Dr Emma Finch (nee Whiting) is a Conjoint Senior Research Fellow between The University of Queensland and the Princess Alexandra Hospital Speech Pathology Department. Emma graduated with a Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Hons Class I) from the University of Queensland in 2003 and was also awarded a University Medal at this time. Emma subsequently completed a PhD at the University of Queensland in 2008 and was awarded a Dean’s commendation for her doctoral thesis. Following the completion of her PhD, Emma entered fulltime clinical work as a speech pathologist, with a focus on neurosciences and rehabilitation. Since August 2010, Emma has been employed in a conjoint research position.
Emma’s research themes have a strong clinical basis and are focused on the assessment and rehabilitation of communication disorders associated with acquired neurological conditions, such as stroke, traumatic brain injury and brain tumours. Emma is also interested in approaches to enhance the participation of individuals with acquired communication difficulties, such as communication partner training.
Please note: I hold other grants administered by Queensland Health that are not included in the grants section below or in the grants tab.
Dunn, Katrina, Pollock, Tenille, Finch, Emma and Rumbach, Anna (2022). Management of communication function following non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage: a survey examining speech-language therapists’ clinical practices and perspectives. Speech, Language and Hearing, 1-10. doi: 10.1080/2050571x.2022.2091208
Journal Article: Oesophageal screening in videofluoroscopic swallow studies: Perceptions and practices of Australian speech-language pathologists
McCarthy, Kellie, Finch, Emma and Miles, Anna (2022). Oesophageal screening in videofluoroscopic swallow studies: Perceptions and practices of Australian speech-language pathologists. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2022.2061049
Journal Article: Clinical predictors of dysphagia recovery after stroke: a systematic review
D’Netto, Pamela, Rumbach, Anna, Dunn, Katrina and Finch, Emma (2022). Clinical predictors of dysphagia recovery after stroke: a systematic review. Dysphagia. doi: 10.1007/s00455-022-10443-3
Princess Alexandra Hospital Research Salary Support - Senior Research Fellow
(2021–2024) Princess Alexandra Hospital
Capacity Building for Providers of Cognitive Rehabilitation
(2021–2022) The National Injury Insurance Scheme, Queensland
Exploring communication needs following minor stroke
(2020–2022) Queensland Legacy Board Grant
Examining the impacts of minor TBI and concussion in mixed martial arts athletes
Doctor Philosophy
Dysphagia outcomes post clot retrieval and thrombolysis
Doctor Philosophy
Physical rehabilitation for central facial palsy.
Doctor Philosophy
Developing a novel communication intervention for patients with brain tumours and their families
Communication difficulties are a common, but under-researched consequence of brain tumours. There is currently no speech pathology intervention designed specifically to meet the communication needs of patients with brain tumours and their families. This study will develop and trial a novel intervention for communication difficulties associated with brain tumours.
Meeting the unmet needs of minor stroke patients
Previous pilot work by our project team has found that patients who have experienced a minor stroke can have health, rehabilitation and social needs to are unmet by current services. This project will explore the unmet needs in greater detail and develop a new approach to meeting these unmet needs.
Dunn, Katrina, Pollock, Tenille, Finch, Emma and Rumbach, Anna (2022). Management of communication function following non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage: a survey examining speech-language therapists’ clinical practices and perspectives. Speech, Language and Hearing, 1-10. doi: 10.1080/2050571x.2022.2091208
McCarthy, Kellie, Finch, Emma and Miles, Anna (2022). Oesophageal screening in videofluoroscopic swallow studies: Perceptions and practices of Australian speech-language pathologists. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1-9. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2022.2061049
Clinical predictors of dysphagia recovery after stroke: a systematic review
D’Netto, Pamela, Rumbach, Anna, Dunn, Katrina and Finch, Emma (2022). Clinical predictors of dysphagia recovery after stroke: a systematic review. Dysphagia. doi: 10.1007/s00455-022-10443-3
Merino, Joanne, Whelan, Brooke-Mai and Finch, Emma (2022). Examining the occurrence and outcomes of concussion and mTBI in mixed martial arts athletes: a systematic review. The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1-11. doi: 10.1080/00913847.2022.2061836
Dunn, Katrina, Rumbach, Anna and Finch, Emma (2022). Language function in the acute phase following non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage: A prospective cohort study. Journal of Communication Disorders, 96 106192, 106192. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2022.106192
