Dr Rachael Unicomb has worked with a paediatric caseload across a variety of settings including early intervention, community health and private practice.
Dr Unicomb has also worked with families and children from disadvantaged and vulnerable backgrounds and played an integral role in setting up a program for Uniting Care Burnside’s Newpin program, encouraging positive parent-child interactions with a focus on communication development.

Dr Unicomb is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher for the Speech Pathology (honours) program at the University of Newcastle. She has a clinical and translational research interest in stuttering across the lifespan, and communication development and difficulties in children. Rachael is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and conducts research in the development of simulation (specifically VR) for speech pathology.