A/Prof Bob Cowan is CEO of the HEARing Cooperative Research Centre, a Principal Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne and an Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University.
Bob’s research includes cochlear implant and hearing technology, audiology and biomedical research management.
He has authored over 120 publications and book chapters, and holds a number of Australian and international technology patents and trademarks.
Bob received his Postgraduate Diploma in Audiology, and Doctor of Philosophy (Audiology) from the University of Melbourne. In addition, he holds an MBA (Technology Management) from LaTrobe University, and Graduate Diplomas in Technology Management and Health Economics. Bob’s early training was in Kinesiology (Simon Fraser) and BSc (Hons) in Physiology in Canada.
Bob heads the HEARing CRC, which brings together the research, educational, clinical and commercial skills of internationally-recognised Australian hearing research groups and leading biomedical companies to develop communication devices to enhance communication benefits for the millions of hearing impaired adults and children in Australia and world-wide. Under his leadership, the HEARing CRC has received Excellence in Innovation Awards in 2002, 2003, 2012 and 2013, as well as a STAR Award in 2012. He was a finalist in the Eureka Prizes in both 2012 and 2013.
In 2012, Bob was elected President of the international Society of Audiology, and is the Congress President for the XXXII World Congress of Audiology in 2014. He has served on the ISA Executive Committee for several years, and was Congress President of the XXVI International Congress of Audiology in Melbourne in 2002. Bob is a Fellow and Past President of Audiology Australia, and the Chair of its National Conference Committee. He was selected as Australian Professional of the Year 2004 by Professions Australia, and his contributions to audiology have been recognized through Audiology Australia’s President’s Distinguished Service Award (2003) and the Denis Byrne Memorial Lecture (2006). In 2008, Bob delivered the Libby Harricks Memorial Oration.
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Long term communication outcomes for children receiving cochlear implants younger than 12 months: A multi-centre study
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Australian Professional of the Year 2004
President's Distinguished Service Award
FICRA-Fellow of the International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology
FAAA-Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology
FAUDSA - Fellow of the Audiology Society of Australia
Credentials
Positions
Professor
Audiology And Speech Pathology
Education
Graduate Member Australian Institute of Company Directors
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Master of Business Administration
La Trobe University
Graduate Diploma of Management
Deakin University
Graduate Certificate of Management
Deakin University
Certificate in Health Economics
Monash University
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Diploma in Audiology
University of Melbourne
Honours Bachelor of Science
Queen's University at Kingston