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Professor Natalie Ciccone

Natalie is a Professor and the Head of the Speech Pathology program in the School of Medical and Health Sciences.

Current Teaching

Natalie is the Unit Coordinator for the units:

  • SPE3112 Language Difference:  Implications for Clinical Practice
  • SPE3110 Professional Issues in Speech Pathology
  • SPE4155 Evidence Based Decision Making in Speech Pathology
  • SPE4200 Innovation and Speech Pathology

Background

Professor Natalie Ciccone has over 25 years’ experience as a teaching and research scholar at Curtin University and ECU. In this time she has been a clinical supervisor, lecturer, Course Coordinator and held a senior leadership role as the Associate Dean (Allied Health) (2016- 2022) with the School of Medical and Health Sciences.

Natalie’s main area of research is communication disorders following brain injury, particularly investigating the clinical management of communication disorders following stroke or brain injury. Natalie has over 80 peer reviewed publications and has been awarded $11 million in grant funding from sources such as MRFF, NHMRC, the Stroke Foundation, the WA Department of Health and the Lowitja Institute.

Natalie has contributed to a clinical translation document providing best practise statements for working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients with aphasia, was an author of clinical guidelines for speech pathologists caring for people with Parkinson’s disease and is a member of the Speech Pathology Working Party to update the Stroke Foundation stroke guidelines.

Natalie presents regularly at national and international conferences and has been invited to present to research groups and community/ industry-based organisations with a focus on the translation of research findings.

Natalie has supervised 36 research students to completion (eight higher degree research students and 28 Honours students). She is s currently supervising four PhD, two Masters and three Honours students.

Professor Natalie Ciccone is a qualified speech pathologist having worked in hospital, rehabilitation and private practise based clinical settings.

Professional Associations

  • Speech Pathology Australia

Awards and Recognition

National Awards

  • VC Staff Award - Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advancement, 2024
  • National 2024 National Rural and Remote Health Awards- National Rural and Remote Innovator of the Year Award Yarning Up After Stroke, 2024
  • Smart Stroke Conference- Mark Longworth Innovation Award for Aboriginal stories of stroke and traumatic brain injury, 2017
  • Speech Pathology Australia Conference- Best Poster Prize for Missing Voices: An exploration of Aboriginal Australians’ experiences of communication disorders acquired as a result of stroke and traumatic brain injury, 2016
  • Stroke Society of Australasia - Allied Health and Nursing Scientific Award, 2011

University Teaching Award

  • Curtin Guild Excellence in Teaching Awards - Honourable mention, 2019

Research Areas and Interests

  • Aphasia rehabilitation
  • Use of AI, VR and simulation-based learning to support the development of clinical decision making
  • Culturally secure rehabilitation services
  • Use of discourse in the analysis and treatment of aphasia
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