Our people
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.
Academic staff
- Professor Leanne Togher (Director)
- Dr Melissa Brunner
- Dr Lani Campbell
- Dr Elise Elbourn
- Ms Melinda Lyne
- Dr Cristian Leyton Moscoso
- Dr Rachael Rietdijk
- Ms Kylie Southwell
Research students
- Petra Avramovic, PhD Candidate
- Sophie Brassel, PhD Candidate
- Aylin Huzmeli, PhD Candidate
- Victoria Norris, PhD Candidate
- Kate Smith, PhD Candidate
- Zali Hall, Honours student
- Minh Tien Victoria Lam, Honours student
- Charlene Cheukling Lo, Honours student
- Sonia Fiza Tint, Honours student
- Kelly Ping Hsien Yiew, Honours student
- Erica Zhang, Honours student
- Yong Yong Zhang, Honours student
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
- Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
- speechBITE
- Speech Pathology Australia
- TalkBank
- World Health Organisation (WHO)
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Professor Mark Bayley, University of Toronto, Canada
- Dr Nicholas Behn, City, University of London
- Dr Lucy Bryant, University of Technology Sydney
- Associate Professor Andrew Campbell, The University of Sydney
- Dr Jarryd Daymond, The University of Sydney
- Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, University of Technology Sydney
- Dr Cynthia Honan, University of Tasmania
- Dr Anna Janssen, The University of Sydney
- Dr Melanie Keep, The University of Sydney
- Dr Louise Keegan, Moravian College
- Dr Belinda Kenny, Western Sydney University
- Professor Steven Maguire, The University of Sydney
- Professor Sue McAllister, The University of Sydney
- Professor Skye McDonald, UNSW
- Professor Alistair McEwan, The University of Sydney
- Assistant Professor Peter Meulenbroek, University of Kentucky
- Associate Professor Emma Power, University of Technology Sydney
- Dr Liz Spencer, The University of Newcastle
- Dr Joanne Steel, The University of Newcastle
- Dr Catherine Talbot, Bournemouth University
- Emeritus Professor Robyn Tate, The University of Sydney
- Kristina Bradley, PhD Candidate, La Trobe University
- Iben Christensen, PhD Candidate, Copenhagen University
- Lynn Grayson, PhD Candidate, Glasgow Caledonian University
- Melissa Miao, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
- Kathryn Pettigrove, PhD Candidate, La Trobe University
- John Pierce, PhD Candidate, La Trobe University
- Harmony Turnbull, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
