Sheena Reilly is Professor of Speech Pathology in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne. In addition, she is Associate Director of Clinical and Public Health research at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.
Sheena received her B.App.Sc (Speech and Hearing) from Curtin University and her PhD from the Faculty of Medicine, University of London.
Sheena is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences, the UK Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and Speech Pathology Australia. She is an Honorary Research Fellow with the Australian Stuttering Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney and Visiting Professor, Neurosciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, University of London.
Sheena’s research focuses on childhood language and communication problems. She has more than date 150 publications, including 111 peer-reviewed original works in highly ranked journals such as the Pediatrics, British Medical Journal and Brain. Sheena’s research is multidisciplinary and investigates the etiology and characterization of childhood language and communication problems. She has attracted over 14 million in competitive research funding, from bodies such as NHMRC, ARC and NIH. Sheena was awarded her second, 5-year NHMRC practitioner fellowship in 2013. Collectively she has mentored 24 PhD and Masters students, 18 as a primary supervisor.
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Visiting Fellowship, University of Newcastle United Kingdom
Fellow of Speech Pathology Australia
Fellow of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (RCSLT) (2009)
Credentials
Positions
Honorary
Paediatrics Royal Children'S Hospital
Member
Speech Pathology Australia Association
Editorial Board Member
Evidence-based Communication Assessment and Intervention (EBCAI)
Editorial Board Member
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders
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Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
Editorial Board Member
Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language & Hearing
Editorial Board Member
Child; Care, Health and Development
Editorial Board Member (Executive Board)
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
Member
Royal College Speech Language Therapists
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University College London
Bachelor of Applied Science
Curtin University of Technology