Projects per year
Personal profile
Clinical activities
Dana is a practicing Clinical Neuropsychologist and supervises postgraduate psychology students on placement.
Research interests
Neuropsychological interventions
Assessment of cognitive and emotional difficulties following TBI and stroke
Treatment of depression and anxiety post-ABI using motivational interviewing and CBT
Rehabilitation of memory and other cognitive difficulties following ABI
Use of telehealth delivery of cognitive rehabilitation following ABI
Use of smartphone and tablet technology by people with TBI and stroke and their treating clinicians
Clinical implementation of evidence-based neuropsychological interventions
Training neuropsychological intervention skills in postgraduate psychology students and registered psychologists
Development of measures of clinical competencies in delivering neuropsychological interventions
External positions
Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University
12 Feb 2018 → …Keywords
- Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Stroke
- Neuropsychological Interventions
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Memory Skills Group
- Cognitive Rehabilitation
- Clinician competence
- Group Interventions
- Smartphones
- Telehealth
Network
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Projects 2016 2024
Group-based memory rehabilitation: A multi-centre, phased investigation
Wong, D., Cadilhac, D., Stolwyk, R. & Kim, J.
23/01/19 → 23/01/24
Project: Research
Telehealth delivery of memory rehabilitation following stroke
Wong, D., Stolwyk, R., Cadilhac, D. & Ponsford, J.
1/03/17 → …
Project: Research
Memory Rehabilitation Initaitive
Wong, D., Stolwyk, R. & Cadilhac, D.
28/06/16 → 31/12/17
Project: Other
Research Output 2004 2019
Behavioural and functional correlates of post-traumatic growth following traumatic brain injury
Pais-Hrit, C., Wong, D., Gould, K. R. & Ponsford, J., 30 Jan 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Cognitive behavioural therapy for post-stroke fatigue and sleep disturbance: a pilot randomised controlled trial with blind assessment
Nguyen, S., Wong, D., McKay, A., Rajaratnam, S. M. W., Spitz, G., Williams, G., Mansfield, D. & Ponsford, J. L., 2019, In : Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 29, 5, p. 723-738 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Comparing memory group training and computerized cognitive training for improving memory function following stroke: A phase II randomized controlled trial
Withiel, T. D., Wong, D., Ponsford, J. L., Cadilhac, D. A., New, P., Mihaljcic, T. & Stolwyk, R. J., 2019, In : Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 51, 5, p. 343-351 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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Effectiveness of a manualised group training intervention for memory dysfunction following stroke: a series of single case studies
Withiel, T. D., Stolwyk, R. J., Ponsford, J. L., Cadilhac, D. A. & Wong, D., 1 Jan 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Disability and Rehabilitation. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Measuring clinical competencies in facilitating group-based rehabilitation interventions: development of a new competency checklist
Wong, D., Grace, N., Baker, K. & McMahon, G., 1 Jun 2019, In : Clinical Rehabilitation. 33, 6, p. 1079-1087 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
ASSBI Clinical Innovation Award
Dana Wong (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Dean's Award for Excellence in Education (Innovation in Teaching)
Dana Wong (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence
Dana Wong (Recipient), Nov 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press / Media
Smartphone apps can be memory aids for people with brain injuries, and everyone else
12/07/17 → 2/10/17
2 media contributions
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities