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. K., Cadilhac, D. A., Stolwyk, R. & Kim, J.
23/01/19 → 23/01/24
Project: Research
Telehealth delivery of memory rehabilitation following stroke
Wong, D. K., Stolwyk, R., Cadilhac, D. A. & Ponsford, J. L.
1/03/17 → …
Project: Research
Memory Rehabilitation Initaitive
Wong, D. K., Stolwyk, R. & Cadilhac, D. A.
28/06/16 → 31/12/17
Project: Other
Research Output 2004 2018
- 25 Article
Emotion recognition correlates with social-neuropsychiatric dysfunction in Huntington's disease
Kempnich, C. L., Andrews, S. C., Fisher, F., Wong, D., Georgiou-Karistianis, N. & Stout, J. C., 1 May 2018, In : Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 24, 5, p. 417-423 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Feasibility and effectiveness of computerised cognitive training for memory dysfunction following stroke: A series of single case studies
Withiel, T. D., Wong, D., Ponsford, J. L., Cadilhac, D. A. & Stolwyk, R. J., 1 Jan 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
General and Domain-Specific Effectiveness of Cognitive Remediation after Stroke: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis
Rogers, J. M., Foord, R., Stolwyk, R. J., Wong, D. & Wilson, P. H., 13 Jul 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Neuropsychology Review. 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Understanding the experience of compensatory and restorative memory rehabilitation: A qualitative study of stroke survivors
Withiel, T. D., Sharp, V. L., Wong, D., Ponsford, J. L., Warren, N. & Stolwyk, R. J., 7 Jun 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Cognitive Behavior Therapy to Treat Sleep Disturbance and Fatigue After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Nguyen, S., McKay, A. J. D., Wong, D., Rajaratnam, S. M., Spitz, G., Williams, G., Mansfield, D. & Ponsford, J. L., Aug 2017, In : Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 98, 8, p. 1508-1517 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
ASSBI Clinical Innovation Award
Dana Kirsty Wong (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Dean's Award for Excellence in Education (Innovation in Teaching)
Dana Kirsty Wong (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence
Dana Kirsty 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