Whelan, Brooke-Mai, Theodoros, Deborah, Cahill, Louise, Vaezipour, Atiyeh, Vogel, Adam P., Finch, Emma, Farrell, Anna and Cardell, Elizabeth (2022). Feasibility of a Telerehabilitation Adaptation of the Be Clear Speech Treatment Program for Non-Progressive Dysarthria. Brain Sciences, 12 (2) 197, 1-24. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12020197
Minchell, Ellie, Rumbach, Anna and Finch, Emma (2022). The effects of endovascular clot retrieval and thrombolysis on dysphagia in an Australian quaternary hospital: a retrospective review. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 57 (1), 128-137. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12681
Setting a prioritized agenda to drive speech–language therapy research in health
Finch, Emma, Ward, Elizabeth C., Brown, Bena, Cornwell, Petrea, Hill, Anne E., Hill, Annie, Hobson, Tania, Rose, Tanya, Scarinci, Nerina, Marshall, Jeanne, Cameron, Ashley and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2021). Setting a prioritized agenda to drive speech–language therapy research in health. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 56 (4), 768-783. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12626
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Lin, Tz-Jie, Burton, Christine, Scott, Julie and Finch, Emma (2021). Delivering an iterative Communication Partner Training programme to multidisciplinary healthcare professionals: a pilot implementation study and process evaluation. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 56 (3), 620-636. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12618
Finch, Emma, Ivanek, Monika and Wenke, Rachel (2021). The who, why, when, where, what and how of using outcome measures in dysarthria: a qualitative exploration of speech-language pathologists’ perspectives. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2021.1924859
Copley, Anna, Smith, Chloe, Finch, Emma, Fleming, Jennifer and Cornwell, Petrea (2020). Does metacognitive strategy instruction improve impaired self-awareness in adults with cognitive-communication disorders following an acquired brain injury?. Speech, Language and Hearing, 25 (2), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/2050571x.2020.1816403
Shrubsole, Kirstine, Pitt, Rachelle, Till, Kirsty, Finch, Emma and Ryan, Brooke (2020). Speech language pathologists’ practice with children of parents with an acquired communication disability: a preliminary study. Brain Impairment, 22 (2), 1-17. doi: 10.1017/brimp.2020.11
Dysphagia following non‐traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage: a prospective pilot study
Dunn, Katrina, Rumbach, Anna and Finch, Emma (2020). Dysphagia following non‐traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage: a prospective pilot study. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 55 (5) 1460-6984.12554, 702-711. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12554
Developing an evidence-based reading intervention for early brain injury rehabilitation
Watter, Kerrin, Copley, Anna and Finch, Emma (2020). Developing an evidence-based reading intervention for early brain injury rehabilitation. Brain Impairment, 22 (2), 1-24. doi: 10.1017/brimp.2020.8
Watter, Kerrin, Copley, Anna and Finch, Emma (2020). Strategy-based reading comprehension therapy during early acquired brain injury rehabilitation: preliminary results. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44 (6), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1780637
A survey of speech-language pathology treatment for non-progressive dysarthria in Australia
Gracia, Narissa, Rumbach, Anna F. and Finch, Emma (2020). A survey of speech-language pathology treatment for non-progressive dysarthria in Australia. Brain Impairment, 21 (2), 173-190. doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2020.3
Disrupted biographies: making sense of minor stroke after hospital discharge
Finch, Emma, Foster, Michele and Fleming, Jennifer (2020). Disrupted biographies: making sense of minor stroke after hospital discharge. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43 (18), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1708980
Exploring discharge destination following severe stroke
Teoh, Wei Lin and Finch, Emma (2020). Exploring discharge destination following severe stroke. Brain Impairment, 67-78. doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2020.4
Lee, Jeslyn J., Finch, Emma and Rose, Tanya (2019). Exploring the outcomes and perceptions of people with aphasia who conversed with speech pathology students via telepractice: a pilot study. Speech, Language and Hearing, 23 (2), 110-120. doi: 10.1080/2050571x.2019.1702241
Meeting unmet needs following minor stroke: the SUN randomised controlled trial protocol
Finch, Emma, Foster, Michele, Cruwys, Tegan, Fleming, Jennifer, Aitken, Philip, Jaques, Katherine, Williams, Ian and Shah, Darshan (2019). Meeting unmet needs following minor stroke: the SUN randomised controlled trial protocol. BMC Health Services Research, 19 (1) 894, 894. doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4746-1
