Dr Dale Edgar

Associate Professor, Research Fellow and Head, Burn Injury Research Node
B.Phty (Hons First)(University of Queensland 1992); PhD (University of Western Australia 2010).

dale.edgar@nd.edu.au

  • Biography

    I commit to Value Based Health Care in any context and to constantly improving outcomes using data-driven research embedded in clinical daily practice. I value and apply my experience in systems thinking and my interests moving forward, lie in patient-centred, systematic process and service redesign projects, ensuring access to equitable care delivered within thriving local communities across WA and beyond. I will always work to ensure that routine support of patient self-determination is a given and health services are responsive to quality-of-life outcomes, collected systematically. I contribute the combined practical, strategic and teaching skills of a physiotherapist, researcher, project leader and academic leveraging 30 years of clinical leadership and experience in tertiary level facilities, treating consumers requiring holistic care for burns, trauma, plastic surgery, hand therapy, ENT surgery and musculo-skeletal problems.

  • Teaching areas

    • Value Based Health Care
    • Burn and traumatic injury
    • Prehabilitation and perioperative optimisation
    • Rehabilitation
    • Longitudinal outcome measurement

  • Research expertise and supervision

    Completed Undergraduate and Post-Graduate Research Programs:

    • Honours (17);
    • Grad Cert (14);
    • Grad Dip (14);
    • Masters (20);
    • PhD (10)

    Current ongoing Higher Degree Programs:

    • 2024- Andrew McAuliffe (M.Phil - UNDA).
    • 2023- Nadine Radin (M.Phil - UNDA); Dr Emily Zhen (PhD – UWA).

  • Books

    • Burn Trauma Rehabilitation: Allied Health Practice Guidelines. Evidence based guidance for contemporary rehabilitation post-burn.  Chief Editor – Edgar DW; Publisher – Dabrow Woods A; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins of Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, USA.
      ISBN 978-1-4963-0495-7

  • Book chapters

    • Remote Primary Health Care Manual. Burn Care Chapter. (Clinical procedures manual for remote and rural practice.) Co-author – Edgar DW; Publisher – CARPA / RPHCM / ATSI Health Practitioners and Health Workers, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.

  • Journal articles and proceedings

    2024

    • Spronk I, van Uden D, Lansdorp CA, van Dammen L, van Gemert R, Visser I, Versluis G, Wanders H, Geelen SJG, Verwilligen RAF, van der Vlegel M, Bijker GC, Heijblom MC, Fokke-Akkerman M, Stoop M,  van Baar ME, Nieuwenhuis MK, Pijpe A, van Schie CMH, Gardien KLM, Lucas Y, Snoeks A, Scholten-Jaegers SMHJ, Meij-de Vries A, Haanstra TM, Weel-Koenders AEAM, Wood FM, Edgar DW, Bosma E,  Middelkoop E, van der Vlies CH, van Zuijlen PPM. Development of a value-based healthcare burns core set for adult burn care. 2024. Burns (Open Access). In press.
    • Poelchow F, Codde J, Kendell R, Edgar DW, Wood FM. A randomised investigation of film-forming silicone gel in superficial partial thickness face and neck burn patients: Indication of improved early scar pigmentation outcomes. 2024. Burns (Open Access). Accepted to print March.
    • Raby E, Gittings P, Litton E, Berghuber A, Edgar DW, Camilleri J, Owen K, Kendell R, Manning L, Fear M, Wood FM. Celecoxib to improve scar quality following acute burn injury: lessons learned
    • Mai L, Boardman G, Robinson K, Edgar DW, Wood FM. Postoperative hypothermia is associated with reduced length of stay in adult acute burn survivors. 2024. Burns (Open Access). Accepted to print Feb.
    • Evans CK, Hince DA, Tatlow CJ, Pienaar PC, Truter P, Wood FM, Bulsara M, Berghuber A, Gittings PM, Edgar DW. Early ambulation impacts on quality-of-life outcomes positively after lower limb burn injury: A group trajectory analysis. 2024. Burns (Open Access – Feb); 28: S0305-4179(24)00053-6. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2024.02.018. Online ahead of print. https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0305-4179(24)00053-6
    • Salemans RFS, van Uden D, van Baar ME, Haanstra TM, van Schie CHM, van Zuijlen PPM, Lucas Y, Scholten-Jaegers SMHJ, Meij-de Vries A, Wood FM, Edgar DW, Spronk I, van der Vlies CH. Timing of surgery in acute deep partial-thickness burns: a study protocol. 2024. PLoS ONE 19(3): e0299809. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299809
    • Truter P, Bulsara C, Mountain D, Saggers, A, Edgar DW. 'I just need to find out if I had broken something or not.' A qualitative descriptive study into patient decisions to present to an Emergency Department with a simple fracture. 2024. International Emergency Nursing; 73 (Mar): 101420.  doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2024.101420.
    • Foster N, Raby E, Wood FM, Fear M, Pavlos N, Edgar DW. Trauma patient heterotopic ossification diagnosis is associated with increased hospital length of stay. Injury. 2024. Accepted to print – Jan
    • Foster N, Raby E, Wood FM, Fear M, Pavlos N, Edgar DW. Evaluation of the accuracy of diagnostic coding and clinical documentation for Traumatic Heterotopic Ossification diagnoses in Western Australian Tertiary Hospitals. 2024. Injury. Apr; 55(4):111328.  doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111328.

