# Karen Barlow

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Professor

# Karen Barlow

Email:
:   [k.barlow@uq.edu.au](mailto:k.barlow@uq.edu.au)

Phone:
:   [+61 7 3069 7486](tel:+61 7 3069 7486)

## Positions

Affiliate of Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre
:   Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabilitation and Research Centre
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Affiliate Associate Professor of School of Biomedical Sciences
:   School of Biomedical Sciences
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Conjoint Chair in Paediatric Rehabilitation
:   Child Health Research Centre
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

## Overview

### Background

I am an academic paediatric neurologist, clinical researcher, and specialist in acquired brain injury in children and adolescence. I studied at the University of Edinburgh and British Columbia before taking up my first academic position at the University of Calgary in 2002. Here I developed and directed the Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion Research Program at the Alberta Children's Hospital and where I cemented my interest in the biology and treatment of children with brain injuries. I have extensive clinical research experience, devising and overseeing clinical trials in children both nationally and internationally. I moved to the Child Health Research Centre at the University of Queensland, Australia in October 2017 and joined the Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service and Queensland Cerebral Palsy Rehabililation Centre to facilitate research into improving the health outcomes of children with acquired brain injury in Queensland and Australia.

My research focuses on the neurobiological signatures and treatment of subtle neurological dysfunction in mild traumatic brain injury and concussion, especially the behavioural and cognitive impairments that are found in post-concussion syndrome. I use multimodal neurological assessments to do this. My research explores combining neuroimaging and neurophysiological investigations, including perfusion studies using MRI (ASL-fMRI) and transcranial magnetic stimulation to help us understand the changes in the brain in children who are slow to recovery following a concussion. This is to help us develop and assess more effective and tailored treatments for children with concussion and traumatic brain injury. I explore novel therapies for children with persistent post-concussive symptoms in clinical trials including the use of neuraceuticals, pharmacotherapies, and non-invasive brain stimulation treatment.

I am the director of the newly-established KidStim Lab at the Child Health Research Centre. This is the first non-invasive neuromodulation facility aimed at improving the health outcomes of children with brain injury in Australia and is led by a mulitdisciplinary team of clinicians and scientists from Brisbane bring a unique clinical and scientific knowledge-base to help achieve our goals. Rehabilitation therapy in combination with repetitive transcranial direct current stimulation (rTMS) and other direct current stimulation modalities (e.g. tDCS) will be explored. It also offers the potential for treatment of the mood and behavioural disorders (e.g. depression and anxiety) commonly seen after brain injury but also so disruptive to the life of the normally developing teenager.

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### Availability

Professor Karen Barlow is:
:   Available for supervision
:   Media expert

### Fields of research

[Biomedical and Clinical Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4760)
[Communications engineering](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4987)
[Engineering](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4758)
[Health Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4759)
[Neurosciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4960)
[Paediatrics](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4812)

### Qualifications

- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, University of Edinburgh
- Masters (Coursework) of Science (Clinical Research), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Doctor of Philosophy of Neurosciences, The University of Queensland

### Research interests

- #### Paediatric Neurology

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- #### Neurotrauma

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- #### Concussion and mild traumatic brain injury

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- #### Headache and pain disorders

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- #### Clinical trials

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## Works

[Search Professor Karen Barlow’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/4260772)

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[Journal Article
(122)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/19570/4748)
[Other Outputs
(1)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/19570/4749)
[Conference Publication
(47)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/19570/4751)
[Book Chapter
(3)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/19570/4752)

2025

Journal Article

##### Metabolomic in severe traumatic brain injury: exploring primary, secondary injuries, diagnosis, and severity

Banoei, Mohammad M., Hutchison, James, Panenka, William, Wong, Andy, Wishart, David S., Winston, Brent W., Canadian Biobank and Database for Traumatic Brain Injury (CanTBI) study investigators,, Fenerty, Lynne, Martin, Kathleen A., Audas, Lorelei, Clarke, David, French, M. E., Beauchamp, Miriam, Ducharme-Crevier, Laurence, Farrell, Catherine, Lacroix, Jacque, Hutchison, K., Fernandes, Leanne, Zhang, Grace, Khosroawshahi, Arash, Wilson, E., Hazrati, Lili-Naz, Colantonio, Angela, Scratch, Shannon, Sinopoli, Katia, Wheeler, Anne, Green, Robin, Davis, Adrienne, Guerguerian, Anne-Marie ... Turgeon, Alexis (2025). Metabolomic in severe traumatic brain injury: exploring primary, secondary injuries, diagnosis, and severity. Critical Care, 29 (1) 26, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s13054-025-05258-1

