Our people

Associate Investigators

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  Professor Nadia Badawi

  Macquarie Group Foundation Chair of Cerebral Palsy

  Cerebral Palsy Alliance.

  Neonatologist, Medical Director

  Grace Centre for Newborn Care, Westmead

  

  Dr Katherine Benfer

  NHMRC Early Career Fellow

  Qld Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation & Research Centre, Child Health Research Centre

  

  A/Professor Tracy Comans

  NHMRC Boosting Dementia Res Fellow

  Centre for Health Services Research

  

  Dr Hayley Smithers-Sheedy

  Research Fellow

  Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney

  

  Professor Jane Valentine

  Head of Department and Clinical Lead of Paediatric Rehabilitation

  Princess Margaret Hospital for Children Western Australia

  Associate Professor

  University of Western Australia, School of Paediatrics and Child Health

  

  Professor Robert Ware

  Professor, School of Medicine

  Griffith University

  

  Dr Koa Whittingham

  NHMRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, QCPRRC

  Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland

  

  Anne McKenzie AO

  Manager, Community Engagement

  Telethon Kids Institute

  

  Professor Andrea Guzzetta

  Professor

  University of Pisa, Stella Maris Infant Lab for Early Intervention

Chief Investigators

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  Professor Roslyn Boyd

  Scientific Director, Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre

  Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland

  

  Professor Iona Novak

  Head of Research, Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute

  School of Medicine, The University of Sydney

  

  Associate Professor Michael Fahey

  Director of Neurogenetics, Monash Paediatrics

  Monash University

  Head of Child Neurology

  Monash Children’s Hospital

  

  Professor Paul Colditz

  Director of the Perinatal Research Centre

  The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research

  

  Dr Sarah McIntyre

  Senior Research Fellow and NHMRC Early Career Fellow

  Cerebral Palsy Alliance, University of Sydney

  

  Dr Jurgen Fripp

  Senior Postdoctoral Fellow

  CSIRO

  

  A/Prof. Leanne Sakzewski

  Senior Research Fellow

  Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland

  

  Professor Catherine Elliott

  Chair of Allied Health, Child and Adolescent Health Service, School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work

  Curtin University

  

  Professor Rod Hunt

  Professor for paediatrics, Monash Children's Hospital

  

  A/Professor Suzie Miller

  Professor (Research), Obstetrics & Gynaecology Monash Health

  Deputy Director of The Ritchie Centre at Monash University

  

  Dr Cathy Morgan

  Research Fellow

  Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute

Clinical Care & Associate Research Network

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  Ms Megan Kentish

  Program Director & Physiotherapist, Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service

  Children's Health Queensland

  

  Dr Priya Edwards

  Director, Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service and Clinical Director, Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre

  Children's Health Queensland

  

  Dr Mary Clare Waugh

  CRE: Australasian Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trials Network

  

  Russel Dale

  CRE: Australasian Cerebral Palsy Clinical Trials Network

  

  Associate Professor Michael Fahey

  Director of Neurogenetics, Monash Paediatrics

  Monash University

  Head of Child Neurology

  Monash Children’s Hospital

  

  Associate Professor Remo N. Russo

  Head of Research, Paediatric Rehabilitation Department

  Women's and Children's Health Network

  

  Professor Jane Valentine

  Head of Department and Clinical Lead of Paediatric Rehabilitation

  Princess Margaret Hospital for Children Western Australia

  Associate Professor

  University of Western Australia, School of Paediatrics and Child Health

  

  Associate Professor Barry Rawicki

  

  Dr James Rice

  

  Professor Peter SW Davies

  Director, Children's Nutrition Research Centre

  Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland

  

  Professor Susan Stott

  Professor of Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

  University of Auckland, New Zealand

  Clinical Director

  Department of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Starship Children’s Hospital NZ

  

  Associate Professor Anthony Smith

  Centre for Online Health

  Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland

  

  Professor Andrea Guzzetta

  Professor

  University of Pisa, Stella Maris Infant Lab for Early Intervention

  

  Professor Morrison Euan Wallace AM

  Clinical Director, Ritchie Centre for Women's Health Research

  Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Monash University

  

  Dr Joanne George

  Advanced Research Physiotherapist

  Qld Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation & Research Centre, Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Lee Barber

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre

  Child Health Research Centre

Postdoctoral Researchers

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  Dr Cathy Morgan

  Research Fellow

  Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute

  

  Dr Sarah McIntyre

  Senior Research Fellow and NHMRC Early Career Fellow

  Cerebral Palsy Alliance, University of Sydney

  

  Dr Koa Whittingham

  NHMRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, QCPRRC

  Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland

  

  Dr Katherine Benfer

  NHMRC Early Career Fellow

  Qld Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation & Research Centre, Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Hayley Smithers-Sheedy

  Research Fellow

  Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney

  

  Dr Sian Williams

  Senior Lecturer

  Curtin University

  

  Dr Kerstin Pannek

  Academic Title Holder

  Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre

  

  Dr Michelle Jackman

  Research Occupational Therapist

  Qld Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation & Research Centre, Child Health Research Centre

  

  Dr Christian Redd

  Research Fellow

  CSIRO; Qld Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation & Research Centre

  

  Dr Sarah Reedman