Rate My Professor Laura Jolliffe

Dr. Laura Jolliffe is an occupational therapist, clinician-researcher, and implementation scientist with expertise in stroke rehabilitation and health services research at Monash University in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. She earned her PhD in Allied Health from La Trobe University in 2020, focusing on improving evidence-based implementation of guidelines in rehabilitation, a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours) from Monash University, and a Specialist Certificate in Implementation Science from the University of Melbourne. In her current role as Allied Health Research Lead at Peninsula Health, she drives research strategy and capacity building to integrate evidence-based practice into routine healthcare. She holds adjunct senior research fellow positions in the Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, and the Peninsula Clinical School, School of Translational Medicine. Her career includes leading and collaborating on large-scale, nationally funded implementation trials in stroke and brain injury rehabilitation, contributing to clinical guidelines and policy translation.

Dr. Jolliffe's research emphasizes bridging the evidence-practice gap in rehabilitation through implementation science strategies, exploring alternative models of care such as early supported discharge, telehealth, and in-reach services to optimize patient outcomes and healthcare efficiency. Key publications include 'Geriatric evaluation and management inpatients spend little time participating in physically, cognitively or socially meaningful activity: a time-motion analysis' (Age and Ageing, 2025), 'Training and education provided to local change champions within implementation trials: a rapid systematic review' (Implementation Science, 2025), 'Addressing the intensity of rehabilitation evidence-practice gap: rapid review, stakeholder perspectives and recommendations for upper limb rehabilitation after acquired brain injury' (International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 2024), and 'A systematic review of discrete choice experiments in stroke rehabilitation' (Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 2024). She has received the Monash Partners Early and Mid-Career Researcher Award (2024), Occupational Therapy Australia 2018/2019 Clinician Researcher Award, Leading Occupational Therapy Research Team award (2021), and is a member of the World Stroke Organization’s Future Leaders Program (2025–2026). Dr. Jolliffe serves as Deputy Co-Chair of the Stroke Foundation Guideline Content Steering Committee, on the Clinical Quality Improvement Committee for the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry, and the Allied Health Translational Research Advisory Committee at Monash University.