[Metabolomic in severe traumatic brain injury: exploring primary, secondary injuries, diagnosis, and severity](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:962c680)

2025

Conference Publication

##### The therapeutic application of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in autism: findings from a randomised controlled trial

Rodriguez, Briella, Hill, Aron T., Fitzgerald, Paul B. and Barlow, Karen (2025). The therapeutic application of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in autism: findings from a randomised controlled trial. Australian Brain Stimulation Society, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 23-24 November 2025.

[The therapeutic application of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in autism: findings from a randomised controlled trial](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:1d5c3d9)

2025

Journal Article

##### Mild traumatic brain injury and concussion and persisting post‐concussion symptoms: new guidelines to support evidence‐based assessment and management in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

Barlow, Karen M., Ponsford, Jennie L., Theodom, Alice, Cowen, Gill, Davis, Gavin A., Anderson, Vicki, Babl, Franz E., Cole, David, Cullen, Jennifer, Dalziel, Stuart R., Fitzgerald, Melinda, Flavell, Howard, Yates, Caroline, Kimble, Rebecca, Olver, John H., Orr, Rhonda, Ralfe, Mark, Rose, Michael, Rushworth, Nick, Treleaven, Julia, Browne, Gary, Delang, Nathan, Harris, Sarah, Mitchell, Gary and Tweedy, Sean (2025). Mild traumatic brain injury and concussion and persisting post‐concussion symptoms: new guidelines to support evidence‐based assessment and management in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Medical Journal of Australia, 223 (9), 446-449. doi: 10.5694/mja2.70082

[Mild traumatic brain injury and concussion and persisting post‐concussion symptoms: new guidelines to support evidence‐based assessment and management in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:da8c13a)

2025

Journal Article

##### Orthostatic tachycardia in children with and without persisting post concussion symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury: A prospective controlled study

Stein, Athena and Barlow, Karen M. (2025). Orthostatic tachycardia in children with and without persisting post concussion symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury: A prospective controlled study. Pediatric Neurology, 175, 72-80. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.11.001

[Orthostatic tachycardia in children with and without persisting post concussion symptoms following mild traumatic brain injury: A prospective controlled study](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a7e3644)

2025

Journal Article

##### Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in adolescents with persistent post-concussion symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury: An open label safety and feasibility study

Thorstensen, Jacob, Godfrey, Heather, King, Regan, Zewdie, Ephrem, Kirton, Adam, Yeates, Keith Owen, MacMaster, Frank and Barlow, Karen (2025). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in adolescents with persistent post-concussion symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury: An open label safety and feasibility study. Pediatric Neurology, 175, 198-207. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.11.015

[Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in adolescents with persistent post-concussion symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury: An open label safety and feasibility study](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:1114712)

2025

Journal Article

##### Computed Tomography Scan Rates and Outcomes in Children Risk-Stratified Using the PREDICT Guideline Algorithm for Risk Stratification of Mild and Moderate Head Injuries

Hearps, Stephen J. C., Tavender, Emma, Borland, Meredith L., Oakley, Ed, Grobler, Anneke, Anderson, Vicki, Barlow, Karen M., Dalziel, Stuart R., Phillips, Natalie, Kochar, Amit, Dalton, Sarah, Furyk, Jeremy, Neutze, Jocelyn, Williams, Amanda and Babl, Franz E. (2025). Computed Tomography Scan Rates and Outcomes in Children Risk-Stratified Using the PREDICT Guideline Algorithm for Risk Stratification of Mild and Moderate Head Injuries. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 37 (4) e70111, e70111-4. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.70111

[Computed Tomography Scan Rates and Outcomes in Children Risk-Stratified Using the PREDICT Guideline Algorithm for Risk Stratification of Mild and Moderate Head Injuries](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e80b125)

