Professor EmeritusRobyn Tate

Professor Emeritus

Faculty of Medicine and Health

RESEARCH INTERESTs

Her research interests include instrument development, evidence-based clinical practice, early recovery and long-term outcome after traumatic brain injury. She has supervised the research of more than 40 students and her publications include a 10-chapter book on outcome measurement and more than 90 journal articles and book chapters.

Robyn instigated and is Program Director of PsycBITE, the Psychological Database of Brain Impairment Treatment Efficacy, which was launched on the internet in 2004 (www.psycbite.com). She is Founding Co-Editor of Brain Impairment, the official journal of the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment, and an Executive Editor of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. She is member of two international Steering Committees: (a) to develop core sets for traumatic brain injury, and (b) to develop reporting guidelines for n-of-1 trials. She is also on the Management Committee of the World Federation of Neurorehabilitation, and is Secretary of its Special Interest Group in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Facilitating Access to Successful Therapies - Challenging Behaviours (FAST-CB)
    ICare1 Jan 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Doubleday J,
    • Tate R
  • GRANT
    Emotion regulation after brain injury: New approaches to remediation
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Tate R
  • GRANT
    Do people with severe traumatic brain injury benefit from making errors?
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2013
    People funded by this grant:
    • Tate R,
    • Ownsworth T
  • GRANT
    Severe Acquired Brain Injury Slow Stream Rehabilitation Research Framework
    Institute for Safety Compensation and Recovery Research1 Jan 2013
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    CRE for traumatic brain injury rehabilitation
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2012
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Longitudinal communication outcomes following traumatic brain injury
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • McDonald S,
    • Turkstra L,
    • MacWhinney B,
    • Holland A,
    • Togher L
  • GRANT
    Improving the communication of people with severe traumatic brain injury: a clinical trial
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2008
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Gene-environment interactions in motor neuron disease.
    Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia1 Jan 2005
    People funded by this grant:
    • Whitelaw E,
    • Pamphlett R,
    • Tate R
  • GRANT
    Ecological validity of gait assessments in adults with traumatic brain injury
    Motor Accident Authority of New South Wales1 Jan 2004
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Making headway : Evaluating psychological treatments for severe head injuries
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2004
    People funded by this grant:
    • Tate R,
    • McDonald S
  • GRANT
    Posttraumatic amnesia - validity of measuring instruments
    Motor Accident Authority of New South Wales1 Jan 2001
    People funded by this grant:
    • Tate R
  • GRANT
    Brain Injuries outcomes study (BIOS) - Longitudinal study
    NSW Dept of Health/ Health Administration Corporation1 Jan 2000
    People funded by this grant: