Rate My Professor Emre Ilhan

Ilhan's research utilizes critical theory and intersectionality to address health inequities produced by intersecting systems of oppression. His interests encompass neonatal, infant, and paediatric pain; pain in LGBTQIASB+, older adults in residential aged care, people with disabilities, culturally and racially marginalised groups, and other marginalised populations; queerying physiotherapy, research, healthcare, and education; evidence-based healthcare and shared decision-making; and paediatric (cerebral palsy) and adult neurological rehabilitation, employing quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Key publications include 'An intervention model for children with mild developmental delay using multi-stakeholder co-design study and Australia-wide survey' (2026), 'Pride and pain – a lifespan-informed, identity-affirming approach to paediatric pain in 2SLGBTQIA+ youth: panel discussion at the international symposium for pediatric pain' (2026), 'An online pain management program for people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome or hypermobility spectrum disorder: a three-staged development process' (2025, Disability and Rehabilitation), 'Assessments, diagnostic criteria and outcome measures for growing pains and persistent pain in the presence of restless leg syndrome in children: a scoping review' (2025, BMJ Open), and 'What is the definition of acute episodic and chronic pain in critically ill neonates and infants?' (2022, BMJ Open). As team leader, he received the Excellence in Education - Rising Star award in 2023. Ilhan holds leadership positions including Co-chair of the MQ Ally Network Steering Committee and MQ d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing Lived Experience Network, and member of the Physiotherapy Evidence Database Education and Training Sub-Committee and Australian Physiotherapy Association LGBTQIA+ Advisory Panel. He delivered the invited talk 'Embedding access in ways of working: LGBTQIA+ inclusive physiotherapy' in 2024.