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Debra has authored more than 18 refereed journal papers, several chapters, regular newsletters and less formal writings. She has presented at international and national conferences. Debra has worked in Melbourne hospitals for more than 25 years. She has had extensive clinical practice in neurological communication disorders and head and neck cancer areas. She has also developed a keen interest in cognitive decline disorders and worked in a multidisciplinary diagnostic clinic as the sole speech pathologist for three years. Debra has also established a busy private speech pathology practice which provides high quality voice evaluation and treatment services to people with dysphonia of various aetiologies. Debra is a founding member of a multidisciplinary diagnostic practice where she works closely in a team with otolaryngologists, physiotherapists and other specialist speech pathologists. Debra constantly seeks to extend her understanding of the complex task of voice production from everyday use to the demanding voice requirements of professional vocal performance. Debra has also pioneered vocal health promotion and risk mitigation in the performance medicine field. She provides prevention, vocal health education and risk management services to theatre and production companies and their performers as well as management and remediation of vocal injuries. Debra was awarded Fellowship in recognition of her outstanding clinical work, her dedication to the field, her contribution to the Association in the establishment, clarification and maintenance of high professional standards and professional development events and her ongoing research and teaching work. (IBIA) is testament to 28 years of excellence in research, teaching and clinical practice in this field. Leanne has demonstrated a commitment to innovative research in communication disorders and the development of training for people with traumatic brain injury, their families, community agencies and health professionals. Over the past 28 years Leanne has made a sustained and outstanding contribution to Speech Pathology Australia. She has held the role of media spokesperson for Traumatic Brain Injury since 1999, served as a National Tour Speaker and contributed to the coordination of the National Speech Pathology Australia Conference. Leanne’s contribution to the speech pathology profession and the Association was recognised in 2011 when she was awarded the Elinor Wray Award for Outstanding Achievement to Speech Pathology. Professor Leanne Togher Professor Leanne Togher is a world renowned expert in the field of communication disorders following acquired brain injury. Her recent appointment to the Board of Governors of the International Brain Injury Association

To date Leanne has been awarded grants totalling $12,116,502. Her publications include four books, 15 technical manuals/training programs, 19 book chapters, and over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles. In 2012, Leanne launched a new treatment resource aimed at improving everyday communication for people with brain injury and their families, called TBI Express. This treatment was proven as part of an NHMRC-funded clinical trial and is now available for clinicians, people with brain injury, their families, friends and carers. Leanne provides ongoing supervision of higher degree students, and many of her students have been recipients of NHMRC and APA research grants. She has also been an editorial board member or a reviewer of articles for a number of national and international journals. Leanne has achieved much over the spectrum of the profession’s activities. She has excelled in research but has a strong underpinning of clinical practice that informs her research and her service. of Queensland. This position is an initiative co-funded by Queensland Health and the University which has been designed to facilitate quality clinical health research and build research capacity within Queensland Health. Elizabeth supervises a large group of research higher degree students and continues to lecture the Dysphagia course within the Division of Speech Pathology at The University of Queensland. She has received numerous teaching awards. Elizabeth’s research is primarily clinically based, and aims to enhance the research base regarding clinical populations, the assessment and treatment techniques used and new models of care. Her research areas include telehealth service delivery models, and speech and swallowing disorders in a range of clinical populations including those who have had head and neck cancers, those requiring critical care (including tracheostomy management) and those with degenerative disorders. Elizabeth has published more than 160 peer reviewed journal publications, 29 book chapters as well as two academic text books. Her textbook, Head and Neck Cancer: Treatment Rehabilitation and Outcomes is recognised internationally as the leading textbook in the Head and Neck rehabilitation field. Elizabeth has presented multiple invited speaker presentations and workshops across Australia as well as internationally in New Zealand, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, England, USA, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland, reflecting the international regard for her research and clinical expertise. Professor Elizabeth Ward Professor Elizabeth Ward is currently the Professor and Director of the Centre for Functioning and Health Research within Queensland Health and a conjoint Professor within the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University

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