Dr Amitabh Gupta
Research Expertise and Interests: Motor control, Biomechanics, Human Movement Science; Falls, Balance and Gait; Musculoskeletal Science; Physiotherapy
Email:a.gupta@westernsydney.edu.au
Mr Ed Johnson
Research Expertise and Interests: Rural and remote health, education, and social services; disability; public health; public policy; digital health; telepractice; ethnography; phenomenology; qualitative methods; critical theory; cultural relativism; humanism; person-centred approaches; community; inclusion; culturally safe and culturally competent practice; neurodevelopmental disorders; neurodiversity; mental health; intellectual disability; One Health; environmental aetiologies of neuro-psychiatric illness; non-verbal communication; sociolinguistics
Email: e.johnson@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Belinda Kenny
Research Expertise and Interests: Communication; Swallowing; Ethics and Professionalism; Work Integrated Learning
Email:B.Kenny@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Nerida Klupp
Research Expertise and Interests: Student mental health; animal assisted therapy; evidence-based healthcare; inter-professional learning and teaching
Email: n.klupp@westernsydney.edu.au
Professor Gregory Kolt
Research Expertise and Interests: Health promotion; lifestyle behaviour change; physical activity; public health; Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD)
Email:g.kolt@westernsydney.edu.au
Professor Karen Liu
Research Expertise and Interests: Cognitive strategies in rehabilitation to promote learning and participation in daily activities; neurological rehabilitation; memory strategies for older adults; education for dementia caregivers; program evaluation; instrumentation
Email:Karen.Liu@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Caroline Mills
Research Expertise and Interests: Disability and participation; autism; intellectual disability; school based therapy; children and families; sensory processing; behaviour support; service evaluation; mixed methods
Email:Caroline.Mills@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Nicole Peel
Research Expertise and Interests: Therapeutic Recreation, Leisure and vulnerable groups, foster care system, disability, leisure and health , health education, systems change, recreation therapy, leisure and sport for outcomes, arts, music, outdoor recreation modalities.
Email:n.peel@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Stefania Penkala
Research Expertise and Interests: Musculoskeletal Health, Movement Education and Rehabilitation across the lifespan (i.e Osteoarthritis, falls prevention, child development and the diabetic foot). Aboriginal Health and Wellness. Student experience and translation of knowledge into practice.
Email:S.Penkala@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Arianne Reis
Research Expertise and Interests: Therapeutic Recreation; Leisure, Sport and Physical Activity for Vulnerable and Marginalised Groups (e.g. refugees, migrants, low income communities, people in prison, etc.); Mental Health and Wellbeing; Public Spaces and Leisure; University Students' Learning
Email:a.reis@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Nicole Sharp
Research Expertise and Interests: Qualitative research; co-design; disability; mental health; transitions; lived experience
Email:N.Sharp@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Ellie Sugden
Research Expertise and Interests: Speech pathology; speech sound disorders; evidence-based practice; phonetics; health technology; service delivery
Email: E.Sugden@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Clarice Tang
Research Expertise and Interests: Knowledge translation into clinical practice, physiotherapy, chronic cardiovascular disease management, chronic respiratory disease, culturally and linguistically diverse communities
Email:c.tang@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Caterina Tannous
Research Expertise and Interests: professionalism; health profession education; interprofessional education; student transition and success; professional reasoning, professional identity, vulnerable populations
Email: c.tannous@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Liz Thyer
Research Expertise and Interests: Paramedicine; Burnout; Education; Qualitative research; Work Integrated Learning; Obstetrics; Mental Health
Email:E.Thyer@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Steven Walmsley
Research Expertise and Interests: Rheumatology; Survey Research; Outcomes Measurement; Qualitative; Quantitative; Mixed Methods.
Email:S.Walmsley@westernsydney.edu.au