B.SpPath (Hons), PhD
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Griffith Health Institute & Metro North (Northern) Health Services District
Research expertise
- Dr Cornwell is a speech pathologist who specialises in the study of neurological rehabilitation and critical care populations
- Broad research interests are in evaluating the efficacy of treatment in the stroke, brain injury, and critical care populations, and models of rehabilitation across the healthcare continuum
- Specific research interests include:
- Outcomes of goal-directed intervention
- The application of neural plasticity principles to rehabilitation
- Models of rehabilitation across the continuum of care hospital-to-community, and
- Cognitive-communication disorders following right hemisphere damage
Current teaching areas
- Dr Cornwell has experience in undergraduate teaching and supervision of research higher degree candidates.
Publications
- Cornwell, P.L., & Cahill, L.M. (2010). Acquired childhood dysarthria in a school-aged child. In S. Chabon & E. Cohn (Eds.), Communication disorders: A case-based approach, stories from the front line. Allyn & Bacon.&
- Leach, E., Cornwell, P., Fleming, J., & Haines, T. (2010). Patient centered goal setting in a subacute rehabilitation setting. Disability and Rehabilitation, 32, 159-172.
- Doig, E., Fleming, J., Kuipers, P., & Cornwell, P.L. (2010). Clinical utility of the combined use of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure and the Goal Attainment Scale. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64, 904-914.
- Doig, E., Fleming, J., Kuipers, P., & Cornwell, P. (2010). Comparison of rehabilitation outcomes in day hospital and home settings for people with acquired brain injury – a systematic review. Disability and Rehabilitation, 32, 2061-2077.
- Haines, T., Foster, M., Cornwell, P., Fleming, J., Tweedy, S., & Mitchell, G. (2010). Impact of enhanced primary care on equitable access to an economic efficiency of allied health services: A qualitative investigate. Australian Health Review, 34(1), 30-35.
- Foster, M.M., Cornwell, P.L., Fleming, J.M., Mitchell, G.K., Tweedy, S.M., Hart, A.L., & Haines, T.P. (2009). Better than nothing? Restrictions and realities of Enhanced Primary Care for allied health practitioners. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 15, 326-334.
- Cornwell, P., Fleming, J., Fisher, A., Kendall, M., Ownsworth, T., & Turner, B. (2009). Supporting the needs of young adults with acquired brain injury during transition from hospital to home: the Queensland service provider perspective. Brain Impairment, 10, 325-340.
- Turner, B., Ownsworth, T., Cornwell, P., & Fleming, J. (2009). A prospective longitudinal study of re-engagement in meaningful occupations during the transition from hospital to home for individuals with acquired brain injury. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63(5), 609-620.
- Doig, E., Fleming, J., Cornwell, P., & Kuipers, P. (2009). Exploring multiple perspectives of a client-centred goal-directed approach to community-based occupational therapy for adults with traumatic brain injury. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63(5), 559-568.