Ms Meredith Smith
Lecturer
School of Allied Health and Human Performance
College of Health
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Meredith Smith is a Lecturer in Physiotherapy within the School of Allied Health Science and Practice. She is a clinical paediatric physiotherapist, with expertise in paediatric rehabilitation. Meredith's PhD focused on tailoring chronic pain assessment to children and young people with cerebral palsy, in which she led the development of two new pain assessment tools: The Pain Interference Questionnaire for Cerebral Palsy (PIQ-CP) and the Fear of Pain Questionnaire Adapted for Cerebral Palsy (FOPQ-CP). Both tools are developed to be accessible to people with diverse cognitive, communication and movement abilities, and are freely available through the Oceania Academy of Cerebral Palsy and other Childhood-Onset Disabilities. Meredith is also titled APA Paediatric Physiotherapist and a committee member for the APA Paediatric special interest group. Meredith also continues to work clinically at Novita and the Women's and Children's Hospital.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 - ongoing | Lecturer- Physiotherapy | University of Adelaide |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Doctor of Philosophy |
| 2021 | Monash University | Australia | Master of Advanced Paediatric Physiotherapy Practice |
| 2015 | University of South Australia | Australia | Bachelor of Physiotherapy |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Paediatric Physiotherapist | Australian Physiotherapy Association | Australia |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Smith, M., Pope, N., Smith, N., Henry, G., Honan, I., Corso, K., . . . Harvey, A. (2026). Delivering Health Education to Children With Chronic Conditions: A Scoping Review and Evidence and Gap Map.. Child: care, health and development, 52(3), e70271. |
| 2026 | Smith, M. G., Schaly, S., Berryman, C., Khillan, A., Ostojic, K., & Harvey, A. (2026). A Scoping Review and Content Analysis of Available Chronic Pain Education Programs and Resources for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults with Diverse Abilities. Journal of Pain Research, 19, 13 pages. |
| 2025 | Smith, N. L., Gibson, N., Bear, N., Thornton, A. L., Imms, C., Smith, M. G., & Harvey, A. R. (2025). Measurement properties and feasibility of chronic pain assessment tools for use with children and young people with cerebral palsy. Disability and Rehabilitation, 47(4), 840-854. Scopus3 WoS4 Europe PMC4 |
| 2025 | Smith, M. G., Gibson, R. J., Schibani, M., Russo, R. N., Thirumanickam, A., & Harvey, A. R. (2025). The comprehensibility and feasibility of the modified brief pain inventory and fear of pain questionnaire adapted for children and young people with cerebral palsy.. Qual Life Res, 34(8), 2377-2392. Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC2 |
| 2025 | Smith, M. G., Gibson, R. J., Russo, R. N., & Harvey, A. R. (2025). Adapting two pain assessment tools for young people with cerebral palsy: a multi-stakeholder consensus study.. Pain Rep, 10(4), e1304. Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2 |
| 2025 | Smith, M. G., Gibson, R. J., Russo, R. N., Smith, N., & Harvey, A. R. (2025). Structural validity of the Pain Interference Questionnaire and Fear of Pain Questionnaire for children and young people with cerebral palsy.. Dev Med Child Neurol, 68(5), 661-672. |
| 2024 | Smith, M. G., Gibson, R. J., Russo, R. N., Karanicolas, S., & Harvey, A. R. (2024). Examining tools for assessing the impact of chronic pain on emotional functioning in children and young people with cerebral palsy: stakeholder preference and recommendations for modification. Quality of Life Research, 33(8), 2247-2259. Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC3 |
| 2024 | Harvey, A., Smith, N., Smith, M., Ostojic, K., & Berryman, C. (2024). Chronic pain in children and young people with cerebral palsy: a narrative review of challenges, advances, and future directions. BMC Medicine, 22(1), 238-1-238-9. Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC7 |
| 2024 | AusACPDM 2024 Abstracts (2024). Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 66(S3), 5-99. |
| 2023 | Smith, N. L., Smith, M. G., Gibson, N., Imms, C., Thornton, A. L., & Harvey, A. R. (2023). Pain coping tools for children and young adults with a neurodevelopmental disability: A systematic review of measurement properties. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 65(3), 318-328. Scopus8 WoS8 Europe PMC8 |
| 2023 | Smith, M. G., Farrar, L. C., Gibson, R. J., Russo, R. N., & Harvey, A. R. (2023). Chronic pain interference assessment tools for children and adults who are unable to self‐report: A systematic review of psychometric properties. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 65(8), 1029-1042. Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC9 |
