Rate My Professor Karen Barlow

Professor Karen Barlow holds the position of Chair in Paediatric Rehabilitation and Conjoint Chair in Paediatric Rehabilitation at the Child Health Research Centre, University of Queensland. She earned her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science from the University of Edinburgh, a Master of Science in Clinical Research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Neurosciences from the University of Queensland, with a 2020 thesis titled Melatonin as a therapeutic agent for post-concussion syndrome after mild traumatic brain injury. Her academic career commenced after studies at the University of Edinburgh and the University of British Columbia. In 2002, she took her first academic role at the University of Calgary, where she developed and directed the Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion Research Program at the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, gaining extensive experience in devising and overseeing national and international clinical trials for children. In October 2017, she relocated to Australia, joining the University of Queensland's Child Health Research Centre, the Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, and the Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation Centre. As director of the KidStim Lab—the first non-invasive neuromodulation facility in Australia for children with brain injuries—she leads a multidisciplinary team exploring rehabilitation combined with techniques such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation to address mood and behavioral disorders post-injury.