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 Strategic Committee
- External Engagement Committee
- Student Council Committee
- Reconciliation, Equity and Inclusion (REI) 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 | |
Professor Paul Hodges | Research Committee | Director |
Research Training Committee | Director | |
Associate Professor Allie Mandrusiak | Teaching and Learning Committee | Director |
Dr Adriana Penman | Clinical Education Committee | Co-Chair |
Dr Freyr Patterson | Clinical Education Committee | Co-Chair |
Dr Michelle Smith | External Engagement Committee | Chair |
Dr Dion Scott | Health, Safety and Wellness Committee | Chair |
Associate Professor Carlie Driscoll | Head of Audiology | |
Professor Jenny Fleming | Head of Occupational Therapy | |
Associate Professor Martin Sale | Head of Physiotherapy | |
Associate Professor Anthony Angwin | Head of Speech Pathology | |
Ms Tanya Spresser | Secretary |
Clinical Education Strategic 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 |
Dr Adriana Penman | Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy | Chair |
Dr Freyr Patterson | Lecturer, Occupational Therapy | Chair |
Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy Associate Professor, Physiotherapy | Academic staff | |
Ms Jodie Booth | Clinical Education Liaison Manager | Representative of Clinical Education Unit |
| Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy | Representative of Professional and Education Research Theme |
Clinic Manager / Educator, Occupational Therapy Clinic Manager/ Educator, Audiology Clinic Manager/ Educator, Physiotherapy | UQHR Clinics |
External Engagement Committee
Name | Position | Position in committee |
Associate Professor Michelle Smith | Associate Professor in Physiotherapy | Chair |
Ms Pascale Nijssen | School Manager | |
Dr Tomomi McAuliffe | Lecturer in Occupational Therapy | Staff representative – Occupational Therapy |
Associate Professor Joseph Kei | A/Professor in Audiology | Staff representative – Audiology |
Dr Barbra Timmer | Lecturer in Audiology | Staff representative – Audiology |
Ms Lucy Hunter | Clinical Education Liaison Manager | Staff representative – Speech Pathology |
Vacant | Staff representative – Physiotherapy | |
Dr Carly Meyer | Senior Research Fellow | Staff representative – Research committee |
Ms Lucy Hunter | Clinical Education Liaison Manager | Staff representative - CELM |
Dr Jessica Hill | Lecturer in Occupational Therapy | Staff representative – Academic |
Associate Professor Joseph Kei | A/Professor in Audiology | Staff representative – Academic |
Dr Barbra Timmer | Lecturer in Audiology | Staff representative – Academic |
Mrs Jessica Sinclair | Manager, Student & Academic Admin | SASU Manager |
Student Council Committee
Name | Position | Position in committee |
Head of School | Chair | |
Associate Professor Allison Mandrusiak | Teaching & Learning Committee Chair | Deputy Chair |
Ms Jessica Sinclair | Student and Academic Administration Manager | Secretary |
Ms Victoria Posner | Student representative | Audiology – Year 2 |
Mr Joshua Wong | Student representative | Audiology – Year 1 |
Ms Haley Webster | Student representative | Occupational Therapy – Year 3 UG |
Ms Lucy Sullivan | Student representative | Occupational Therapy – Year 3 UG |
Ms Charlotte Hutchinson | Student representative | Speech Pathology – Year 3 UG |
Ms Teresa Nguyen | Student representative | Speech Pathology – Year 2 GEMS |
Mr Michael Haydok | Student representative | Physiotherapy – BPhty – 3rd year student |
Ms Kelcie Jessen | Student representative | Physiotherapy – MPhty – 2nd year student |
Reconciliation, Equity and Inclusion (REI) Committee
Name | Position | Position in committee |
Mrs Kathryn Martin | Associate Lecturer Occupational Therapy | Chair |
Dr Monique Waite | Lecturer in Speech Pathology | General Member |
Curtley Nelson | Associate Lecturer in Physiotherapy Indigenising Curriculum Working Group | General Member |
Carl Francia | Associate Lecturer in Physiotherapy | General Member |
Jodie Booth | Clinical Education Liaison Manager | General Member |
Kathryn Martin | Associate Lecturer in Occupational Therapy HaBS RAP - SHRS Representative | General Member |
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 | |
Associate Professor, Physiotherapy | HRSS Coordinator | |
Associate Professor Nerina Scarinci | Associate Professor, Speech Pathology | HRSS Coordinator |
Lecturer, Speech Pathology | Research Ethics Advisory and Liaison | |
NHMRC Research Fellow, Physiotherapy | Knowledge Translation and Impact | |
Professor Sally Bennet | Professor, Occupational Therapy | Knowledge Translation and Impact |
Lecturer, Speech Pathology | Engagement | |
Associate Professor Stephen Wilson | Associate Professor, Speech | Grant readership and Awards |
Dr David Klyne | Senior Research Fellow | Early Career Academic |
Associate Professor Jacki Liddle | Research Fellow OT & Conjoint Associate Professor | Conjoint Group |
Dr Marie-Pierre Cyr | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Physiotherapy | Research Incubator Program |
Dr Carly Meyer | Senior Research Fellow | SHRS Research Culture |
Conjoint Research Fellow | Research and Engagement Themes | |
Professor Nadine Foster | Director of Research and Education | STARS/ Clinical Trials |
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 |
Ms Nicole Rayner | Library Representative | |
Ms Emily Mahoney | Student Chair, SHRS Research Conference Committee | |
Dr Georgina Clutterbuck | ECR Chair, SHRS Research Conference Committee |
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 |
Associate Professor Mandrusiak | Director of Teaching and Learning | Chair of Teaching & Learning Committee |
Dr Adriana Penman | Senior Lecturer | Deputy Chair |
Head of Audiology | Head of Audiology | |
Head of Occupational Therapy | Head of Occupational Therapy | |
Associate Professor Martin Sale | Head of Physiotherapy | Head of Physiotherapy |
Associate Professor Anthony Angwin | 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 Roma Forbes | Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy | PT UG Program Director |
Dr Anna Hatton | Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy | PT GEMS Program Director |
Professor, Physiotherapy | PT PG Program Director | |
Dr Brooke-Mai Whelan | Lecturer, Speech Pathology | SP UG Program Director |
Lecturer, Speech Pathology | SP GEMs Program Director | |
Assessment Subcommittee / Integrity Officer
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Dr Felipe Retamal-Walter | Professional Education Research Engagement [as needed]
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Research Program Coordinator [as needed]
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Nominee | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory [as needed]
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Clinical Education (CESC) [as needed]
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Ms Tracey Langfield (SBMS) | External Consultant
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Rachel Scott | HaBS Teaching and Learning Representative
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Nicole Rayner | Library Liaison [as needed]
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| Manager, Student and Academic Administration/Secretary
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To rotate each year across professions (2023 = SP) | Student Representative – UG
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To rotate each year across professions (2023 = AUD) | Student Representative – GEMs
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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 | Principal Scientific Officer | Chair |
Dr Viana Vuvan | Academic | General Member (Health & Saftey) |
Jodie Booth | Clinical Education Liaison Manager | General Member (Health & Saftey) |
Ms Jessica Sinclair | Student and Academic Administration Manager | General Member (Health & Saftey) |
Vacant | Research Fellow | General Member (Health & Saftey) |
Carolin Bontrup | PhD Student | General Member (Health & Saftey) |
Dr Hannah Gullo | Lecturer in Occupational Therapy | Wellness Lead |
Dr Alana Dinsdale | Lecturer in Physiotherapy | General Member (Wellness) |