Dinah Reddihough MD BSc FRACP FAFRM AO is a Paediatrician working in the Department of Neurodevelopment and Disability at The Royal Children’s Hospital and a Research Fellow at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. She is a Professorial Fellow in the Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne.
Dinah had many years of experience as a paediatrician and is now concentrating on her research program. This is focused on gaining a better understanding of the causes, along with improving outcomes and quality of life, for children and adolescents with disabilities, particularly cerebral palsy. She has 176 peer reviewed publications and has written 16 book chapters. Dinah is a reviewer for 18 international journals and 5 research funding bodies including NHMRC; was a Member of the Centres of Research Excellence Panels in 2014 and 2017 and the Assigners Academy in 2018.
Dinah's research program has included randomised trials determining efficacy of treatments and she has also contributed to the development of measurement tools including the Cerebral Palsy Quality of Life Questionnaire for Children and the Drooling Impact Scale. She established the Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register in 1987 which has resulted in 113 studies, generated 122 publications, and facilitated the work of 47 higher degree students. Outcomes have impacted on many areas of clinical practice, for example, hip surveillance guidelines for cerebral palsy to prevent painful hip dislocation and new knowledge about the management of epilepsy in cerebral palsy.
Dinah's commitment to research transfer and dissemination has been demonstrated by initiatives including the establishment of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine in 2002 and Solve! at the RCH in 2004 which established the first Chair in Developmental Medicine in Australia. She was the Chief Investigator on the first NHMRC Research Centre of Excellence (CRE) in Cerebral Palsy and in 2019, was awarded a second Centre of Research Excellence in Cerebral Palsy (“CP-Achieve”), which will focus on adolescents and young adults.
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FEATURED Journal article
More than an X-ray: Experiences and perspectives of parents of children with cerebral palsy when engaging in hip surveillance
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Officer of the Order of Australia
Howard Williams Medal
The Vernon Collins Medal
Health Lifetime Achievement Award
Living Legend Award – Founding President and Chair of Board 2002-2007.
Gold Medal
Distinguished Service Medal
FAFRM - Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
FRACP - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Credentials
Positions
Honorary
Paediatrics Royal Children'S Hospital
Member
The Academy of Child and Adolescent Health
Member
Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Paediatric Society of Australasia
Member
Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy & Developmental Medicine
Member
American Academy of Cerebral Palsy & Developmental Medicine
Board Member
Yooralla Society of Victoria
Education
Doctor of Medicine
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
University of Otago
Bachelor of Science
University of Otago