My primary responsibility is the management of the Clinical Research Centre for Movement Disorders & Gait. I provide leadership, guidance, support and biomechanical expertise to the Movement Disorders Team. I pursue research opportunities, conduct research projects and clinical trials, convene courses and training seminars, attract funding to the service, maximise revenue generation and monitor performance outputs. Prior to October 2024 I also led the Clinical Gait Analysis Service, an expert multidisciplinary team that utilised 3D gait analysis, video and clinical assessment to make recommendations for people with a gait impairment. In addition to our clinical work we hosted 18 post graduate students, presented at 31 conferences, held 19 in-services/seminars and 4 workshops, hosted 8 two-day gait courses and published 11 papers. Not bad for a part-time Service!

Based in the Collaborations and Researcher Support unit, I worked in a number of small teams. Predominantly, duties included developing, implementing and managing Memorandum’s of Understanding, contracts and proposals with international research foundations, writing documentation for working committee’s of the Commonwealth including policy development, managing national and international grant schemes and of particular interest, I developed and managed the documents and analysis of data for a major Public Consultation.

Based in the Queensland Children's Gait Laboratory, this position provided me with the invaluable experience of designing and installing a 3D gait laboratory. My primary responsibilities were to operate and maintain all laboratory equipment including the Motion Analysis 3D system, 3 AMTI force platforms, hard-wired EMG Myosystem, split screen video system, and the COSMED system. I assisted in the development of the Laboratory policies and wrote all procedure manuals for the use and maintenance of all the Laboratory equipment. I was integral in the development of the Service Business Plan and equipment grant applications. I liaised with health professionals in relation to the measurement, analysis and interpretation of children's gait and energy expenditure and presented in telemedicine conferences to statewide rehabilitation centres.

In this position, I was responsible for the operation and maintainence of the VICON Motion Analysis System, adapting it's use to any sport where 3D analysis was requested. I also led the team in the use of the A/B roll hybrid editing suite and the video/film library, maintaining the system and training staff in it's use. I was part of the team performing competition analysis at major swimming and track and field meets, recruiting 30 students from local universities to assist in video analysis 24 hours per day for the period of the meet. I provided biomechanical support to the physiotherapy department, netball and volleyball programs, and assisted in the set-up, testing and analysis of a wide range of sports, using Kistler force platforms, timing gates, video equipment, high speed camera’s, main frame computers, PC’s, digitising palettes, touch screens, numerous computer analysis programs.