Our people

Academic

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  Professor Roslyn Boyd

  Professor and Scientific Director

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Associate Professor Leanne Sakzewski

  Deputy -Director (Occupational Therapy)

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Associate Professor Koa Whittingham

  Associate Professor - Senior Researcher (Psychologist)

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Kath Benfer

  NHMRC Early Career Fellow (Speech Pathologist)

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Sarah Reedman

  Research Fellow (Physiotherapist)

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Ellen Armstrong

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Jacqui Barfoot

  Research Clinician (Occupational Therapy)

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Andrea Burgess

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Occupational Therapy)

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Gaela Kilgour

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Grace Kirby

  Postdoctoral Research Officer

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Carly Luke

  Postdoctoral fellow - Research Physiotherapist

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Stina Oftedal

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  A/Prof Melek Volkan Yazici

  Visiting Academic - Assistant Professor

  Child Health Research Centre

Clinical

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  Ms Christine Finn

  Research Physiotherapist

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Mrs Lucy Fogarty

  Research Physiotherapist - Casual

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Mrs Anya Gordon

  HDR Student and Research Physiotherapist

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Ms Sarah Gibson

  Research Physiotherapist

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Mrs Kym Morris

  Research Physiotherapist

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Mrs Ellena Oakes

  Research Occupational Therapist

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Swetha Philip

  PhD Graduate and Opthamologist

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Ms Chloe Taifalos

  Research Physiotherapist

  

  Ms Hailey Williams

  Research Physiotherapist

Professional

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  Dr Ilaria Stefani

  General Manager

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Shaneen Leishman

  Clinical and Operations Manager

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Ms Jacquie Robinson

  Research Governance Officer

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Heledd Brown-Wright

  Clinical Research Coordinator

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Morgan Carlton

  Clinical Research Coordinator

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Pam Gabrovska

  Clinical Research Coordinator

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Ms Laura Gascoigne-Pees

  Clinical Trials Coordinator

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Ms Sarah Goodman

  Clinical Research Coordinator

  Child Health Research Centre

  Research Speech Pathologist

  

  Mr Eddie Hayes-Woods

  Clinical Research Coordinator

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Ms Laura Purcell

  Clinical Research Coordinator

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Maddison Taylor

  Clinical Research Coordinator

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Erin Murphy

  Administration Officer

  Child Health Research Centre

HDR students

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  Tommaso Biagioni, MD

  PhD Candidate and Developmental Paediatrician

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Linda Bonezzi, MD

  PhD Candidate and Developmental Paediatrician

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Ms Danielle Copplin

  Clinical Doctorate Candidate

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Mrs Anya Gordon

  HDR Student and Research Physiotherapist

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Lisa Hong, MD

  Staff Specialist Neonatologist and PhD Candidate

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Ms Sarah Lee

  PhD Candidate

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Simone Martin, MD

  HDR Student

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Andrea McGlade

  PhD Candidate and Developmental Paediatrician

  

  Ms Kate McLeod

  PhD candidate and Physiotherapist

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Ms Leeann Mick-Ramsamy

  PhD Candidate

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Mrs Karen Mistry

  HDR Student

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Ms Bianca Thompson

  PhD Candidate

  Child Health Research Centre

Research affiliates

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  Professor Paul Colditz

  Director Perinatal Research Centre

  UQ Centre for Clinical Research

  

  Professor Craig Munns

  Chair in Paediatrics and Director & Centre Director of Child Health Research Centre & Director, Child Health Research Centre and Head of Mayne Academy of Paediatrics

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Emeritus Professor Jenny Ziviani

  Professor in Occupational Therapy

  School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

  

  Professor Karen Barlow

  Chair in Paediatric Rehabilitation

  Child Health Research Centre

  Affiliate Associate Professor

  School of Biomedical Sciences

  

  Professor Honey Heussler

  Developmental and Behavioural Paediatrician

  Queensland Children's Hospital

  

  Dr Margot Bosanquet

  Adjunct A/Professor

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Amy Mitchell

  Early Career Research Fellow

  School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences

  

  Dr Kristie Bell

  Senior Lecturer

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Lee Barber

  Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy

  Griffith University

  

  Dr Denise Brookes

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  Child Health Research Centre

  

  A/Prof Mark Chatfield

  Biostatistician

  Centre for Health Services Research

  

  Dr Lisa Copeland

  Paediatrician

  Queensland Children's Hospital

  

  Dr Joanne George

  Advanced Research Physiotherapist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  

  Ms Megan Kentish

  Program Director

  Queensland Children's Hospital Paediatric Rehabilitation Service

  

  Dr Dayna Pool

  Clinical Lead

  

  Dr Jane Wotherspoon

  Educational and Developmental Psychologist

  

  Dr Syed Afroz Keramat

  Research Fellow/Senior Research officer

  Centre for Health Services Research