Dr Cathy Morgan
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Dr Cathy Morgan

Adjunct Associate Professor
Sydney Medical School, Children's Hospital at Westmead
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Project titleResearch student
Implementation of the Cerebral Palsy Early Intervention Guidelines for Children Aged 0-2 Years in a transcultural context: Exploring the impact of a Knowledge Translation intervention on therapists’ behaviour and patients' outcomes.Kristian BUDINI
Play for play sake – Understanding play for children with severe cerebral palsy: Perspectives of parents and therapists.Stacey MILLS

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Spittle, A., Morgan, C. (2018). Early intervention for children with cerebral palsy. In Christos P. Panteliadis (Eds.), Cerebral Palsy: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Third Edition, (pp. 193-200). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. [More Information]

Journals

  • Roy, B., Webb, A., Walker, K., Morgan, C., Badawi, N., Novak, I. (2024). Clinical characteristics and outcomes of perinatal stroke in Australia: Population-based longitudinal study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. [More Information]
  • Badawi, N., Novak, I., Morgan, C., Crowle, C. (2024). Early detection of cerebral palsy using general movements assessment and MRIs – a sensible way forward. Pediatric Research: international journal of human developmental biology, 95(5), 1191-1192. [More Information]
  • Benfer, K., Oftedal, S., Bandaranayake, S., Salt, A., Bhattacharya, A., Maiti, P., Tripathi, S., Morgan, C., Novak, I., Boyd, R., et al (2024). Efficacy of Early Intervention for Infants With Cerebral Palsy in an LMIC: An RCT. Pediatrics, 153(4), e2023063854. [More Information]

2024

  • Roy, B., Webb, A., Walker, K., Morgan, C., Badawi, N., Novak, I. (2024). Clinical characteristics and outcomes of perinatal stroke in Australia: Population-based longitudinal study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. [More Information]
  • Badawi, N., Novak, I., Morgan, C., Crowle, C. (2024). Early detection of cerebral palsy using general movements assessment and MRIs – a sensible way forward. Pediatric Research: international journal of human developmental biology, 95(5), 1191-1192. [More Information]
  • Benfer, K., Oftedal, S., Bandaranayake, S., Salt, A., Bhattacharya, A., Maiti, P., Tripathi, S., Morgan, C., Novak, I., Boyd, R., et al (2024). Efficacy of Early Intervention for Infants With Cerebral Palsy in an LMIC: An RCT. Pediatrics, 153(4), e2023063854. [More Information]

2023

  • Khamis, A., Badawi, N., Morgan, C., Novak, I. (2023). Baby Intensive Early Active Treatment (babiEAT): A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial of Feeding Therapy for Infants with Cerebral Palsy and Oropharyngeal Dysphagia. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(7). [More Information]
  • Lima, C., Abreu, R., Verdério, B., Brugnaro, B., Santos, M., dos Santos, A., Morgan, C., Rocha, N. (2023). Early Intervention Involving Specific Task-Environment-Participation (STEP) Protocol for Infants at Risk: A Feasibility Study. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 43(3), 303-320. [More Information]
  • Morgan, C., Badawi, N., Boyd, R., Spittle, A., Dale, R., Kirby, A., Hunt, R., Whittingham, K., Pannek, K., Morton, R., Tarnow-Mordi, W., Walker, K., Novak, I., et al (2023). Harnessing neuroplasticity to improve motor performance in infants with cerebral palsy: A study protocol for the GAME randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 13(3). [More Information]

2022

  • Finch-Edmondson, M., Paton, M., Honan, I., Karlsson, P., Stephenson, C., Chiu, D., Reedman, S., Griffin, A., Morgan, C., Novak, I. (2022). Are We Getting It Right? A Scoping Review of Outcomes Reported in Cell Therapy Clinical Studies for Cerebral Palsy. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(24). [More Information]
  • Jackman, M., Sakzewski, L., Morgan, C., Boyd, R., Brennan, S., Langdon, K., Toovey, R., Greaves, S., Thorley, M., Novak, I. (2022). Best evidence for improving function in children with cerebral palsy: Success is within reach. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 64(5), 664-665. [More Information]
  • Nanyunja, C., Sadoo, S., Kohli-Lynch, M., Nalugya, R., Nyonyintono, J., Muhumuza, A., Katumba, K., Trautner, E., Magnusson, B., Kabugo, D., Morgan, C., et al (2022). Early care and support for young children with developmental disabilities and their caregivers in Uganda: The Baby Ubuntu feasibility trial. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10. [More Information]

2021

  • Nguyen-Thai, B., Le, V., Morgan, C., Badawi, N., Tran, T., Venkatesh, S. (2021). A Spatio-Temporal Attention-Based Model for Infant Movement Assessment from Videos. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 25(10), 3911-3920. [More Information]
  • te Velde, A., Tantsis, E., Novak, I., Badawi, N., Berry, J., Golland, P., Korkalainen, J., McMurdo, R., Shehata, R., Morgan, C. (2021). Age of diagnosis, fidelity and acceptability of an early diagnosis clinic for cerebral palsy: A single site implementation study. Brain Sciences, 11(8), 1074. [More Information]
  • Novak, I., Morgan, C., McNamara, L., te Velde, A. (2021). Best practice guidelines for communicating to parents the diagnosis of disability. Motricite Cerebrale, 42(2), 48-56. [More Information]

