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Professor Leanne Togher is a Professor and NHMRC Investigator Grant L3 Fellow at the University of Sydney's Faculty of Medicine and Health. She leads the Acquired Brain Injury Communication Lab and directs Communication Sciences in the School of Health Sciences. Her research focuses on improving communication outcomes for individuals with acquired brain injury through innovative treatments and digital interventions. She has secured over $32 million in external grants and holds honorary professorships at City University (London) and the Education University of Hong Kong.
Education: PhD in Speech Pathology, BAppSc(Speech Pathology). Key roles include Director of the evidence-based practice website speechBITE and leadership in international organizations like the International Brain Injury Association. Awards include the NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Fellowship (2018) and the Jennett Plum Award (2025).
Research interests span cognitive-communication disorders, telehealth applications, and social skills training. Notable projects include the TBI Bank corpus for discourse analysis and the Social Brain Toolkit for rehabilitation. She currently supervises 10 HDR students in areas like AI conversational agents and communication partner training.
Grants include a 2024 NHMRC Investigator Grant ($2.55M) and collaborations with global institutions like Carnegie Mellon University and the WHO. Her work emphasizes translating research into clinical practice through scalable digital solutions.