The Communication Research Registry is an initiative of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at The University of Queensland.

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The Communication Research Registry committee.

The Registry is managed by the Communication Research Registry committee. The committee is made up of researchers and clinicians working in the area of communication disability at The University of Queensland.

Committee members:

Professor Linda Worrall

Professor Worrall is a speech pathologist and professor at The University of Queensland, Brisbane. She is the Director of the national Clinical Centre for Research Excellence (CCRE) in Aphasia Rehabilitation and a Co-Director of the Communication Disability Centre (CDC) at The University of Queensland.

Her research interests include:

• aphasia rehabilitation,
• applying the World Health Organisations' International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health framework to research in a range of communication disabilities.

Professor Worrall is the data custodian of this Registry.

Professor Louise Hickson

Professor Hickson is an audiologist and Head of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at The University of Queensland, Brisbane. She is also a Co-Director of the Communication Disability Centre (CDC) at The University of Queensland.

Her research interests include:

• the investigation of the effects of hearing impairment on the everyday lives of older people,
• the effectiveness of direct forms of treatment (e.g. hearing aid fitting, communication education) for older people with hearing impairment,
• the development of new treatment approaches for older people with hearing impairment.

Professor Deborah Theodoros

Professor Theodoros is a speech pathologist and Head of the Division of Speech Pathology at The University of Queensland, Brisbane. She is also a founder and Co-Director of the Telerehabilitation Unit at the University.

Her research interests include:

• the assessment and treatment of speaking disorders
• the development of applications to provide treatment for speech, language, fluency, voice and swallowing disorders over the internet.

Associate Professor David Copland

Associate Professor David Copland is a speech pathologist and senior research fellow at The University of Queensland, Brisbane.

His research interests include:

• language processing following stroke and in Parkinson's Disease, schizophrenia and Huntington's Disease,
• investigating the neural and functional architecture of the language faculty, recovery from stroke, neurochemical modulation of language, and language in schizophrenia, using functional MRI, event-related potential and divided visual field tasks.

Associate Professor Joseph Kei

Associate Professor Kei is an audiologist and Head of the Division of Audiology at The University of Queensland, Brisbane. He is also the founder of the Hearing Research Unit for children at the University.

His research interests include:

• hearing loss in children with cancer, 
• middle ear problems in neonates,
• speech perception in children.

Dr Carly Meyer

Dr Meyer is a speech pathologist and senior research officer at The University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Her research interests include:

• improving outcomes for older adults with hearing impairment through the development of novel treatment approaches,
• investigating the implementation of family centered care in audiology and speech pathology practice,
• evaluating functional outcomes following intervention for communication disorders,
• exploring the impact of communication difficulties on the lives of people with Down syndrome.

Dr Tanya Rose

Dr Rose is a speech pathologist, researcher and lecturer at The University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Her research and clinical interests include:

• exploring service delivery options and outcomes, using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health - Child Youth framework when working with children who have language delays/disorders and their families,
• education for adults with aphasia to ensure that people with aphasia, their family and friends receive appropriate health information and access to services across the continuum of care.