Arnold, Hayley, Wallace, Sarah J., Ryan, Brooke, Finch, Emma and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2019). Current practice and barriers and facilitators to outcome measurement in aphasia rehabilitation: a cross-sectional study using the theoretical domains framework. Aphasiology, 34 (1), 1-23. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2019.1678090
Exploring changing needs following minor stroke
Finch, Emma, Foster, Michele, Fleming, Jennifer, Cruwys, Tegan, Williams, Ian, Shah, Darshan, Jaques, Katherine, Aitken, Philip and Worrall, Linda (2019). Exploring changing needs following minor stroke. Health and Social Care in the Community, 28 (2) hsc.12866, 347-356. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12866
Finch, Emma, Lethlean, Jennifer, Rose, Tanya, Fleming, Jennifer, Theodoros, Deborah, Cameron, Ashley, Coleman, Adele, Copland, David and McPhail, Steven M. (2019). Conversations between people with aphasia and speech pathology students via telepractice: a Phase II feasibility study. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 55 (1) 1460-6984.12501, 43-58. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12501
Telepractice communication partner training for health professionals: A randomised trial
Cameron, Ashley, McPhail, Steven, Hudson, Kyla, Fleming, Jennifer, Lethlean, Jennifer and Finch, Emma (2019). Telepractice communication partner training for health professionals: A randomised trial. Journal of Communication Disorders, 81 105914, 105914. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2019.105914
The effects of thrombolysis and endovascular clot retrieval on dysphagia: a scoping review
Minchell, Ellie, Finch, Emma and Rumbach, Anna (2019). The effects of thrombolysis and endovascular clot retrieval on dysphagia: a scoping review. Speech, Language and Hearing, 24 (3), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/2050571X.2019.1660460
Dysphagia in non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage: a scoping review
Dunn, Katrina, Rumbach, Anna and Finch, Emma (2019). Dysphagia in non-traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage: a scoping review. Neurosurgical Review, 43 (4), 1079-1087. doi: 10.1007/s10143-019-01155-8
Rumbach, Anna F., Finch, Emma and Stevenson, Grace (2019). What are the usual assessment practices in adult non-progressive dysarthria rehabilitation? A survey of Australian dysarthria practice patterns. Journal of Communication Disorders, 79, 46-57. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2019.03.002
Finch, Emma, Copley, Anna, McLisky, Michelle, Cornwell, Petrea L., Fleming, Jennifer M. and Doig, Emmah (2019). Can goal attainment scaling (GAS) accurately identify changes in social communication impairments following TBI?. Speech, Language and Hearing, 22 (3), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/2050571x.2019.1611220
Measuring access to primary healthcare services after stroke: a spatial analytic approach
Finch, Emma, Liu, Yan, Foster, Michele, Cruwys, Tegan, Fleming, Jennifer, Worrall, Linda, Williams, Ian, Shah, Darshan, Aitken, Philip and Corcoran, Jonathan (2019). Measuring access to primary healthcare services after stroke: a spatial analytic approach. Brain Impairment, 20 (3), 1-11. doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2019.11
Speech pathology management of non-progressive dysarthria: a systematic review of the literature
Finch, Emma, Rumbach, Anna F. and Park, Stacie (2018). Speech pathology management of non-progressive dysarthria: a systematic review of the literature. Disability and Rehabilitation, 42 (3), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2018.1497714
Cameron, Ashley, Hudson, Kyla, Finch, Emma, Fleming, Jennifer, Lethlean, Jennifer and McPhail, Steven (2018). 'I've got to get something out of it. And so do they': experiences of people with aphasia and university students participating in a communication partner training programme for healthcare professionals. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 53 (5), 919-928. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12402
Aphasia and reperfusion therapies in hyper-acute settings: a scoping review
Jones, Victoria, Finch, Emma and Copley, Anna (2018). Aphasia and reperfusion therapies in hyper-acute settings: a scoping review. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 21 (4), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2018.1448894
Finch, Emma, Lethlean, Jennifer, Rose, Tanya, Fleming, Jennifer, Theodoros, Deborah, Cameron, Ashley, Coleman, Adele, Copland, David and McPhail, Steven M (2017). How does feedback from patients impact upon healthcare student clinical skill development and learning? A systematic review. Medical teacher, 40 (3), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2017.1401218
Is an educational lecture a critical component of communication partner training?
