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Dr Petra Avramovic
PhD | BaAppSci(Speech Path) | CPSP MSPAA
Lecturer
Speech Pathology
Sydney School of Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Speech Pathology
Sydney School of Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health
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Petra Avramović is a lecturer, clinical educator, an early career researcher, and certified practicing speech pathologist. Petra completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology) with First Class Honours and completed her PhD within the Acquired Brain Injury Communication Lab at The University of Sydney. She has held a number of roles in clinical and research settings with a variety of populations, with particular focus in working with people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Her thesis, entitled “The development and evaluation of convers-ABI-lity: an online communication partner training platform for people with traumatic brain injury”, aimed to collaboratively develop a novel multimodal communication partner training program with people with TBI and others involved in their care, and to evaluate its effectiveness and efficacy for improving conversation skills following TBI. Petra is involved in academic, clinical education, and research supervision for speech pathology students within the university.
- Communication
- Rehabilitation
- Digital Health
- Telehealth
- Acquired Brain Injury
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Speech Pathology
- Speech Pathology Australia member and Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist (CPSP)
- Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI) member
- Conference Committee, Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI)
- The University of Sydney, Speech Pathology Research Symposium Committee
- Co-coordinator and Member NSW Speech Pathology Brain Injury Interest Groups
- Speech Pathology Australia, Early Career Reference Group
Australian Government Research Training Program and The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health Traumatic Brain Injury Scholarship (2019-2022)
| Project title | Research student |
|---|---|
| Towards the Development of an AI Conversational Agent to Support Communication Partners Interacting with People with Traumatic Brain Injury | Tushar PRASAD |
Publications
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Journals
- Avramovic, P., Rietdijk, R., Attard, M., Kenny, B., Power, E., Togher, L. (2023). Cognitive and Behavioral Digital Health Interventions for People with Traumatic Brain Injury and Their Caregivers: A Systematic Review. Journal of Neurotrauma, 40(3-4), 159-194. [More Information]
- Avramovic, P., Rietdijk, R., Kenny, B., Power, E., Togher, L. (2023). Developing a Digital Health Intervention for Conversation Skills After Brain Injury (convers-ABI-lity) Using a Collaborative Approach: Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e45240. [More Information]
- Brunner, M., Rietdijk, R., Avramovic, P., Power, E., Miao, M., Rushworth, N., Maclean, L., Brookes, A., Togher, L. (2023). Developing Social-ABI-lity: An Online Course to Support Safe Use of Social Media for Connection After Acquired Brain Injury. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(2s), 924-940. [More Information]
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2023
- Avramovic, P., Rietdijk, R., Attard, M., Kenny, B., Power, E., Togher, L. (2023). Cognitive and Behavioral Digital Health Interventions for People with Traumatic Brain Injury and Their Caregivers: A Systematic Review. Journal of Neurotrauma, 40(3-4), 159-194. [More Information]
- Avramovic, P., Rietdijk, R., Kenny, B., Power, E., Togher, L. (2023). Developing a Digital Health Intervention for Conversation Skills After Brain Injury (convers-ABI-lity) Using a Collaborative Approach: Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25, e45240. [More Information]
- Brunner, M., Rietdijk, R., Avramovic, P., Power, E., Miao, M., Rushworth, N., Maclean, L., Brookes, A., Togher, L. (2023). Developing Social-ABI-lity: An Online Course to Support Safe Use of Social Media for Connection After Acquired Brain Injury. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(2s), 924-940. [More Information]
2022
- Brunner, M., Rietdijk, R., Summers, K., Southwell, K., Avramovic, P., Power, E., Miao, M., Rushworth, N., Maclean, L., Brookes, A., Togher, L. (2022). ‘It gives you encouragement because you're not alone’: A pilot study of a multi-component social media skills intervention for people with acquired brain injury. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. [More Information]
2017
- Avramovic, P., Kenny, B., Power, E., McDonald, S., Tate, R., Hunt, L., MacDonald, S., Heard, R., Togher, L. (2017). Exploring the relationship between cognition and functional verbal reasoning in adults with severe traumatic brain injury at six months post injury. Brain Injury, 31(4), 502-516. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2022
- FMH Showcase Travel Award 2023, Avramovic P, Faculty of Medicine and Health/FMH Showcase Travel Award 2023
Conferences
- Avramovic, P., Rietdijk, R., Attard, M., Kenny, B., Power, E., Togher, L. (2023, May). Delivering communication partner training online: A practical workshop on using the novel online communication partner training program, convers-ABI-lity, to improve conversations after traumatic brain injury. Accepted oral paper at the 46th Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI) Annual Brain Impairment Conference 2023, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
- Avramovic, P., Rietdijk, R., Power, E., Attard, M., Kenny, B., & Togher, L. (2023, March). An online multimodal intervention for people with brain injury and their communication partner to improve their conversation skills together: a pilot study. Invited oral paper for the 14th Biennial World Congress on Brain Injury of the International Brain Injury Association 2023, Dublin, Ireland.
