Dr Caitlin Brandenburg
Casual Research Assistant & Honorary Senior Research Fellow
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Book Chapter
Worrall, Linda, Rose, Tanya, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Rohde, Alexia, Berg, Karianne and Wallace, Sarah J. (2016). Aphasia in later life. Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. (pp. 1-7) edited by A. N. Pachana. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_346-1
Journal Articles
Stehlik, Paulina, Withers, Caitlyn, Bourke, Rachel C., Barnett, Adrian G., Brandenburg, Caitlin, Noble, Christy, Bannach-Brown, Alexandra, Keijzers, Gerben B., Scott, Ian A., Glasziou, Paul P., Veysey, Emma C., Mickan, Sharon, Morgan, Mark, Joshi, Hitesh, Forrest, Kirsty, Campbell, Thomas G. and Henry, David A. (2025). Mandatory research projects during medical specialist training in Australia and New Zealand: a survey of trainees' experiences and reports. Medical Journal of Australia, 222 (5), 231-239. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52611
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Ward, Elizabeth C., Stoikov, Susan, Pitt, Rachelle and Mcbride, Liza-Jane (2025). Development of a capability framework for Allied Health research careers in health services. BMC Health Services Research, 25 (1) 231, 1-18. doi: 10.1186/s12913-025-12274-y
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Ward, Elizabeth C., Schwarz, Maria, Palmer, Michelle, Hartley, Carina, Byrnes, Joshua, Coccetti, Anne, Phillips, Rachel and Wishart, Laurelie R. (2024). Evaluating allied health primary contact models of care: A mixed methods analysis of current practice. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. doi: 10.1111/jep.14203
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Hilder, Joanne, Noble, Christy, Liang, Rhea, Forrest, Kirsty, Joshi, Hitesh, Keijzers, Gerben, Mickan, Sharon, Pearson, David, Scott, Ian A., Veysey, Emma and Stehlik, Paulina (2024). “Luck of the draw really”: a qualitative exploration of Australian trainee doctors’ experiences of mandatory research. BMC Medical Education, 24 (1) 1021, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05954-6
Freeman-Sanderson, Amy, Clunie, Gemma, Ward, Elizabeth C. and Brandenburg, Caitlin (2024). Research ecosystems: Harnessing the future for clinician-researchers in the acute care setting. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 26 (2), 111-116. doi: 10.1080/22000259.2024.2359367
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Thomas, Stuart D. M., Lincoln, Cathy, Somerville, Annabel, Heffernan, Ed, Kinner, Stuart A., Byrnes, Joshua, Gardiner, Paul, Davidson, Peter, Daley, Nathan, Green, David and Crilly, Julia (2024). Supporting equitable care of patients transferred from police watch-houses to the emergency department: A qualitative study of the perspectives of emergency doctors. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 36 (4), 616-627. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14408
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Stehlik, Paulina, Noble, Christy, Wenke, Rachel, Jones, Kristen, Hattingh, Laetitia, Dungey, Kelly, Branjerdporn, Grace, Spillane, Ciara, Kalantari, Sharmin, George, Shane, Keijzers, Gerben and Mickan, Sharon (2024). How can healthcare organisations increase doctors' research engagement? A scoping review. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 38 (2), 227-247. doi: 10.1108/jhom-09-2023-0270
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Ward, Elizabeth C., Schwarz, Maria, Palmer, Michelle, Hartley, Carina, Byrnes, Joshua, Coccetti, Anne, Phillips, Rachel and Wishart, Laurelie R. (2024). ‘The big value of it is getting the patient seen by the right person at the right time’: clinician perceptions of the value of allied health primary contact models of care. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 36 (1) mzae021, 1-12. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzae021