Finch, Emma, Fleming, Jennifer, Cameron, Ashley, Lethlean, Jennifer, Hudson, Kyla, Dassanayake, Samantha and McPhail, Steven M (2017). Is an educational lecture a critical component of communication partner training?. International journal of speech-language pathology, 20 (7), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2017.1360940
Finch, Emma, Cameron, Ashley, Fleming, Jennifer, Lethlean, Jennifer, Hudson, Kyla and McPhail, Steven (2017). Does communication partner training improve the conversation skills of speech-language pathology students when interacting with people with aphasia?. Journal of Communication Disorders, 68, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2017.05.004
Finch, Emma, Cornwell, Petrea, Copley, Anna, Doig, Emmah and Fleming, Jennifer (2017). Remediation of social communication impairments following traumatic brain injury using metacognitive strategy intervention: a pilot study. Brain Injury, 31 (13-14), 1830-1839. doi: 10.1080/02699052.2017.1346284
Undetected and underserved: the untold story of patients who had a minor stroke
Finch, Emma C., Foster, Michele M., Fleming, Jennifer, Aitken, Philip D., Williams, Ian, Cruwys, Tegan and Worrall, Linda (2017). Undetected and underserved: the untold story of patients who had a minor stroke. Medical Journal of Australia, 206 (8), 337-338.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja16.01009
Ryan, Brooke, Hudson, Kyla, Worrall, Linda, Simmons-Mackie, Nina, Thomas, Emma, Finch, Emma, Clark, Kathy and Lethlean, Jennifer (2017). The aphasia action, success, and knowledge programme: results from an Australian phase I trial of a speech-pathology-led intervention for people with aphasia early post stroke. Brain Impairment, 18 (3), 284-298. doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2017.5
Cameron, Ashley, McPhail, Steven, Hudson, Kyla, Fleming, Jennifer, Lethlean, Jennifer, Tan, Ngang Ju and Finch, Emma (2017). The confidence and knowledge of health practitioners when interacting with people with aphasia in a hospital setting. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40 (11), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1294626
Cameron, Ashley, McPhail, Steven M., Hudson, Kyla, Fleming, Jennifer, Lethlean, Jennifer and Finch, Emma (2017). A pre–post intervention study investigating the confidence and knowledge of health professionals communicating with people with aphasia in a metropolitan hospital. Aphasiology, 31 (3), 359-374. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2016.1225277
Watter, Kerrin, Copley, Anna and Finch, Emma (2016). Treating reading comprehension deficits in sub-acute brain injury rehabilitation: identifying clinical practice and management. Journal of Communication Disorders, 64, 110-132. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2016.07.006
Participation in communication activities following traumatic brain injury: a time use diary study
Finch, Emma, French, Anna, Ou, Rachel J. and Fleming, Jennifer (2016). Participation in communication activities following traumatic brain injury: a time use diary study. Brain Injury, 30 (7), 883-890. doi: 10.3109/02699052.2016.1146959
Be clear: a new intensive speech treatment for adults with nonprogressive dysarthria
Park, Stacie, Theodoros, Deborah, Finch, Emma and Cardell, Elizabeth (2016). Be clear: a new intensive speech treatment for adults with nonprogressive dysarthria. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25 (1), 97-110. doi: 10.1044/2015_AJSLP-14-0113
Watter, Kerrin, Copley, Anna and Finch, Emma (2016). Discourse level reading comprehension interventions following acquired brain injury: a systematic review. Disability and Rehabilitation, 39 (4), 1-23. doi: 10.3109/09638288.2016.1141241
Feature rich, but user-friendly: speech pathologists’ preferences for computer-based aphasia therapy
Swales, Megan A., Hill, Anne J. and Finch, Emma (2016). Feature rich, but user-friendly: speech pathologists’ preferences for computer-based aphasia therapy. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 18 (4), 315-328. doi: 10.3109/17549507.2015.1081283
