Professor EmeritusRobyn Tate
Professor Emeritus
Faculty of Medicine and Health
- Professor EmeritusFaculty 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
- GRANTFacilitating Access to Successful Therapies - Challenging Behaviours (FAST-CB)ICare1 Jan 2017People funded by this grant:
- Doubleday J,
- Tate R
- GRANTEmotion regulation after brain injury: New approaches to remediationNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2015People funded by this grant:
- Tate R
- GRANTDo people with severe traumatic brain injury benefit from making errors?National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2013People funded by this grant:
- Tate R,
- Ownsworth T
- GRANTSevere Acquired Brain Injury Slow Stream Rehabilitation Research FrameworkInstitute for Safety Compensation and Recovery Research1 Jan 2013People funded by this grant:
- Cameron I,
- Tate R
- GRANTCRE for traumatic brain injury rehabilitationNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2012People funded by this grant:
- McDonald S,
- Tate R,
- Togher L
- GRANTLongitudinal communication outcomes following traumatic brain injuryNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2015People funded by this grant:
- McDonald S,
- Turkstra L,
- MacWhinney B,
- Holland A,
- Togher L
- GRANTImproving the communication of people with severe traumatic brain injury: a clinical trialNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2008People funded by this grant:
- McDonald S,
- Tate R,
- Togher L
- GRANTGene-environment interactions in motor neuron disease.Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia1 Jan 2005People funded by this grant:
- Whitelaw E,
- Pamphlett R,
- Tate R
- GRANTEcological validity of gait assessments in adults with traumatic brain injuryMotor Accident Authority of New South Wales1 Jan 2004People funded by this grant:
- Canning C,
- Tate R,
- Moseley A,
- Briffa T
- GRANTMaking headway : Evaluating psychological treatments for severe head injuriesNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2004People funded by this grant:
- Tate R,
- McDonald S
- GRANTPosttraumatic amnesia - validity of measuring instrumentsMotor Accident Authority of New South Wales1 Jan 2001People funded by this grant:
- Tate R
- GRANTBrain Injuries outcomes study (BIOS) - Longitudinal studyNSW Dept of Health/ Health Administration Corporation1 Jan 2000People funded by this grant:
- McLeod J,
- Cameron I,
- Harris R,
- Tate R,
- Parmenter T