    2023

    • Spronk I, Wood FM, Fear MW, Lansdorp CA, Edgar DW. The short and long-term outcome priorities of a Western Australian adult burn population. 2023. Journal of Burn Care and Research. (Nov) irad175, https://doi.org/10.1093/jbcr/irad175
    • Rowe G, Allahham A, Edgar DW, Rurak BK, Fear MW, Wood FM, Vallence A-M.  Burn-induced brain functional changes: A narrative review. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 2023. Accepted to print Nov.
    • Stinton SB, Pappas E Moloney N; Refshauge K, Aguirre AN, Edgar DW. Who crashes their car following wrist fracture? Journal of Hand Therapy. 2023. Accepted to print Oct. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jht.2023.09.002
    • Foster N, Wood FM, Fear M, Pavlos N, Raby E, Edgar DW. IBM Watson AI-enhanced search tool identifies novel candidate genes and provides insight into potential pathomechanisms of Traumatic Heterotopic Ossification. 2023. Burns Open: v7; p126-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burnso.2023.07.001
    • Truter P, Lawson Smith M, Edgar DW. Response to: Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Guidance of Closed Reduction of Fifth Metacarpal Neck (Boxer's) Fracture. 2023. Journal of Emergency Medicine. Accepted to print July.
    • van de Warenburg MS, Munk EFL, Davies A, McBride CA, Edgar DW, Vehmeijer-Heeman MLAW, Young AE. Working Towards Holistic Scar Assessment and Improved Shared Decision-Making in Global Burn Care. 2023. Journal of Burn Care & Research: Accepted to print June. DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irad089
    • Lim WC, Hill A-M, Edgar DW, Elliott M, van der Lee L. Multidisciplinary staff perceived barriers and enablers to early mobilization of patients with burns in the ICU. 2023. Burns: v49; p 1688–1697 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2023.02.011
    • Osborne TJ, Wall B, Edgar DW, Fairchild T, Wood FM. Current understanding of the chronic stress response to burn injury from human studies. 2023; Burns and Trauma: v11. DOI: 10.1093/burnst/tkad007
    • Tracy LM, Kurmis R, Heath K, Edgar DW. Adherence with early allied health assessments in specialist burn services. Journal of Burn Care and Research. 2023; Jul 5;44(4):963-968. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/irac153.

