Brain injury chatbot is ON

A team led by Dr Judith Hocking that includes researchers from the Colleges of Nursing and Health Sciences (Associate Professor Belinda Lange and Dr Candice Oster) and Science and Engineering (Dr Richard Leibbrandt) has been selected to take part in CSIRO’s ON Prime program to advance their work on RehabChat, a co-designed chatbot app for brain injury rehabilitation.

ON Prime is an intensive program that aims to provide researchers with the confidence and skills to undertake customer discovery and market validation activities which will further their research.

“It is important that people with brain injury and stroke engage in rehabilitation activities outside of their clinical appointments to maximise their recovery”, says Dr Hocking. “RehabChat is a goal-setting app used by clients with brain injury or stroke to enhance their usual rehabilitation care. Taking part in ON Prime is a great opportunity for our team to take RehabChat out of the research setting and into real-world practice to benefit clients and clinicians.”

Federal recommendation for peri-/menopause registry

Congratulations to Associate Professor Erin Morton, whose VITAL peri-/menopause registry was celebrated in both federal Houses of Parliament recently, having received cross-party recommendations from Greens Senator Larissa Waters and Labour MP Rebekha Sharkie during National Women’s Health Week.

Anyone can join the register, whether they are experiencing peri-/menopause, or know someone who is. To sign up, complete the survey here. All entries are anonymous, although an individual can choose to type in their contact details. Data is confidential, with access only authorised for specific VITAL HDCT team members.