| 2023 | 30th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research. (2023). Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 32(Suppl 2), 23-220. Europe PMC1 |
| 2022 | Smith, M. G., & Patritti, B. L. (2022). Minimal Clinically Important Difference of the Gait Assessment and Intervention Tool for Adults with Stroke. Gait & Posture, 91, 212-215. Scopus4 WoS5 Europe PMC7 |
| Date | Project/ No. | Investigators | Funding Body | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-2028 | PainED-CP: Co-Creating an Innovative Pain Education Intervention for Children with Cerebral Palsy | Chief Investigators: A/Prof Adrienne Harvey, Dr Ingrid Honan, Dr Carolyn Berryman, Dr Meredith Smith, Dr Nadine Smith, Dr Simon Paget, Miss Georgina Henry, Dr Simon Garbellini, Dr Abirami Thirumanickam, A/Prof Giuliana Antolovich | National Health and Medical Research Council | $1.33M |
| 2026-2027 | PainED-CP: Co-Creating an Innovative Pain Education Intervention for Children with Cerebral Palsy | Chief Investigators: A/Prof Adrienne Harvey, A/Prof Giuliana Antolovich, Dr Carolyn Berryman, Dr Simon Garbellini, Miss Georgina Henry, Dr Ingrid Honan, Dr Katarina Ostojic, Dr Simon Paget, Dr Nicole Pope, Dr Meredith Smith, Dr Nadine Smith, Dr Abirami Thirumanickam | Medical Research Future Fund | $984 147 |
| 2024-2025 | Innovative Approaches to Assessing the Impact of Pain in Youth with Cerebral Palsy who have Diverse Cognitive and Communication Abilities |
Chief Investigator: Dr Meredith Smith Associate Investigators: A/Prof Adrienne Harvey, Prof Rachel Gibson, Dr Nadine Smith, A/Prof Ray Russo |
Women's and Children's Health Network Spark Research Seed Funding / The Hospital Research Foundation | $49000 |
| 2025 | Discovering and evaluating pain education resources for children with Cerebral Palsy |
Chief Investigator: Dr Meredith Smith Associate Investigators: A/Prof Adrienne Harvey, Dr Nadine Smith, Ms Georgina Henry, Dr Katarina Ostojic, Dr Ingrid Honan |
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Early Grant Development Award University of Adelaide |
$19900 |
| 2024 | Evaluating the impact of chronic pain across the physical, communication and cognitive spectrum of children and young people with cerebral palsy |
Chief Investigator: Dr Meredith Smith Associate Investigators: A/Prof Ray Russo, A/Prof Adrienne Harvey, Prof Rachel Gibson |
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Early Grant Development Award University of Adelaide |
$19915 |
| 2023 | Modifying and testing chronic pain assessment tools for children and young people with cerebral palsy |
Chief Investigator: Dr Meredith Smith Associate Investigators: A/Prof Adrienne Harvey, A/Prof Ray Russo, Prof Rachel Gibson |
School of Allied Health Science and Practice Research Development Support Grant University of Adelaide |
$14346 |
| Date | Course | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-2026 | Paediatric, Pelvic and Women's Health Physiotherapy |
Course Development Teaching |
| 2023-2024 | Person Centred Physiotherapy Practice |
Course Development Course Coordinator Teaching |
| 2022-2025 | Physiotherapy Across the Lifespan |
Course Development Course Coordinator Teaching |
| 2022 | Clinical Biomechanics | Teaching |
| 2022 | Physiotherapy Exercise Prescription and Physical Activity | Teaching |
| 2021-2022 | Evidence Based Practice 1 | Teaching |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Location | Program | Supervision Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 - ongoing | External Supervisor | Optimising the Use of Robotic Technologies in Paediatric Neurorehabilitation: Evidence, Barriers, and Clinical Integration at a Tertiary Children’s Hospital | Flinders University | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Hannah Yeomans |
| 2025 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Movement interventions, and accessibility considerations in children and adolescents with chronic pain: a scoping review | University of Adelaide | Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) | Honours | Full Time | Ms Genevieve Nixon |
| 2023 - 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Pain Passport for Children and Young People with Cerebral Palsy and Chronic Pain | University of Adelaide | Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) | Honours | Full Time | Ms Christine Drew |
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 - ongoing | Member | Australian Physiotherapy Association - Paediatric Special Interest Group | Australian Physiotherapy Association | Australia |
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