Dr Kirstine Shrubsole
NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Researcher biography
Dr Kirstine Shrubsole is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre. She holds a Bachelor of Speech Pathology (First Class Honours) from The University of Queensland, and completed her PhD in 2018. Kirstine has a research focus on improving implementation of evidence into practice in speech pathology and multidisciplinary services, with a special interest in stroke and aphasia rehabilitation. She has demonstrated that practice change is achievable for healthcare teams working in aphasia, leading to positive outcomes for patients, clinicians, and organisations.
Kirstine has published over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles, and has been awarded over $6 million in competitive research funding. Kirstine previously worked as the Conjoint Research Fellow in Speech Pathology (Princess Alexandra Hospital and The University of Queensland), providing research capacity building and mentoring to speech pathologists and supporting multidisciplinary research. Kirstine is the co-founder and Deputy Lead of the Collaboration of Aphasia Triallists' Implementation Science in Aphasia working group, and a research affiliate of the Centre for Research Excellence in Aphasia Rehabilitation and Recovery.
Kirstine is completing a NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellowship on the following topic:
She is a chief investigator on three MRFF grants, including:
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Unspoken, Unheard, Unmet: Improving Access to Preventative Health Care through Better Conversations about Care. Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) |
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Bridging the Digital Divide: Building Health Self-Efficacy through Communication-Accessible Online Environments Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) |
Book Chapter
Wallace, Sarah J., Shrubsole, Kirstine and Brady, Marian C. (2021). Treatment efficacy and therapy outcomes. Aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders. (pp. 129-158) edited by Ilias Papathanasiou, Patrick Coppens and Constantin Potagas. Burlington, MA United States: Jones and Bartlett Learning.
Journal Articles
Carr, John, Lane, Tayla, Naylor, Joshua, Orrock, Paul, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Vaughan, Brett and Jones, Emily (2024). ‘Thrown at twins’ - A qualitative study exploring the lived experience of Australian osteopaths who regularly treat paediatric patients. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 57 101897, 101897. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2024.101897
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Stone, Marissa, Cadilhac, Dominique A., Kilkenny, Monique F., Power, Emma, Lynch, Elizabeth, Pierce, John E., Copland, David A., Godecke, Erin, Burton, Bridget, Brogan, Emily and Wallace, Sarah J. (2024). Establishing quality indicators and implementation priorities for post-stroke aphasia services through end-user involvement. Health Expectations, 27 (5) e14173, 1-18. doi: 10.1111/hex.14173
Davis, Phillip, Bradbury, Joanne, Shrubsole, Kirstine and Parke, John (2024). A shared journey: evaluating a patient-assessed measure of self-management of chronic conditions in an Australian setting. Australian journal of primary health, 30. doi: 10.1071/PY24003
Rotherham, Annette, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Croteau, Claire, Hilari, Katerina, Wallace, Helen and Wallace, Sarah J. (2024). Measuring successful conversations in couples with and without aphasia: a scoping review. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.13098
Levine, Rachel, Zingelman, Sally, McSween, Marie-Pier, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Hill, Annie Jane and Copland, David A. (2024). Allied health clinicians’ uptake of evidence in stroke rehabilitation: a systematic review of determinants targeted in implementation studies. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 105 (5), 988-999. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.08.018
Harvey, Sam, Stone, Marissa, Zingelman, Sally, Copland, David A, Kilkenny, Monique F, Godecke, Erin, Cadilhac, Dominique A, Kim, Joosup, Olaiya, Muideen T, Rose, Miranda L, Breitenstein, Caterina, Shrubsole, Kirstine, O'Halloran, Robyn, Hill, Annie J, Hersh, Deborah, Mainstone, Kathryn, Mainstone, Penelope, Unsworth, Carolyn A, Brogan, Emily, Short, Kylie J, Burns, Clare L, Baker, Caroline and Wallace, Sarah J (2024). Comprehensive quality assessment for aphasia rehabilitation after stroke: protocol for a multicentre, mixed-methods study. BMJ Open, 14 (3) e080532, e080532. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080532
Trebilcock, Megan, Power, Emma, Rose, Miranda L. and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2024). How do speech pathologists use the Australian Aphasia Rehabilitation Pathway to inform practice? A qualitative study. Aphasiology, 38 (6), 957-978. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2023.2246214
Ingram, Lara, Pitt, Rachelle and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2024). Health professionals’ practices and perspectives of post-stroke coordinated discharge planning: a national survey. Brain Impairment, 25 (1) IB23092. doi: 10.1071/ib23092
Wallace, Sarah, Anemaat, Lisa, Attard, Michelle, Baker, Caroline, Berg, Karianne, Carragher, Marcella, Isaksen, Jytte, Ryan, Brooke, Simmons-Mackie, Nina, Wang, Edwina, Worrall, Linda and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2023). Best practice in post-stroke aphasia services according to people with lived experience. a modified nominal group technique study. Aphasiology, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2023.2262693
