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Australia

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Oversee 12 personnel and direct operations of 10 federally/philanthropic-funded clinical studies, including protocol execution, tracking/reporting of study metrics and timelines, assist in preparation and review of IRB/regulatory submissions, oversee TMFs by study coordinators, manage study budgets and contracts• Managed planning and implementation of Spaulding REhabilitation and COVid Recovery (RECOVR) Study and serve as ongoing program manager (150 participants enrolled who are deeply… Show more • Oversee 12 personnel and direct operations of 10 federally/philanthropic-funded clinical studies, including protocol execution, tracking/reporting of study metrics and timelines, assist in preparation and review of IRB/regulatory submissions, oversee TMFs by study coordinators, manage study budgets and contracts• Managed planning and implementation of Spaulding REhabilitation and COVid Recovery (RECOVR) Study and serve as ongoing program manager (150 participants enrolled who are deeply phenotyped in first 12 months post-diagnosis)• Manage annual budget of >$4M; developed standardized budget tracking and reporting process, and summary dashboard, to improve reporting to Principal Investigator and departmental administrators Show less

Greater Boston Area

• Co-led the design, build, and pilot-testing of a platform (“Evidence-Based Clinical Outcome assessment Platform”) that allows efficient, transparent, and systematic grading of clinical outcome assessments (COAs) to aid in the selection of appropriate COAs with specific contexts of use for clinical research• Spaulding-Harvard TBI Model System Severe TBI Stakeholder Summit: co-wrote Summit briefing book (audience: legislators, public health officials, scientists; available at… Show more • Co-led the design, build, and pilot-testing of a platform (“Evidence-Based Clinical Outcome assessment Platform”) that allows efficient, transparent, and systematic grading of clinical outcome assessments (COAs) to aid in the selection of appropriate COAs with specific contexts of use for clinical research• Spaulding-Harvard TBI Model System Severe TBI Stakeholder Summit: co-wrote Summit briefing book (audience: legislators, public health officials, scientists; available at https://bit.ly/2Zi8Dtd) and managed post-Summit activities to implement policy action plans (e.g. produced briefing documents for meetings with federal agencies (CDC, CMS, HHS), researched health service delivery models) Show less

Mentor: Professor Maurice Smith, Harvard Neuromotor Control LabSummary of researchThe research undertaken at the Harvard Neuromotor Control Lab investigates how the human brain controls movement, in particular how the brain learns and perfects new motor skills. The work focuses on understanding how the brain optimizes the execution of voluntary arm movements. The lab studies how this process works in healthy individuals and how it goes awry in neurological disease, combining… Show more Mentor: Professor Maurice Smith, Harvard Neuromotor Control LabSummary of researchThe research undertaken at the Harvard Neuromotor Control Lab investigates how the human brain controls movement, in particular how the brain learns and perfects new motor skills. The work focuses on understanding how the brain optimizes the execution of voluntary arm movements. The lab studies how this process works in healthy individuals and how it goes awry in neurological disease, combining approaches from robotics, computational modeling, functional brain imaging, and behavioral neuroscience. My projectI initiated a project to investigate whether the nervous system uses 'motor working memory' when learning new movements. The presence of a working memory system for the transient holding and processing of new and already stored auditory and visuo-spatial sensory information is well-established. However, it is not known whether the nervous system uses motor working memory. Show less

Thesis title: 'Movement variability and pain: Searching for a solution'Advisory team: Dr Kylie Tucker, Professor Bill Vicenzino, Professor Paul Hodges.SummaryComplex and adaptable movement allows us to interact with the world. However, pain and musculoskeletal conditions limit our capacity to do so. My PhD research investigated the effect of pain on human motor control; specifically, whether the nervous system alters motor variability during acute pain to search for a new… Show more Thesis title: 'Movement variability and pain: Searching for a solution'Advisory team: Dr Kylie Tucker, Professor Bill Vicenzino, Professor Paul Hodges.SummaryComplex and adaptable movement allows us to interact with the world. However, pain and musculoskeletal conditions limit our capacity to do so. My PhD research investigated the effect of pain on human motor control; specifically, whether the nervous system alters motor variability during acute pain to search for a new, less painful movement strategy. A further line of research was the development of a new experimental model of sustained pain to study changes to motor control when elbow pain is sustained for one week.Other interests: Higher education and research policy; Student advocacy. Show less

Brisbane, Australia

Active Rehabilitation Physiotherapy provides in-patient and out-patient physiotherapy services at several locations around South East Queensland, including the Mater Private Hospital, Brisbane Private Hospital, and Mater Health Centre Hope Island.

Brisbane, Australia

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Health Sector Management

Awards & Honors: GPA: 3.9/4.0; Jay L. Hicks Scholar (awarded to 2 high-achieving students in the Health Sector Management program)

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Pain And Motor Control

• Investigated whether the nervous system adapts to pain by purposefully increasing variability of joint motion during movement to search.

Bachelor Of Physiotherapy, 1St Class Honours

Awards & Honors: GPA: 6.55/7.00; Dean’s Commendations for High Achievement (GPA >6) all semesters