- Avramovic, P., Rietdijk, R., Power, E., Attard, M., Kenny, B., & Togher, L. (2022, June). What do people need to know about communication after brain injury? Views of people with brain injury and their supporters. 8th National Brain Injury Conference, Sydney, Australia
- Avramovic, P.,Rietdijk, R., Attard, M., Kenny, B., Power, E., Lim, R., Rushworth, N., MacLean, L., Togher, L. (2022, June). Developing convers-ABI-lity: an online multimodal intervention for people with brain injury and their communication partners to improve conversations together. [Virtual presentation]. International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference (IARC), Virtual/Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Brunner, M., Rietdijk, R., Avramovic, P., Miao, M., Power, E., Rushworth, N., MacLean, L., Togher, L. (2022, 22-25 May). Developing social-ABI-lity: an online course to support safe use of social media for connection after brain injury. [Paper presentation]. Speech Pathology Australia conference, Melbourne, Australia.
- Avramovic, P., Rietdijk, R., Power, E., Attard, M., Kenny, B., & Togher, L. (2022, May). The efficacy of digital health interventions for people with traumatic brain injuries and their carers. [Virtual presentation] 51st Clinical Aphasiology Conference (CAC), Virtual/Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, United States of America.
- Avramovic, P., Rietdijk, R., Attard, M., Kenny, B., Power, E., Lim, R., Rushworth, N., MacLean, L., Togher, L.(2022, May).An online multimodal intervention for people with brain injury and their communication partners to improve their conversation skills together: a proof-of-concept study. [Presentation]. 44th Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI) Conference, Virtual/Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Avramovic, P., Rietdijk, R., Power, E., Attard, M., Kenny, B., & Togher, L. (2021, July). The efficacy of digital health interventions for people with traumatic brain injuries and their carers. Oral presentation at the IBIAVirtual World Congress on Brain Injury, Virtual.
- Rietdijk, R.,Brunner, M., Power, E.,Avramovic, P., Miao, M., & Togher, L. (2021, July).Development of interact-ABI-lity: A free online educational course for promoting positive interactions after acquired brain injury.Presentation at the IBIAVirtual World Congress on Brain Injury, Virtual.
- Brunner, M., Rietdijk, R., Avramovic, P., Miao, M., Power, E., Togher, L. (2021, July). Developing social-ABI-lity: using social media for connection and in rehabilitation after brain injury. Presentation at the IBIAVirtual World Congress on Brain Injury, Virtual.
- Brunner, M., Rietdijk, R., Avramovic, P., Brassel, S., Yiew, K. & Togher, L. (2021, 13 July). Innovations in using technology for communication assessment and intervention in the ABI Communication Lab at The University of Sydney [Paper presentation]. University of Sydney Speech Pathology Research Symposium, Virtual.
- Rietdijk, R.,Brunner, M., Avramovic, P., Miao, M., Power, E. & Togher, L. (2021, July). interact-ABI-lity: A new online resource for training carers and others to communicate with people with acquired brain injury. Datablitz poster session presented at the 6th Pacific Rim Conference incorporating the INS Mid-Year Meeting, the 43rd Annual Brain Impairment Conference and the Australian Psychological Society’s CCN Meeting, Melbourne, Australia.
- Rietdijk, R.,Brunner, M., Maclean, L., Lim, R., Power, E., Rushworth, N., Avramovic, P., Miao, M. & Togher, L. (2021, May). Navigating industry partnerships: our journey to creating the online platform “The Social Brain Toolkit”. Poster session presented at Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Online conference.
- Avramovic, P., Clarke, S., Lloyd, N., Boyle, E., Chan, A. (2019, August). Key issues facing new graduates in the allied health workforce. Poster session presented at the National Allied Health Conference, Sydney, Australia.
- Lloyd, N., Boyle, E., Clarke, S., Chan, A., Avramovic, P. (2019, August) The development of a reference group to represent new graduates within the allied health workforce. Poster session presented at the National Allied Health Conference, Sydney, Australia.
- Avramovic, P., Kenny, B., Power, E., McDonald, S., Tate, R., Hunt, L., MacDonald, S., Heard, R., Togher, L. (2016, March). Exploring the relationship between cognition and functional verbal reasoning in adults with severe traumatic brain injury at six months post injury. Presentation at the IBIA World Congress on Brain Injury, The Hague, The Netherlands.