Finch, Emma, Copley, Anna, Cornwell, Petrea and Kelly, Crystal (2015). Systematic review of behavioral interventions targeting social communication difficulties after traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 97 (8), 1352-1365. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.11.005
Cameron, Ashley, McPhail, Steven M., Hudson, Kyla, Fleming, Jennifer, Lethlean, Jennifer and Finch, Emma (2015). Increasing the confidence and knowledge of occupational therapy and physiotherapy students when communicating with people with aphasia: A pre-post intervention study. Speech, Language and Hearing, 18 (3), 148-155. doi: 10.1179/2050572814Y.0000000062
Copley, Anna, Smith, Kathleen, Savill, Katelyn and Finch, Emma (2015). Does metacognitive strategy instruction improve impaired receptive cognitive-communication skills following acquired brain injury?. Brain Injury, 29 (11), 1309-1316. doi: 10.3109/02699052.2015.1043343
Finch, Emma, Cornwell, Petrea, Nalder, Emily and Ward, Elizabeth (2015). Uncovering motivators and stumbling blocks: Exploring the clinical research experiences of speech-language pathologists. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17 (2), 138-147. doi: 10.3109/17549507.2014.930175
Levodopa enhances explicit new-word learning in healthy adults: a preliminary study
Shellshear, Leanne, MacDonald, Anna D., Mahoney, Jeffrey, Finch, Emma, McMahon, Katie, Silburn, Peter, Nathan, Pradeep J. and Copland, David A. (2015). Levodopa enhances explicit new-word learning in healthy adults: a preliminary study. Human Psychopharmacology, 30 (5) 13045, 341-349. doi: 10.1002/hup.2480
Computer use by people with aphasia: a survey investigation
Finch, Emma and Hill, Anne J. (2014). Computer use by people with aphasia: a survey investigation. Brain Impairment, 15 (2), 107-119. doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2014.17
Consumer-focussed practice and service perceptions in brain injury rehabilitation units
Watter, Kerrin, Addis, Paula, Copley, Anna and Finch, Emma (2014). Consumer-focussed practice and service perceptions in brain injury rehabilitation units. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 16 (2), 50-57.
Finch, Emma, Fleming, Jennifer, Clark, Kathy and Hayward, Kathryn S. (2014). Interdisciplinary rehabilitation outcomes following thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke: a case series. NeuroRehabilitation, 35 (1), 9-16. doi: 10.3233/NRE-141091
Language outcomes following neurosurgery for brain tumours: a systematic review
Finch, Emma and Copland, David A. (2014). Language outcomes following neurosurgery for brain tumours: a systematic review. NeuroRehabilitation, 34 (3), 499-514. doi: 10.3233/NRE-141053
Speech Pathology clinical practice in sub-acute brain injury rehabilitation
Watter, Kerrin, Addis, Paula, Copley, Anna and Finch, Emma (2014). Speech Pathology clinical practice in sub-acute brain injury rehabilitation. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 16 (1), 7-13.
Finch, Emma, Hayward, Kathryn S., Fleming, Jennifer and Copland, David A. (2013). Identifying implications of thrombolysis for stroke rehabilitation: knowledge gaps in current research. Disability and Rehabilitation, 35 (11), 924-930. doi: 10.3109/09638288.2012.726315
Finch, Emma, Fleming, Jennifer, Brown, Kyla, Lethlean, Jennifer, Cameron, Ashley and McPhail, Steven M. (2013). The confidence of speech-language pathology students regarding communicating with people with aphasia. BMC Medical Education, 13 (1) 92, 92.1-92.8. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-92
Finch, Emma, Cornwell, Petrea, Ward, Elizabeth C. and McPhail, Steven M. (2013). Factors influencing research engagement: research interest, confidence and experience in an Australian speech-language pathology workforce. BMC Health Services Research, 13 (1) 144. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-144
Using computer-based therapy as an adjunct to standard anomia therapy
Finch, Emma, Clark, Kathy and Hill, Anne J. (2013). Using computer-based therapy as an adjunct to standard anomia therapy. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech Language Pathology, 15 (1), 2-6.