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Crilly, Julia, Thomas, Stuart, Gardiner, Paul, Kinner, Stuart A., Heffernan, Ed, Lincoln, Cathy, Somerville, Annabel, Davidson, Peter, Wilson, Daniel, Green, David and Byrnes, Joshua (2023). Police perspectives on the economic considerations of providing healthcare in short-term custodial settings in Australia. Medicine, Science and the Law, 64 (3), 217-223. doi: 10.1177/00258024231198915
Brandenburg, Caitlin and Ward, Elizabeth C. (2022). “There hasn’t been a career structure to step into”: a qualitative study on perceptions of allied health clinician researcher careers. Health Research Policy and Systems, 20 (1) 6, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s12961-021-00801-2
Brady, Marian C, Ali, Myzoon, VandenBerg, Kathryn, Williams, Linda J, Williams, Louise R, Abo, Masahiro, Becker, Frank, Bowen, Audrey, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Breitenstein, Caterina, Bruehl, Stefanie, Copland, David A, Cranfill, Tamara B, di Pietro-Bachmann, Marie, Enderby, Pamela, Fillingham, Joanne, Galli, Federica Lucia, Gandolfi, Marialuisa, Glize, Bertrand, Godecke, Erin, Hawkins, Neil, Hilari, Katerina, Hinckley, Jacqueline, Horton, Simon, Howard, David, Jaecks, Petra, Jefferies, Elizabeth, Jesus, Luis MT, Kambanaros, Maria ... Wright, Heather Harris (2022). Complex speech-language therapy interventions for stroke-related aphasia: the RELEASE study incorporating a systematic review and individual participant data network meta-analysis. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 10 (28), 1-272. doi: 10.3310/RTLH7522
Crilly, Julia L., Brandenburg, Caitlin, Kinner, Stuart A., Heffernan, Ed, Byrnes, Joshua, Lincoln, Cathy, Gardiner, Paul, Davidson, Peter, Somerville, Annabel, Wilson, Daniel, Green, David and Thomas, Stuart (2022). Health care in police watch-houses: a challenge and an opportunity. Medical Journal of Australia, 217 (6), 287-289. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51688
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Raatz, Madeline and Ward, Liz (2022). What is known about clinician researcher careers in allied health? A scoping review of the last decade. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 36 (6), 693-711. doi: 10.1108/jhom-12-2021-0441
Brandenburg, Caitlin and Ward, Elizabeth C. (2022). One career, many pathways, no direction: the challenge facing Allied Health clinician researchers. Australian Health Review, 46 (5), 639-641. doi: 10.1071/ah22102
The RELEASE Collaborators, Brady, Marian C., Ali, Myzoon, VandenBerg, Kathryn, Williams, Linda J., Williams, Louise R., Abo, Masahiro, Becker, Frank, Bowen, Audrey, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Breitenstein, Caterina, Bruehl, Stefanie, Copland, David A., Cranfill, Tamara B., Pietro-Bachmann, Marie di, Enderby, Pamela, Fillingham, Joanne, Lucia Galli, Federica, Gandolfi, Marialuisa, Glize, Bertrand, Godecke, Erin, Hawkins, Neil, Hilari, Katerina, Hinckley, Jacqueline, Horton, Simon, Howard, David, Jaecks, Petra, Jefferies, Elizabeth, Jesus, Luis M. T. ... Harris Wright, Heather (2022). Precision rehabilitation for aphasia by patient age, sex, aphasia severity, and time since stroke? A prespecified, systematic review-based, individual participant data, network, subgroup meta-analysis. International Journal of Stroke, 17 (10) 17474930221097477, 1-11. doi: 10.1177/17474930221097477
Hall, Amber E., Brandenburg, Caitlin, Ward, Elizabeth C., Pokorny, Michelle A., Trafford, Katye, Seabrook, Marnie and Whitfield, Bernard C. S. (2022). Evaluation of health service outcomes for an audiology first point of contact retrocochlear clinic: a 6-year retrospective cohort study. International Journal of Audiology, 62 (7), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2022.2073477
