Senior Lecturer
Course Coordinator of Master of Health Sciences (Speech Language Pathology) (Coursework, by distance)

BAppSc(SpPath)(Hons) 1994
PhD  2002
Grad Cert (Higher Ed) 2004
Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist

Member of the Children's Hospital Westmead Nursing and Allied Health Research Committee (NAHRC)
Member of the speechBITE steering committee
Member of the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY)
Member of HCSNet, the ARC Network in Human Communication Science
Course Accreditor, Speech Pathology Australia

Tricia's main research area is treatment for moderate-severe speech impairments in children. Within this area she has a number of interests including (a) treatments for Childhood Apraxia of Speech (also known as dyspraxia), (b) disorders of speech which cause impairments to production of polysyllabic words and longer linguistic units, and (c) the comparison of phonological and articulation treatments to demonstrate relative effectiveness and efficiency.
Tricia is particularly interested in the application of the principles of speech motor learning to new treatments for CAS particularly and articulation disorders more generally.
She is also interested in the application of Evidence Based Practice (EBP) in speech pathology, speech pathology service delivery innovations and exploring professional voice user training.

Current Areas of Research

Childhood apraxia of speech, illness narratives, effect of HIV on communication skills, actor's voices, clinical education and evidence based practice in speech pathology

Disability and Community Research Group
Communication and Inclusion Team
Health Professions and Workplace Team