New Frontiers in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: An Evidence Base for Clinical Practice

About the Author(s)

Dr. Cathy Catroppa is an educational and developmental psychologist, a Research Fellow of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne, Australia, and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne. Dr Catroppa's work has focused on the coordination of a large scale research program examining acute and long-term term outcomes following pediatric TBI. Dr Catroppa has now also placed an emphasis on developing and piloting intervention programs aimed to prevent and/or reduce impairments post-pediatric TBI. She has over 70 publications in peer reviewed journals.

Vicki Anderson is Director of Psychology at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, Director of Critical Care and Neurosciences Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology at the University of Melbourne. She also established the Centre for Child Neuropsychological Studies. She has served on the Board of Governors of the International Neuropsychological Society and is past President of the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment. Dr Anderson's work focuses on the outcomes of developmental and acquired brain disorders in children, particularly TBI. She has published 4 books since 2001, and has over 200 peer reviewed journal papers.