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NIISQ on the road – Cairns and Toowoomba

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The NIISQ Agency, in partnership with Queensland Brain Injury Collaborative (QBIC) rounded out 2024 with two final regional roadshows in Cairns and Toowoomba.  Undertaking research to highlight the need to provide better care for acquired brain injury patients, QBIC aims to build a network of researchers, health professionals, people with lived experience and industry partners to explore ways of improving care. These face-to-face events offer a unique opportunity to really listen to the those impacted directly by brain injury and to the challenges our regional areas face with treatment options and facilities.    […]

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New NIISQ-funded research aims to improve mental health services for kids with brain and spinal cord injuries 

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A new research project with collaboration partner, Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, funded by NIISQ is seeking to improve mental health services for kids with brain and spinal cord injuries.  […]

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NIISQ hosts lunch and learn on Physiotherapy Clinical Practice Guidelines for People with Spinal Cord Injury

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NIISQ recently hosted a lunch and learn session in our offices where we had the pleasure of welcoming our friends at the Queensland Ballet to learn more about their incredible initiative Ballet for Brain Injury. […]

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NIISQ 2024 Participant Survey provides positive results

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In May 2024 we conducted a participant survey to hear from participants, their families and their advocates how they feel about our support. Conducted independently by Enhance Research, the survey was voluntary and open to all current participants, including those injured in a workplace accident. 246 participants (or their nominated spokesperson) took part, with a […]

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New research project: Technology-enabled homes for people with spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury

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The National Injury Insurance Scheme Queensland (NIISQ) is partnering with the University of Sunshine Coast (UniSC) to investigate the benefits of technology-enabled homes for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). The two-year project, led by Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, Dr. Michele Verdonck, will seek to understand how technology can […]

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