    2022

    • Kurmis R, Nicholls C, Singer Y, Edgar DW, Wood FM, Gabbe BJ, Tracy LM. An investigation of early enteral nutrition provision in major burn patients in Australia and New Zealand. 2022. Nutrition and Dietetics, 79 (5): 582-589.
    • Grove K, Edgar DW, Chih HJ, Harrold M, Natarajan V, Mohd S, Hurn E, Cavalheri V. Greater In-Hospital Care and Early Rehabilitation Needs in People with COVID-19 Compared with Those without COVID-19. J Clinical Medicine. 2022, 11: 3602. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11133602
    • Young A, Davies A, Tsang C, Kirkham J, Potokar T, Gibran N, Tyack Z, Meirte J, Harada T, Dheansa B, Dumville J, Metcalfe C, Ahuja R, Wood FM, Gaskell S, Brookes S, Smailes S, Jeschke M, Ali Cinar M, Zia N, Moghazy A, Mathers J, Falder S, Edgar DW, Blazeby JM. Establishment of a core outcome set for burn care research: development and international consensus. BMJ Medicine. 2022; 1: e000183. https://doi:10.1136/bmjmed-2022-000183
    • Osborne T; Edgar DW; Gittings PM; Wood FM; Le Huray T; Allan B; Scott BR; Wall B. A prospective pilot study of the energy balance profiles in acute non-severe burn patients. Burns. 2022; 48(1): 184-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2021.03.002
    • Rowe G, Edgar DW, Osborne T, Fear M, Wood FM, Kenworthy P. Does exercise influence burn-induced inflammation: A cross-over randomised controlled feasibility trial. PLoS ONE. 2022; 17(4): e0266400. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266400
    • Stanley GHM, Barber ARJ, O'Brien AM, Hamill C, Boardman G, Frear C, Edgar DW, Seymour H, Wood FM. Delirium in hospitalised adults with acute burns – a systematic review. Burns. 2022; 48(5): Aug;48(5):1040-1054. DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2022.05.023
    • Leite LC; Carvalho L; Marcos de Queiroz D; do Socorro Quintino Farias M; Cavalheri V; Edgar DW; Ribeiro do Amaral Nery B; Vasconcelos Barros N; Maldaner V; Gurgel Campos N; Mesquita R. Can the Post-COVID-19 Functional Status scale discriminate between patients with different levels of fatigue, quality of life and functional performance? Pulmonology. 2022; 28(3): 220-223.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pulmoe.2022.01.001
    • Grove K; Harrold M; Mohd S; Natarajan V; Hurn E; Pearce J; Cavalheri V; Watson C; Edgar DW and the LATER19 Trial Co-investigator Group. Research lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic: Collecting longitudinal physical and mental health outcomes. Archives of Public Health. 2022. v80:14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00781-3.
    • Tuckey C, Edgar DW, Kohut S. Case Study: Pilot testing of a local acupuncture intervention protocol for burn scars. Scars, Burns and Healing. 2022; 8: 1-10. DOI: 10.1177/20595131211058430
    • Edwick, D. O., Hince, D. A., Rawlins, J. M., Wood, F. M., Edgar, D. W.  Does electrical stimulation improve healing in acute minor burn injury, as measured by bioimpedance spectroscopy? A single center, randomized, controlled trial. Burns Open. 2022; 6(1): 42-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burnso.2021.11.001

