Dr Aleysha Martin

ATH - Lecturer

Mater Research Institute-UQ

Casual Senior Research Assistant

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

aleysha.martin@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

I am a clinician researcher with experience in health services research, transdisciplinary care, stroke research, implementation science, and consumer engagement. I am passionate about optimising healthcare services and improving patient care by identifying and addressing inefficiencies using innovative models of care and solutions. I am an expert in the field of transdisciplinary healthcare models.

I am also an occupational therapist with over 8 years of experience in direct patient care across multiple hospital settings, including acute stroke, neuroscience, general medical, orthopaedics, and surgical. I currently work as a Service Improvement and Innovation Officer for community healthcare services at Mater at Home.

Publications

Book (1)

Journal Articles (9)

Conference Paper (1)

Thesis (1)

Data Collection (1)

Book

Martin, Aleysha (author/creator), Laakso, E-Liisa (author), Green, Theresa L. (author), Sowa, P. Marcin (contributor) and McCarthy, Alexandra L. (contributor) (2024). Implementation manual: transdisciplinary approaches in healthcare. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/1749adb

Journal Articles

Martin, Aleysha K., Green, Theresa L., McCarthy, Alexandra L., Sowa, P. Marcin and Laakso, E-Liisa (2026). Acceptability, appropriateness, feasibility, and translation potential of transdisciplinary assessment models: a mixed methods study to understand perspectives of Australian healthcare professionals. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 1-11. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2026.2647248

Martin, Aleysha K., Green, Theresa L., McCarthy, Alexandra L., Sowa, P. Marcin and Laakso, E-Liisa (2025). Patient and staff perceptions of transdisciplinary stroke assessment: Insights into experience, team trust, and confidence in each other from a mixed method study. Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice, 41 100767, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.xjep.2025.100767

Martin, Aleysha K., Griffin, Alison, McCarthy, Alexandra L., Green, Theresa L., Sowa, P. Marcin and Laakso, E-Liisa (2024). Does an allied health transdisciplinary stroke assessment save time, improve quality of care, and save costs? Results of a pre-/post- clinical study. European Stroke Journal, 10 (1) 23969873241258000, 1-10. doi: 10.1177/23969873241258000

Martin, Aleysha Kate and Ward, Gillian (2024). Refocusing research: A mixed methods study to evaluate utilisation of the top 10 priorities for occupational therapy research in the United Kingdom. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 87 (5), 270-280. doi: 10.1177/03080226241228098

Martin, Aleysha K., Green, Theresa L., McCarthy, Alexandra L., Sowa, P. Marcin and Laakso, E-Liisa (2022). Transdisciplinary allied health assessment for patients with stroke: a pre-/post- mixed methods study protocol. BMC Health Services Research, 22 (1) 1578, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-08926-y

Martin, Aleysha K., Green, Theresa L., McCarthy, Alexandra L., Sowa, P. Marcin and Laakso, E-Liisa (2022). Co-production of a transdisciplinary assessment by researchers and healthcare professionals: a case study. Public Health Research and Practice, 32 (2) e3222217. doi: 10.17061/PHRP3222217

Martin, Aleysha K, Green, Theresa L, McCarthy, Alexandra L, Sowa, P Marcin and Laakso, E-Liisa (2022). Healthcare teams: Terminology, confusion, and ramifications. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 15, 765-772. doi: 10.2147/jmdh.s342197

Martin, A.K., Green, T. L., McCarthy, A. L., Sowa, P. M. and Laakso, E-L. (2022). Allied health transdisciplinary models of care in hospital settings: A scoping review. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 37 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2022.2038552

Gustafsson, Louise, Martin, Aleysha, Buijsman, Liane, Poerbodipoero, Soemitro, Liddle, Jacki and Ireland, David (2018). Parallel-forms reliability and clinical utility of an application version of the activity card sort Australia (18-64). American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 72 (6) 7206205070, 7206205070p1-7206205070p8. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2018.028688

Conference Paper

Martin, Aleysha, Green, Theresa, McCarthy, Alexandra, Sowa, Marcin and Laakso, Liisa (2023). Transdisciplinary stroke assessment: improving allied health clinician compliance with national stroke guidelines. Stroke 2023 – The Combined Stroke Society of Australasia and Smart Strokes Nursing and Allied Health Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 22-25 August 2023. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/17474930231188838

Thesis

Martin, Aleysha (2024). Transdisciplinary stroke assessment: Can it improve allied health efficiency and care in an acute stroke unit?. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/0bb899c

Data Collection

Martin, Aleysha (2024). Transdisciplinary Initial Neurological Screening Assessment (TINSA) Dataset. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/6fab0d9