2025

Journal Article

##### Sham-controlled trial of tDCS for attention in pediatric acquired brain injury: Characterising response variability with HD-EEG connectivity and E-field modelling

Stein, Athena, Caulfield, Kevin A., Singh, Mervyn, Riddle, Justin, Friehs, Maximilian A., Craven, Michael P., Groom, Madeleine J., Iyer, Kartik K. and Barlow, Karen M. (2025). Sham-controlled trial of tDCS for attention in pediatric acquired brain injury: Characterising response variability with HD-EEG connectivity and E-field modelling. Pediatric Neurology, 170, 133-145. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.06.005

[Sham-controlled trial of tDCS for attention in pediatric acquired brain injury: Characterising response variability with HD-EEG connectivity and E-field modelling](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:6d614c0)

2025

Journal Article

##### Safety, Feasibility, and Tolerability of Ten Days of At-Home, Remotely Supervised tDCS During Gamified Attention Training in Children with Acquired Brain Injury: An Open-Label, Dose-Controlled Pilot Trial

Stein, Athena, Riddle, Justin, Caulfield, Kevin A., Dux, Paul E., Friehs, Maximilian A., Schroeder, Philipp A., Craven, Michael P., Groom, Madeleine J., Iyer, Kartik K. and Barlow, Karen M. (2025). Safety, Feasibility, and Tolerability of Ten Days of At-Home, Remotely Supervised tDCS During Gamified Attention Training in Children with Acquired Brain Injury: An Open-Label, Dose-Controlled Pilot Trial. Brain Sciences, 15 (6) 561, 561-6. doi: 10.3390/brainsci15060561

[Safety, Feasibility, and Tolerability of Ten Days of At-Home, Remotely Supervised tDCS During Gamified Attention Training in Children with Acquired Brain Injury: An Open-Label, Dose-Controlled Pilot Trial](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:2082ed7)

2025

Journal Article

##### Optimal recovery following pediatric concussion

Beauchamp, Miriam H., Tang, Ken, Ledoux, Andrée-Anne, Harris, Ashley D., Kowalski, Kristina A., Craig, William R., Gravel, Jocelyn, Doan, Quynh, Freedman, Stephen B., Zemek, Roger L., Yeates, Keith Owen, Goodyear, Bradley, Abdeen, Nishard, Beaulieu, Christian, Dehaes, Mathieu, Deschenes, Sylvain, Lebel, Catherine, Lamont, Ryan, Williamson, Tyler, Barlow, Karen M., Brooks, Brian L., Emery, Carolyn, Tomfohr-Madsen, Lianne, Mrklas, Kelly and Schneider, Kathryn J. (2025). Optimal recovery following pediatric concussion. JAMA Network Open, 8 (3) e251092. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.1092

[Optimal recovery following pediatric concussion](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5b66d98)

2025

Journal Article

##### Routinely collected physiological data improves the assessment of acute brain injury severity

Stevenson, Nathan, Waak, Michaela and Barlow, Karen M. (2025). Routinely collected physiological data improves the assessment of acute brain injury severity. Pediatric Research, 97 (7), 2194-2195. doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-03969-3

[Routinely collected physiological data improves the assessment of acute brain injury severity](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:fb5bcc9)

2025

Journal Article

##### International consensus definition of 'Sport & Exercise' in toddlers and young children, children, and adolescents

Davis, Gavin A., Anderson, Nicholas, Babl, Franz E., Ballard, Dustin W., Barlow, Karen M., Barrett, Michael J., Beauchamp, Miriam H., Borland, Meredith L., Bressan, Silvia, Crowe, Louise, Chong, Shu-Ling, Corwin, Daniel J., Dalziel, Stuart R., Emery, Carolyn A., Fauteux-Lamarre, Emmanuelle, Gioia, Gerard A., Haarbauer-Krupa, Juliet, Kirkwood, Michael W., Loellgen, Ruth Mari Caroline, Master, Christina L., Mckinlay, Audrey, Olver, John, Mintegi, Santiago, Pavlicich, Viviana, Purcell, Laura, Raman, Radhika, Rino, Pedro, Suskauer, Stacy J., Shavit, Itai ... Anderson, Vicki (2025). International consensus definition of 'Sport & Exercise' in toddlers and young children, children, and adolescents. Acta Paediatrica, 114 (7), 1653-1659. doi: 10.1111/apa.70013

