Rate My Professor Cathy Said

Said serves as Project Director for the Allied Health Professionals research project at the Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and is an Honorary Fellow at the National Ageing Research Institute. She chairs the Physiotherapy Research Foundation Grant Review Committee and the Victorian Health Research Translation Collaboration Falls Prevention Committee. As a key participant in the global task force, she contributed to the landmark World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management for Older Adults published in 2022. Her influential publications include 'World guidelines for falls prevention and management for older adults: a global initiative' (Age and Ageing, 2022), 'Fit for purpose. Co-production of complex behavioural interventions. A practical guide and exemplar of co-producing a telehealth-delivered exercise intervention for people with stroke' (Research Involvement and Engagement, 2022), 'Secondary prevention of stroke. A telehealth-delivered physical activity and diet pilot randomised trial (ENAbLE-pilot)' (BMJ Open, 2023), and numerous papers on biofeedback gait training, hospital falls prevention, and equity in clinical trials for diverse communities. She has developed evidence-based resources such as Safe Exercise at Home for older people.