Rate My Professor Lizz Hill

Dr. Lizz Hill, also known as Elizabeth Hill, serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Curtin School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University. A qualified speech pathologist, she completed her Doctor of Philosophy in Human Communication Science at Curtin University in September 2020. Her doctoral thesis examined language skills in adolescents with acquired brain injury and their associations with social and emotional wellbeing, supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award and Curtin University Postgraduate Scholarship. Hill's clinical background in speech pathology informs her transition to academia, where she contributes to teaching and research on communication disorders.

Hill's research specializations encompass adolescent language and literacy, discourse skills across genres and lifespans, and the psychosocial impacts of communication disorders on mental health outcomes. She focuses on children and young people with developmental language disorder, dyslexia, ADHD, autism, and traumatic brain injury, investigating academic, vocational challenges, and mental health service transitions. Her work includes developing interventions, such as accessible mental health programs, and protocols like the Curtin University Discourse Protocol—Adolescent Version. Key publications include 'Narrative and Non-Narrative Discourse Skills in ADHD Across the Lifespan: A Systematic Review of the Literature' (2025), 'Disconnected from everyone and everything around them: A mixed method study to explore the perspectives of children with language difficulties and their caregivers on mental health concerns' (2025), 'Supporting mental health in young people with language and literacy difficulties: A scoping review' (2025), and 'Low language capacity in childhood: A systematic review of prevalence estimates' (2023). With over 400 citations, an h-index of 9, and affiliations with the enAble Institute and Language and Literacy in Young People lab, her contributions advance clinical practices and equity in mental health support. Hill has earned the Stan Perron Fellowship (2026–2031), Raine Robson BrightSpark Fellowship, Raine Medical Research Foundation prize for Outstanding Early Career Researcher, and a Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.