[International consensus definition of 'Sport & Exercise' in toddlers and young children, children, and adolescents](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ee70843)

2025

Conference Publication

##### At-home tDCS in children with acquired brain injury: a dose-controlled feasibility study

Stein, Athena, Riddle, Justin, Caulfield, Kevin, Dux, Paul, Friehs, Maximilian, Schroeder, Philipp, Craven, Michael, Groom, Madeleine, Iyer, Kartik and Barlow, Karen (2025). At-home tDCS in children with acquired brain injury: a dose-controlled feasibility study. 6th International Brain Stimulation Conference, Kobe, Japan, 23-26 February 2025. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2024.12.342

[At-home tDCS in children with acquired brain injury: a dose-controlled feasibility study](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:98b4e86)

2025

Journal Article

##### Authors’ Response to Reader’s Form

Davis, Gavin A., Babl, Franz E., Anderson, Vicki, Davis, Gavin A., Anderson, Nicholas, Babl, Franz E., Ballard, Dustin W., Barlow, Karen M., Barrett, Michael J., Borland, Meredith L., Bressan, Silvia, Crowe, Louise, Chong, Shu-Ling, Corwin, Daniel J., Dalziel, Stuart R., Emery, Carolyn A., Fauteux-Lamarre, Emmanuelle, Gioia, Gerard A., Haarbauer-Krupa, Juliet, Kirkwood, Michael W., Löllgen, Ruth Mari Caroline, Master, Christina L., McKinlay, Audrey, Olver, John, Mintegi, Santiago, Pavlicich, Viviana, Purcell, Laura, Raman, Radhika, Rino, Pedro ... Anderson, Vicki (2025). Authors’ Response to Reader’s Form. Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, 115 (1) apa.70313, 247-248. doi: 10.1111/apa.70313

[Authors’ Response to Reader’s Form](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:df6916b)

2024

Journal Article

##### Longitudinal changes in brain metabolites following pediatric concussion

La, Parker L., Walker, Robyn, Bell, Tiffany K., Craig, William, Doan, Quynh, Beauchamp, Miriam H., Zemek, Roger, Yeates, Keith Owen, Harris, Ashley D., Yeates, Keith Owen, Beauchamp, Miriam H., Bjornson, Bruce H., Gravel, Jocelyn, Mikrogianakis, Angelo, Goodyear, Bradley, Abdeen, Nishard, Beaulieu, Christian, Dehaes, Mathieu, Deschenes, Sylvain, Harris, Ashley D., Lebel, Catherine, Lamont, Ryan, Williamson, Tyler, Barlow, Karen Maria (Pediatric Emergency Research Canada A-CAP study team member), Bernier, Francois, Brooks, Brian L., Emery, Carolyn, Freedman, Stephen B., Kowalski, Kristina ... Schneider, Kathryn J. (2024). Longitudinal changes in brain metabolites following pediatric concussion. Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 3242, 1. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-52744-7

[Longitudinal changes in brain metabolites following pediatric concussion](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ac6c401)

2024

Journal Article

##### The Australian traumatic brain injury initiative: systematic review and consensus process to determine the predictive value of pre-existing health conditions for people with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury

Antonic-Baker, Ana, Auvrez, Clarissa, Tao, Gerard, Bagg, Matthew K., Gadowski, Adelle, McKimmie, Ancelin, Hicks, Amelia J., Hill, Regina, Romero, Lorena, Ponsford, Jennie L., Lannin, Natasha A., Gabbe, Belinda J., Cameron, Peter A., Cooper, D. Jamie, Rushworth, Nick, Fitzgerald, Melinda, O'Brien, Terence J., Alexander, Tara, Anderson, Vicki, Armstrong, Elizabeth, Babl, Franz E., Balogh, Zsolt J., Barlow, Karen M. (AUS-TBI Initiative Investigators group member), Bellapart, Judith, Bidargaddi, Niranjan, Bosio, Erika, Bragge, Peter, Bynevelt, Michael, Caeyenberghs, Karen ... Zeeman, Heidi (2024). The Australian traumatic brain injury initiative: systematic review and consensus process to determine the predictive value of pre-existing health conditions for people with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 42 (21-22) neu.2023.0462, 2047-2061. doi: 10.1089/neu.2023.0462

