Dr Hannah Graetz

Lecturer - Physiotherapy, Health Sciences
Specialist Continence & Women's Health Physiotherapist (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists, 2020)
B.Phty, M.Phty (Continence & Women's Health), FACP

Email: hannah.graetz@nd.edu.au

  • Biography

    Hannah Graetz is a Specialist Continence & Women's Health Physiotherapist*, educator and clinician-researcher. Her professional work spans university teaching, clinical education, health service research and leadership across the physiotherapy profession and pelvic health networks.


    Hannah's teaching focuses on developing students' clinical reasoning, critical thinking and evidence-informed decision-making skills. Her teaching experience encompasses undergraduate and entry-level physiotherapy education in pelvic health and health promotion, postgraduate coursework teaching and assessment in continence and pelvic health, professional mentoring of early-career and senior physiotherapists, clinical supervision and examination of physiotherapists undertaking Master's level pelvic health and specialisation training, and the design and delivery of advanced professional development courses, including Australian Physiotherapy Association-endorsed programs. She has also contributed extensively to professional education through national conference presentations and workshops.


    Alongside her teaching, Hannah is actively involved in clinician-led research, implementation projects and service evaluation. Her scholarly interests include physiotherapy-led models of care, pelvic health service delivery, workforce development and the translation of evidence into clinical practice. She has presented this work nationally and internationally and contributes to multidisciplinary research and quality improvement initiatives.


    Hannah values the integration of clinical practice, education and research and is committed to strengthening healthcare outcomes and professional practice through evidence-informed teaching, professional leadership and collaborative scholarship.
    *as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists, 2020

  • Teaching areas

    • Health promotion and public health
    • Pelvic health, continence and women's health physiotherapy
    • Undergraduate/entry-level physiotherapy education
    • Postgraduate continence and pelvic health education
    • Clinical reasoning and evidence-informed practice
    • Behaviour change and health behaviour
    • Clinical assessment and management of pelvic floor dysfunction
    • Professional practice and workforce development
    • Clinical supervision and mentorship
    • Interprofessional education
    • Continuing professional development and professional education

  • Research expertise and supervision

    Research Expertise

    • Pelvic health and continence care
    • Physiotherapy-led models of care
    • Health service evaluation including health economic and program evaluation
    • Implementation and translational research
    • Women's health across the lifespan and pelvic floor dysfunction
    • Evidence implementation in clinical practice

    Research Supervision

    • Member of supervisory team for Master of Philosophy students
    • Supervision and mentorship of clinicians undertaking implementation and translational research projects
    • Supervision of clinician-led service evaluations and program evaluation activities

  • Journal articles and proceedings

    • 2018 Graetz, Hannah; Briffa, Kathy and Thompson, Judith. Investigating models of continence care and service provision in regional Australia: A retrospective clinical audit [online]. Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal, The, Vol. 24, No. 2, Winter 2018: 36-42.

  • Conference papers

    • 2025 APA Scientific Conference, Symposia “Implementation and effectiveness of a virtual group pelvic floor muscle training program in antenatal care”
    • 2025 Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy, Poster “The real-world impact of physiotherapist-supervised exercise in a gestational diabetes service”
    • 2025 FIGO, ePoster presentation “Incontinence after childbirth: The impact of EMBODY on prevention & treatment”
    • 2024 IMS World Congress on Menopause free paper “A pilot of physiotherapy and supervised exercise for women presenting to a tertiary medical menopause clinic with severe or complex symptoms of menopause”
    • 2024 Asia-Pacific Prostate Cancer Conference Poster “A new public physiotherapy service for patients undergoing prostate cancer treatment: access, demand and outcomes”
    • 2023 APA IGNITE 23, short workshop, “How to embed physiotherapy within an existing menopause service” & free paper “Pelvic floor symptom trends in pregnant women attending virtual group physiotherapy”
    • 2019 APS Conference free paper “An exploration of sensitisation, cognitive and affective factors in women referred to physiotherapy with persistent pelvic pain”
    • 2018 IUGA Conference Vienna ePoster presentation – ‘Assessment of red flags in pelvic health: consideration of the use of a framework for clinical practice’ & ‘Advanced practice physiotherapy in urogynaecology’
    • 2017 ISSVD Conference Argentina free paper “A systematic review of risk factors for vulvodynia”
    • 2017 AWP-WCPT Conference Bangkok free paper “An investigation of continence care in regional Australia”
    • 2017 APA Conference free paper “An investigation of continence care in regional Australia & A systematic review of risk factors for vulvodynia”

  • Professional affiliations

    • Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists (Women's, Men's & Pelvic Health)
    • Member of the International Menopause Society
    • Member of the International Continence Society

  • Awards

    • 2026 NSW Health Translational Research Grant Scheme applicant, selected by Sydney Local Health District, currently under review, funding requested - $495,000
    • 2023 RES-ON grant recipient $10,000 – “Incontinence after childbirth: the impact of EMBODY in prevention & early intervention”
    • 2019 - SESLHD Improvement & Innovation Awards – Finalist – Delivering Integrated Care
    • 2018 - The Royal Hospital for Women Award for Improvement in Patient Care
    • 2017 - Best new presenter award APA conference Women's Men's and Pelvic Health presentations
    • Recipient of SESLHD innovative ideas funding $42,000 2016