Early Career Ambassador
RIVERS BULKELEY Virginia
University Hospital Southampton
United Kingdom
Advanced Practice Pelvic Health Physiotherapist and NIHR Pre-doctoral Clinical Academic Fellow
Virginia is an Advanced Practice Pelvic Health Physiotherapist and NIHR Pre-doctoral Clinical Academic Fellow, with a specialist clinical and research focus on the management of persistent pelvic pain. She graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2008, holds an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (Pelvic Health), awarded with distinction, and is currently developing her doctoral research to examine healthcare inequalities in access to NHS services for persistent pelvic pain.
Virginia contributes nationally to Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy (POGP) as the outgoing Chair of the Mesh Centres Committee and as an active member of its Education and Training Subcommittee and Research Network. In recognition of her impact, she was awarded the POGP’s Anne Bird Award for Excellence in 2024. Virginia has presented nationally and internationally on physiotherapy’s role in the contemporary management of persistent pelvic pain.
Virginia was selected as a World Endometriosis Society Early Career Ambassador in 2025.