Trudy Rebbeck

Keynote Speaker, Australian College of Physiotherapists

Professor, University of Sydney, NSW

Trudy is Professor of Clinical Translation in Physiotherapy at  Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia (0.6FTE). She leads two national programmes of research; i) Implementation of clinical pathways and models of care for whiplash and musculoskeletal (MSK) pain conditions more broadly and, ii) Discovery of new mechanism underpinning headache and MSK pain conditions.

In the past 5 years, her programme of research has attracted >$15m  in competitive  grants. She has 80 publications and >2800 citations. Prof Rebbeck has supervised 16 HDR students and mentored over 50 clinical specialists in physiotherapy to obtain Fellowship. She is a specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist in primary care (0.4FTE) specialising in  assessment and management of complex cervical spine and head disorders (e.g whiplash, headache, concussion).  Trudy’s international impact in clinical translation is demonstrated by the 10+ international workshops she delivers in this area per annum.