[The Australian traumatic brain injury initiative: systematic review and consensus process to determine the predictive value of pre-existing health conditions for people with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:4da0a44)

2024

Journal Article

##### Development of the whole-brain functional connectome explored via graph theory analysis

Hassett, Jordan D., Craig, Brandon T., Hilderley, Alicia, Kinney-Lang, Eli, Yeates, Keith O., MacMaster, Frank P., Miller, Jillian, Noel, Melanie, Brooks, Brian L., Barlow, Karen, Lebel, Catherine, Kirton, Adam and Carlson, Helen L. (2024). Development of the whole-brain functional connectome explored via graph theory analysis. Aperture Neuro, 4, 1-15. doi: 10.52294/001c.124565

[Development of the whole-brain functional connectome explored via graph theory analysis](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3385632)

2024

Conference Publication

##### Impact of hospital environment on sleep during recovery from acquired brain injury: A systematic review

Greenslade, R., Hayes, N. and Barlow, K. (2024). Impact of hospital environment on sleep during recovery from acquired brain injury: A systematic review. Sleep DownUnder 2024, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 16-19 October 2024. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae070.126

[Impact of hospital environment on sleep during recovery from acquired brain injury: A systematic review](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9ccf295)

2024

Journal Article

##### American Headache Society white paper on treatment of post‐traumatic headache from concussion in youth

Patterson Gentile, Carlyn, Rosenthal, Scott, Blume, Heidi, Rastogi, Reena Gogia, McVige, Jennifer, Bicknese, Alma, Ladak, Ali, Zaveri, Harshul, Greene, Kaitlin and Barlow, Karen (2024). American Headache Society white paper on treatment of post‐traumatic headache from concussion in youth. Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, 64 (9), 1148-1162. doi: 10.1111/head.14795

[American Headache Society white paper on treatment of post‐traumatic headache from concussion in youth](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:54fefb0)

2024

Journal Article

##### The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: systematic review of clinical factors associated with outcomes in people with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury

McKimmie, Ancelin, Keeves, Jemma, Gadowski, Adelle, Bagg, Matthew K., Antonic-Baker, Ana, Hicks, Amelia J., Hill, Regina, Clarke, Nyssa, Holland, Andrew, Veitch, Bill, Fatovich, Daniel, Reeder, Sandy, Romero, Lorena, Ponsford, Jennie L., Lannin, Natasha A., O’Brien, Terence J., Cooper, D. Jamie, Rushworth, Nick, Fitzgerald, Melinda, Gabbe, Belinda J., Cameron, Peter A., Alexander, Tara, Anderson, Vicki, Armstrong, Elizabeth, Babl, Franz E., Balogh, Zsolt J., Barlow, Karen M. (AUS-TBI Investigators member), Bellapart, Judith, Bidargaddi, Niranjan ... Zeeman, Heidi (2024). The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: systematic review of clinical factors associated with outcomes in people with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury. Neurotrauma Reports, 5 (1), 640-659. doi: 10.1089/neur.2023.0111

[The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: systematic review of clinical factors associated with outcomes in people with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:01b713d)

2024

Journal Article

##### The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Review and Recommendations for Outcome Measures for Use With Adults and Children After Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Ponsford, Jennie L., Hicks, Amelia J., Bagg, Matthew K., Phyland, Ruby, Carrier, Sarah, James, Amelia C., Lannin, Natasha A., Rushworth, Nick, O’Brien, Terence J., Cameron, Peter A., Cooper, D. Jamie, Hill, Regina, Gabbe, Belinda J., Fitzgerald, Melinda, Alexander, Tara, Anderson, Vicki, Antonic-Baker, Ana, Armstrong, Elizabeth, Babl, Franz E., Balogh, Zsolt J., Barlow, Karen M., Bellapart, Judith, Bidargaddi, Niranjan, Bosio, Erika, Bragge, Peter, Bynevelt, Michael, Caeyenberghs, Karen, Capell, Jacquelin, Chai, Kevin E.K. ... AUS-TBI Initiative Investigators (2024). The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Review and Recommendations for Outcome Measures for Use With Adults and Children After Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurotrauma Reports, 5 (1), 387-408. doi: 10.1089/neur.2023.0127

