Professor EmeritusRobyn Tate

Professor Emerita Robyn Tate has a background in clinical psychology and neuropsychology. Following 15 years of clinical practice primarily in the rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury, she pursued an academic career, where her research interests include evidence-based clinical practice, methodology of single-case designs, early recovery and long-term outcome after traumatic brain injury, and instrument development. From 1998 she was a Research Professor at the John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research, The University of Sydney, until her official retirement in December 2018 when she was awarded the title of Emeritus Professor. In 2021 Robyn was recipient of the Distinguished Career Award from the International Neuropsychological Society. She has mentored many research students and received an award for Excellence in Higher Degree Research Supervision in 2017.

Other achievements include founding co-editor of Brain Impairment (1999-2014), the official journal of the Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment; executive editor of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (2010-2022); leader of her Australian-based, multidisciplinary team (2001-2020) in developing the evidence database NeuroBITE (formerly PsycBITE), which contains more than 8,000 records of interventions to treat the psychosocial consequences of acquired brain impairment; convenor of an international steering committee (2009-2016) to develop SCRIBE, a CONSORT-type guideline for reporting single-case research. She was president of the Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (2019-2021), chair of the Special Interests Groups Chair Committee of the World Federation of NeuroRehabilitation (2021-2022), and chair of the Special Interest Group in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation of the World Federation of Neurorehabilitation (2021-2024). In 2024 Robyn was the inaugural recipient of Recognition of Experts in Brain Psychology, Lifetime Contribution to Neuropsychology from the Australian Psychological Society, College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, NSW Section.