Rate My Professor Aislinn Lalor

Dr. Aislinn Lalor is an Occupational Therapist, Senior Lecturer, and Senior Research Fellow at Monash University in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. She is affiliated with the Department of Occupational Therapy and serves as the Ageing Stream Lead and Consumer and Community Engagement Lead in the Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living (RAIL) Research Centre at the School of Primary and Allied Health Care. Lalor earned her Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours) from Monash University in 2009, with a thesis on child motor skills perceptions. She completed her PhD in Sleep at Monash in 2017, investigating impaired sleep quality in older adults during hospitalization, and a Graduate Diploma of Biostatistics in 2021.

Prior to her academic roles, Lalor worked clinically in acute aged mental health at Peninsula Health, community health, and private practice focusing on older adults, veterans, and road traffic accident clients. She joined Monash as a sessional tutor in 2009, progressing to full-time lecturer post-PhD. She has developed and delivered occupational therapy curriculum at Princess Nora Bint Abdul Rahman University in Saudi Arabia and led interprofessional health immersion programs in Vietnam and Cambodia. Her research specializes in occupational therapy for adults and older adults, encompassing sleep quality, carer wellbeing, healthy ageing, palliative care, falls prevention, intellectual disability, assistance animals, and models of care. Key projects include co-designing services for older carers and evaluating visitor restrictions' impact on aged care care-partners during COVID-19. Notable publications include "Australian paramedics’ perceptions of reasonable overtime: a Delphi study" (Ferris et al., 2025, BMC Health Services Research), "A study protocol for a pragmatic pre-post trial to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a novel co-designed service to support health and wellbeing of older carers of older people" (Lalor et al., 2025, PLoS ONE), "Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Informal Carer Experiences of Older Adult Care Transitions From Hospital to Home: A Scoping Review" (Zhong et al., 2026, Journal of Advanced Nursing), and "A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Staff Needs for Coping With Grief and Loss in Residential Aged Care" (Shimoniaba et al., 2026, Journal of Clinical Nursing).

Lalor has been recognized with the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Dean's Award for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (2024), Dean's Award for Excellence in Programs that Enhance Learning (2023), and others. She peer-reviews for the Australian Occupational Therapy Journal and is Secretary of the Australian Association of Gerontology Victoria Division Executive Committee. Her interdisciplinary work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, and 17.