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PEDro Education and training committee

The PEDro Education and training committee contributes to the development and dissemination of PEDro resources for facilitating evidence-based practice. Meet some of the members.

Dr Giovanni Ferreira
Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health at the University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District
BPthy, MSc, PhD

Giovanni is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) research fellow at the University of Sydney. His research interests include the pharmacological, non-pharmacological, and surgical management of back pain. He has been part of the PEDro Education and Training Committee since 2021.

Dr Lara Edbrooke
The University of Melbourne and The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
PhD, GDEB, BAppSci(Physio)

Lara is a Senior Lecturer and Victorian Cancer Agency fellow in the Physiotherapy Department at the University of Melbourne and the Allied Health Research Development co-lead at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Her research focuses on evaluating and implementing multi-disciplinary models of pre- and rehabilitation for people with cancer, with a particular focus on lung, gynaecological and haematological cancers.

Dr Aidan Cashin
Neuroscience Research Australia, The University of New South Wales
PhD, BExPhys

Aidan is a NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia and the University of New South Wales. His research focuses on investigating the mechanisms of healthcare interventions for optimisation and translation into clinical practice and health policy. Most of his work is applied to the management of chronic musculoskeletal conditions. Aidan also conducts methodological work that aims to improve research transparency and openness.

Dr Emre Ilhan
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW
PhD, DPT, BSc Psych (Hons), APAM

Emre is a clinical physiotherapist, researcher and educator within the Department of Health Sciences. Emre’s research focusses on pain across the lifespan (neonatal, infant, paediatric, and adult populations) and its biopsychosocial impacts; equity, inclusion, and diversity in research and healthcare; evidence-based healthcare; applied health ethics; paediatric physiotherapy. Emre teaches units on evidence-based healthcare at Macquarie University.

Dr Joshua Zadro
Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health at the University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District
PhD, BAppSc(Phty)(Hons)

Josh is a National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) Emerging Leadership Fellow at The University of Sydney. His research interests include improving access to effective and affordable care for musculoskeletal conditions, reducing low-value surgical and non-surgical care, and improving outcomes for people with low back pain and shoulder pain. He joined the PEDro Education and Training Committee in 2021.

Dr Peter Stubbs
University of Technology Sydney
BSc, MPhty, PhD

Peter is a Physiotherapist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney. Peter teaches Evidence Based Health and attempts to bridge the gap between evidence and practice. He is passionate about rehabilitation in people with neurological injury, research design and the quality of published research. Peter Joined the Education and Training Committee in 2022.

Dr Renae McNamara
Prince of Wales Hospital, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Australia
PhD, BAppSc(Phty)

Renae is a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in pulmonary rehabilitation at the Prince of Wales Hospital, and Clinical Research Fellow of The University of Sydney and Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney. Her research focuses on interventions to improve health outcomes for people living with chronic respiratory disease. She supports clinical research in her role on the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee. Renae joined the PEDro Education and Training Committee in 2021.

Dr Sarah Wallwork
IIMPACT in Health, University of South Australia
PhD, BPhty(Hons)

Sarah is a Research Fellow at the University of South Australia. Her research aims to make a community-wide generational shift in the way children understand pain, injury, and recovery, to reduce the development of unhelpful misconceptions about pain.

Piotr Lewandowski
Discipline of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney
MPhty Student, BHlthSc (Sp&ExSc)

Peter is an Accredited Exercise Scientist and Physiotherapy student. Peter is a PEDro Education and Training Committee student member.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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