Overview
Background
Emma is a Research Fellow, NHMRC Emerging Leader and prior Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow within the Centre for Online Health (Centre for Health Services Research) at the University of Queensland. She provides input into a range of telehealth projects across the centre. She has a particular interest in using telehealth within the care and management of people with cardiovascular disease and other chronic diseases to enhance self-management and reduce barriers to access. Underpinning her work more broadly is an interest in scaling-up effective interventions, monitoring the quality of their delivery and ensuring equitable provision of health services.
Emma completed her PhD (2019) at the University of Melbourne in the School of Population and Global Health as an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholar. Her thesis aimed to understand how the evidence-practice gap in cardiac rehabilitation can be reduced in Australian through enhanced monitoring and evaluation. Emma has also worked across various other research groups including at the University of Oxford at a WHO Collaborating Centre focused on population approaches for non-communicable disease prevention, the Non-Communicable Disease Unit at the University of Melbourne, and a Centre of Research Excellence in Aphasia Rehabilitation (University of Queensland). She has also worked for the Heart Foundation as an academic advisor and also a senior project manager.
Emma has a strong interest in implementation science and sits on the Editorial Board for the journal Implementation Science Communications. She is also part of the Emerging Leaders Committee for the Australian Cardiovascular Alliance (ACvA), and a committee member of the Australian Cardiovascular health and Rehabilitation Association (QLD branch).
Availability
- Dr Emma Thomas is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Speech Pathology, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework) of Public Health, James Cook University
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Works
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2015
Journal Article
Improved stove interventions to reduce household air pollution in low and middle income countries: a descriptive systematic review
Thomas, Emma, Wickramasinghe, Kremlin, Mendis, Shanthi, Roberts, Nia and Foster, Charlie (2015). Improved stove interventions to reduce household air pollution in low and middle income countries: a descriptive systematic review. BMC Public Health, 15 (1) 650. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2024-7
2015
Conference Publication
Developing a method to test the validity and reliability of 24 hour time use diaries using wearable cameras: A feasibility project
Harms, T., Gershuny, J., Doherty, A., Thomas, E., Foster, C. and Kelly, P. (2015). Developing a method to test the validity and reliability of 24 hour time use diaries using wearable cameras: A feasibility project. European Survey Research Association, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2 July 2015.
2015
Journal Article
Development and validation of Australian aphasia rehabilitation best practice statements using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method
Power, Emma, Thomas, Emma, Worrall, Linda, Rose, Miranda, Togher, Leanne, Nickels, Lyndsey, Hersh, Deborah, Godecke, Erin, O'Halloran, Robyn, Lamont, Sue, O'Connor, Claire and Clarke, Kim (2015). Development and validation of Australian aphasia rehabilitation best practice statements using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method. BMJ Open, 5 (7) e007641, 1-15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007641
2015
Conference Publication
Improving methods to measure physical activity: using accelerometry, wearable cameras and interviews to reconstruct time use
Thomas, E., Milton, K., Kelly, P., Doherty, A., Harms, T., Gershuny, J. and Foster, C. (2015). Improving methods to measure physical activity: using accelerometry, wearable cameras and interviews to reconstruct time use. International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 1 April 2015.
2014
Conference Publication
Indoor air pollution: a systematic review
Thomas, E. (2014). Indoor air pollution: a systematic review. Research Strategy Meeting, Oxford, United Kingdom, 3 November 2014.
2014
Conference Publication
Creating an online, best practice foundation for implementation: the Australian Aphasia Rehabilitation Pathway
Power, E., Thomas, E., Worrall, L., Rose, M., Togher, L. and Ferguson, A. (2014). Creating an online, best practice foundation for implementation: the Australian Aphasia Rehabilitation Pathway. 2nd Biennial Australian Implementation Conference, Sydney, Australia, 17-18 September 2014.
2014
Conference Publication
Enhancing the communicative environment for people with aphasia: A systematic review
O’Halloran, R. and Thomas, E. (2014). Enhancing the communicative environment for people with aphasia: A systematic review. International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 19 June 2014.
