Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Karen Wylie is a researcher, clinician, and educator in the field of speech pathology. I joined the team at Curtin University in Australia 2019, after a long clinical career. This included 15 years living and working in sub-Saharan Africa, including Mali, Senegal, Zambia and Ghana. In Ghana, I was part of a team that commenced the first graduate entry Master’s programme for speech pathology education at the University of Ghana.
My research interests include:
– service delivery and service accessibility, particularly within underserved communities,
– understanding and improving the participation of people with disabilities in the community,
– population health and prevention of communication disabilities, and
client engagement /therapeutic alliance in allied health services.
I have extensive experience working in multilingual and cross-cultural contexts. Both my clinical work and research is driven by a strong sense of social justice, including a focus on the cultural responsivity of services.