    2021

    • Bright L; Van der Lee L; Hince D; Wood FM; Edgar DW. Quantification of the negative impact of sedation and ionotropic support on achieving early mobility in burn patients in ICU: A single center observational study. Burns. 2021; 47 (8): 1756-1765.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2021.09.015
    • Leedman SR, Sheeraz M, Sanfilippo PG, Edgar DW, D’Aulerio GV, Robb DM, Richards T, Blyth CC, Mackey DA. Olfactory dysfunction at six months after coronavirus disease 2019 infection. J Laryngol Otol 2021; 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215121002085
    • Holmes, E; Wist, J; Masuda, R; Lodge, S; Nitschke, P; Kimhofer, T; Loo, R-L; Begum, S; Boughton, B; Yang, R; Morillon, A-C; Chin, S-T; Hall, R; Ryan, M; Bong, S-H; Gay, M; Edgar, DW; Lindon, JC; Richards, R; Yeap, BB; Petterson, S; Spraul, M; Schaefer, H; Lawler, NG; Gray, N; Whiley, L; Nicholson, JK. Incomplete Systemic Recovery and Metabolic Phenoreversion in Post-Acute Phase Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: Implications for Assessing Long-COVID Syndrome. Journal of Proteome Research. 2021; 20 (6): 3315−3329. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00224
    • Gong J, Tracy LM, Edgar DW, Wood FM, Singer Y, Gabbe BJ. Is receiving appropriate burns first aid treatment associated with geographic remoteness? Australian Journal of Rural Health. 2021; 29: 521-529. DOI: 10.1111/ajr.12752
    • Fraser S, Grant J, Mackean T, Hunter K, Keeler N, Clapham K, Edgar DW, Towers K, Teague W, Ivers R.  Considering difference: clinician reports of providing equal and equitable burn care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2021; 45 (3): 220-226. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13110
    • Lawler, NG; Gray, N; Kimhofer, T; Boughton, B; Gay, M; Yang, R; Morillon, A-C; Chin, S-T; Ryan, M; Begum, S; Bong, SH; Coudert, JD; Edgar, DW; Raby, E; Pettersson, W; Richards, T; Holmes, E; Whiley, L; Nicholson, JK. Systemic Perturbations in Amine and Kynurenine Metabolism Associated with Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Inflammatory Cytokine Responses. Journal of Proteome Research. 2021; 20 (5): 2796–2811m, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00052
    • Francis-Coad J, Edgar DW, Bulsara C, Barrett-Lennard A, Owen K, Fletcher D, Wood FM, Hill AM, Partnering with patients to design a prehabilitation program for optimising the patient experience through general surgery. Patient Experience Journal. 2021; 8 (1): 135-147. DOI: 10.35680/2372-0247.1544
    • Edgar, DW; Gittings, PM; Van Der Lee, L; Naylor, L; Maiorana, A; Jacques, A; Cavalheri, V; and the LATER19 Trial Co-investigator Group; Life AfTER covid-19 (LATER-19): a protocol prepared for a prospective, longitudinal, cohort study of symptoms, physical function and psychological outcomes in the context of a pandemic. Epub Tasman Medical Journal. 2021, Vol 1: 1-10.
    • Lodge, S; Nitschke,  P; Kimhofer, T; Coudert, J; Begum, S; Bong, S-H; Richards, T; Edgar, DW; Raby,  E; Spraul, M; Schäfer, H; Lindon, J; Loo, RL; Holmes, E; Nicholson, J. NMR Spectroscopic Windows on the Systemic Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Plasma Lipoproteins and Metabolites in Relation to Circulating Cytokines. Journal of Proteome Research. 2021, 20 (2), 1382-1396. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00876.
    • Truter P, Mountain D, Edgar DW, Bulsara C; An Emergency Department optimised protocol for qualitative research to investigate care seeking by patients with non-urgent conditions. Nurs Open. 2021 Mar;8(2):628-635. doi: 10.1002/nop2.667.
    • Gittings PM, Wand B, Hince D, Grisbrook T, Wood FM, Edgar DW. The efficacy of resistance training in addition to usual care for adults with acute burn injury: A randomised controlled trial. Burns. 2021; 47 (1): 84-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2020.03.015

