CHRISTINA EKEGREN

Associate Professor Christina Ekegren is the Rehabilitation Stream Lead within the Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living (RAIL) Research Centre, Monash University, Australia, and Research Lead for Australia's first 'Smart Ward' within the National Centre for Healthy Ageing (NCHA).

She is a globally recognised expert on injury outcomes, with a major focus on understanding recovery pathways for injured older adults. A/Prof Ekegren has attracted over $10 million in collaborative research funding from government, industry and academic sources.

She has presented as an invited speaker at both national and international conferences, and authored over 100 peer reviewed articles and industry reports. She has a clinical background in physiotherapy and has worked in teaching and research at universities in Australia, the UK and Canada.