1-5 October 2009 Sydney Convetion Centre

AJP ORATOR

Professor Mary Galea Ph.D, BAppSci (Physio), BA, Grad Dip Physio, Grad Dip Neurosci, Grad Cert Clinical Trials Management. 

Professor Galea is Foundation Professor of Clinical Physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Rehabilitation Sciences Research Centre at Austin Health. She is a physiotherapist and neuroscientist who commenced her academic career after a substantial period in clinical practice in neurological physiotherapy.

Her research program includes both laboratory-based and clinical projects with the overall theme of elucidating how voluntary movement is controlled by the brain and factors that promote recovery following nervous system damage. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Senior Principal Fellow in the Centre for Neuroscience and the Howard Florey Institute at the University of Melbourne, with national and international research collaborations.