Overview
Background
I am a research leader who believes the best science is built with the people it is designed to serve. As a two-time NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Certified Practising Speech Pathologist, I lead a transdisciplinary team of more than 20 researchers at the University of Queensland. We work in partnership with consumers, clinicians, communities, government, and industry to co-produce interventions, technologies, systems, and standards that drive real change and serve the public good.
My research themes include: (a) Design and implementation of a national audit system to drive quality improvement in post-stroke aphasia services; (b) Development and implementation of methodological standards to improve aphasia research quality and reduce research wastage; (c) Development of technology-enhanced interventions to support self-management, promote equitable access to information and services, and empower people with communication support needs; (d) Development of fit-for-purpose training and resources for aged care workers to help older Australians have better conversations about aged care.
I lead the Living Experience (Lex) Lab, the Qualitative Collective, and the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Communication Research and Engagement Theme (CommRET). I am a UQ Research Integrity Advisor.
Availability
- Associate Professor Sarah Wallace is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Speech Pathology, The University of Queensland
- Graduate Certificate in Gerontology, La Trobe University
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Ageing and aged care
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Communication disability
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Aphasia rehabilitation
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Core Outcome Set development
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Consensus techniques and stakeholder engagement
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Co-design
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Outcome measurement
Works
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2022
Conference Publication
Developing equitable stroke research through aphasia-inclusive research practices: supporting stroke researchers through practical training and tips
Shiggins, Ciara, Ryan, Brooke, Elston, Amanda, O'Halloran, R., Power, E., Wallace, S. J., Pierce, J. E., Togher, L. and Rose, M. L. (2022). Developing equitable stroke research through aphasia-inclusive research practices: supporting stroke researchers through practical training and tips. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
2022
Conference Publication
Co-Designing aphasia services for regional and remote Queensland: Experiences and unmet needs of speech pathologists managing aphasia care
Anemaat, Lisa, Palmer, Victoria, Copland, David and Wallace, Sarah (2022). Co-Designing aphasia services for regional and remote Queensland: Experiences and unmet needs of speech pathologists managing aphasia care. STROKE 2022, 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Stroke Society of Australasia, Christchurch, New Zealand, 31 August - 2 September 2022. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
2022
Journal Article
Ethical conversations: The complexities of shared decision making in aged care
Scarinci, Nerina , Holm, Alison , Toressi, Kym and Wallace, Sarah (2022). Ethical conversations: The complexities of shared decision making in aged care. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 24 (2), 96-99. doi: 10.1080/22087168.2022.12370363
2022
Journal Article
Exploring dimensions of quality-of-life in survivors of stroke with communication disabilities – a brief report
Thayabaranathan, T., Baker, C., Andrew, N. E., Stolwyk, R., Thrift, A. G., Carter, H., Moss, K., Kim, J., Wallace, S. J., Brogan, E., Grimley, R., Lannin, N. A., Rose, M. L. and Cadilhac, D. A. (2022). Exploring dimensions of quality-of-life in survivors of stroke with communication disabilities – a brief report. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 30 (6), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/10749357.2022.2095087
2022
Journal Article
“Self-management has to be the way of the future”: exploring the perspectives of speech-language pathologists who work with people with aphasia.
