Staff profile

Dr Natasha Lannin

Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Allied Health
Department of Occupational Therapy

La Trobe Clinical School, Alfred Centre,

 

Qualifications

PhD, BSc (OT), GradDip (Case Management)

Area of study

Occupational Therapy

Brief profile

 

A/Professor Natasha Lannin is an experienced neurological occupational therapist and rehabilitation researcher, working in a clinical conjoint position within Alfred Health and holding an honorary clinical appointment at Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney.  A/Professor Lannin provides supervision and mentoring to allied health clinicians and students undertaking research projects in neurological rehabilitation.  

Additional Appointments:  

  • Senior Research Fellow at the Rehabilitation Studies Unit, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney; The George Institute for Global Health; and the National Stroke Research Institute at The Florey Neurosciences Institute.
  • Invited member of the Australian Rehabilitation Alliance, and the Australian Stoke Coalition (Rehabilitation Group) for the National Stroke Foundation.
  • Member of the Management Committee of the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AusCR).

  Awards:

  • Recipient of NHMRC Grant
  • Balnaves Postdoctoral Fellowship, Australian Cerebral Palsy Alliance (2010-12)
  •  Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (RACP) Norington Lecture Award for contributions to Rehabilitation Medicine, 2010.
  • Australian Postgraduate Research Award, 2004-2006.
  • UWS Postgraduate Research Award, 2003.
  • OT-Australia Postgraduate Research Award for contributions to Occupational Therapy Research, 2003

Recent publications

2012

  • Thorley M, Lannin N, Cusick A, Novak I, Boyd R. (2012). Reliability of the quality of upper extremity skills test for children with cerebral palsy aged 2 to 12 years. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, 32(1):4-21
  • Wolf AC, Tate RL, Lannin NA, Middleton J, Lane-Brown A, Cameron ID (2012).The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Scale, WHODAS II: Reliability and validity in the measurement of activity and participation in a spinal cord injury population. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 44(8):747-55
  • Wales K, Clemson L, Lannin NA, Cameron ID, Salked G, Gitlin L, Rubenstein L, Barras S, Mackenzie L, Davies C. (2012). Occupational therapy discharge planning for older adults: A protocol for a randomised trial and economic evaluation. BMC Geriatriatrics,12:34.
  • Schmidt, J., Fleming, J., Lannin, NA, Ownsworth, T., Khan, A. (2012). Feedback Interventions for Improving Self-Awareness after Brain Injury: A Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 59(2):138-46
  • Gozzard M, McCluskey A, Lannin NA, van Drempt, N (2012). Handwriting in healthy adults aged 20 to 24 years, International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 19(1):31 - 41

2011

  • van Drempt, N., McCluskey, A & Lannin, N.A. (2011). A review of factors that influence adult handwriting performance. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 58(5):321-8.
  • van Drempt, N., McCluskey, A & Lannin, N.A. (2011). Handwriting in healthy people aged 65 years and over. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 58(4):276-86
  • Schmidt, J., Lannin, NA, Fleming, J., Ownsworth, T. (2011). A Systematic Review of Feedback Interventions for Impaired Self-Awareness Following Brain Injury. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 43: 673–680
  • Lannin NA (2011). Change… and a holiday? Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 58(3):137.
  • Lannin NA,Clemson L, McCluskey A. (2011) A survey of current pre-discharge home visiting practices of occupational therapists. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 58(3): 172–177.
  • Lannin NA (2011). Orthotics in NeuroRehabilitation. Neurorehabilitation 28 (1) :15 – 16.
  • Lannin NA, Ada L (2011). Neurorehabilitation splinting: Theory and principles of clinical use. Neurorehabilitation , 28 (1): 21 - 28

 

Older publications

2010

  • Cadilhac DA, Lannin NA, Anderson CS, Levi CR, Faux S, Price C, Middleton S, Lim J, Thrift AG, Donnan GA (2010). Protocol and pilot data for establishing the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry. International Journal of Stroke, 5(3):1-10.
  • Carr B, Lannin N, Allaous J, Mackenzie, Tate R, Falcon A, Schmidt J, Irving I, Narayan S (2010). Using a handheld computer to compensate for memory and planning difficulties after brain injury: results from a randomised control trial. Brain Impairment, 11(1):75.
  • Katalinic OM, Harvey LA, Herbert RD, Moseley AM, Lannin NA, Schurr K (2010). Stretch for the treatment and prevention of contractures. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 9:Art. No. CD007455.pub2.
  • Lannin N (2010). (Invited editorial) The not-so-impossible dream. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 57(3):151.
  • Sheean G, Lannin NA, Turner-Stokes L, Rawicki B, Snows BJ (2010). Botulinum toxin assessment, intervention and aftercare for upper limb hyper tonicity in adults: International consensus statement. European Journal of Neurology, 17(Suppl 2):74-93.
  • Tate R, Lannin N, Taylor C, Pfaff A, Wakim D, David P, Coward B, Whitty C (2010). The Functional Independence Measure for people with traumatic brain injury: how good if the Cognitive Scale for measuring neuropsychological impairments? Brain Impairment, 11(1):53.
  • Wakim D, Tate R, Lannin N, Pfaff A, Taylor C (2010). There is more to the Functional Independence Measure than meets the eye: a critical analysis of FIM administration procedures. Brain Impairment, 11(1):53-54.
  • Shepperd S, McClaran J, Phillips CO, Lannin NA, Clemson LM, McCluskey A, Cameron ID, Barras SL. (2010). Discharge planning from hospital to home. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD000313

  2009

  • Novak I, Cusick A, Lannin NA (2009). Occupational therapy home programs for children with cerebral palsy: a double-blind randomized controlled trial. Pediatrics, 124:606-614
  • Ross L, Harvey L, Lannin N (2009). Do people with acquired brain impairment benefit from additional therapy specifically directed at the hand? A randomized controlled trial. Clinical Rehabilitation, 23(6):492-503.
  • Lannin NA, Gustafsson L, Cusick A, Walker M , Steultjens E , Fricke J, et al. (2009). Scholarly communication and concerns for our conferences. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 56(2): 147 – 148 [Letter]
  • Lannin NA, Gustafsson L, Cusick A, Walker M , Steultjens E , Fricke J, et al. (2009). Letter to the editor. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 72(4):183-184 [Letter]
  • Bowman, J, Lannin NA, Cook C, & McCluskey A. (2009). Development and psychometric testing of the Clinician Readiness for Measuring Outcomes Scale (CReMOS). Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 15:76-84.

 

Research projects

Current National Competitive Grants:

  • Transition from hospital to home: Effectiveness of an occupational therapy home visit discharge planning program for at-risk older adults’. Clemson L, Cameron I, Lannin N, Rubenstein L, Gitlin L. National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant (2011) ($985,313 over 3 years)