Today we would like to introduce Professor Cathy Said. Cathy is the inaugural Professor Physiotherapy, Western Health & The University of Melbourne and a program director with the Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Science. Cathy has over 25 years’ experience working in neurological and gerontological rehabilitation. Her research focuses on fall prevention and the rehabilitation of gait and balance in older people and people with stroke. She is also passionate about how to bridge the divide between research evidence and practice, including how we can better meet the needs of people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Cathy’s presentation for the conference is titled ‘Exercise and Falls Prevention for older people from CALD communities’. In this interview Cathy discusses her research passion, some of the critical issues for fall prevention and some advice for Early and Mid Career Researchers.