Governance
Several committees play an important role in informing the strategic direction and management of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS).
These committees consist of both academic and professional staff as well as postgraduate student representatives.
- School Executive Committee
- Clinical Education Strategy Committee
- External Engagement Committee
- Student Council Committee
- Research and Postgraduate Studies Committee
- Teaching and Learning Committee
- Health Safety and Wellness Committee
School Executive Committee
Purpose: To provide advice to the Head of School on strategic and operational matters.
Name | Position | Position in committee |
Head of School | Chair | |
School Manager | School Manager | |
Chair of Clinical Education Strategy Committee | Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy | |
Dr Michelle Smith | Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy | Chair of External Engagement Committee |
Dr Dion Scott | Principal Scientific Officer | Chair of Health, Safety and Wellness Committee |
Professor Paul Hodges | Professor, Physiotherapy and NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow | Chair of Research and Postgraduate Studies Committee |
Director, Teaching and Learning Committee | Chair of Teaching and Learning Committee | |
Head of Audiology | Head of Audiology | |
Professor Jenny Fleming | Head of Occupational Therapy | Head of Occupational Therapy |
Associate Professor Leanne Johnston | Head of Physiotherapy | Head of Physiotherapy |
Head of Speech Pathology | Head of Speech Pathology | |
Executive Assistant | Secretary |
Clinical Education Strategy Committee
Purpose: To position SHRS as a leader in quality clinical education through education and training of clinical educators, and preparation of students for global professional practice. The committee is made up of representatives from each discipline within SHRS (a mix of academic and professional staff) who meet every six to eight weeks.
Name | Position | Position in committee |
Chair | Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy | |
Dr Freyr Patterson | Deputy Chair | Lecturer, Occupational Therapy |
Academic staff member with responsibilities in clinical education | Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy Associate Professor, Physiotherapy | |
Representative of Clinical Education Unit | Clinical Education Liaison Manager | |
| Representative of Professional and Education Research Theme | Associate Professor, Speech Pathology Clinical Lecturer, Speech Pathology |
Ms Lauren Jeffery (on leave) | Representative of UQ Health and Rehabilitation Clinics Management team | Clinic Manager / Educator, Occupational Therapy Clinic Manager/ Educator, Audiology Clinic Manager/ Educator, Physiotherapy |
External Engagement Committee
Name | Position | Position in committee |
Dr Michelle Smith | Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy | Chair |
Ms Pascale Nijssen | School Manager | School Manager |
Dr Tomomi McAuliffe | Lecturer in Occupational Therapy | Staff representative - Occupational Therapy |
Associate Professor Joseph Kei | Associate Professor in Audiology | Staff representative – Audiology |
Dr Rebecca Armstrong | Lecturer in Speech Pathology | Staff representative – Speech Pathology |
Dr Michelle Smith | Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy | Staff representative – Physiotherapy |
Dr Brooke-Mai Whelan | Lecturer in Speech Pathology | Staff representative – Research committee |
Ms Wendy Hood | Clinical Education Liaison Manager | Staff representative - CELM |
Dr Jessica Hill | Lecturer in Occupational Therapy | Staff representative |
Associate Professor Joseph Kei | Associate Professor in Audiology | Portfolio lead – International |
Dr Barbra Timmer | Lecturer in Audiology | Portfolio lead – Marketing / communications |
Vacant | Vacant | Portfolio lead – Advancement |
Mrs Tracey Castle | Manager, Student and Academic Adminitration (SASU) | Manager, SASU |
Student Council Committee
Name | Position |
Head of School (Chair) | |
Teaching & Learning Committee Chair (Deputy Chair) | |
Ms Tracey Castle | Student and Academic Administration Manager (Secretary) |
Ms Inga Franks | Audiology, 2nd year student representative |
Vacant | Audiology, 1st year student representative |
Ms Jessica Papallo | Occupational Therapy – Year 3 UG |
Mr Russell Cheng | Occupational Therapy – Year 3 UG |
Ms Tiffany Davison | Speech Pathology – Year 4 UG |
Ms Taisha Paterson-Burr | Speech Pathology – Year 1 GEMS |
Nazzareno Russo | Physiotherapy – Year 2 GEMS |
Mr Hussan Al-Hashemy | Physiotherapy – Year 3 HONS (QPSA President) |
Research and Postgraduate Studies Committee
Purpose: Facilitates excellence in research by creating opportunities and providing support where required. The committee promotes the consolidation and expansion of research across all professions in the School at national and international levels. It does this through developing and monitoring research policy and procedures at a school level, keeping both staff and research higher degree students informed of change/innovations, encouraging applications for competitive research grants, promoting collaboration in research, reviewing performance indicators for research productivity, supporting and facilitating the educational experience of research higher degree students and working to increase postgraduate student enrolment. This group meets monthly.
