Kelly Weir
Kelly is a conjoint research fellow for allied health at Griffith University & Gold Coast University Hospital. She researches in the area of paediatric dysphagia (feeding and swallowing difficulties) and acute care (tracheostomy and intensive care management). She is involved in a number of projects including investigating the use of telehealth to support speech pathologists training in paediatric videofluoroscopy, use of cervical auscultation to detect aspiration in children, feeding infants on high flow oxygen and oropharyngeal dysphagia in children with cerebral palsy or disability. Currently Kelly is also part of a research team using knowledge brokering to increase research capacity in allied health professionals across Gold Coast Health. She particularly supports paediatric allied health practitioners conduct clinical research in the hospital and community settings.
Kelly's google scholar list can be found here
Featured Publications
Risk Feeding: An Australian Pediatric Palliative Care Perspective
Published 24th April 2020
Longitudinal Study of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Preschool Children With Cerebral Palsy
Published 18th December 2015