2014
Conference Publication
Determining ‘best practice’ in aphasia care: the development and validation of the Australian aphasia rehabilitation best practice statements
Thomas, E., Power, E., Worrall, L., Rose, M. and Togher, L. (2014). Determining ‘best practice’ in aphasia care: the development and validation of the Australian aphasia rehabilitation best practice statements. International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, 19 June 2014.
2014
Conference Publication
The Australian Aphasia Rehabilitation Pathway
Worrall, L., Thomas, E., Rose, M., Power, E., Togher, L. and Ferguson, A. (2014). The Australian Aphasia Rehabilitation Pathway. 25th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Stroke Society of Australasia, Hamilton Island, Australia, 30 July-1 August 2014. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12298
2014
Journal Article
A national approach to improving aphasia services
Thomas, Emma, Power, Emma, Worrall, Linda, Rose, Miranda, Togher, Leanne and Ferguson, Alison (2014). A national approach to improving aphasia services. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 16 (1), 30-36.
2014
Conference Publication
The development and validation of Australian aphasia rehabilitation best practice statements
Worrall, L., Power, E., Thomas, E., Rose, M. and Togher, L. (2014). The development and validation of Australian aphasia rehabilitation best practice statements. 9th World Stroke Congress in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, 22-25 October 2014. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
2014
Conference Publication
The development and validation of Australian aphasia rehabilitation best practice statements
Power, E., Thomas, E., Worrall, L., Rose, M. and Togher, L. (2014). The development and validation of Australian aphasia rehabilitation best practice statements. 25th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Stroke Society of Australasia, Hamilton Island, QLD, Australia, 30 July-1 August 2014. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12297
2013
Conference Publication
Evidence-based standards of care for aphasia rehabilitation
Worrall, L., Thomas, E., Power, E., Rose, M., Togher, L. and Ferguson, A. (2013). Evidence-based standards of care for aphasia rehabilitation. Canadian Stroke Congress, Canada, 17 - 20 October 2013.
2013
Conference Publication
Synthesizing and translating rehabilitation evidence into practice: the experience of the Australian Aphasia Rehabilitation Team
Thomas, E., Worrall, L., Power, E., Rose, M., Togher, L. and Ferguson, A. (2013). Synthesizing and translating rehabilitation evidence into practice: the experience of the Australian Aphasia Rehabilitation Team. First Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 8 - 11 September 2013.
2013
Conference Publication
Synthesizing and translating evidence into practice: the experience of the Australian aphasia rehabilitation team
Worrall, L., Thomas, E., Power, E., Rohde, A., Rose, M., Togher, L. and Ferguson, A. (2013). Synthesizing and translating evidence into practice: the experience of the Australian aphasia rehabilitation team. South African Neurological Rehabilitation Association, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, 28 - 30 August 2013.
2013
Conference Publication
Comprehensiveness of aphasia recommendations within clinical guidelines, a comparison with the Australian Aphasia Rehabilitation Pathway
Worrall, L., Rohde, A., Thomas. E., Hinkley, J., Cruice, M. and Le Dorze, G. (2013). Comprehensiveness of aphasia recommendations within clinical guidelines, a comparison with the Australian Aphasia Rehabilitation Pathway. Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 1 June 2013.
2013
Conference Publication
Living successfully with aphasia during the first-year post stroke
Grohn, B., Worrall, L., Simmons-Mackie, N., Brown, K. and Thomas, E. (2013). Living successfully with aphasia during the first-year post stroke. Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 1 June 2013.
2013
Conference Publication
Better pathways for people with aphasia
Worrall, L., Thomas, E., Rose, M., Togher, L. and Ferguson, A. (2013). Better pathways for people with aphasia. 43rd Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Tucson, AZ United States, 28 May-2 June 2013.
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Emma Thomas is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Integrating telehealth into cardiac rehabilitation programs
A scholarship for this project will be adverstised in 2024. If interested, please contact me.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Integrating telehealth into allied health services
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Elizabeth Ward, Associate Professor Liam Caffery
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Doctor Philosophy
Filling the gap on cardiovascular health: increasing equity trough telehealth
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Anthony Smith, Dr Jaimon Kelly
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