Gwendolen Jull

Keynote Speaker, Plenary

Emeritus Professor, University of Queensland, QLD

Gwendolen Jull AO, MPhty, PhD, FACP is an Emeritus Professor in Physiotherapy at The University of Queensland. She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists and specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist.

Gwen’s career has combined teaching, research and clinical practice. Her research has been concerned with the diagnosis and management of neck pain, quantifying the dysfunction in the cervical motor system and testing the efficacy of multimodal management for various neck disorders. Gwen is a strong advocate of evidence-based practice. She has taught extensively, nationally and internationally and has published over 350 articles, 40 book chapters as well as three textbooks. She is also the co-editor of the international journal, Musculoskeletal Science and Practice.

Gwen has received several awards including Honoured Membership of the Australian Physiotherapy Association, Honorary Fellowship of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (United Kingdom), World Confederation for Physical Therapy International Service Award; Honorary Fellowship of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists and Life Membership of International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists.