Rate My Professor Pauline Chiarelli

Pauline Chiarelli's research specializations encompass continence promotion, epidemiology and prevention of female urinary incontinence in clinical groups, faecal incontinence, male continence promotion related to prostate cancer management, pelvic floor muscle dysfunction in females and males, and physiotherapy applications such as diagnostic ultrasound use. Notable publications include the chapter 'Female Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Evidence-Based Physical Therapy' (2024), 'Female pelvic floor dysfunctions and evidence-based physical therapy: Lifestyle interventions' (2015), 'Pelvic floor health: a concept analysis' (2015), and 'Promoting urinary continence in women after delivery: randomised controlled trial' (2002), among over 80 works cited more than 2,500 times. She has obtained grants totaling $953,686, leading initiatives on continence promotion following stroke and fractured neck of femur repair, pelvic floor muscle function in prostate cancer radiotherapy patients, and allied health placements in aged care. Awards include Specialist titling from the Australian College of Physiotherapy and the University of Newcastle Alumni Exceptional Community Service Award (2011). She chaired the Professional Practice Standards Committee of the Continence and Women's Health Special Group, Australian Physiotherapy Association, served as Invited Member of the Australian New Zealand Continence Journal, and coordinated media appraisals for the Australian Journal of Physiotherapy.