Vanesa Bochkezanian

Dr Vanesa Bochkezanian

Senior Research Fellow - JBI

School of Public Health

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Vanesa recently started a Senior Research Fellowship position at JBI in Implementation Science at The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. Her clinical background is in neurological physiotherapy and her research interests are in rehabilitation in people with spinal cord injuries, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, person-centered approach clinical research, assistive technologies.Vanesa has started her career as a Physiotherapist working in her home country Argentina. Her educational journey continued when she moved to Australia in 2011 with a Master of Applied Science from The University of Sydney and a PhD from Edith Cowan University. Throughout her doctoral studies, she developed a ground-breaking model of neuromuscular electrical stimulation, significantly enhancing musculoskeletal health and quality of life in individuals with spinal cord injury. After finishing her PhD studies, she then embarked in a full-time academic as a Neurological Physiotherapy lecturer at CQUniversity, Australia for 7 years. Vanesa has recently been awarded Bionics Queensland Early-Stage Bionic Innovation Prizes in 2021 and 2022 for her research in the use of electrical stimulation in people with spinal cord injuries, and as such her research has attracted significant international interest.Vanesa has recently joined the JBI Implementation Science team at The University of Adelaide as a Senior Research fellow in June, 2024, in which she is working on various implementation research projects and educational projects working with healthcare professional from around the world.Vanesa's research interests consist of the following:1. Implementation research projects and educational projects for application of evidence-based practice by healthcare professionals in Australia and around the world2. The rehabilitation benefits of exercise therapy in the special populations of spinal cord injury, stroke, and elderly individuals3. The innovative applications of assistive technologies in people with neurological conditions4. Person-centred approach in research and teaching5. The use of electrical stimulation exercise as an alternative to induce muscle contractions in lower and upper limbs in paralysed muscles in people with neurological conditions.Vanesa is passionate about inspiring healthcare professionals to provide best evidence practice, as it will result in improving the physical health and quality of life of people living with physical disabilities.

My research areas are in Implementation Science, rehabilitation in people with spinal cord injuries, neuromuscular electrical stimulation, stroke rehabilitation, neurological physiotherapy, person-centred research, assistive technologies, bladder and bowel management and neurostimulation.

Teaching into Research to Reality undergraduate unit. Term 1, 2025.

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2025 Co-Supervisor Comparative outcomes of revision surgery following femoral intertrochanteric fixation failure: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis Master of Clinical Science Master Full Time Dr Nicholas Charles Dominguez
    2025 Co-Supervisor Effectiveness of Duplex Ultrasound vs Clinical Monitoring surveillance in patients with arteriovenous fistulas undergoing haemodialysis Master of Clinical Science Master Part Time Dr Chrisdan Gan
  • Position: Senior Research Fellow - JBI
  • Email: vanesa.bochkezanian@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Adelaide
  • Building: 55 King William Road - Norwich Building, floor Third Floor
  • Org Unit: JBI
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