Dr. Laura Jolliffe is an occupational therapist, clinician-researcher, and implementation scientist with expertise in stroke rehabilitation and health services research. She is the Allied Health Research Lead at Peninsula Health, where she drives research strategy and capacity building for allied health professionals, supporting the integration of evidence-based practice into routine healthcare.

Her research focuses on improving the uptake of best-practice rehabilitation interventions, alternative models of care, and health service innovations. She has led and collaborated on several large-scale, nationally funded implementation trials in stroke and brain injury rehabilitation and is actively involved in translating research into clinical guidelines and policy.

Dr. Jolliffe holds adjunct senior research fellow positions at both the Peninsula Clinical School, School of Translational Medicine and the Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Monash University. She is passionate about supporting clinicians to engage in research and ensuring healthcare users receive high-quality, evidence-informed rehabilitation.

Dr. Jolliffe’s research focuses on improving the implementation of evidence-based rehabilitation practices in healthcare, with a particular emphasis on stroke recovery, alternative models of care, and health service innovations. She is particularly interested in understanding how clinicians adopt and sustain best-practice interventions, using implementation science to develop and test strategies that bridge the gap between research and clinical practice. Her work explores ways to optimise rehabilitation service delivery, including early supported discharge, telehealth, and in-reach rehabilitation models, to improve patient outcomes and healthcare efficiency. Through national and international collaborations, she aims to enhance the integration of evidence into routine care, ensuring that rehabilitation services are accessible, effective, and aligned with the needs of both clinicians and stroke survivors.

Dr. Jolliffe is a member of the World Stroke Organization’s Future Leaders Program (2025–2026), a prestigious international initiative that supports emerging stroke leaders advance stroke care globally. She is actively engaged in the stroke and allied health communities, contributing to the development of clinical guidelines, quality improvement initiatives, and research capacity building. As Deputy Co-Chair of the Stroke Foundation Guideline Content Steering Committee, she contributes to the ongoing review and development of national stroke rehabilitation guidelines to ensure they remain evidence-based and relevant to clinical practice. She also holds positions on the Clinical Quality Improvement Committee for the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR) and the Allied Health Translational Research Advisory Committee (AHRAC) at Monash University, supporting the translation of research into practice.