Nichol, Leana , Rodriguez, Amy D. , Pitt, Rachelle , Wallace, Sarah J. and Hill, Annie J. (2022). “Self-management has to be the way of the future”: exploring the perspectives of speech-language pathologists who work with people with aphasia.. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25 (2), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2022.2055144
2022
Journal Article
Prognostication in post-stroke aphasia: perspectives of people with aphasia on receiving information about recovery
Cheng, B. B. Y., Ryan, B. J., Copland, D. A. and Wallace, S.J. (2022). Prognostication in post-stroke aphasia: perspectives of people with aphasia on receiving information about recovery. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 33 (5), 1-32. doi: 10.1080/09602011.2022.2051565
2022
Journal Article
Development of a minimum dataset for subacute rehabilitation: a three-round e-Delphi consensus study
Young, Adrienne M., Chung, Hannah, Chaplain, Alicia, Lowe, Joshua R., STARS Rehabilitation Dataset Development Group and Wallace, Sarah J. (2022). Development of a minimum dataset for subacute rehabilitation: a three-round e-Delphi consensus study. BMJ Open, 12 (3) e058725, e058725. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058725
2022
Journal Article
Operationalising treatment success in aphasia rehabilitation
Breitenstein, Caterina, Hilari, Katerina, Menahemi-Falkov, Maya, Rose, Miranda L., Wallace, Sarah J., Brady, Marian C., Hillis, Argye E., Kiran, Swathi, Szaflarski, Jerzy P., Donna C. Tippett, Evy Visch-Brink and Klaus Willmes (2022). Operationalising treatment success in aphasia rehabilitation. Aphasiology, 37 (11), 1-40. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2021.2016594
2022
Journal Article
Prognostication in poststroke aphasia: perspectives of significant others of people with aphasia on receiving information about recovery
Cheng, Bonnie B. Y., Ryan, Brooke J., Copland, David A and Wallace, Sarah J (2022). Prognostication in poststroke aphasia: perspectives of significant others of people with aphasia on receiving information about recovery. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31 (2), 896-911. doi: 10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00170
2022
Journal Article
“There are endless areas that they can use it for”: speech-language pathologist perspectives of technology support for aphasia self-management
Nichol, Leana, Pitt, Rachelle, Wallace, Sarah J., Rodriguez, Amy D. and Hill, Annie J. (2022). “There are endless areas that they can use it for”: speech-language pathologist perspectives of technology support for aphasia self-management. Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology, 18 (8), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/17483107.2022.2037758
2022
Journal Article
Prognostication in post-stroke aphasia: speech pathologists’ clinical insights on formulating and delivering information about recovery
Cheng, Bonnie B. Y., Ryan, Brooke, Copland, David A. and Wallace, Sarah J. (2022). Prognostication in post-stroke aphasia: speech pathologists’ clinical insights on formulating and delivering information about recovery. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44 (18), 5046-5059. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1922514
2021
Journal Article
Minimum data and core outcomes for subacute rehabilitation: A scoping review
Lowe, Joshua R., Wallace, Sarah J., Sam, Sonia and Young, Adrienne (2021). Minimum data and core outcomes for subacute rehabilitation: A scoping review. Clinical Rehabilitation, 36 (3), 1-19. doi: 10.1177/02692155211060468
2021
Journal Article
Using experience-based codesign to coproduce aphasia rehabilitation services: study protocol
Anemaat, Lisa, Palmer, Victoria J., Copland, David A., Mainstone, Kathryn, Druery, Kent, Druery, Julia, Aisthorpe, Bruce, Binge, Geoffrey, Mainstone, Penelope and Wallace, Sarah J. (2021). Using experience-based codesign to coproduce aphasia rehabilitation services: study protocol. BMJ Open, 11 (11) 047398, e047398. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047398
2021
Journal Article
People with aphasia share their views on self-management and the role of technology to support self-management of aphasia
Nichol, Leana, Wallace, Sarah J., Pitt, Rachelle, Rodriguez, Amy D., Diong, Zhi Zhi and Hill, Annie J. (2021). People with aphasia share their views on self-management and the role of technology to support self-management of aphasia. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44 (24), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1989501
2021
Conference Publication
Operationalisierung des Therapieerfolgs in der Aphasierehabilitation
Breitenstein, C., Hilari, K., Menahemi-Falkov, M., Rose, M. L., Wallace, S. J., Brady, M. C., Hillis, A. E., Kiran, S., Szaflarski, J. P., Tippett, D. C., Visch-Brink, E. and Willmes, K. (2021). Operationalisierung des Therapieerfolgs in der Aphasierehabilitation . German Society for Aphasia Research and Treatment (GAB) Conference, Germany, 7-9 October 2021. doi: 10.14624/NR21S1001
2021
Conference Publication
Prognostication in post-stroke aphasia: Patients' perceptions and preferences in receiving information about recovery
Cheng, B. Y., Ryan, B., Copland, D. A. and Wallace, S. J. (2021). Prognostication in post-stroke aphasia: Patients' perceptions and preferences in receiving information about recovery. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
2021
Journal Article
Core outcome set use in poststroke aphasia treatment research: examining barriers and facilitators to implementation using the theoretical domains framework
