Welcome to 2023
The University of Sydney
Occupational Therapy
Research Symposium
Tuesday 24 October 2023 5.30-8.30pm
​Level 3, Susan Wakil Health Building
Western Ave Camperdown NSW 2006
Empowering People · Enhancing Life
Thank you for your participation.
The recordings will be available soon.
#OTUSyd23
Keynote Speakers
Professor Vicki Flood
Head of Clinical School, Northern Rivers
Director, University Centre for Rural Health, Northern Rivers
Faculty of Medicine and Health
In a recent review of rural health in Australia, there is evidence of a spending deficit of $6.5billion, nearly $850 per person a year for people living in rural Australia.
This means poorer access to health care and poorer health outcomes for rural Australians. There is an opportunity to support better health, working alongside communities, with an inter-professional lens to education, research and health workforce. Occupational therapists can play a key role in supporting this approach to serving communities in rural settings, and we have already found this in models of inter-professional learning we are conducting in aged care facilities in Northern Rivers.
An update of this will be provided, with a view to supporting a future with better health outcomes for all.
Program Schedule
Meet Our People
Rebecca Barton
Jennie Brentnall
Kim Bulkeley
Julianne Challita
Yu-Wei Ryan Chen
Emeritus Professor
Lindy Clemson
Anne Cusick
Celine Diaz
Sanetta du Toit
Josephine Gwynn
Nicola Hancock
Joanne Hinitt
Anne Honey
Joanne Lewis
Emeritus Professor
Gwynnyth Llewellyn
Lynette Mackenzie
Margaret McGrath
Carole James
Justin Scanlan
Bronwyn Simpson
Emeritus Professor
Roger Stancliffe
Michelle Villeneuve
Jacqueline Wesson
Sarah Wilkes-Gillan
Weihong Zhang
Sponsors
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Contact
Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney
Getting Here
Using public transport is recommended due to the limited availability of casual parking on the Camperdown Campus. Street parking may also be an option, depending on the time. For more information, please visit here.
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For parking on campus, we recommend the Law School Carpark via Barff Road (around a 10-minute walk to the Susan Wakil Health Building). Please download the CellOPark app onto your mobile phone and add register your vehicle licence plate and credit card to pay for parking.
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For parking elsewhere, the options are street parking or the SECURE RPA Hospital Carpark at Carillion Ave (around a 15-minute walk to the Susan Wakil Health Building).
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You may find more parking information around the University via Parkopedia.