Wenke, Rachel, Wiseman, Jodie, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Stehlik, Paulina, Hughes, Ian, Richards, Katherine and Mickan, Sharon (2022). Long term tailored implementation of structured "TREAT" journal clubs in allied health: a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study. BMC Medical Education, 22 (1) 307. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03333-7
Wake, Elizabeth, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Heathcote, Kathy, Dale, Kate, Campbell, Don and Cardona, Magnolia (2022). Follow-up of severely injured patients can be embedded in routine hospital care: results from a feasibility study. Hospital Practice, 50 (2), 138-150. doi: 10.1080/21548331.2022.2054633
Brady, Marian C., Ali, Myzoon, VandenBerg, Kathryn, Williams, Linda J., Williams, Louise R., Abo, Masahiro, Becker, Frank, Bowen, Audrey, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Breitenstein, Caterina, Bruehl, Stefanie, Copland, David A., Cranfill, Tamara B., di Pietro-Bachmann, Marie, Enderby, Pamela, Fillingham, Joanne, Galli, Federica Lucia, Gandolfi, Marialuisa, Glize, Bertrand, Godecke, Erin, Hawkins, Neil, Hilari, Katerina, Hinckley, Jacqueline, Horton, Simon, Howard, David, Jaecks, Petra, Jefferies, Elizabeth, Jesus, Luis M.T., Kambanaros, Maria ... Wright, Heather Harris (2022). Dosage, intensity, and frequency of language therapy for aphasia: a systematic review–based, individual participant data network meta-analysis. Stroke, 53 (3), 956-967. doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.121.035216
Motamedi, Mina, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Bakhit, Mina, Michaleff, Zoe A., Albarqouni, Loai, Clark, Justin, Ooi, Meidelynn, Bahudin, Danial, Chróinín, Danielle Ní and Cardona, Magnolia (2021). Concerns and potential improvements in end-of-life care from the perspectives of older patients and informal caregivers: a scoping review. BMC Geriatrics, 21 (1) 729, 729. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02680-2
Williams, Louise R, Ali, Myzoon, VandenBerg, Kathryn, Williams, Linda J, Abo, Masahiro, Becker, Frank, Bowen, Audrey, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Breitenstein, Caterina, Bruehl, Stefanie, Copland, David A, Cranfill, Tamara B, Di Pietro-Bachmann, Marie, Enderby, Pamela, Fillingham, Joanne, Galli, Federica Lucia, Gandolfi, Marialuisa, Glize, Bertrand, Godecke, Erin, Hawkins, Neil, Hilari, Katerina, Hinckley, Jacqueline, Horton, Simon, Howard, David, Jaecks, Petra, Jefferies, Elizabeth, Jesus, Luis MT, Kambanaros, Maria, Kyoung Kang, Eun ... The RELEASE Collaborators (2021). Utilising a systematic review-based approach to create a database of individual participant data for meta- and network meta-analyses: the RELEASE database of aphasia after stroke. Aphasiology, 36 (4), 513-533. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2021.1897081
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Noble, Christy, Wenke, Rachel, Hughes, Ian, Barrett, Anthony, Wellwood, Jeremy and Mickan, Sharon (2021). Relationship between research culture and research activity of medical doctors: a survey and audit. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, Volume 14, 2137-2150. doi: 10.2147/jmdh.s319191
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Thorning, Sarah and Ruthenberg, Carine (2021). What are the most common reasons for return of ethics submissions? An audit of an Australian health service ethics committee. Research Ethics, 17 (3), 346-358. doi: 10.1177/1747016121999935
Ali, Myzoon, VandenBerg, Kathryn, Williams, Louise R., Williams, Linda J., Abo, Masahiro, Becker, Frank, Bowen, Audrey, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Copland, David A., Worrall, Linda, Breitenstein, Caterina, Bruehl, Stefanie, Cranfill, Tamara B., di Pietro-Bachmann, Marie, Enderby, Pamela, Palmer, Rebecca, Fillingham, Joanne, Galli, Federica Lucia, Gandolfi, Marialuisa, Glize, Bertrand, Godecke, Erin, Hawkins, Neil, Hilari, Katerina, Hinckley, Jacqueline, Horton, Simon, Howard, David, Jaecks, Petra, Jefferies, Elizabeth, Jesus, Luis M.T. ... Brady, Marian C. (2021). Predictors of poststroke aphasia recovery: a systematic review-informed individual participant data meta-analysis. Stroke, 52 (5), 1778-1787. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.031162
