Emmanuel Bonney (PhD)

Emmanuel Bonney, PhD is a paediatric neurophysiotherapist with expertise in motor development, motor skills assessment, and intervention in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). He is known for his work in motor learning, exergaming and sensori-motor interventions in children with DCD. Dr. Bonney’s recent work focuses on understanding motor behaviour and developing targeted interventions for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families. Much of this work involves children and adolescents in low socio-economic communities.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded Dr. Bonney funding to investigate neurodevelopmental trajectories among infants and toddlers in Uganda through the Fogarty Global Health Scholars Programme. To further autism research, Dr. Bonney is collaborating with colleagues from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, to create new screening models for clinicians and researchers working in low- and middle-income countries. 

His work at the Department of Physiotherapy involves teaching and continued research in developmental motor neuroscience, DCD, autism and aspects of physical health (i.e. physical activity, fitness and obesity). He is an active clinician and presents to both academic and practitioner audiences locally and internationally. He is also very interested in graduate training for health professionals and other clinical researchers in motor behaviour, DCD, autism and related fields.