2020

  • Khamis, A., Novak, I., Morgan, C., Tzannes, G., Pettigrew, J., Cowell, J., Badawi, N. (2020). Motor Learning Feeding Interventions for Infants at Risk of Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review. Dysphagia, 35(1), 1-17. [More Information]
  • Goyen, T., Morgan, C., Crowle, C., Hardman, C., Day, R., Novak, I., Badawi, N. (2020). Sensitivity and specificity of general movements assessment for detecting cerebral palsy in an Australian context: 2-year outcomes. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(9), 1414-1418. [More Information]
  • Novak, I., Morgan, C., Fahey, M., Finch-Edmondson, M., Galea, C., Hines, A., Langdon, K., McNamara, M., Paton, M., Popat, H., Khamis, A., Stanton, E., Finemore, O., Tricks, A., te Velde, A., Badawi, N., et al (2020). State of the Evidence Traffic Lights 2019: Systematic Review of Interventions for Preventing and Treating Children with Cerebral Palsy. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 20(2), 3. [More Information]

2019

  • Morgan, C., Honan, I., Allsop, A., Novak, I., Badawi, N. (2019). Authors' Reply to Commentary: Cognitive Assessment of Infants With Motor Impairment: An Important Problem and Best Available Objective Evidence. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 44(2), 256-258. [More Information]
  • Novak, I., Morgan, C., McNamara, L., te Velde, A. (2019). Best practice guidelines for communicating to parents the diagnosis of disability. Early Human Development, 139, 1-8. [More Information]
  • Einspieler, C., Bos, A., Krieber-Tomantschger, M., Alvarado, E., Barbosa, V., Bertoncelli, N., Burger, M., Chorna, O., Del Secco, S., Deregnier, R., Morgan, C., et al (2019). Cerebral palsy: Early markers of clinical phenotype and functional outcome. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8(10). [More Information]

2018

  • Novak, I., Morgan, C. (2018). Are Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging and General Movements Assessment Sufficient for Early, Accurate Diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy?-In Reply. JAMA Pediatrics, 172(2), 199. [More Information]
  • Benfer, K., Novak, I., Morgan, C., Whittingham, K., Khan, N., Ware, R., Bell, K., Bandaranayake, S., Salt, A., Ghosh, A., et al (2018). Community-based parent-delivered early detection and intervention programme for infants at high risk of cerebral palsy in a low-resource country (Learning through Everyday Activities with Parents (LEAP-CP): Protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 8(6), 1-12. [More Information]
  • Morgan, C., Fahey, M., Roy, B., Novak, I. (2018). Diagnosing cerebral palsy in full-term infants. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(10), 1159-1164. [More Information]

2017

  • Novak, I., Morgan, C., Adde, L., Blackman, J., Boyd, R., Brunstom-Hernandez, J., Cioni, G., Damiano, D., Darrah, J., Eliasson, A., Karlsson, P., Loughran-Fowlds, A., McIntyre, S., Shepherd, R., Thornton, M., Walker, K., White, R., Badawi, N., et al (2017). Early, Accurate Diagnosis and Early Intervention in Cerebral Palsy: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment. JAMA Pediatrics, 171(9), 897-907. [More Information]
  • Novak, I., Spirit-Jones, A., Morgan, C. (2017). First words: speech and language interventions in cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 59(4), 343-344. [More Information]
  • Crowle, C., Galea, C., Morgan, C., Novak, I., Walker, K., Badawi, N. (2017). Inter-observer agreement of the General Movements Assessment with infants following surgery. Early Human Development, 104, 17-21. [More Information]

2016

  • Morgan, C., Darrah, J., Gordon, A., Harbourne, R., Spittle, A., Johnson, R., Fetters, L. (2016). Effectiveness of motor interventions in infants with cerebral palsy: a systematic review. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 58(9), 900-909. [More Information]
  • Morgan, C., Crowle, C., Goyen, T., Hardman, C., Jackman, M., Novak, I., Badawi, N. (2016). Sensitivity and specificity of General Movements Assessment for diagnostic accuracy of detecting cerebral palsy early in an Australian context. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 52(1), 54-59. [More Information]
  • Morgan, C., Novak, I., Dale, R., Guzzetta, A., Badawi, N. (2016). Single blind randomised controlled trial of GAME (Goals - Activity - Motor Enrichment) in infants at high risk of cerebral palsy. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 55, 256-267. [More Information]

2015

  • Morgan, C., Novak, I., Dale, R., Badawi, N. (2015). Optimising motor learning in infants at high risk of cerebral palsy: A pilot study. BMC Pediatrics, 15, 1-11. [More Information]

2014

  • Morgan, C., Novak, I., Dale, R., Guzzetta, A., Badawi, N. (2014). GAME (Goals - Activity - Motor Enrichment): protocol of a single blind randomised controlled trial of motor training, parent education and environmental enrichment for infants at high risk of cerebral palsy. BMC Neurology, 14, 1-9. [More Information]

2013

  • Novak, I., McIntyre, S., Morgan, C., Campbell, L., Dark, L., Morton, N., Stumbles, E., Wilson, S., Goldsmith, S. (2013). A systematic review of interventions for children with cerebral palsy: state of the evidence. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 55(10), 885-910. [More Information]
  • Morgan, C., Novak, I., Badawi, N. (2013). Enriched environments and motor outcomes in cerebral palsy: systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatrics, 132(3), e735-e746. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2023

  • Genomic testing pathways for precision health in cerebral palsy, Badawi N, Dale R, Garrity N, McIntyre S, Morgan C, Novak I, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)/Genomics Health Futures Mission - 2022 MRFF Genomics Health Futures Mission

2022

  • DRIVE CP: Directing Research In Very Early Cerebral Palsy, Novak I, Badawi N, Morgan C, Boyd R, bradford d, Fahey M, Spittle A, Venkatesh S, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Centres of Research Excellence
  • TRANSMIT: A multifaceted knowledge TRANslation Strategy iMprovIng funcTion in children and youth with cerebral palsy, McNamara M, Novak I, Badawi N, Morgan C, Burns J, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Partnership Projects