Overview
Background
Emmah is an experienced occupational therapist and researcher in the field of brain injury rehabilitation. Emmah's PhD, completed in 2010, compared the effectiveness of an outpatient brain injury rehabilitation program in home and hospital settings.
Research Interests
Emmah has conducted collaborative research in the field of neurorehabilitation, partnering with consumers and clinicians to develop and trial rehabilitation approaches to enhance person-centred care, goal setting and cognitive rehabilitation. Other research interest areas include metacognitive and occupation-based treatment approaches, the use of technology in rehabilitation, outcome measurement, and community-based rehabilitation.
Research Expertise
Emmah has conducted research using quantitative and qualitative methodologies including randomised controlled trials and single case experimental design. Emmah has an interest in knowledge translation, has conducted implementation research using a range of implementation frameworks, and codesigned with end-users including consumers and clinicians.
Availability
- Dr Emmah Doig is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research impacts
Emmah developed the Client-centredness of Goal Setting Scale (C-COGS), designed to facilitate and evaluate person-centred goal setting practice, and is used widely around the world. Emmah's research comparing the outcomes and experiences of home and hospital clinic based rehabilitation after brain injury helped inform the Acquired Brain Injury Transitional Research Service established in 2016 in Queensland. Emmah is co-founder of BRAINSPAN, a multidisciplinary network of over 800 clinicians and researchers in the field of brain injury across Australia to share knowledge and skills and encourage the translation of research findings into clinical practice. Emmah co-developed the Knowledge Translation and Impact Planner (the KTIPs), to help researchers plan strategies for knowledge synthesis, dissemination of research findings, engagement with end-users in research, implementation planning and impact planning.
Works
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2006
Journal Article
Objective and behavioural assessment of the emergence from post-traumatic amnesia (PTA)
Weir, N, Doig, EJ, Fleming, JM, Wiemers, A and Zemljic, C (2006). Objective and behavioural assessment of the emergence from post-traumatic amnesia (PTA). Brain Injury, 20 (9), 927-935. doi: 10.1080/02699050600832684
2001
Journal Article
Patterns of community integration 2-5 years post-discharge from brain injury rehabilitation
Doig, E., Fleming, J. and Tooth, L. (2001). Patterns of community integration 2-5 years post-discharge from brain injury rehabilitation. Brain Injury, 15 (9), 747-762. doi: 10.1080/02699050110034343
2000
Journal Article
Beyond dressing and driving: Using occupation to facilitate community integration in neurorehabilitation
Fleming, J. M., Doig, E. and Katz, N. (2000). Beyond dressing and driving: Using occupation to facilitate community integration in neurorehabilitation. Brain Impairment, 1 (2), 141-150. doi: 10.1375/brim.1.2.141
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Emmah Doig is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
Evaluation of a novel Multidisciplinary hospital Avoidance and Post-acute Service (MAPS) program providing nursing and allied health team care in the community: a qualitative study of clinician and patient perspectives
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hannah Mayr
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Doctor Philosophy
Return to work for stroke survivors with aphasia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Copland, Dr Lisa Anemaat
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Doctor Philosophy
Functional assessment of functional management following acquired brain injury.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jennifer Fleming
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Indocyanine Green lymphography in lymphoedema therapy
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Amanda Pigott
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The Use and Implementation of Sensory Modulation Approaches in Psychiatric Inpatient Units in an Australian Mental Health Service
Principal Advisor
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the Therapeutic Value of Mealtimes in Rehabilitation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Adrienne Young, Dr Olivia Wright
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring an occupation-based metacognitive strategy approach to improve occupational performance, executive functioning and self-efficacy of adults with Parkinson's Disease
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Hannah Gullo
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Group therapy interventions in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: processes, perceptions and effectiveness
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jennifer Fleming
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Client-centred goal setting in the rehabilitation of community dwelling clients with acquired brain injury
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jennifer Fleming
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