    2020

    • Whife, CJ; Vallence, A-M; Edgar, DW; Wood, FM. Decreased neuroplasticity in minor burn injury survivors compared to non-injured adults: A pilot study in burn injury survivors aged 45 years and older. Burns, 2020; 47 (2): 327-337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2020.10.024
    • Tracy, LM; Singer, Y; Schrale, R; Gong, J; Darton, A; Wood, FM; Kurmis, R; Edgar, DW; Cleland, H; Gabbe, BJ. BRANZ Adult Long-Term Outcomes Committee. Epidemiology of burn injury in older adults: An Australian and New Zealand perspective. Scars, Burns and Healing, 2020, published online Sept, doi: 10.1177/2059513120952336. PMCID: PMC7534068. PMID: 33062309.
    • Edwick, DO; Hince, DA; Rawlins, JM; Wood, FM; Edgar, DW.  Randomised control trial of compression interventions for managing hand burn edema, as measured by bioimpedance spectroscopy. Journal of Burn Care & Research, 2020, 41(5):992-999, DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/iraa104 PMID: 32598472.
    • Edgar, DW; Van Daele, U; Spronk, I; van Baar, M; van Loey, N; Wood, FM; Kazis, LB; Meirte, J. Seeding the value-based health care and standardised measurement of quality of life after burn debate. Letter to the Editor. Burns, 2020, 46 (7), 1721-1723.
    • Edwick, D. O., Hince, D. A., Rawlins, J. M., Wood, F. M., Edgar, D. W. Alternate Electrode Positions for the Measurement of Hand Volumes Using Bioimpedance Spectroscopy. Lymphatic Research and Biology, 2020, published Online May, doi.org/10.1089/lrb.2019.0078.
    • Edwick, D. O., Hince, D. A., Rawlins, J. M., Wood, F. M., Edgar, D. W.  Bioimpedance spectroscopy is a valid and reliable measure of edema following hand burn injury (Part 1–Method validation). Journal of Burn Care & Research, 2020, 41 (4), 780-787, doi:10.1093/jbcr/iraa071.
    • Tracy LM, Edgar DW, Schrale R, Cleland H, Gabbe BJ, BRANZ Adult Long-Term Outcomes Committee. Predictors of itch and pain in the 12 months following burn injury: results from the Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand (BRANZ) Long-Term Outcomes Project. Burns & Trauma, 2020, 8, tkz004, doi: 10.1093/burnst/tkz004.
    • Spronk I, Edgar DW, van Baar ME, Wood FM, Van Loey NEE, Middelkoop E, Renneberg B, Öster C, Orwelius L, Moi AL, Nieuwenhuis M, van der Vlies CH, Polinder S, Haagsma JA. Improved and standardized method for assessing years lived with disability after burns and its application to estimate the non-fatal burden of disease of burn injuries in Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands. BMC Public Health (2020) 20:121. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8233-8
    • Coll F, Hill K, Burrows S, Watson C, Edgar DW. Modified Chester Step Test in a healthy adult population: measurement properties and development of a regression equation to estimate test duration. Physical Therapy: 2020, 100 (8), 1411–1418, https://doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzaa088
    • Tracy LM, Dyson K, Le Mercier L, Cleland H, McInnes JA, Cameron PA, Singer Y, Edgar DW, Darton A, Gabbe BJ. Variation in documented inhalation injury rates following burn injury in Australia and New Zealand; Injury (International Journal of the Care of the Injured): 2020. 51: 5: p 1152-1157.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2019.11.023
    • Stinton S, Moloney NA, Edgar DW, Pappas E.  Driving Performance Following a Wrist Fracture: A Pilot Study using a driving simulator. J of Hand Therapy: 2019. doi:10.1177/1758998319887526
    • Spronk I, Haagsma J, Edgar DW, van Baar ME, Polinder S, Wood FM. Comparison of three different methods to estimate the burden of disease of burn injuries in Western Australia in 2011-2018. Burns, 2020, 46, 1424 -1431.

    2019

    • Mai L, Spilsbury K, Edgar DW, Berghuber A, Wood FM. Increased risk of blood transfusion in patients with diabetes mellitus sustaining non-major burn injury. Burns: 2019. 45. doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2019.10.016
    • Whife C, Vallence AM, Edgar DW, Wood FM. No difference observed in short-interval intracortical inhibition in older burn-injury survivors compared to non-injured older adults: a pilot study. Burns: 2019, 45, 1131 – 1138. doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2019.02.020.
    • Tuckey C, Edgar DW, Kohut S. Efficacy of acupuncture in treating scars following tissue trauma. Scars, Burns and Healing: 2019. 5, 1–12. DOI: 10.1177/2059513119831911.

