QARC People
The Queensland Aphasia Research Centre (QARC) Advisory Committee will provide advice regarding the development of the centre, identify priority areas and promote integration of QARC, Metro North Hospital & Health Service and wider Queensland health service operations.
Professor David Copland (Chair) – QARC Director, UQ.
Professor Emerita Linda Worrall – Chair of the Australian Aphasia Association.
Ms Andrea Abel – UQ Clinic Manager
Dr Kana Appadurai – Director of Geriatric and Rehabilitation Services, Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Services (STARS)
Ms Lynell Bassett – Director Speech Pathology and Audiology, The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.
Dr Clare Burns – Research Coordinator and Advanced Speech Pathologist, The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Mr Peter Buttrum – Executive Director, Allied Health Professions, The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Ms Brooke Cowie – Director of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals and MNHHS Speech Pathology Community of Practice Lead.
Ms Alisha Dicton – Senior Speech Pathologist, Townsville Hospital and Health Service
Professor Nadine Foster - Director, STARS Education and Research Alliance (SERA)
Ms Kate Hacking – Director of Speech Pathology, Metro North HHS Community and Oral Health.
Associate Professor Deborah Hersch – Chair of the Australian Aphasia Association Board
Ms Melissa Lawrie – Director of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Gold Coast Health.
Professor Michael O’Sullivan – Neurologist, UQCCR and Staff specialist, RBWH
Professor Miranda Rose – Director, CRE Aphasia.
Ms Kylie Short – Director of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Services (STARS)
Ms Kellie Stockton - Director, Allied Health, Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Services (STARS)
Guiding vision: ‘to deliver solutions that optimise the lives of people with aphasia’.
To do this we need to:
- Know the views of people living with aphasia.
- Hear their experiences.
- Include them in forming research ideas and projects.
- Include them in decision making about QARC.
Purpose:
The purpose of the Consumer Advisory Group is to ensure that QARC works together with:
- People with aphasia
- Family members
- Friends
Aims:
The aims of the Consumer Group are to:
- Provide advice on how to develop the centre.
- Point out key areas to focus on.
- Guide research projects.
- Support interests of consumers.
- Provide advice on how to engage people with aphasia
Group make-up:
The group includes:
David Copland
Bruce Aisthorpe
Mark Ryan
Katrina Ryan
Tony Head
Jenny Wilson
Kent Druery
Julia Druery
Kate O’Brien
Kathryn Mainstone
Penelope Mainstone
Penni Burfein (Queensland Health SP representative)
The purpose of the QARC Steering Committee is to ensure the centre achieves its objectives, including integration of QARC at STARS with Metro North Hospital and Health Service.
Professor David Copland – QARC Director
Professor Nadine Foster (Chair) - STARS Education and Research Alliance Director
Helen Boocock - Executive Director, STARS
Kellie Stockton - Director, Allied Health STARS
Kylie Short - Director of Speech Pathology STARS
Professor Sandy Brauer - Head of School, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences UQ
Professor Louise Hickson - Associate Dean, External Engagement, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences UQ
Associate Professor Anthony Angwin - Head of Speech Pathology Discipline UQ