Name Expertise Institution Location Prof Karen Barlow (Chair) Paediatric Neurologist; Rehabilitation Specialist University of Queensland; Queensland Children’s Hospital Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Prof Jennie Ponsford Professor of Neuropsychology Monash University; Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Prof Franz Babl Paediatric Emergency Physician Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; University of Melbourne; Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Prof Alice Theadom Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Auckland University of technology Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand Dr Gill Cowen General Practitioner (FRACGP, MSportMed); Senior Lecturer Medicine; Senior Clinical Research Fellow Curtin Medical School and Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University Perth, Western Australia, Australia Prof Rebecca Kimble Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Clinical excellence Queensland; Royal Brisbane and Women’s hospital; University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Mr David Cole Consumer advocate Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Name Expertise Institution Location Prof Vicki Anderson Paediatric Neuropsychologist Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; University of Melbourne Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Prof Gary Browne Emergency physician; Sports and exercise medicine physician University of Sydney, Children’s Hospital Westmead Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Adjunct A/Prof Jennifer Cullen CEO of Synapse; Patient advocate; Advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with a disability Synapse; Griffith University Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Prof Stuart Dalziel Paediatric emergency physician University of Auckland; Starship Hospital Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand Prof Gavin Davis Neurosurgeon Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Cabrini Health; Austin Health; Monash University; University of Notre Dame Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Prof Melinda Fitzgerald Professor of Neurotrauma Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University; Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science; Connectivity Traumatic Brain Injury Australia Perth, Western Australia, Australia Dr Howard Flavell Rehabilitation medicine physician Royal Darwin Hospital Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Dr Sarah Harris Research fellow with focus on exercise and sports science Notre Dame University Perth, Western Australia, Australia Dr Gary Mitchell Emergency Physician Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital; University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Prof John Olver Rehabilitation physician Epworth Healthcare; Monash University Melbourne, Victoria, Australia A/Prof Rhonda Orr Professor in exercise and sports science University of Sydney; Children’s Hospital Westmead Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Dr Mark Ralfe Sports medicine physician; General Practitioner Wakefield Sports and Exercise Clinic; RACGP; Flinders University Adelaide, South Australia, Australia A/Prof Michael Rose Consultant physician and geriatrician Cabrini Health Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Mr Nick Rushworth Executive officer of Brain Injury Australia; Patient advocate Brain Injury Australia Sydney, New South Wales; Australia Dr Julia Treleaven Senior Lecturer Physiotherapy Clinical Physiotherapist University of Queensland Brisbane; Queensland, Australia A/Prof Sean Tweedy Professor of sports and exercise science, with a particular interest in Parasport International Paralympic Committee; University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Dr Caroline Yates General Practitioner; Rural specialist Brisbane South Health Pathways; Royal Flying Doctor Service Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Name Location Andrew Cocks WA, Australia Paulien Robinson QLD, Australia Brenda Desplace QLD, Australia Sarah Taimana Brodrick Auckland, New Zealand Gerard Thomas WA, Australia Tayla Fletcher QLD, Australia Kirsty Foreman WA, Australia Megan Butner QLD, Australia Name Occupation Location Ashley Callaghan Physiotherapist QLD, Australia Miffy Durham Occupational Therapist WA, Australia Georgina Leov Physiotherapist SA, Australia Felix Leung Physiotherapist QLD, Australia Alexander Ring Physiotherapist WA, Australia Kirrilee Smith Physiotherapist QLD, Australia Julia Treleaven Physiotherapist QLD, Australia Steering Committee
Member Disclosure Prof Franz Babl Received NHMRC institutional and individual grants One of the Chief investigators on PREDICT guidelines Prof Karen Barlow (Chair) Institutional grants from MRFF Institutional grants from Motor Accident Insurance Commission Unpaid member of the advisory committee for Connec8vity TBI Unpaid member of advisory committee for Concussion Australia Guideline Development Group for the PREDICT guideline David Cole Nil Dr Gill Cowen Institutional grants: AI MRFF stream 1 2021 TBI grant; CI MRFF Stream 1 2020 TBI Mission grant Unpaid roles: Chair WA Concussion Network; Advisor for WAFC; Gifts/rewards for services to WAFC presentations; Connectivity presentations Prof Rebecca Kimble Nil Prof Jennie Ponsford Institutional grants from Transport Accident Commission and NHMRC; Payment for Medico-legal reports Book royalties from Informa Press Prof Alice Theadon Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment -grant reviewer Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment Received institutional grant from Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, Health Research Council Grants and Accident Compensation Corporation. Guideline Development Group
