Dr Karen Borschmann

Location
Heidelberg Campus
245 Burgundy Street
Heidelberg Victoria 3084

Karen Borschmann researcher profile

Biography

Karen is a research physiotherapist with interests in young stroke, health service development, physical activity, and musculoskeletal changes post-stroke. She works at The Florey as Project Manager (Research and Communication) on the new Young Stroke Service.

Media

19 April 2020, Stroke in Young People, Channel 10 The Project

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Key external collaborators:

  • Associate Professor Cathy Said, Physiotherapy, Western Health and Univeristy of Melbourne
  • Professor Elif Ekinci, Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation Principal Research Fellow, Medicine, Austin Health and University of Melbourne.
  • Associate Professor Emma Power, Speech Pathology, University of Technology Sydney
  • Dana Wong, Senior Lecturer Clinical Neuropsychology, School of Psychology and Public Health, La trobe University
  • Associate Professor Natasha Lannin, Occupational Therapy, Alfred Health and La Trobe University
  • Associate Professor Coralie English, Health Sciences, Univeristy of Newcastle
  • Professor Janice Eng, Canada Research Chair in the UBC Department of Physical Therapy at the University of British Columbia

Career highlights

Awards and achievements

  • 2017 – Australian Physiotherapy Association Best Neurology Paper
  • 2017 – Aust & NZ Bone & Mineral Society Travel Grant
  • 2016 – WISPP Science communication finalist
  • 2016 – Ian Potter Travel Grant
  • 2014 – Austin Life Sciences Allied Health Research Award

Research publications

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