DrEmma Wallace

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Medicine and Health

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP SUMMARy

LEADERSHIP

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLES

National Board Director Observership Program 2026, The Benevolent Society. 

Subject Matter Expert, Dysphagia, Hibernia College Dublin

Academic Liaison, NSW & ACT Branch, Speech Pathology Australia

Associate Editor, Advances in Communication and Swallowing, IASLT journal

Associate Editor, Speech, Language and Hearing Journal

Branch co-chair, NSW & ACT, Speech Pathology Australia

Course Creator, Speech Pathology Australia, Dysphagia Professional Development Course

Speech Pathology Australia, Video-fluoroscopy Clinical Guidelines working group 

Course Creator, Northern Speech Services: “Dysphagia and Obstructive Sleep Apnea”

 

STUDENT SUPERVISION

CURRENT

2024-present       Supervisor (Primary), PhD, Haniya Noble, The University of Sydney, Australia.

2024-present       Supervisor (Primary), PhD student, Jessica Tam, The University of Sydney, Australia.

2023-present       Co-supervisor, PhD student, Dharshini M, The University of Sydney, Australia.

 

COMPLETED

2023-2024             Supervisor, Honours, Eunice Park, The University of Sydney, Australia.

2022-2023             Supervisor, Honours, Ruby Hutton, The University of Sydney, Australia.

2022-2023             Supervisor, Honours, Norita Reggio, The University of Sydney, Australia.

2020-2023             Supervisor, Honours, Phoebe Tam, Flinders University, South Australia.

2019-2023             Co-supervisor, PhD, Keri Darrock, The University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ

2017-2019             Co-supervisor, MSc, Leah Hay, The University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ

2018-2019             Co-supervisor, Honours, Sarah Hiew, The University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ

2017-2018             Co-supervisor, Honours, Alicia Ang, The University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ

 

UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP

Undergraduate curriculum development

Speech Pathology Course Accreditation, Dysphagia lead. 

Student Liaison Academic, Undergraduate, Year 2. 

Speech Pathology Research Symposium Organising Committee

Unit of Study Coordinator, Specialist Studies

Unit of Study Coordinator, Motor Speech, and Dysphagia

Unit of Study Coordinator, Speech Pathology Research Methods

 

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

2026                          Research Excellence and Inclusion Development Program (mentee)

2026                          The Observership Program, Board of Directors training and Observation program.

2023                          Franklin Women Mentoring Program, 2023 (mentee)

2023                          University of Sydney Women in Leadership

2022                          American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA), Lessons for Success Program (mentee), Mentor: Prof Emily Plowman

2022                          University of Sydney, Leadership for Good Program

2021                          The University of Sydney, Incoming Intellectuals program

2020                          Flinders University Mentoring Program (mentee)

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Dysphagia Resarch Society New Investigator Award - First Place
    14 Mar 2025
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    European Society for Swallowing Disorders Travel Grant
    1 Jan 2017
  • GRANTS (OTHER)
    Canterbury Medical Research Foundation (CMRF) Post-doctoral Publishing Grant
  • GRANTS (OTHER)
    Flinders University, Centre for Neuroscience, Project Grant
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Flinders University, Emerging Leaders Showcase, 1st prize, Best Oral Presentation
  • GRANTS (OTHER)
    Irish Association of Speech-Language Therapists Research Grant
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    University of Canterbury Research Scholarship