Name | Position | Position in committee |
Professor, Physiotherapy and NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow | Chair and Director of Research | |
Professor, Speech Pathology and Vice-Chancellors T&R Fellowship | Deputy Chair and Director Research Training | |
Associate Professor, Biostatistics | Statistics Advisor | |
Professor Piers Dawes | Associate Professor, Physiotherapy | HRSS Coordinator |
Lecturer, Speech Pathology | Research Ethics Advisory and Liaison | |
NHMRC Research Fellow, Physiotherapy | Knowledge Translation and Impact | |
Lecturer, Speech Pathology | Engagement | |
Lecturer, Speech Pathology | Grant readership and Awards | |
Lecturer, Speech Pathology | Early Career Academic | |
Physiotherapy Conjoint Research Fellow | Conjoint Group | |
Vacant | Casual Clinical Educator & Lecturer, Physiotherapy |
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Lecturer, Occupational Therapy | SHRS Research Culture | |
Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy | Research and Engagement Themes | |
School Manager | School Manager | |
Senior Administration Officer | Secretary and Senior Administration Officer (Research) | |
Mr Chris Gibbons | HDR Liaison Officer | HDR Liaison Officer |
Ms Kimberley Garden | Student representative | Chair, Postgraduate Research Conference Committee |
Dr Marie-Pierre Cyr | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Physiotherapy | Research Incubator Program |
Teaching and Learning Committee
Purpose: To ensure that the School follows ‘best practice’ in the teaching of academic and clinical courses and in the structure of the programs that it offers. The Committee facilitates new teaching and learning innovations, ensures that the School adheres to university policies, procedures and rules, implements initiatives to enhance the student learning experience, and oversees and promotes staff academic and clinical teaching awards. The Committee meets approximately every six weeks throughout the year. It includes representatives from all professions within the School – Heads of Discipline, Program Directors, the School Manager, library representative, an external consultant to SHRS, portfolio representatives, and a postgraduate and undergraduate student representative.
Name | Position | Position in committee |
Director of Teaching and Learning | Char of Teaching & Learning Committee | |
Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy | Deputy Chair/PT UG Program Director | |
Head of Audiology | Head of Audiology | |
Head of Occupational Therapy | Head of Occupational Therapy | |
Associate Professor Leanne Johnston | Head of Physiotherapy | Head of Physiotherapy |
Head of Speech Pathology | Head of Speech Pathology | |
Lecturer, Occupational Therapy | OT UG Program Director | |
Associate Professor Jodie Copley | Lecturer, Occupational Therapy | OT GEMs Program Director/Inter-professional Education |
Dr Michelle Smith | Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy | PT GEMS Program Director/External Engagement |
Professor, Physiotherapy | PT PG Program Director | |
Dr Brooke-Mai Whelan | Lecturer, Speeach Pathology | SP UG Program Director |
Lecturer, Speech Pathology | SP GEMs Program Director/Professional Education Research Engagement | |
Associate Professor, Biostatistics | Research Program Coordinator | |
Associate Professor Martin Sale | Lecturer, Physiotherapy | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory |
Associate Professor Wayne Wilson | Lecturer, Audiology | Assessment |
Ms Ruth Dunwoodie | Clinical Education Liaison Manager | Clinical Education |
Ms Tracey Langfield (SBMS) | External Consultant | |
Mr Rachel Scott | HaBS Teaching and Learning Representative | |
Associate Professor Wayne Wilson | Lecturer, Audiology | Integrity Officer |
Mr Marcos Riba | Librarian, Learning and Research Services | Library Liaison |
Manager, Student and Academic Administration | Manager, Student and Academic Administration/Secretary | |
Mr Alan Gibson | Student Representative - UG | |
Mr Jayden Stokie | Student Representative - GEMs |
Health Safety and Wellness Committee
Purpose: To provide a forum for staff to identify and resolve health and safety problems, and to develop and monitor safe systems and procedures in the School. The committee addresses staff views on health and safety matters, and reviews and implements health and safety recommendations from the Faculty and University. This group meets every three months.
Name | Position | Position in committee |
Dr Dion Scott | Workplace Health & Safety Coordinator | Chair |
Vacant | Occupational Health and Safety Portfolio General Member | |
Ms Jodie Booth | Clinical Education Liaison Manager | Occupational Health and Safety Portfolio General Member |
Ms Kathryn Bulmer | Clinics Practice Manager | Occupational Health and Safety Portfolio General Member |
Ms Tracey Castle | Student and Academic Administration Manager | Occupational Health and Safety Portfolio General Member |
Vacant | Research Fellow | Occupational Health and Safety Portfolio General Member |
Vacant | PhD Student | Occupational Health and Safety Portfolio General Member |
Senior Research Fellow in Physiotherapy | Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenous Co-Lead | |
Associate Lecturer in Occupational Therapy | Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenous Co-Lead | |
Lecturer in Speech Pathology | Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenous Portfolio General Member | |
Mr Curtley Nelson | Associate Lecturer in Physiotherapy | Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenous Portfolio General Member |
Mr Carl Francia | Associate Lecturer in Physiotherapy | Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenous Portfolio General Member |
Ms Jodie Booth | Clinical Education Liaison Manager | Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenous Portfolio General Member |
Senior Research Fellow | Wellness Lead | |
Dr Hannah Gullo | Lecturer in Occupational Therapy | Wellness General Member |