Hand movement effects on word learning and retrieval in adults
Ciantar, Jessica, Finch, Emma and Copland, David A. (2013). Hand movement effects on word learning and retrieval in adults. PLoS One, 8 (1) e53861, e53861.1-e53861.7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053861
Effect of aging on learning new names and descriptions for objects
Whiting, Emma, Chenery, Helen J. and Copland, David A. (2011). Effect of aging on learning new names and descriptions for objects. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 18 (5), 594-619. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2011.598912
The explicit learning of new names for known objects is improved by dexamphetamine
Whiting, Emma, Chenery, Helen J., Chalk, Jonathan, Darnell, Ross and Copland, David A. (2008). The explicit learning of new names for known objects is improved by dexamphetamine. Brain and Language, 104 (3), 254-261. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2007.03.003
Dexamphetamine enhances explicit new word learning for novel objects
Whiting, Emma, Chenery, Helen, Chalk, Jonathan, Darnell, Ross and Copland, David (2007). Dexamphetamine enhances explicit new word learning for novel objects. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 10 (6), 805-816. doi: 10.1017/S1461145706007516
Dexamphetamine boosts naming treatment effects in chronic aphasia
Whiting, E., Chenery, H., Chalk, J. and Copland, D. (2007). Dexamphetamine boosts naming treatment effects in chronic aphasia. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13 (6), 972-979. doi: 10.1017/S1355617707071317
Verb and context processing in Parkinson's disease
Whiting, Emma, Copland, David and Angwin, Anthony (2005). Verb and context processing in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 18 (3), 259-276. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2004.11.008
Watter, Kerrin, Copley, Anna and Finch, Emma (2019). Developing an Early Intervention for Cognitive-Communication Reading Comprehension Deficits After ABI: Preliminary Results. ABINGDON: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD.
Copley, Anna, Finch, Emma, Fleming, Jenny and Cornwell, Petrea (2019). IMPACT - Intervention for Metacognition and Social Participation: An Acquired Cognitive-communication Disorder Treatment. Treatment Development and Preliminary Findings. ABINGDON: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD.
Connolly, Jodie and Finch, Emma (2019). Constraint Induced Language Therapy (CILT) in early inpatient rehabilitation - A student pilot project. SMART STROKES 2019 Conference, Hunter Valley, NSW, 8-9 August 2019. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/1747493019858233
Exploring the health, service and social needs of minor stroke patients
Finch, Emma, Foster, Michele, Fleming, Jennifer, Cruwys, Tegan, Liu, Yan, Williams, Ian, Corcoran, Jonathan, Shah, Darshan, Aitken, Phil and Worrall, Linda (2018). Exploring the health, service and social needs of minor stroke patients. Stroke 2018 Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 7–10 August 2018. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/1747493018778666
McPhail, S. M., Fleming, J. and Finch, E. (2017). Factors associated with completion of stroke-specific screening in emergency departments among people with acute stroke: which patients are missed?. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
McPhail, S. M., Fleming, J. and Finch, E. (2017). Failure to provide risk-factor modification advice to vulnerable patients after acute stroke: opportunities for improvement identified from a national audit. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
McPhail, Steven M., Fleming, Jennifer and Finch, Emma (2017). Opportunities for improvement in care plan provision following acute stroke: Multilevel analyses from the National Stroke Audit (Acute Services). LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
McPhail, S. M., Finch, E. and Fleming, J. (2017). Where are the missed opportunities for preventative medications after acute ischemic stroke: findings from a national audit. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
McPhail, Steven M., Fleming, Jenny and Finch, Emma (2017). An investigation of lipid-lowering medication prescription among ischaemic stroke survivors at discharge from hospital: Findings from a national audit of acute services. PHILADELPHIA: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC.
Finch, Emma, Lethlean, Jennifer, Rose, Tanya, Fleming, Jennifer, Theodoros, Deborah, Cameron, Ashley, Coleman, Adele, Copland, David and McPhail, Steven M. (2017). Conversations between people with aphasia and speech pathology students via telehealth: exploring student perceptions on their clinical learning. SMART STROKES 2017 Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, 10-11 August 2017. London, United Kingdom: Sage.
Watter, Kerrin, Copley, Anna and Finch, Emma (2017). Evidence-based rehabilitation for cognitive-communication reading comprehension deficits: identifying evidence (I-V) and clinical implications. International Brain Injury Association’s 12th World Congress on Brain Injury, New Orleans, LA United States, 29 March-1 April 2017. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
McPhail, Steven M., Finch, Emma and Fleming, Jenny (2017). Understanding inconsistent implementation of stroke-specific screening in emergency departments: Findings from a national audit of acute services. PHILADELPHIA: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC.
McPhail, Steven M., Finch, Emma and Fleming, Jenny (2017). Variation in whether anti-thrombotic medications were prescribed for acute ischaemic stroke survivors: Findings from a national audit of acute services. PHILADELPHIA: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC.
McPhail, Steven M., Fleming, Jenny and Finch, Emma (2017). Which patients hospitalized with acute stroke receive risk modification advice: Findings from a national audit of acute services. PHILADELPHIA: TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC.
