Dr Joanne Steel, PhD, is a certified practising speech pathologist (CPSP) and mid-career researcher at the University of Newcastle. Her program of research focuses on improving the assessment and treatment of cognitive-communication disorders following traumatic brain injury (TBI) through clinically relevant and translational research. She is currently leading the development of Story-ABI-lity, a narrative-based intervention designed for adults with TBI in inpatient rehabilitation, co-designed with clinicians and people with lived experience of TBI.
Dr Steel collaborates with multidisciplinary clinical and research teams across brain injury rehabilitation and neurogenic communication disorders, with a particular focus on discourse, social communication, and recovery after traumatic brain injury.
