Combined 11th Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine and the 3rd International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability 'Better Together' Conference 2022
Scientific Committee
As the co-scientific chairs we are delighted to welcome you to the AusACPDM/IAACD ‘Better Together’ 2022 Conference. Our scientific committee includes representatives from around the globe, from many disciplines, with broad range of expertise in childhood onset disability.
Together we are planning a world-class, stimulating scientific program based around our theme of Better Together. We will have both local and international keynotes speakers on a range of cutting-edge topics, and look forward to reviewing submissions over a diverse range of presentations.
All our presenters will have the option to present virtually and we look forward to sharing with you some new exciting virtual only formats. As a scientific committee we are dedicated to delivering you an outstanding hybrid conference and will be supporting presenters and delegates prior and during the conference with a range of materials to make the most of engaging audiences globally both virtually and in person to ensure we are Better Together.
Professor Alicia Spittle
Chair AusACPDM Scientific Committee
Physiotherapist
University of Melbourne
Professor Roslyn Boyd
Chair IAACD Scientific Committee
Physiotherapist
The University Queensland
AusACPDM Members
Nora Shields
Physiotherapist
La Trobe University
Kate Cameron
Physiotherapist
University of Melbourne/MCRI
Siobhan Reid
Human Movement Scientist
University Western Australia
Leanne Sakzewski
Occupational Therapist
The University of Queensland
Alex Pagnozzi
Medical Engineer
Australian e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO
Loren Apokourastos
Speech Pathologist
Cerebral Palsy Alliance
Petra Karlsson
Occupational Therapist
Cerebral Palsy Alliance
Sarah Knight
Psychologist
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Suzie Miller
Basic Scientist
Hudson Institute, Monash
Michael Fahey
Child Neurologist & Geneticist
Monash Children's Hospital
Shona Goldsmith
Researcher (Epidemiology)
Cerebral Palsy Alliance
IAACD members
Dacy Fehlings
Child Neurologist
Holland Bloorview, Canada
Dianne Damiano
Physiotherapist
National Institute of Health, USA
Mark Peterson
Exercise Physiology and Health Services Research
University of Michigan
Veronica Schiariti
Developmental Paediatrician
University of Victoria, Canada
Liz Khaemba
Psychologist
Transformative Learning, Kenya
Asha Chitnas
Physiotherapist
Mumbai, India
Fabiola Barron
Physician
University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Guro L. Andersen
Paediatrician
The Cerebral Palsy Register, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Norway
Sylvain Brochard
MD Pediatric Rehabilitation
BEaCHILD Research and Innovation Centre, France
Egmar Longo
Physical Therapist
Academia Latinoameriana de Desarrollo Infantil y Discapacidad, Brazil
De Wu
MD, Physician
Southern China University, China
Nelleke Langerak
PT, Bioengineer
University of Capetown, South Africa
MinYoung Kim
MD, Physician
CHA University, South Korea
Unni Narayan
Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon
Toronto Sick Children's Hospital, Canada
Yukihiro Kitai
Child Neurologist
Bobath Memorial Hospital, Japan
Jessica Rose
Scientist, Orthopaedics
Stanford University, USA