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Ms Meaghan McAllister

Meaghan is a Research Project Coordinator with the Missing Voices project within the School of Medical and Health Sciences.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Speech Pathology, La Trobe University, 2002.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Armstrong, B., Rai, T., Katzenellenbogen, JM., Thompson, SJ., McAllister, M., Cross, N., Hersh, D., Flicker, L., Cadilhac, DA., Godecke, E., Hankey, GJ., Drew, N., Hayward, C., Woods, D., Robinson, M., Lin, I., Kratina, S., White, J., Coffin, J. (2025). Healing Right Way: A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial Aiming To Enhance Quality Of Life For Aboriginal Australian Survivors Of Stroke And Traumatic Brain Injury. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 33(5), article number e70106. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajr.70106.

2024

Journal Articles

  • Armstrong, B., Colegate, K., Papertalk, L., Crowe, S., McAllister, M., Hersh, D., Cross, N., Godecke, E., Katzenellenbogen, J., Coffin, J. (2024). Intersectionality and Its Relevance in the Context of Aboriginal People with Brain Injury in Australia. Seminars in Speech and Language, 45(1), 56 - 70. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1776755.
  • Drew, N., McAllister, M., Coffin, J., Robinson, M., Katzenellenbogen, J., Armstrong, B. (2024). Healing Right Way Randomised Clinical Controlled Trial enhancing services for Aboriginal people with brain injury: Translation principles and activities. Brain Impairment, 25(2), Article number IB23109. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1071/IB23109.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Armstrong, B., McAllister, M., Coffin, J., Robinson, M., Thompson, S., Katzenellenbogen, J., Colegate, K., Papertalk, L., Hersh, D., Cross, N., White, J. (2022). Communication services for Indigenous peoples after stroke and traumatic brain injury: Alignment of Sustainable Development Goals 3, 16 and 17 within the First Nations context in Australia. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25(1), 147-151. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2022.2145356.
  • Armstrong, B., Rai, T., Hersh, D., Thompson, S., Coffin, J., Cross, N., Flicker, L., Cadilhac, D., Godecke, E., Woods, D., Hayward, C., Hankey, G., McAllister, M., Katzenellenbogen, J. (2022). Statistical Analysis Plan for the stepped-wedge clinical trial Healing Right Way - Enhancing Rehabilitation Services for Aboriginal Australians after Brain Injury. Trials, 23(1), Article Number 886. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06800-0.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Armstrong, B., Coffin, J., Hersh, D., Katznellenbogen, J., Thompson, S., Flicker, L., McAllister, M., Cadilhac, D., Rai, T., Godecke, E., Hayward, C., Hankey, G., Drew, N., Lin, I., Woods, D., Cross, N. (2021). Healing right way: study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to enhance rehabilitation services and improve quality of life in Aboriginal Australians after brain injury. BMJ Open, 11(9), Article number e045898. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045898.
  • Armstrong, B., McCoy, K., Clinch, R., Merritt, M., Speedy, R., McAllister, M., Heine, K., Cross, N., Robinson, M., Coffin, J. (2021). The development of aboriginal brain injury coordinator positions: a culturally secure rehabilitation service initiative as part of a clinical trial. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 22(Sep 2021), Article number e49. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423621000396.
  • Armstrong, B., Coffin, J., Hersh, D., Katznellenbogen, J., Thompson, S., Cross, N., Flicker, L., Woods, D., Hayward, C., Dowell, C., McAllister, M. (2021). “You felt like a prisoner in your own self, trapped”: the experiences of Aboriginal people with acquired communication disorders. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43(13), 1903-1916. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1686073.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Armstrong, B., McAllister, M., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Thompson, S., Coffin, J., Flicker, L., Woods, D., Hayward, C., Cross, N. (2020). A screening tool for acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians after brain injury: lessons learned from the pilot phase. Aphasiology, 34(11), 1388-1412. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2019.1678107.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Hersh, D., Armstrong, B., McAllister, M., Cross, N., Katzenellenbogen, J., Coffin, J., Thompson, S., Hayward, C., Flicker, L., Woods, D. (2019). General practitioners’ perceptions of their communication with Australian Aboriginal patients with acquired neurogenic communication disorders. Patient Education and Counseling, 102(12), 2310-2317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2019.07.029.
  • Armstrong, B., Coffin, J., McAllister, M., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Thompson, S., Cross, N., Flicker, L., Cross, N., Arabi, L., Woods, D., Hayward, C. (2019). ‘I’ve got to row the boat on my own, more or less’: aboriginal australian experiences of traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 20(2), 120-136. https://doi.org/10.1017/BrImp.2019.19.
  • Cross, N., Armstrong, B., Hersh, D., Adams, M., McAllister, M. (2019). The Wangi (talking) project: A feasibility study of a rehabilitation model for aboriginal people with acquired communication disorders after stroke. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 21(3), 305-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2019.1595146.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Katzenellenbogen, J., Atkins, E., Thompson, S., Hersh, D., Coffin, J., Flicker, L., Hayward, C., Cross, N., Woods, D., Greenland, M., McAllister, M., Armstrong, B. (2018). Missing Voices: Profile, Extent, and 12-Month Outcomes of Nonfatal Traumatic Brain Injury in Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Adults in Western Australia Using Linked Administrative Records. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 33(6), 412-423. https://doi.org/10.1097/HTR.0000000000000371.

2017

Journal Articles

  • Armstrong, B., Cross, N., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Coffin, J., Thompson, S., Flicker, L., Hayward, C., Woods, D., McAllister, M. (2017). Development of the Aboriginal Communication Assessment After Brain Injury (ACAABI): a screening tool for identifying acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal Australians. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 19(3), 297-308. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2017.1290136.
  • Penn, C., Armstrong, B., Brewer, K., Purves, B., McAllister, M., Hersh, D., Godecke, E., Cross, N., Lewis, A. (2017). De-colonizing Speech-Language Pathology practice in acquired neurogenic disorders. Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders, 2(3), 91-99. https://doi.org/10.1044/persp2.SIG2.91.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Katzenellenbogen, J., Atkins, E., Thompson, S., Hersh, D., Coffin, J., Flicker, L., Hayward, C., Cross, N., Woods, D., McAllister, M., Armstrong, B. (2016). Missing Voices: Profile and extent of acquired communication disorders in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adult stroke survivors in Western Australia using linked administrative records. International Journal of Stroke, 11(1), 103-116. https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493015607521.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Armstrong, B., Hersh, D., Katzenellenbogen, J., Coffin, J., Thompson, S., Cross, N., Hayward, C., Flicker, L., Woods, D., McAllister, M. (2015). Study Protocol: Missing Voices - Communication difficulties after stroke and traumatic brain injury in Aboriginal Australians. Brain Impairment, 16(2), 145-156. https://doi.org/10.1017/BrImp.2015.15.

Research Projects

  • Koorlangka Keniny: A Music Program to Improve the Health and Development of Aboriginal Children and Families, National Health and Medical Research Council, MRFF Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative - 2024 Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles Grant, 2025 ‑ 2029, $2,052,141.
  • Brain injury yarning circles: Support groups for Aboriginal Australians after brain injury, Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Neurotrauma Research Program, 2020 ‑ 2022, $95,000.
  • Yarning together: Developing a culturally secure rehabilitation approach for Aboriginal Australians after brain injury, Lowitja Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC, 2017 Research Funding, 2018 ‑ 2019, $166,445.
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