Professor EmeritusColleen Canning

Associations

• 2014-current: Member, Council of Physiotherapy Deans of Australia and New Zealand (CPDANZ)
• 2014: NSW Falls Prevention Network Advisory Committee
• 2014: International Expert Reviewer, European Guidelines for Physiotherapy in Parkinson’s disease
• 2012: Board Member, Parkinson’s NSW
• 2006-current: Scientific Advisory Board, Parkinson’s NSW
• 2005-2008: University of Sydney, Human Research Ethics Committee
• 2007: NSW Health Promotion Demonstration Research Grant Advisory Committee

Awards and Honours

• 2011: Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence in Learning and Teaching Award for Support of the Student Experience (The University of Sydney)
• 2010: Excellence in Teaching and Community Award (University of Sydney Co-op Bookshop)
• 2010: Faculty of Health Sciences Support of the Student Experience Teaching Award (University of Sydney)
• 1998: Menzies Research Scholarship in the Allied Health Sciences for Doctoral studies (Menzies Foundation)
• 1996: Australian Postgraduate Award for Doctoral studies (University of Sydney)
• 1983: Kellogg Fellowship for Masters studies in North America (Columbia University, New York)

In the Media

• 2013: Clinical Neurology News: “Exercise reduces falls in mild but not severe Parkinson’s”
• 2015: American Academy of Neurology Podcast: "Exercise for falls prevention in Parkinson disease: A randomized controlled trial"