Mrs Helen Wallace

Lecturer

School of Allied Health and Human Performance

College of Health


Helen is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist and Lecturer within the School of Allied Health Science and Practice. In her clinical practice, Helen has over 16 years' experience working with an adult caseload across the care pathway, in a diverse range of clinical contexts, including health service roles, private practice and the NDIS. Helen completed her Master of Speech Pathology at the University of Sheffield (UK) in 2008. She is currently undertaking her PhD in the area of returning to driving with aphasia post-stroke at the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre, University of Queensland. Helen is also a member of the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists (CATs) Language and Cognition Working Group and a Stroke Portfolio Member of the Queensland Brain Injury Collaborative.Helen teaches into third year Speech Pathology courses focusing on the clinical application of speech pathology assessment and management, and is the Speech Pathology representative for the School's interprofessional learning committee. She is also an Associate Advisor for an Honours Project investigating Speech Pathologists' and Speech Pathology Managers' perspectives and experiences related to the use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in clinical practice for aphasia at the University of Queensland.

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2024 Fellowship NIDCD sponsored Academy of Aphasia Young Investigator Travel Fellowship National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders United States -
2023 Research Award ANZSO Bursary Award Winner Australian and New Zealand Stroke Organisation Australia -
2022 Research Award SmartStrokes Best New Investigator Smart Strokes Conference Australia -

Date Institution name Country Title
2026 - 2028 University of Sheffield United Kingdom Master's

Date Title Institution name Country
Certified Practising Speech Pathologist Speech Pathology Australia Australia

Year Citation
2023 Abstracts presented at Stroke 2023 – The Combined Stroke Society of Australasia and Smart Strokes Nursing and Allied Health Scientific Meeting, 22-25 August 2023, Melbourne, Australia (2023). Poster session presented at the meeting of International Journal of Stroke. SAGE Publications.
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Date Role Membership Country
2011 - ongoing Member Speech Pathology Australia Australia

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