Dr Sam Harvey
Casual Academic & Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Affiliate of Queensland Aphasia Research Centre (QARC)
Queensland Aphasia Research Centre
Researcher biography
Sam Harvey is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre (QARC), The University of Queensland, and a research affiliate with the Centre of Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation. His research focuses on improving the effectiveness, quality and equity of aphasia services. He currently leads and contributes to multiple projects across Australia and internationally that address aphasia treatment, service evaluation and emergency preparedness for people with communication disabilities.
Sam is a member of the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists and the International Collaborative Network of N-of-1 Trials and Single-Case Designs. He was previously a Catalyst Ambassador with the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, an open science ambassador with CSDisseminate, and plays an active role in researcher development and student supervision.
Book Chapter
Rose, Miranda L., Pierce, John E. and Harvey, Sam (2021). Single-case experimental designs in health research. Research Methods and Evidence-based Practice. (pp. 171-189) edited by Pranee Liamputtong. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand.
Journal Articles
Zingelman, Sally, Wallace, Sarah J., Kim, Joosup, Harvey, Sam, Rose, Miranda L., Pierce, John E., Bagot, Kathleen L. and Cadilhac, Dominique A. (2025). Aphasia-specific or generic outcomes? a comparison of two health-related quality of life instruments for economic evaluations of aphasia treatments. Quality of Life Research, 34 (10), 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s11136-025-04040-8
Harvey, Sam, Wilcox, Cassie, Bunker, Lisa, Dignam, Jade K., Dipper, Lucy, Hoover, Elizabeth, Kirmess, Melanie, Mohr, Bettina, Monnelly, Katie, Visch-Brink, Evy, Wallace, Sarah E. and Rose, Miranda L. (2025). Development of an evidence-based aphasia therapy implementation tool: introducing the Aphasia Therapy Finder. Aphasiology. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2025.2499521
Griffin-Musick, Jenna, Harvey, Sam, Pierce, John E., Fahey, Danielle and Off, Catherine (2025). The “I” in ICAPs: examining treatment intensity under the microscope. Aphasiology, 39 (1), 11-39. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2024.2317920
Shenoy, Rajath, Harvey, Sam, Krishnan, Gopee and Nickels, Lyndsey (2025). Sorting the “mixed bag” of semantic tasks in aphasia therapy: a scoping review. Aphasiology, 39 (7), 968-1005. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2024.2401421
Zingelman, Sally, Cadilhac, Dominique A., Kim, Joosup, Stone, Marissa, Harvey, Sam, Unsworth, Carolyn, O'Halloran, Robyn, Hersh, Deborah, Mainstone, Kathryn and Wallace, Sarah J. (2024). 'A meaningful difference, but not ultimately the difference i would want': a mixed-methods approach to explore and benchmark clinically meaningful changes in aphasia recovery. Health Expectations, 27 (4) e14169, 1-12. doi: 10.1111/hex.14169
Pierce, John E., Cavanaugh, Robert, Harvey, Sam, Dickey, Michael Walsh, Nickels, Lyndsey, Copland, David, Togher, Leanne, Godecke, Erin, Meinzer, Marcus, Rai, Tapan, Cadilhac, Dominique A., Kim, Joosup, Hurley, Melanie, Foster, Abby M., Carragher, Marcella, Wilcox, Cassie and Rose, Miranda L. (2024). High-intensity aphasia intervention is minimally fatiguing in chronic aphasia: an analysis of participant self-ratings from a large randomized controlled trial. Stroke, 55 (7), 1877-1885. doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.123.046031
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
O'Halloran, Robyn, Renton, Joanne, Harvey, Sam, McSween, Marie-Pier and Wallace, Sarah J. (2024). Do social determinants influence post-stroke aphasia outcomes? A scoping review. Disability and Rehabilitation, 46 (7), 1274-1287. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2193760
Dignam, Jade K., Harvey, Sam, Monnelly, Katie, Dipper, Lucy, Hoover, Elizabeth, Kirmess, Melanie, Mohr, Bettina, Visch-Brink, Evy, Wallace, Sarah E. and Rose, Miranda L. (2023). Development of an evidence-based aphasia therapy implementation tool: an international survey of speech pathologists' access to and use of aphasia therapy resources. Aphasiology, 38 (6), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2023.2253994
Harvey, Sam, Rose, Miranda L., Brogan, Emily, Pierce, John E., Godecke, Erin, Brownsett, Sonia L. E., Churilov, Leonid, Copland, David, Dickey, Michael Walsh, Dignam, Jade, Lannin, Natasha A., Nickels, Lyndsey, Bernhardt, Julie and Hayward, Kathryn S. (2023). Examining dose frameworks to improve aphasia rehabilitation research. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 104 (5), 830-838. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2022.12.002
Harvey, Sam, Carragher, Marcella, Dickey, Michael Walsh and Rose, Miranda L. (2022). Outcomes from a pilot dose comparison study of naming therapy in aphasia. Aphasiology, 37 (12), 2001-2028. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2022.2144112
Harvey, Sam, Carragher, Marcella, Dickey, Michael Walsh, Pierce, John E. and Rose, Miranda L. (2022). Dose effects in behavioural treatment of post-stroke aphasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44 (12), 2548-2559. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1843079
Harvey, Sam (2021). A PhD student’s perspective on open access research. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 23 (2), 70-73. doi: 10.1080/22087168.2021.12370318
Harvey, Sam R., Carragher, Marcella, Dickey, Michael Walsh, Pierce, John E. and Rose, Miranda L. (2020). Treatment dose in post-stroke aphasia: a systematic scoping review. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 31 (10), 1-32. doi: 10.1080/09602011.2020.1786412
Conference Papers
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
O'Halloran, Robyn, Renton, Joanne, Harvey, Sam, McSween, Marie-Pier and Wallace, Sarah J. (2023). Do social determinants of health influence post-stroke aphasia outcomes? A scoping review. 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, Cheng, Bonnie, Shiggins, Ciara, Ryan, Brooke, Tanya Rose, Palmer, Rebecca, Burton. Bridget, Worthy, Peter, Deslandes, Ryan, Kong, Anthony Pak-Hin, Breitenstein, Caterina, Soroli, Eva, Dutta, Manaswita, Martinez Ferreiro, Silvia, Alyahya, Reem, Pais, Analise, Shinton, Ray, Pernworth, Janis and Wallace, Sarah J. (2023). Making research summaries accessible to people with aphasia following stroke: an international co-design study. 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, Cheng, Bonnie, Shiggins, Ciara, Ryan, Brooke, Rose, Tanya, Palmer, Rebecca, Burton, Bridget, Worthy, Peter, Deslandes, Ryan, Kong, Anthony Pak-Hin, Breitenstein, Caterina, Soroli, Eva, Dutta, Manaswita, Martinez Ferreiro, Silvia, Alyahya, Reem, Pais, Analisa, Shinton, Ray, Jennings, Amy, Pernworth, Janis and Wallace, Sarah J. (2023). Making research summaries accessible to people with aphasia following stroke: an international co-design study. 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
Harvey, Sam, Carragher, Marcella, Dickey, Michael W. and Rose, Miranda (2022). Dose-response relationships in post-stroke aphasia: preliminary evidence from a pilot study. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
Research Report
Zingelman, Sally, Cadilhac, Dominique A., Kim, Joosup, Stone, Marissa, Harvey, Sam, Unsworth, Carolyn, O'Halloran, Robyn, Hersh, Deborah, Mainstone, Kathryn and Wallace, Sarah J. (2024). Understanding important changes in aphasia recovery: A co-designed, aphasia-friendly handout of research results. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.