sole's varying thickness on lower limb muscle activity. AK Ramanathan, EJ Parish, GP Arnold, TS Drew, W Wang, RJ Abboud. Foot and Ankle Surgery. Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 218-223, December 2011 Permanent Deformation of Posterior Leaf-Spring Ankle-Foot Orthoses: A Comparison of Different Materials. E Kerr, K Moyes, GP Arnold, TS Drew. Journal of Prosthetics & Orthotics (2011), 23 (3), pp. 144-148.. Mechanisms of cervical spine injury in rugby union: a systematic review of the literature. Kuster D, Gibson JNA, Abboud RJ, Drew T. B J Sports Med. 2012; BJSM Online F, published on February 29,2012 as 10.1136/bjsport-2011-090360.