Oral Presentations 3
Tracks
Room 303
| Thursday, October 8, 2026 |
| 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM |
| Room 303 |
Overview
Promoting Psychosocial Wellbeing
Presenter (only the submitting author is listed below; co-presenters, where applicable, will be listed in the conference app)
Dr Kimberley Monden
Vice Chair For Research Director
University of Minnesota Medical School
Moderator
Biography
Dr Leanne Rees
Research Officer
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Who am I to take hope away – healthcare professionals’ experiences with patient and family enquiries about unproven therapies
11:05 AM - 11:17 AMBiography
Dr Leanne Rees is a post-doctoral researcher with the Stem Cell Ethics & Policy Group at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and is the Allied Health Research and Translation Lead at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. Underpinned by twenty years working as a physiotherapist in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, Leanne’s research focuses on how media informs hope in health. She is currently exploring novel ways to counter therapeutic misinformation in the healthcare setting.
Mrs Candice Care-Unger
Director, Specialist Social Worker And Psychosexual Therapist
Care Rehab
DEVELOPING A PODCAST AS A HEALTH EDUCATION RESOURCE – A WHEELIE GOOD SEX CHAT
11:18 AM - 11:30 AMBiography
Candice is an award-winning clinician-researcher, specialist social worker and clinical psychosexual therapist, having worked in hospital and community rehabilitation settings since 2006.
Candice has worked across Australia, New Zealand, Scotland and New York
She is the Director of Care Rehab in Australia.
Ms Anne Marie Sarandrea
Student
The University of Sydney
A novel intervention for supporting the uptake of the "Psychosocial care of Adults with Spinal Cord Injuries Guide" in Spinal Services in New South Wales, Australia
11:31 AM - 11:43 AMBiography
Anne Marie is a part time PhD student in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney, Australia and a Clinical Psychologist. Her research focus is on improving the lives of people following spinal cord injuries and their families through an implementation science lens.
Ms Mahek Iyer
Medical Student
The University Of Sheffield
What guidance is offered globally for cognitive impairment after spinal cord injury? A scoping review
11:44 AM - 11:56 AMBiography
Mahek Iyer is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Sheffield with an academic interest in neurorehabilitation and oncology. She is actively involved in research on cognitive impairment following spinal cord injury and has undertaken international clinical observerships. She is particularly interested in the integration of cognitive and psychological care into rehabilitation pathways.
Mr MD. HABIBUR Rahman
Assistant Professor & Course Coordinator, Msc In Ot
Bangladesh Health Professions Institute (bhpi), The Academic Institute Of Centre For The Rehabilitation Of The Paralysed
Lived Experience of Divorce and Separation among Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: A Qualitative Study
11:57 AM - 12:09 PMBiography
Md. Habibur Rahman, Assistant Professor & Course Coordinator, MSc in Occupational Therapy, Department of Occupational Therapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute (BHPI), (The academic institute of CRP), CRP-Chapain, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.