The University of Sydney Acquired Brain Injury Communication Lab is a team of researchers investigating communication disorders following acquired brain injury (ABI). We work with research participants with traumatic brain injury, aphasia following stroke, dementia and other acquired neurological communication disorders.
The team is lead by Professor Leanne Togher, and includes experienced researchers, early career researchers, PhD candidates and honours students.
Lab Team
- Professor Leanne Togher (Director)
- Dr Rachael Rietdijk
- Dr Melissa Brunner
- Dr Elise Bogart (formerly Elbourn)
- Dr Joanne Steel
- Dr Petra Avramovic
- Dr Sophie Brassel
- Dr Mona Faris
- Dr Emma Van Der Schyff
- Dr Megan Trebilcock
- Dr Chelsea Larkman
- Mrs Nazia Islam (Lab Manager)
- Ms Kylie Southwell (Research Assistant)
- Mr Tushar Prasad (Research Assistant)
- Ms Olivia Maurice (Research Assistant)
- Ms Charlene Lo (Research Assistant)
Group Collaborators
- American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM)
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
- Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI)
- Brain Injury Australia
- Centre for Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation, La Trobe University
- Changineers
- icare Foundation
- International Brain Injury Association (IBIA)
- Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
- speechBITE
- Speech Pathology Australia
- TalkBank
- World Health Organisation (WHO)
Higher Degree Research Students
- Kate Smith, PhD Candidate
- Kylie Southwell, PhD Candidate
- Naomi Folder, PhD Candidate
- Tushar Prasad, PhD Candidate
- Victoria Norris, PhD Candidate
- Naomi Hodder, Masters Candidate
Honours Students
- Desiree Robinson
- Dora Xia
- Hayley Eskander
- Karen Li
- Kirrily Blyth
- Odette Cranwell Schaeper
Individual Collaborators
- Emeritus Professor Robyn Tate, The University of Sydney
- Professor Alistair McEwan, The University of Sydney
- Professor Brian MacWhinney, Carnegie Mellon University
- Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, University of Technology Sydney
- Professor Jennie Ponsford, Monash University
- Professor Jerry Hoepner, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
- Professor Lindy Fitzgerald, Curtin University
- Professor Mark Bayley, University of Toronto, Canada
- Professor Mary Kennedy, Chapman University
- Professor Miranda Rose, La Trobe University
- Professor Sarah Dennis, The University of Sydney / South-Western Sydney LHD
- Professor Skye McDonald, UNSW
- Professor Steven Maguire, The University of Sydney
- Professor Sue McAllister, The University of Sydney
- Associate Professor Andrew Campbell, The University of Sydney
- Associate Professor Emma Power, University of Technology Sydney
- Assistant Professor Peter Meulenbroek, Radford University
- Dr Adeola Bamgboje-Ayodele, The University of Sydney
- Dr Anna Janssen, The University of Sydney
- Dr Anusha Withana, University of Sydney
- Dr Belinda Kenny, Western Sydney University
- Dr Catherine Talbot, Bournemouth University
- Dr Catherine Wiseman-Hakes, McMaster University
- Dr Cynthia Honan, University of Tasmania
- Dr Iben Christensen, Copenhagen University
- Dr Jana Quinting, University of Cologne
- Dr Jarryd Daymond, The University of Sydney
- Dr John Pierce, La Trobe University
- Dr Kate Gould, Monash University
- Dr Katherine Kelly, South-Western Sydney LHD
- Dr Kathryn Greenslade, University of New Hampshire
- Dr Krestina Amon, The University of Sydney
- Dr Liz Spencer, The University of Newcastle
- Dr Louise Keegan, Moravian College
- Dr Melanie Keep, The University of Sydney
- Dr Melanie Moses, Melanie Moses Speech Pathologist
- Dr Nicholas Behn, City University London
- Dr Ralf Ilchef, Northen Sydney LHD / The University of Sydney
- Dr Sarah El-Wahsh
- Dr Sarah Wallace, University of Queensland
- Jason Bransby-Bell, Insight Rehab
- Julia Robertson, Griffith University
- Liesel Jeffers, Northern Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service
- Nick Rushworth, Brain Injury Australia
- Sally Howard, Northern Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service
- Samantha Grant, inspire rehab & psychology
- Sheila MacDonald
- Suzanne Stacey, Royal Rehab
- Penny Welch-West, St Joseph’s Healthcare London