Wallace, Sarah J., Sullivan, Bridget, Rose, Tanya A., Worrall, Linda, Le Dorze, Guylaine and Shrubsole, Kirstine (2021). Core outcome set use in poststroke aphasia treatment research: examining barriers and facilitators to implementation using the theoretical domains framework. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64 (10), 1-14. doi: 10.1044/2021_jslhr-20-00683
2021
Journal Article
An aphasia research agenda – a consensus statement from the collaboration of aphasia trialists
Ali, Myzoon, Soroli, Efstathia, Jesus, Luis M. T., Cruice, Madeline, Isaksen, Jytte, Visch-Brink, Evy, Grohmann, Kleanthes K., Jagoe, C., Kukkonen, Tarja, Varlokosta, Spyridoula, Hernandez-Sacristan, Carlos, Rosell-Clari, Vicente, Palmer, Rebecca, Martinez-Ferreiro, Silvia, Godecke, Erin, Wallace, Sarah J., McMenamin, Ruth, Copland, David, Breitenstein, Caterina, Bowen, Audrey, Laska, Ann-Charlotte, Hilari, Katerina, Brady, Marian C. and behalf of the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists (CATs) (2021). An aphasia research agenda – a consensus statement from the collaboration of aphasia trialists. Aphasiology, 36 (4), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2021.1957081
2021
Journal Article
Protocol for the development of the international population registry for aphasia after stroke (I-PRAISE)
Ali, M., Ben Basat, A. Lifshitz, Berthier, M., Blom Johansson, M., Breitenstein, C., Cadilhac, D. A., Constantinidou, F., Cruice, M., Davila, G., Gandolfi, M., Gil, M., Grima, R., Godecke, E., Jesus, L., Jiminez, L. Martinez, Kambanaros, M., Kukkonen, T., Laska, A., Mavis, I., Mc Menamin, R., Mendez-Orellana, C., Obrig, H., Ostberg, P., Robson, H., Sage, K., Van De Sandt-Koenderman, M., Sprecht, K., Visch-Brink, E., Wehling, E. ... Brady, M. C. (2021). Protocol for the development of the international population registry for aphasia after stroke (I-PRAISE). Aphasiology, 36 (4), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2021.1914813
2021
Book Chapter
Treatment efficacy and therapy outcomes
Wallace, Sarah J., Shrubsole, Kirstine and Brady, Marian C. (2021). Treatment efficacy and therapy outcomes. Aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders. (pp. 129-158) edited by Ilias Papathanasiou, Patrick Coppens and Constantin Potagas. Burlington, MA United States: Jones and Bartlett Learning.
Funding
Current funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Sarah Wallace is:
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
MEASuRE up! Driving High-Quality Care through Adherence to Quality Indicators
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kirstine Shrubsole
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Doctor Philosophy
How can we help people with aphasia return to driving following stroke?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Copland, Dr Hannah Gullo
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Doctor Philosophy
Describing the delivery and outcomes of post-stroke aphasia rehabilitation in Australia using a minimum dataset
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Copland
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Doctor Philosophy
Driving High-Quality Care through Adherence to Quality Indicators in Rural and Regional Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kirstine Shrubsole
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Doctor Philosophy
Co-Designing Technology-Enhanced Training for Aged Care Workers
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Peter Worthy
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Doctor Philosophy
Development of change champion training to improve the implementation of aphasia services.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Copland, Dr Kirstine Shrubsole
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Measuring conversation in couples where one person has aphasia: development of a patient-reported outcome measure
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kirstine Shrubsole
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Measuring what Matters: Interpreting meaningful outcomes in clinical care and economic evaluation for people with post-stroke aphasia.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sam Harvey
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
International Stakeholder Perspectives, Experiences, and Priorities for Aphasia Awareness: Co-design of a Unified Campaign
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
The M.O.S.T-Project: Meaningful Outcomes for School-aged Children and Adolescents with Cognitive-Communication Disorders arising from Traumatic Brain Injuries
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Anthony Angwin, Dr Tanya Rose
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Using experience-based co-design to understand unmet needs and priorities across the continuum of care: A blueprint for aphasia service development
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Copland
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Prognostication in post-stroke aphasia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor David Copland
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Self-management of aphasia: building and supporting a communication infrastructure
Associate Advisor
Media
Enquiries
Contact Associate Professor Sarah Wallace directly for media enquiries about:
- Aged care
- Aphasia
- Co-design
- Communication
- Lived experience
- Speech pathology
- Stroke
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