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Bronwyn Hemsley

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Bronwyn Hemsley is an Australian speech pathologist, head of speech pathology at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and co-lead of the UTS Disability Research Network.[1]

Career

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She started her academic career as a lecturer at the University of Sydney in 2008.[2] Then she joined as a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Queensland from 2009 to 2012.[1][2] She joined the University of Newcastle as a senior lecturer then promoted as an associate professor in speech pathology in the same university. Currently she is a professor of speech pathology at the University of Technology Sydney.[1]

Education

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Hemsley obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science in speech pathology from the University of Sydney in 1988. She got two PhDs in communication sciences and disorders 2008 from the same university.[1]

Research

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Her research interests include communication, swallowing, social media, and other advanced assistive technologies for people with speech and swallowing difficulties.[1]

Awards

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She won Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA).[2] Hemsley won postgraduate teaching funds in 2019 and the Faculty Dean's Award for Research Excellence at UTS in 2021.[1] She also won the Fellowship Award from the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC).[3][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "University of Technology Sydney". profiles.uts.edu.au. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  2. ^ a b c "Bronwyn Hemsley". The Conversation. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  3. ^ a b afkr221 (2016-08-12). "International accolade for speech pathology researcher". The University of Newcastle, Australia. Retrieved 2024-07-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Reflections from Fellows of ISAAC". Augmentative and Alternative Communication. 32 (4): 233–240. 2016. doi:10.1080/07434618.2016.1252947. ISSN 0743-4618.
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