  • Conference papers

    2023

    • RPH MRF Research and Awards Symposium, Perth, WA (Attendee, awardee supervisor)
    • Health Sciences National Research Forum, UNDA, Fremantle, WA (Attendee)
    • National Allied Health Conference, Perth, WA Digital Strategies to Enhance Systematic Preventive Medicine Approach to Surgery (invited speaker); Establishing a new multidisciplinary pre-surgical optimisation service: Preliminary results (co-author accepted from abstract); Establishing a novel multidisciplinary, non-tertiary ICU aftercare clinic: Patient Profiles and outcomes (co-author, oral poster selected from abstract).
    • WA Health Data Driven QI Workshop, UWA, Perth WA (invited speaker) Digital Strategies to Enhance the Prehab Pathway Project.
    • WA Health Future Research and Innovation Fund Open Day, Curtin University, Perth, WA (Attendee)
    • EMHS Safety and Quality Meeting, Perth (online), WA (invited speaker, panel discussion).
    • Prehabilitation Pathway Project Outcomes.

    2022

    • 45th ANZBA Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, NSW.
    • Identifying evidence based treatment strategies to improve burn care by the development of a value-based healthcare framework (Oral bullet eposter, selected from abstracts).
    • Avenging Disasters – Prof Ian Norton (Session Chair)
    • Research to Practice, Exercise Sports Science Association (ESSA) National Conference, Online.  Early exercise training after burn injury expedites recovery (Invited speaker and panel member)
    • Choosing Wisely National Meeting, Online.
    • SurgFit: High-Value Personalised Surgical Care for Improved Health Outcomes and Environmental Sustainability (Oral bullet presentation selected from abstract & attendee)
    • HAI Prevention Best Practice Facilitators Meeting, Perth, WA.
    • Translating evidence into practice – Pneumonia prevention and management (Invited panel member).
    • Thrive2022, Australian Physiotherapy Conference, Brisbane.
    • The effect of sedation and inotropes on mobilisation of patients with burns in intensive care. A single-centre observational study (Co-author accepted from abstract).

    2021

    • Raine Study Concept Development Workshop, Perth, WA (Attendee)
    • Long COVID and the role of physiotherapy (Taking Care episode, Sept) Physical Therapy Day Podcast (Invited speaker w Scott Willis & Dr Paula Harding, Host: George Hyde).
    • BFIRST Burn Rehabilitation in LMIC Environments. (Online, Oct) (Invited speaker & panelist)
    • Long COVID Outcomes. Fiona Wood Public Lecture Series, Perth, WA. (Invited speaker and panelist) - postponed.
    • 44th ANZBA Annual Scientific (Hybrid) Meeting, Perth, WA.
    • Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (LIBRE) Profile Short Form Australian Translation (eposter selected from abstract); Bioimpedance spectroscopy is a valid and reliable measure of oedema in hand burn injury; Increased risk of blood transfusion in patients with diabetes mellitus sustaining non-major burn injury; Heterotopic Ossification in adults following a burn: A phenomenological analysis (Co-author eposters selected from abstracts).
    • Randomised control trial of compression interventions for managing hand burn oedema, as measured by bioimpedance spectroscopy; Perioperative hypothermia is associated with reduced morbidity after acute burn surgery; Prevalence of Traumatic Heterotopic Ossification and its impact on length of stay in West Australian tertiary Hospitals. (Co-author oral presentations selected from abstracts).
    • Digital Festival – Virtual Conference (attendee)
    • Next Step Addiction Medicine Symposium, RPH, Perth (Attendee)
    • IMPROVE Conference, FSH (Sept), Perth (Attendee, Poster Judge)
    • Clinical Senate Debates, Perth, WA (Elected Senator, Participant).
    • Silver Lining of COVID19 Pandemic: Vaccination and Variation in care (March); Workforce Planning: Contemporary Workforce Roles (June); Value Based Health Care (Oct)

