Dr Aislinn Lalor is an Occupational Therapist and Early Career Researcher, Lecturer and Research Fellow at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Dr Aislinn Lalor's occupational therapy background has included teaching at Monash University since 2009, and clinical work in acute aged mental health and community health positions prior to undertaking her PhD regarding sleep quality of older adults in 2013. Her teaching has included opportunities to develop and deliver curriculum at Princess Nora Bint Abdul Rahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and development and delivery of a collaborative interprofessional international health immersion program in Vietnam and Cambodia. Aislinn is currently also a part-time Research Fellow with the Rehabilitation, Ageing, and Independent Living (RAIL) Research Centre at Monash University in conjunction with the National Centre for Healthy Ageing. 

She is the current secretary and committee member of the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) Victoria Division Executive Committee and member of OT Australia; the Sleep Health Foundation (SHF); and the Australian Sleep Association Network of Early career Sleep researchers in Training (ASA-NEST). 

Aislinn's research is predominatly focused towards adults and older adults and healthy ageing, with additional  interest in sleep, disability, carers / caregivers / care-partners and the impact dogs can have on the health and wellbeing of people's lives.

Aislinn is particularly interested in qualitative research methodologies and collaborative and inclusive research opportunities. Her research primarily involves interdisciplinary collaborations and recent funded projects have related to falls risk assessment for individuals with intellectual disability, impact of visitor restrictions on care-partners of residents in aged care, and best-practice service delivery. 

Dr Aislinn Lalor is the Second Year Coordinator for the Department of Occupational Therapy, Monash University.

OCC1042 Human Occupation and Development (12 credit point unit)

Second Semester, 1st Year: Unit Coordinator

The unit introduces students to Occupational Science principles and mechanisms underlying the relationship between persons, their environments and occupations; and how it relates to human health and wellbeing. The concept of occupation is described, and how people shape and are shaped by their engagement in occupation and their environmental context across the lifespan.

OCC1032 Development across the Lifespan (6 credit point unit)

Second Semester, 1st Year: Unit Coordinator

This unit examines how individuals change and develop as they age - from infancy to old age. Students explore the psychological and occupational processes inherent in development, and in doing so examine the progressive cognitive, emotional, behavioural, psychosocial and occupational changes that occur with age. A broad range of topics are covered by this unit, including: motor skill and other psycho-physiological developmental processes, problem solving, language acquisition, abstract thought, identity development and formation, and relationships.

OCC2014 Occupational Performance, Components and Capabilities (12 credit point unit) 

First Semester, 2nd Year: Unit Coordinator

This unit uses an integrated scenario/case-based learning approach and focuses primarily on introduction of assessment. Students are introduced to mechanisms and consequences of problems related to mental, sensory, cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological and biomechanical capacities that underpin occupational engagement and occupational performance.

OCC0372 Occupational Therapy Honours Research Project 1 (12 credit point unit)

Second Semester, 3rd Year: Honours Supervisor

The Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours) research project program has been designed to enable students to effectively integrate research knowledge and skill with occupational therapy practice knowledge and skill. This unit introduces students to the first component of their project, working in collaboration with their host organisation and Monash University supervisors, to develop a research proposal.

OCC4091 Occupational Therapy Honours Research Project 2 (12 credit point unit)

First Semester, 4th Year: Honours Supervisor

Continuing on from OCC3072, students are supported to undertake a research project, collecting data, analysing data, writing up results and contextualising the results in relation to pertinent literature and the professional practice context. This provides students with the context to apply and consolidate advanced research methodology. 

Dr Aislinn Lalor currently supervises Honours, Masters and PhD students and is accepting PhD students for supervision. Current ongping, and recently completed, supervised research projects include: