Discipline Theme Leaders

The ICN’s discipline themes bring together international experts who are advancing the science and application of N-of-1 trials and single-case designs across healthcare and research. Each theme supports collaboration, knowledge exchange and the development of resources within its discipline while contributing to the broader ICN community.

Jane Nikles

Medicine

A/Professor Jane Nikles is a registered medical practitioner and clinical researcher. She has extensive experience applying N-of-1 trials to evaluate treatments for a wide range of medical conditions, including Parkinson’s disease, chronic pain, ADHD, osteoarthritis and rare diseases.

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Suzanne McDonald

Psychology

Dr Suzanne McDonald is a chartered psychologist specialised in health psychology. She has extensive experience applying N-of-1 trials and single-case designs to understand health behaviours, evaluate personalised interventions and study chronic disease symptoms.

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Kerrie Evans

Physiotherapy

Dr Kerrie Evans is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and researcher with extensive experience applying N-of-1 trials to support personalised care for people with neck pain, low back pain and other musculoskeletal conditions. Her research focuses on improving patient outcomes through individualised assessment and treatment.

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Veronique Chachay

Nutrition

Dr Veronique Chachay is a Nutrition Scientist with extensive experience applying N-of-1 trials and single-case designs to investigate individual responses to dietary interventions and advance rigorous, personalised nutrition research. Her work spans weight management, metabolic health and precision nutrition.

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Hortensia Gimeno

Occupational Therapy

Dr Hortensia Gimeno is a Clinical Reader in Child Health Research at Queen Mary University of London and Associate Director of Therapies Research at Barts Health NHS Trust. She has experience applying single-case experimental designs to evaluate rehabilitation interventions and improve outcomes for children and young people with movement disorders.

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Sandra Grace

Complementary Medicine

Professor Sandra Grace is a Professor of Osteopathy and Integrative Medicine at Southern Cross University. She has extensive experience applying N-of-1 trials to evaluate complementary and integrative healthcare interventions, supporting evidence-based practice, strengthening models of care, and advancing high-quality personalised patient care.

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James McGree

Statistics

Professor James McGree is a statistician with extensive experience developing and applying statistical methods for N-of-1 trials. His research focuses on Bayesian statistics, clinical trial design and computational algorithms, and he has contributed to methodological developments that support personalised healthcare research.

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Digital Health

Dr Suzanne McDonald is a research methodologist with extensive experience applying digital N-of-1 methods to identify personalised symptom patterns, symptom triggers and individual treatment responses using wearable technologies, apps and person-generated health data.

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Suzanne McDonald