Withers, Caitlyn, Noble, Christy, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Glasziou, Paul P. and Stehlik, Paulina (2021). Selection criteria for Australian and New Zealand medical specialist training programs: another under-recognised driver of research waste. Medical Journal of Australia, 215 (7) mja2.51250, 336-336.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51250
Wallace, Sarah J., Worrall, Linda, Le Dorze, Guylaine, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Foulkes, Jessica and Rose, Tanya A. (2020). Many ways of measuring: a scoping review of measurement instruments for use with people with aphasia. Aphasiology, 36 (4), 401-466. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2020.1836318
Brady, Marian C., Ali, Myzoon, VandenBerg, Kathryn, Williams, Linda J., Williams, Louise R., Abo, Masahiro, Becker, Frank, Bowen, Audrey, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Breitenstein, Caterina, Bruehl, Stefanie, Copland, David A., Cranfill, Tamara B., di Pietro-Bachmann, Marie, Enderby, Pamela, Fillingham, Joanne, Galli, Federica Lucia, Gandolfi, Marialuisa, Glize, Bertrand, Godecke, Erin, Hawkins, Neil, Hilari, Katerina, Hinckley, Jacqueline, Horton, Simon, Howard, David, Jaecks, Petra, Jefferies, Elizabeth, Jesus, Luis Mt, Kambanaros, Maria ... RELEASE Collaboration (2020). Communicating simply, but not too simply: Reporting of participants and speech and language interventions for aphasia after stroke. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22 (3), 302-312. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2020.1762000
Stehlik, Paulina, Noble, Christy, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Fawzy, Peter, Narouz, Isaac, Henry, David and Glasziou, Paul (2020). How do trainee doctors learn about research? Content analysis of Australian specialist colleges’ intended research curricula. BMJ Open, 10 (3) e034962, e034962. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034962
Brady, Marian C., Ali, Myzoon, VandenBerg, Kathryn, Williams, Linda J., Williams, Louise R., Abo, Masahiro, Becker, Frank, Bowen, Audrey, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Breitenstein, Caterina, Bruehl, Stefanie, Copland, David A., Cranfill, Tamara B., di Pietro-Bachmann, Marie, Enderby, Pamela, Fillingham, Joanne, Galli, Federica Lucia, Gandolfi, Marialuisa, Glize, Bertrand, Godecke, Erin, Hawkins, Neil, Hilari, Katerina, Hinckley, Jacqueline, Horton, Simon, Howard, David, Jaecks, Petra, Jefferies, Elizabeth, Jesus, Luis M. T., Kambanaros, Maria ... Wright, Heather Harris (2019). RELEASE: a protocol for a systematic review based, individual participant data, meta- and network meta-analysis, of complex speech-language therapy interventions for stroke-related aphasia. Aphasiology, 34 (2), 137-157. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2019.1643003
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
Clunne, Stephanie Jane, Ryan, Brooke Jade, Hill, Annie, Brandenburg, Caitlin and Kneebone, Ian (2018). Are currently available e-mental health programs for depression applicable and accessible to people with post-stroke aphasia? A scoping review and accessibility test. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20 (12) e291, e291. doi: 10.2196/jmir.9864
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Worrall, Linda, Copland, David and Rodriguez, Amy (2016). An exploratory investigation of the daily talk time of people with non-fluent aphasia and non-aphasic peers. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 19 (4), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2016.1209558
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
