News & Updates

Emily Dalton publishes new research on the prevalence of upper limb weakness early after stroke in Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair https://doi.org/10.1177/15459683241229676. 

JANUARY 2024

Kate Hayward is awarded the UniMelb Faculty MDHS Award for Mid-Career Research Excellence for 2023. Pictured with Natalie Fini and Leonid Churilov.

DECEMBER 2023

Natalie Fini is awarded an NHMRC Emerging Leadership 1 Fellowship.

Earlier in the year Nat completed a successful Dyason Fellowship visiting the UK and Europe.

DECEMBER 2023

Kate Hayward chairs the release of the third international Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable recommendations at World Stroke Congress 2023 in Toronto Canada. Also pictured Prof Gert Kwakkel, Dr Dawn Simpson and A/Prof Jodi Edwards. 

OCTOBER 2023

Emily Dalton attends graduation from her PhD mid year and is awarded two grants later in the year (ECR UniMelb, Career Continuity, UniMelb)

AUG-DEC 2023

Matt Wingfield is awarded for early career research excellence prize at SSA 2023 ASM.

AUGUST 2023

The REPAIR Research group attends SSA 2023 ASM and share our latest science with the Australia-New Zealand stroke community

AUGUST 2023

Our brilliant statistician on all our research was awarded the Mentor Award at SSA 2023 ASM. We are so lucky to work with Prof Leonid Churilov!

AUGUST 2023

Emily Dalton submits her PhD and begins her postdoctoral role within the REPAIR team.

OCTOBER 2022

Kate Hayward is awarded an NHMRC Emerging Leadership 2 Fellowship and a Heart Foundation Future Leader Level 2 Fellowship. 

Kate also presents at the World Stroke Congress in Singapore.

OCTOBER 2022

Natalie Fini, Emily Dalton and Matt Wingfield win awards at the Department of Physiotherapy Research Symposium

APRIL 2022

Welcome Emily Brogan to the REPAIR Research Group - postdoc fellow on UPLIFT

MARCH 2022

Sarah Newton starts her Masters of Research 

MARCH 2021

Cristina Levy starts her PhD and was awarded an inaugural scholarship from MSHS University of Melbourne

MARCH 2021

Kate Hayward and Emily Dalton present at the Stroke Society of Australasia 2021 virtual conference on novel trials designs of UPLIFT (umbrella) and DOSE-UP (dose escalation)

OCTOBER 2021

Matthew Wingfield wins ACRM best poster award and University of Melbourne MSHS best presentation

OCTOBER 2021

UPLIFT clinical trial funded by Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)

JUNE 2021

DOSE-UP commences recruitment 

NOVEMBER 2020

Matthew Wingfield commences his PhD studies through UniMelb

JULY 2020

Emily Dalton passes her PhD confirmation! 

MARCH 2020