Cavanagh, Neve, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Alsop, Tahlia and Williams, Katrina (2023). Exploring impairments and allied health professional utilisation in people with myasthenia gravis: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 114, 9-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2023.05.012
Trebilcock, Megan, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda and Ryan, Brooke (2023). A survey of speech pathologists’ opinions about the prospective acceptability of an online implementation platform for aphasia services. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 58 (2), 390-405. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12796
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Power, Emma and Hallé, Marie‐Christine (2023). Communication partner training with familiar partners of people with aphasia: A systematic review and synthesis of barriers and facilitators to implementation. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 58 (2), 601-628. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12805
Burton, Bridget Mary, Isaacs, Megan L., Brogan, Emily Louise, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Kilkenny, Monique F., Power, Emma, Godecke, Erin, Cadilhac, Dominique, Copland, David and Wallace, Sarah J. (2023). An Updated Systematic Review of Stroke Clinical Practice Guidelines to Inform Aphasia Management. International Journal of Stroke, 18 (9), 1-11. doi: 10.1177/17474930231161454
Trebilcock, Megan, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda and Ryan, Brooke (2022). Pilot trial of the online implementation intervention Aphasia Nexus: connecting evidence to practice. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 26 (1), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2022.2153918
Tyler, Chloe, Finch, Emma, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Ryan, Brooke, Soroli, Efstathia, Martinez-Ferreiro, Silvia and Wallace, Sarah J. (2022). Aphasia outcome measurement in clinical practice: an international survey. Aphasiology, 37 (10), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2022.2112143
Devlin, Isobel, Williams, Katrina L. and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2022). Fragmented care and missed opportunities: the experiences of adults with myasthenia gravis in accessing and receiving allied health care in Australia. Disability and Rehabilitation, 45 (15), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2094481
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Copland, David, Hill, Annie, Khan, Asaduzzaman, Lawrie, Melissa, O’Connor, Denise A., Pattie, Moya, Rodriguez, Amy, Ward, Elizabeth C., Worrall, Linda and McSween, Marie-Pier (2022). Development of a tailored intervention to implement an Intensive and Comprehensive Aphasia Program (ICAP) into Australian health services. Aphasiology, 37 (9), 1-24. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2022.2095608
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Rogers, Kris and Power, Emma (2022). Sustaining acute speech–language therapists’ implementation of recommended aphasia practices: a mixed methods follow‐up evaluation of a cluster RCT. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 57 (1), 152-171. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12684
Lynch, Elizabeth A., Lassig, Chris, Turner, Tari, Churilov, Leonid, Hill, Kelvin and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2021). Prioritizing guideline recommendations for implementation: a systematic, consumer-inclusive process with a case study using the Australian Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management. Health Research Policy and Systems, 19 (1) 85, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12961-021-00734-w
Wallace, Sarah J., Sullivan, Bridget, Rose, Tanya A., Worrall, Linda, Le Dorze, Guylaine and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2021). Core outcome set use in poststroke aphasia treatment research: examining barriers and facilitators to implementation using the theoretical domains framework. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64 (10), 1-14. doi: 10.1044/2021_jslhr-20-00683
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Davies, Chloe and Williams, Katrina L. (2021). Do people with Myasthenia Gravis need speech-language pathology services? A national survey of consumers’ experiences and perspectives. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24 (2), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2021.1961862
Finch, Emma, Ward, Elizabeth C., Brown, Bena, Cornwell, Petrea, Hill, Anne E., Hill, Annie, Hobson, Tania, Rose, Tanya, Scarinci, Nerina, Marshall, Jeanne, Cameron, Ashley and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2021). Setting a prioritized agenda to drive speech–language therapy research in health. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 56 (4), 768-783. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12626
Trebilcock, Megan, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda and Ryan, Brooke (2021). Development of an online implementation intervention for aphasia clinicians to increase the intensity and comprehensiveness of their service. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44 (17), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1910867
Bristow, Christine, Shrubsole, Kirstine and Rosic, Nedeljka (2021). Rituximab administration guidelines for the haematology patient: a critical literature review. The Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing, 22 (1), 1-7. doi: 10.33235/ajcn.22.1.2-8
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Lin, Tz-Jie, Burton, Christine, Scott, Julie and Finch, Emma (2021). Delivering an iterative Communication Partner Training programme to multidisciplinary healthcare professionals: a pilot implementation study and process evaluation. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 56 (3), 620-636. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12618
