Deborah Theodoros

Dr. Theodoros is Associate Professor and Head of the Division of Speech Pathology within the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Queensland. Her research has been focused mainly on the assessment and treatment of motor speech disorders associated with progressive and non-progressive neurological disorders. Dr. Theodoros is a founder and co-director of a multidisciplinary Telerehabilitation Research Unit within the School which is involved in the development and validation of telerehabilitation applications for the assessment and treatment of neurogenic communication disorder, as well as physiotherapy and occupational therapy applications. Recently, Associate Professor Theodoros has been instrumental in establishing an international Treatment Efficacy Research Group consisting of researchers from Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the US who work collaboratively to conduct treatment efficacy research in motor speech and voice disorders. Dr. Theodoros is actively involved in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the speech pathology programs at UQ, and currently supervises 2 Master of Philosophy and 6 PhD students. Two of her PhD students have been awarded NHMRC Scholarships.

Associate Professor Theodoros has received international recognition for her work through the publication of 70 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, and 30 book chapters, the majority of which relate to neurogenic communication disorders. She has published two co-edited books on the assessment and treatment of speech and language disorders in multiple sclerosis, and on the speech, language and swallowing disorders associated with traumatic brain injury. She has recently been offered a book contract with a major US publishing company for a co-edited book titled: “Communication and Swallowing Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease”. Her research work is regularly presented at international and national conferences with more than 80 conference presentations to date.

During her academic career, Associate Professor Theodoros has been awarded $1.5 million in competitive grants. To date, Dr. Theodoros has been awarded four NHMRC Project grants (1998, 2004, 2005, 2006), two of these as Chief Investigator A. Both of these NHMRC grants (301029 and 401604) have involved the development and validation of telerehabilitation applications for the assessment and treatment of neurogenic communication disorders. The most recent grant (455922) involved the validation of videotelephony for providing support to paediatric oncology families.


Telerehabilitation Publications

Email: d.theodoros[AT]uq.edu.au     (please replace [AT] with @ to send email)