About me
I am the Associate Dean (Engagement), and an Associate Professor, research fellow, and physiotherapist in the School of Allied Health at Murdoch University, Australia. My PhD (2009-2012, University of Glasgow, UK) was inspired by my clinical experiences and focused on understanding the feasibility, acceptability and clinical outcomes associated with clinical exercise interventions in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). After completing my PhD, I moved to the Exercise and Neuroscience Research Laboratory, Kinesiology Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, and I became a Post Graduate Research Fellow, funded by the National MS Society. In Illinois, I continued my research in exercise-based trials for MS. I initiated consumer-based mixed methodology research to understand clinical exercise prescriptions. In 2016, I accepted a senior faculty position at Murdoch University. I lead the MS research within the School. Until early 2024, I was the Academic Chair/Course coordinator of Exercise Science courses; I teach physical rehabilitation units and supervise students and staff within the Discipline of Exercise Science. I lead the Clinical Exercise and Cognition stream within the Personalised Medicine Centre (formerly Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics), Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, where my research focus continues to be primarily concentrated on exercise for MS. I am an active member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA0, and lead the research focus within the Western Australian Neurological APA committee, and I am the Oceanic lead for research committee of the International Neurological Physical Therapy Association.