Professor Lynette Mackenzie
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Professor Lynette Mackenzie

PhD MEdStud BEdStud BAppSc(OT)Curtin DipCOT UK
Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy
Professor Lynette Mackenzie

Graduated from the Derby School of Occupational Therapy in the UK in 1981, and worked as an OT in a variety of adult rehabilitation settings and social services programs in Sheffield and London prior to emigrating to Australia in 1986 to work in Newcastle NSW. Worked in orthopaedics,general medicine and managed the Hunter Equipment Service and PADP services before being appointed asthe first OT employed by community health services in Newcastle to implement the Home and Community Care home modifications service in the Hunter region. After working as the Head OT at Maitland Hospital, began academic work as a foundation staff member of the new undergraduate OT program at the University of Newcastle in 1991, and co-ordinated their fieldwork program for 7 years as well as teaching and developing the problem based learning curriculum there. Completed my PhD in epidemiology in 2002 by investigating falls amongst older people in NSW and Qld as part of the DVA Preventive Care Trialwhich formed the basis for the over 75s check later implemented by Medicare. Moved to Sydney in 2007 to co-ordinate the revised MOT program until 2017. I am currently involved in several research project related to older people in the community. I am the author of the Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool and completed a project to put the health professional and self-report versions online. This is available at: www.stopfallsathome.com.au and has been accessed by people across Australia and overseas. Following my own cancer experience I am also researching the needs of cancer survivors, especially in relation to cognitive issues following treatment, fatigue and return to work. I am currently supervising HDR students who are health professionals across a number of health issue topics relevant to public health and primary health settings.

Lynette is a member of the following research team:

Ageing and Health

  • MOT teaching: OT Assessment & Planning, Assessing Evidence for OT Practice, Evaluating OT Practice, Person-Environment-Occupation.
  • Curriculum development and management
  • Supervision of honours, masters and doctoral research students
  • Faculty elective on Living with Cancer
  • Open Learning Environment (OLE) unit on Cancer Survivorship

- Return to work following burns

- Return to work for women with cognitive impairment following breast cancer treatment

-A tailored falls prevention program for older people with mental illness living in the community

-Chinese breast cancer survivors: Cognitive and psycho-social issues and their impact on quality of life

-Qualitative study of benefit of Tyromotion intervention with people with a cervical spinal cord injury

-Investigating falls risks in the homes of older Vietnamese people living in the community

-Outcomes of an occupational therapy program for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder using trained Assistance Dogs

Occupational Therapy Australia

Australian Association of Gerontology

  • 2019 University of Sydney, Vice Chancellors award for Excellence in Teaching and Research.
  • 2019 Senior Fellowship, Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
  • 2018 Faculty of Health Sciences award for Excellence in Higher Degree Supervision.
  • 2017 Award of Fellow of the Occupational Therapy Australia Research Academy.
  • 2013 Office for Learning and Teaching, Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, Australian Awards for University Teaching
  • 2012 Faculty of Health Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Sydney
Cancer, Healthy Ageing
Project titleResearch student
Safe mobility behaviour intervention and assessment in people living with Parkinson’s diseaseDaniel CHEUNG
Occupational Balance, Cystic Fibrosis and the Transition to MotherhoodAlena HAINES
Driving Decisions: the clinicians that assess cognitive ability to driveBelinda JOHNSTON
Returning to work after a burn injuryAkane KATSU
Ageing with Spinal Cord Injury: Australian consumer carer and health professional perspectivesEmma TAN

Selected publications

Publications

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Selected Grants

2023

  • Active Ageing Node Support, Mackenzie L, Charles Perkins Centre/CPC Research Program Award

2019

  • Testing a falls prevention program for older people with mental illness, Lovarini M, Mackenzie L, Hancock N, Scanlan J, Department of Health (Federal)/MRFF - Rapid Applied Research Translation (RART) - Sydney Health Partners
  • Investigating falls risks in the homes of older Vietnamese people living in the community, Mackenzie L, University of Sydney/Sydney Southeast Asia Centre