Panel | Education, training and practice
| Saturday, August 1, 2026 |
| 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM |
| Ballroom |
Overview
Translating regulatory changes into neuropsychology education, training, and practice (AIPA representative, Dana Wong, Jacqueline Anderson, Halima Nalaye, Rowena Beecham)
Presenter
Professor Dana Wong
La Trobe University
PANEL: Translating regulatory changes into neuropsychology education, training, and practice
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM.....
Dana Wong is a Professor and Clinical Neuropsychologist in the School of Psychology and Public Health at La Trobe University. She leads the eNACT (Neurorehabilitation and Clinical Translation) Research Group, driving innovative, person-centred neuropsychological rehabilitation for people with acquired brain injury. Her work integrates research, clinical practice, and implementation to improve real-world outcomes and reduce inequities in care. Dana has a strong track record of competitive funding, interdisciplinary collaboration, co-design and research translation. Dana is Past-President of the Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment, Co-Chair of the International Neuropsychological Society's Neuropsychological Intervention Special Interest Group, and co-lead of the Australian Neuropsychology Alliance of Training and Practice Leaders.
Associate Professor Jacqueline Anderson
Convenor Postgraduate Programme in Clinical Neuropsychology
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
PANEL: Translating regulatory changes into neuropsychology education, training, and practice
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM.....
Jacqueline Anderson, MPsych(Clin Neuro), PhD, MAPS, FCCN is an Associate Professor in the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences at The University of Melbourne and honorary Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist at The Alfred hospital. She is the Convenor of the postgraduate clinical neuropsychology training program at The University of Melbourne and has more than 25 years of clinical experience in both the public and private sectors. She leads the Subcortical Cognitive Dysfunction research lab, which investigates contributors to, and interventions for, poor outcome after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).
Halimah Nalaye
Monash University
PANEL: Translating regulatory changes into neuropsychology education, training, and practice
4:15 PM - 5:16 PM.....
Halima Nalaye is a provisional psychologist and final-year PhD candidate in Clinical Neuropsychology at Monash University. Her PhD is looking at the experience of culturally and lingustically diverse traumatic brain injury survivors and their family members.
Dr Rowena Beecham
University Of Canberra
PANEL: Translating regulatory changes into neuropsychology education, training, and practice
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM.....
Rowena works as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Canberra, where she teaches psychological assessment, cultural responsivity and working with people with cognitive impairment. She also supervisors student research projects, with research interests spanning how we train psychologists to how we, as clinicians, can best meet the needs of people with various brain conditions. She also has a small private practice, conducting assessments and providing interventions to people with brain conditions in Canberra and the surrounding region.