Finch, E., Cameron, A., Fleming, J., Lethlean, J., Brown, K. and McPhail, S. (2016). Communication partner training with people with aphasia, health professionals and health professional students: a program of research. SMART STROKES 2016 Conference, Canberra, ACT Australia, 25-26 August 2016. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications. doi: 10.1177/1747493016661644
Watter, Kerrin, Finch, Emma and Copley, Anna (2016). Delivering a new, multiple-strategy reading intervention during sub-acute brain injury rehabilitation: Treatment development and preliminary findings. International Brain Injury Association’s Eleventh World Congress on Brain Injury, Hague, Netherlands, March 2-5, 2016. Abingdon, Oxfordshire United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
Effects of communication partner training on people with aphasia
Finch, E., Cameron, A., Fleming, J., Lethlean, J., Brown, K. and Mcphail, S. (2016). Effects of communication partner training on people with aphasia. Asia Pacific Stroke Conference 2016, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 14-17 July. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger. doi: 10.1159/000447732
Communication recovery after stroke and thrombolysis: Do we know enough?
Finch, E., Fleming, J., Clark, K. and Hayward, K. (2014). Communication recovery after stroke and thrombolysis: Do we know enough?. SMART STROKES 2014 Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 28-29 August 2014. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12334
Rehabilitation outcomes following thrombolysis: A study of four cases
Finch, E., Fleming, J., Clark, K. and Hayward, K. S. (2014). Rehabilitation outcomes following thrombolysis: A study of four cases. 25th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Stroke Society of Australasia, Hamilton Island, QLD Australia, 30 July-1 August 2014. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12298
Copland, David, Mahoney, Jeff, Shellshear, Leanne, MacDonald, Anna, Whiting, Emma, Nathan, Pradeep and Silburn, Peter (2012). Influence of dopamine on healthy adult new word learning and implications for pharmacotherapy in Aphasia. 13th International Science of Aphasia Conference 2012, Groningen, Netherlands, 7-12 September, 2012. Leiden, Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger.
Whiting, Emma (2007). Pharmacological Modulation Of New Word Learning In Young Healthy Adults And Naming Therapy In Aphasia. PhD Thesis, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland.
Princess Alexandra Hospital Research Salary Support - Senior Research Fellow
(2021–2024) Princess Alexandra Hospital
Capacity Building for Providers of Cognitive Rehabilitation
(2021–2022) The National Injury Insurance Scheme, Queensland
Exploring communication needs following minor stroke
(2020–2022) Queensland Legacy Board Grant
Princess Alexandra Hospital research salary support
(2018–2021) Princess Alexandra Hospital
(2017) Princess Alexandra Hospital
Cured or condemned? Mapping mild stoke outcomes and untreated deficits
(2016–2017) UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund - FirstLink
Training students in effective communication strategies via telehealth
(2015–2016) Technology-Enhanced Learning Grants
(2015) Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Foundation
Language mapping in adults with brain tumour
(2014) PA Research Foundation
(2013–2015) Queensland Government
(2013–2014) PA Research Foundation
(2013) National Stroke Foundation
An investigation into communication outcomes following brain tumour surgery
(2011–2012) UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
Improving communication between health practitioners, students and patients with aphasia
(2011–2012) Queensland Government
Princess Alexandra Hospital research salary support
(2010–2018) Princess Alexandra Hospital
Examining the impacts of minor TBI and concussion in mixed martial arts athletes
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Dysphagia outcomes post clot retrieval and thrombolysis
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Physical rehabilitation for central facial palsy.
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Imaging correlates for dysphagia and aphasia post reperfusion in acute ischemic stroke
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Implementing routine oesophageal screening in videofluoroscopic swallow studies at the Princess Alexandra Hospital
Master Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Impact of the Action Success Knowledge (ASK) program on the psychological well-being and quality of life of people with mild aphasia
Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
(2020) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2018) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Presurgical language mapping in adults with brain tumours
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Be Clear: a novel speech treatment for non-progressive dysarthria
(2018) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
Developing a novel communication intervention for patients with brain tumours and their families
Communication difficulties are a common, but under-researched consequence of brain tumours. There is currently no speech pathology intervention designed specifically to meet the communication needs of patients with brain tumours and their families. This study will develop and trial a novel intervention for communication difficulties associated with brain tumours.
Meeting the unmet needs of minor stroke patients
Previous pilot work by our project team has found that patients who have experienced a minor stroke can have health, rehabilitation and social needs to are unmet by current services. This project will explore the unmet needs in greater detail and develop a new approach to meeting these unmet needs.