Wallace, Sarah J., Kothari, Janaki, Jayasekera, Anushki, Tointon, Jessica, Baiyewun, Toluwalase and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2021). Do caregivers who connect online have better outcomes? A systematic review of online peer-support interventions for caregivers of people with stroke, dementia, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis. Brain Impairment, 22 (3) PII S144396462100005X, 233-259. doi: 10.1017/brimp.2021.5
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Pitt, Rachelle, Till, Kirsty, Finch, Emma and Ryan, Brooke (2020). Speech language pathologists’ practice with children of parents with an acquired communication disability: a preliminary study. Brain Impairment, 22 (2), 1-17. doi: 10.1017/brimp.2020.11
Finch, Emma, Ward, Elizabeth C., Worrall, Linda, Scrubsole, Kristine, Brown, Bena, Cornwell, Petrea, Hill, Anne E., Hill, Annie J., Hobson, Tanya, Rose, Tanya, Cameron, Ashley and Scarinci, Nerina (2020). Developing a prioritised agenda to drive speech-language pathology research within health in Queensland. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 22 (1), 22-28. doi: 10.1080/22087168.2020.12370280
Power, Emma, Bryant, Lucy and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2020). Making aphasia implementation stick: ensuring the sustainability of implementation. Speech, Language and Hearing, 23 (1), 25-29. doi: 10.1080/2050571x.2019.1707349
Shrubsole, Kirstine (2019). Implementation of an integrated multidisciplinary Movement Disorders Clinic: applying a knowledge translation framework to improve multidisciplinary care. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43 (14), 2071-2083. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1691666
Arnold, Hayley, Wallace, Sarah J., Ryan, Brooke, Finch, Emma and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2019). Current practice and barriers and facilitators to outcome measurement in aphasia rehabilitation: a cross-sectional study using the theoretical domains framework. Aphasiology, 34 (1), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2019.1678090
Wallace, Sarah J., Baker, Caroline, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Bryant, Lucy, Le Dorze, Guylaine, Power, Emma, Pritchard, Madeleine, Rose, Miranda L., Rose, Tanya, Ryan, Brooke, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Simmons-Mackie, Nina, Togher, Leanne and Trebilcock, Megan (2019). A how-to guide to aphasia services: celebrating Professor Linda Worrall’s contribution to the field. Aphasiology, 33 (7), 888-902. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2019.1609774
Trebilcock, Megan, Worrall, Linda, Ryan, Brooke, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Jagoe, Caroline, Simmons-Mackie, Nina, Bright, Felicity, Cruice, Madeline, Pritchard, Madeleine and Le Dorze, Guylaine (2019). Increasing the intensity and comprehensiveness of aphasia services: identification of key factors influencing implementation across six countries. Aphasiology, 33 (7), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2019.1602860
Hickey, Jessica, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda and Power, Emma (2019). Implementing aphasia recommendations in the acute setting: speech-language pathologists’ perspectives of a behaviour change intervention. Aphasiology, 33 (5), 606-628. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2018.1561416
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda and Power, Emma (2018). Closing the evidence-practice gaps in aphasia management: are we there yet? Where has a decade of implementation research taken us? A review and guide for clinicians. Aphasiology, 33 (8), 1-26. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2018.1510112
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda, Power, Emma and O'Connor, Denise A. (2018). The Acute Aphasia IMplementation Study (AAIMS): a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 53 (5), 1021-1056. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12419
Young, Laura, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda and Power, Emma (2018). Factors that influence Australian speech-language pathologists’ self-reported uptake of aphasia rehabilitation recommendations from clinical practice guidelines. Aphasiology, 32 (6), 646-665. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2018.1443201
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda, Power, Emma and O'Connor, Denise A (2018). Barriers and facilitators to meeting aphasia guideline recommendations: what factors influence speech pathologists' practice?. Disability and Rehabilitation, 41 (13), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2018.1432706
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda, Power, Emma and O'Connor, Denise A. (2017). Priorities for closing the evidence-practice gaps in poststroke aphasia rehabilitation: a scoping review. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 99 (7), 1413-1423.e24. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.08.474
Worrall, Linda, Brandenburg, Caitlin and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2016). Neuroscientific implications in assessment and intervention for aphasia. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 67 (6), 285-292. doi: 10.1159/000444751
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda, Power, Emma and O'Connor, Denise A. (2016). Recommendations for post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation: an updated systematic review and evaluation of clinical practice guidelines. Aphasiology, 31 (1), 1-24. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2016.1143083
Conference Papers
Brooks, D., Worthy, P., Shrubsole, K. and Dissanayaka, N. (2024). Barriers and enablers to cognitive assessment in Parkinson’s disease: perspectives of clinicians and people living with PD. Australian Dementia Research Forum 2024, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 3-5 June 2024.