Member Disclosure Prof Vicki Anderson Institutional funding from MRFF. Institutional grants from MRFF, NHMRC, Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation Payments from Pearson Publishing to Anderson Neuropsychology Pty LTD for text books Consulting fees for involvement on NHMRC/MRFF panels Payments for presentations by Childrens Hospital Foundation and American Psychological Association (Editor fee) Received payments for expert testimony Institutional payment for Australian Football League – partnership re HeadCheck App Prof Gary Browne Nil Adj A/prof Jennifer Cullen CEO of Synapse Australia Payment for advice to Disability Royal Commission paid to Synapse Member of the Independent Advisory Council for NDIS. Prof Stuart Dalziel Institutional grants from Cure Kids NZ and Health Research NZ Unpaid leadership positions on PREDICT and PERN One of the lead investigators on PREDICT guideline Receives institutional support from Cure Kids NZ Paid contract with Pharmac NZ Prof Gavin Davis Institutional grants for: (1) Study of Neck Injury Imaging in Children (SONIC): Improving the Diagnosis of Spinal Cord, Bone and Ligament Injuries in Children Compared With Current Practice. Franz Babl, Edward Oakley, Stuart Dalziel, Meredith Borland, Natalie Phillips, Susan Donath, Stacy Goergen, Gavin Davis, Geoffrey Askin. MRF1199748. Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – Clinical Trials Activity (Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases and Unmet Need) – 2019 Neurological Disorders Grant. 2020-2025. (2) Can predictive markers assist in early detection of children at risk for persisting symptoms and their response to prevention and intervention? Vicki Anderson, Franz Babl, Vera Ignjatovic, Gavin Davis, Karen Barlow, Stephen Hearps, Michael Takagi. MRF1202073. Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) – 2020 Traumatic Brain Injury Grant. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. 2020-2023. GD has attended meetings organised by sporting organisations including the NFL, NRL, IOC, IIHF and FIFA; however has not received any payment, research funding, or other monies from these groups other than for travel costs. GD is a member of the Scientific Committee of the 6th International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport; an honorary member of the AFL Concussion Scientific Committee; Section Editor, Sport and Rehabilitation, NEUROSURGERY; Prof Melinda Fitzgerald CEO of Connectivity Traumatic Brain Injury Australia Received grants from MRFF, NHMRC and Neurotrauma research program Contracts for research by Argenica Therapeutics and Medicann health Honarary positions with paid travel for: Mission TBI Expert Advisory Panel; Wicking Centre, Tasmania, Scientific Advisory panel; ARC Centre for integrative brain function. Dr Howard Flavell Nil Dr Sarah Harris In-kind consultation for WA football commission, Perth football league, Karrinyup Physiotherapy, SMA Unpaid work for WA Concussion network and Ramsay Healthcare WA/SA Human Research Ethics Committee Dr Gary Mitchell Paid contracts/grants with Jamieson Trauma Institute, Rugby Australia, Queensland Rugby Union, Fiji Rugby Union Financial support for presenting at Abbott conference 2022 Prof John Olver Grant from Transport Accident Commission (VIC) Paid consultation fees for membership on advisory boards and lecture presentations of ABAVIE Pharmaceuticals and IPSEN pharmaceuticals. A/prof Rhonda Orr Grant- AUS-mTBI: designing and implementing the health informatics approaches to enhance treatment and care for people with mild TBI (ID 2015762, CIA: L. Fitzgerald)[MRFF Traumatic Brain Injury (2023-25), $3 mill] Dr Mark Ralfe Nil A/Prof Michael Rose Nil Nick Rushworth Executive officer of Brain Injury Australia — Brain Injury Australia received $3,500.00 (incl GST) to act as a consumer representative on the Medical Research Future Fund research “AUS-mTBI: designing and implementing the health informatics approaches to enhance treatment and care for people with mild TBI”. BIA receives advocacy funding from Dept of Social Services; NDIS; Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. BIA has a partnership agreement with MAX employment, a Disability Employment Service provider. Dr Julia Treleaven Payments for: Various post graduate education providers such as IFOMPT, APA, MKS physiotherapist Payment (planned for 2023) for involvement in Concussion corner academy Reports written for patients with PCS- various solicitors. A/Prof Sean Tweedy NHMRC grants: (1) Implementation and scale-up of a consumer co-designed physical activity promotion program for people with moderate-to-profound disabilities (2) From injury to long-term physical activity for people living with traumatic brain injury. Paid contract: PacificAus Sports (Dept Foreign Affairs and Trade ) for Pacific Pathway to Brisbane Games 2032. Paid travel expenses for International Paralympic Committee and World Para Athletics, Member of: Principle Investigator, International Paralympic Committee Classification Research and Development Centre Dr Caroline Yates Consultant for ADHA and Cubicko about electronic health systems Paid work for Health Pathways for BSPHN Paid member of the GDG on this project
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