    2020

    • Professional Development FSH, Perth
    • Appreciative Inquiry (Sue Alexander), Nov (Attendee).
    • Pitch Like a Shark (Daniel Franco), Nov (Attendee)
    • Science Webinar Series
    • Investigating cellular pathways driving severe COVID19: Fresh insights from longitudinal plasma proteomics (Attendee - online)
    • Clinical Senate Debates, Perth, WA.
    • Transforming care in the last 1000 days – Partnering to realise choice (November); The health and wellbeing of our workforce – Being fearless (August); It only took a Pandemic – Caring after COVID-19 (June – online). (Participant)
    • The Raine Study Webinar Series, September, Perth.  The importance of physical Activity (Prof Beth Hands, Dr Paola Chivers) (Attendee)
    • John Curtin Inst for Public Policy (JCIPP) Curtin Corner Webinar, Sept, Perth. Building a sustainable health care system: A Canadian Perspective and Experience (Prof Linda Woodhouse) (Attendee)
    • EBPOM 2020: Annual London Congress of Perioperative Medicine. (Virtual meeting attendee – Fremantle Hospital)
    • Bryant Stokes Neuroscience Lecture Series, June, Perth. What are the opportunities to improve post-burn outcome with neural interventions? (Invited Speaker)
    • Aust Soc of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (ASOHNS) ASM, Sydney, NSW.
    • Strength Training Enhances Recovery After Surgery (STERAS) (Poster selected from abstract)
    • Physiotherapists Leading Health Reform, Perth, WA. (Panel) (Invited Speaker)
    • Immersive Technologies Symposium, Perth, WA. (Panel) (Invited Speaker)
    • FSFHG Hospital Acquired Complication Reduction Program, Perth, WA. (Invited Speaker)
    • Colorectal Surgery Conference, FSH, Perth, WA (Invited speaker) – Nov 7 2020
    • Aust College of Sports Medicine (submitted abstract - pending)
    • ABA Conference, Orlando, USA (Poster selected from abstract) - March (conf cancelled COVID-19)
    • Early ambulation after a lower limb burn is associated with reduced length of stay: A quantitative longitudinal study(Poster accepted from abstract).
    • Optimising Compression for the Management of Acute Hand Burn Edema (Co-author poster selected from abstract).
    • ENT Conference, Perth, WA (Panel) (Invited Speaker) – May (conf cancelled COVID-19)
    • Online studies: The Wicking Institute, Understanding Dementia.(MOOC completed, attendee)
    • KIOM-SAR 2020 International Research Conference, Seoul, Korea / online conference.
    • (KIOM - Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine & SAR - Society of Acupuncture Research) - Bridging East & West from Acupuncture & Traditional Medicine Research to Practice.  Efficacy of acupuncture in treating scars following tissue trauma: A narrative literature review. (Co-author poster selected from abstract)

    2019

    • Time for Research Workshop, Hugh Kearns, Fremantle, WA. (Attendee)
    • SMHS Research Showcase, FSH, Perth, WA (Master of Ceremonies [MC] 3MT Session)
    • 43rd ANZBA Annual Scientific Meeting, Hobart, Tas. (Accepted abstracts + paper judge)
    • Establishing disability weights and the burden of burn injuries in Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands (Oral selected from abstract).
    • A pilot study on post-burn healing: Optimising scar outcome through the use of a silicone-based film-forming wound dressing. (Co-author oral presentation selected from abstract).
    • Bioimpedance spectroscopy provides a valid non-invasive muscle strength measure in burn patients: preliminary results (eposter selected from abstract)
    • Characteristics and Management of Burns in Older Adults (Co-author selected from abstract)
    • The effect of sedation and inotropic support on mobilisation in burns patients admitted to ICU; Comparison of different methods of compression for managing oedema following hand burn injury (Best research poster award).  (Co-author eposters x 2 selected from abstract)
    • Scar management should be the sole responsibility of the OT(Debate) (Invited Speaker)
    • Fiona Stanley Hospital IMPROVE Conference Travelling for treatment: the structural complexities identified via the stories of Aboriginal women who relocated for treatment in the State Adult Burns Unit at Fiona Stanley Hospital. (Co-author poster, Highly Commended).
    • FWF Research Forums, FSH, Perth, WA. (Invited Speaker x 1 + Attendee x 2)
    • FSH Novice Investigator 3MP Competition, Perth, WA. (MC)
    • SMHS Research HRQoL Breakfast Forum, FSH, Perth, WA. (Invited Speaker)
    • Measuring Quality of Life Outcomes Seminar, Perth, WA. (Convenor and MC)
    • International Collaboration for Health Outcome Measurement (ICHOM) Conference, Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Attendee)
    • FWF Research Updates, Perth, WA (Attendee x 3)
    • Analytics in Health, Perth, WA (Attendee)
    • JCU Undergraduate Workshop, Townsville, QLD. Restoring Quality of Life After Burn and Traumatic Injury. (Invited speaker)
    • World Congress of Physical Therapy, Geneva, Switzerland. Hypertrophic scars and their management using acupuncture: A narrative review of the literature. (Poster selected from abstract)
    • Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists, London, United Kingdom. Hypertrophic scars and their management using acupuncture: A narrative review of the literature. (Poster selected from abstract)