Au, T., Bailey, D., Beattie, E., Brooks, D., Broome, A., Byrne, G., Chatfield, M., Dissanayaka, N., Keramat, S.A., Lehn, A., Liddle, J., Marsh, R., Mitchell, L., Naismith, S., Nestor, S., O’Sullivan, J., Pachana, N., Pourzinal, D., Robertson, S., Shrubsole, K., Sivakumaran, K., Spooner, D., Tinson, H., Verreynne, M.L., Worthy, P. and Yang, J. (2024). Enhancing utility of neuropsychological evaluation for earlier and effective diagnosis of dementia in Parkinson’s disease: PDCogniCare project. Australian Dementia Research Forum 2024, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 3-5 June 2024.
Worthy, P., Isaacs, M., Burton, B., Copland, D., Wiles, J., Angwin, A., Palmer, V., Gullo, M., Hill, A., Timmer, B., Shrubsole, K. and Wallace, S. (2023). Co-design of a technology to motivate self-managed post-stroke aphasia treatment. 15th World Stroke Congress, Toronto, Canada, 10-12 October 2023. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Power, Emma, Rogers, Kris, Wallace, Sarah J., McCluskey, Annie, Isaacs, Megan and Ong, Wen Xuan (2023). Improving communication partner training of carers of people with aphasia: preliminary results of a stepped wedge implementation trial. Stroke 2023 – The Combined Stroke Society of Australasia and Smart Strokes Nursing and Allied Health Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 August 2023. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/17474930231188838
Harvey, Sam, Stone, Marissa, Zingelman, Sally, Copland, David, Kilkenny, Monique, Godecke, Erin, Unsworth, Carolyn, O'Halloran, Robyn, Shrubsole, Kirstine, Olaiya, Muideen, Hill, Annie J., Hersh, Deborah and Wallace, Sarah J. (2023). Evaluation of the acceptability and feasibility of implementing a minimum dataset to monitor stroke care for people with aphasia. troke 2023 – The Combined Stroke Society of Australasia and Smart Strokes Nursing and Allied Health Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 22-25 August 2023. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/17474930231188838
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda, Power, Emma and O'Connor, Denise (2018). The acute aphasia implementation study (aaims): a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. Stroke 2018 Conference, Sydney, Australia, 7–10 August 2018. Sage Publications: London, United Kingdom. doi: 10.1177/1747493018778666
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda, Power, Emma and O’Connor, Denise A. (2018). Implementing a tailored behaviour change intervention to improve speech pathologists’ aphasia practices: results of a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. 18th International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference (IARC), Aveiro, Portugal , 5-7 September 2018 . Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom : Routledge. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2018.1486375
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda, Power, Emma and O’Connor, Denise A. (2018). Implementing a tailored behaviour change intervention to improve speech pathologists’ aphasia practices: results of a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial. 18th International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference (IARC) 2018 , Aveiro, Portugal, 5 - 7 September 2018. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Informa UK Limited. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2018.1486375
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Worrall, Linda, Power, Emma and O'Connor, Denise A. (2017). Closing the evidence-practice gap: Developing and piloting a behaviour change intervention in post-stroke aphasia management. SMART STROKES 2017 Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 10–11 August 2017. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Shrubsole, K., Worrall, L., Power, E. and O'Connor, D. (2015). Implementation priorities for closing evidence-practice gaps in aphasia. 26th ASM of the Stroke Society of Australasia and 11th Australasian Nursing and Allied Health Stroke Conference SMART STROKES, Melbourme, VIC Australia, 2-4 September 2015. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12584
Thesis
Shrubsole, Kirstine (2018). Closing the evidence-practice gap: developing a behaviour change intervention in post-stroke aphasia management. PhD Thesis, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.388