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Worrall, Linda, Copland, David and Rodriguez, Amy D. (2016). Barriers and facilitators to using the CommFit™ smart phone app to measure talk time for people with aphasia. Aphasiology, 31 (8), 1-27. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2016.1219016
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Worrall, Linda, Rodriguez, Amy and Bagraith, Karl (2015). Crosswalk of participation self-report measures for aphasia to the ICF: What content is being measured?. Disability and Rehabilitation, 37 (13), 1113-1124. doi: 10.3109/09638288.2014.955132
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Worrall, Linda, Copland, David, Power, Emma and Rodriguez, Amy D. (2015). The development and accuracy testing of CommFit™, an iPhone application for individuals with aphasia. Aphasiology, 30 (2-3), 320-338. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2015.1028329
Brandenburg, Caitlin, Worrall, Linda, Rodriguez, Amy D. and Copland, David (2013). Mobile computing technology and aphasia: an integrated review of accessibility and potential uses. Aphasiology, 27 (4), 444-461. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2013.772293
Conference Papers
Rose, Miranda L., Ali, Myzoon, Elders, Andrew, Godwin, Jon, Sandri, Anastasia Karachalia, Williams, Linda J., Williams, Louise R., Vandenberg, Kathryn, Abel, Stefanie, Abo, Masahiro, Becker, Frank, Bowen, Audrey, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Breitenstein, Caterina, Copland, David, Cranfill, Tamara, Di Pietro-Bachmann, Marie, Enderby, Pam, Fillingham, Joanne, Galli, Federica, Gandolfi, Marialuisa, Glize, Bertrand, Godecke, Erin, Hilari, Katerina, Hinckley, Jacqueline, Horton, Simon, Howard, David, Jaecks, Petra, Jefferies, Beth ... Brady, Marian C. (2018). Tidier descriptions of speech and language therapy interventions for people with aphasia; consensus from the release collaboration. International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference (IARC), Aveiro, Portugal, September 2018. Routledge. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2018.1487021
Ali, Myzoon, Elders, Andrew, Godwin, Jon, Karachalia Sandri, Anastasia, Williams, Linda J, Williams, Louise R, VandenBerg, Kathryn, Abel, Stefanie, Abo, Masahiro, Becker, Frank, Bowen, Audrey, Brandenburg, Caitlin, Breitenstein, Caterina, Copland, David, Cranfill, Tamara, Di Pietro-Bachmann, Marie, Enderby, Pam, Fillingham, Joanne, Galli, Federica, Gandolfi, Marialuisa, Glize, Bertrand, Godecke, Erin, Hilari, Katerina, Hinckley, Jacqueline, Horton, Simon, Howard, David, Jaecks, Petra, Jefferies, Beth, Jesus, Luis ... Brady, Marian C (2018). Who participates in aphasia research?: an analysis of the REhabilitation and recovery of peopLE with Aphasia after StrokE (RELEASE) data set. 18th International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference (IARC 2018), Aveiro, Portugal, 5-7 September 2018. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2018.1487019
Brandenburg, C., Worrall, L., Copland, D. and Rodriguez, A. D. (2015). Investigating talk time as an indicator of participation in people with aphasia using the CommFit (TM) iPhone app as a measurement tool. 26th ASM of the Stroke Society of Australasia and 11th Australasian Nursing and Allied Health Stroke Conference SMART STROKES, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 2-4 September 2015. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12585
Brandenburg, C., Worrall, L., Rodriguez, A. D. and Bagraith, K. (2015). Measuring participation in stroke and aphasia: A crosswalk of ninety instruments to ICF categories. 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
Brandenburg, Caitlin Ellen (2015). Performance-based measurement of participation for people with aphasia: using an iPhone application to measure talking time in everyday life. PhD Thesis, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.674