  • In the media

  • Professional affiliations

    • 2023 LIBRE App International Advisory Committee
    • 2023 Co-Chair Steering Committee, Burn Registry of Australia and New Zealand (BRANZ) (Member: 2006-)
    • 2022 UNDA Ethics Committee Member, Fremantle.
    • 2021 Spinnaker Health Research Foundation Strategic Advisory Committee, FSH.
    • 2020 Open Access Publication Fund Award Committee, FSH
    • 2018 WAHTN Allied Health Representative, UNDA.
    • 2014 International Society of Burn Injuries (ISBI) Burn Practice Guidelines Advisory Committee

  • Community engagement

    • 2023 Clinical Mentor: UWA Perth Biodesign Program
    • 2021 Accredited Standard Mental Health First Aider
    • 2006 Patron: ‘Jack the Wagtail’ Foundation (WA)

  • Awards

    • 2021 Finalist SMHS Researcher of Year
    • 2020 SMHS COVID19 Innovator Award
    • 2020 Aboriginal Health Champion (SMHS, Perth)
    • 2018 Andre Zagame Burn Rehabilitation Specialist Award (ISBI, New Delhi, India)
    • 2017 Highly Commended – Best Allied Health Presentation (ANZBA Adelaide)
    • 2016 Rotary Allied Health Excellence – Team of the Year (Winner)
    • 2016 Rotary Allied Health Excellence – Category Winner – Teaching, Training and/or Research
    • 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award Nominee (UWA)
    • 2012 Andre Zagame Burn Rehabilitation Specialist Award (ISBI, Edinburgh, Scotland)
    • 2012 Best Poster (Research Category) (ANZBA Hobart)
    • 2010 UWA Department of Surgery, Best Clinical Paper for 2009 (UWA)
    • 2010 Medical Research Foundation Young Investigator Award, Clinical Section (RPH)
    • 2009  Best Clinical Publication (Human Studies) – School of Surgery (UWA)
    • 2007  Nominee Australian of the Year Award
    • 2001 Johnson and Johnson Education Scholarship for Medical and Allied Health (RPH)

  • Other

    Academic and clinical appointments

    • 2020  Aboriginal Health Champion, Fiona Stanley Hospital, SMHS.
    • 2020  Elected Senator, Clinical Senate, WA Department of Health.
    • 2020  Sessional Lecturer, Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology (Curtin University)
    • 2020 Adjunct Assoc Prof, School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science: Curtin University.
    • 2019  Adjunct Assoc Prof, Div of Surgery, Medical School: University of Western Australia (UWA)
    • 2010  Adjunct Senior Lecturer (Professional): James Cook University (JCU)

    Project and research funding awards

    Total:  $5,562,180 (Peer Reviewed:  $4,946,445; Pledged HDR Stipends: $306,500; Industry funds: $65,633)