Grahame Simpson is an Associate Professor, School of
Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney; Leader
of the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Research Stream, John Walsh Centre for
Rehabilitation Research, Kolling Institute; and Director, Brain Injury
Rehabilitation Research Group, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research,
Liverpool, Sydney Australia. He has dual professional qualifications as an
accredited social worker and registered psychologist. With more than 35 years’
experience as a clinician and researcher at the Liverpool Hospital Brain Injury
Rehabilitation Unit, Grahame’s research interests focus around positive
adjustment to acquired brain injury, with a focus on intervention research in
the areas of mental health/suicide prevention, sexual health, employment,
prosocial behaviour, assistive technology and family resilience. He is currently the
Co-Editor of Brain Impairment, the official journal of the Australasian Society for
the Study of Brain Impairment; an Editorial Board member, Journal of Head Trauma
Rehabilitation; and co-founder of the International Network of Social Workers
in Acquired Brain Injury.