[The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Review and Recommendations for Outcome Measures for Use With Adults and Children After Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:936e8d2)

## Funding

### Current funding

- 2025 - 2027

  Mind the Gap: Partnering with consumers to implement person centred concussion management

  NHMRC MRFF Traumatic Brain Injury Mission

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/70305)
- 2024 - 2027

  National Injury Insurance Agency, Queensland

  National Injury Insurance Agency, Queensland

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/64212)
- 2023 - 2027

  Decoding Brain-Behaviour Interactions to Inform Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults with Acquired Brain Injury

  Research Donation Generic

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/62347)
- 2022 - 2026

  Risk and Resilience in Developmental Diversity and Mental Health (NHMRC-EU grant administered by Murdoch Children's Research Institute)

  Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/58706)
- 2022 - 2026

  AUS-mTBI: designing and implementing the health informatics approaches to enhance treatment and care for people with mild TBI (MRFF Traumatic Brain Injury Mission administered by Curtin University)

  Curtin University

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/58466)

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### Past funding

- 2022 - 2025

  Australian Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Concussion Symptoms

  NHMRC MRFF Traumatic Brain Injury Mission

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/52785)
- 2021 - 2022

  Investigating environmental sleep pollutants and enhancing sleep to improve cognitive recovery in ABI patients

  Motor Accident Insurance Commission

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/69505)
- 2020 - 2025

  Does repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), compared to sham rTMS, improve social communication in adolescents and young adults... (MRFF RCRDUN led by Deakin University)

  Deakin University

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/47615)
- 2019 - 2021

  Health care utilization after childhood acquired brain injury in Queensland: A cost-of-illness study

  The Children's Hospital Foundation

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/42767)
- 2019 - 2022

  Healthcare utilisation after childhood traumatic brain injury in Queensland

  Motor Accident Insurance Commission

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/37589)
- 2019 - 2023

  Non-invasive brain stimulation to improve outcome after concussion: A randomised controlled trial of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of persistent post-concussive...

  Motor Accident Insurance Commission

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/37588)
- 2018 - 2019

  Lighting the way to recovery after brain injury in children using functional near infrared technology

  Ian Potter Foundation

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/36093)
- 2018 - 2021

  Caring for Children after a Concussion: Uptake, Outcomes, and Health Care Impacts of a Patient-Driven Technology-Assisted Clinical Care Pathway

  Financial Markets Foundation for Children

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/34982)
- 2018

  KidSTIM: A non-invasive neuromodulation laboratory to simultaneously improve insight and treatment of brain disorders for children in Queensland

  The Children's Hospital Foundation

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/34899)
- 2018

  KidSTIM: A non-invasive neuromodulation laboratory to simultaneously improve insight and treatment of brain disorders for children in Queensland

  UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/34776)

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## Supervision

### Availability

Professor Karen Barlow is:
:   Available for supervision

Looking for a supervisor? Read our advice on [how to choose a supervisor](https://study.uq.edu.au/study-options/phd-mphil-professional-doctorate/how-to-choose-a-supervisor).

### Available projects

- #### Exploring neuromodulation therapies for post concussive symptoms in children

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- #### Using mulitmodal neuroimaging to explore the neurobiology of post-concussion syndrome in children

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- #### Clinical care pathways following concussion - using technology to guide the way

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- #### Health service utilization after traumatic brain injury in children: what do they need and how can we help?

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### Supervision history

#### Current supervision

- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Helping children to flourish by improving sleep after childhood traumatic brain injury

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Stewart Trost](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/934), [Associate Professor Lucy Burr](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/3504), [Dr Lori Delaney](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/38829)
- Master Philosophy

  ##### Parent-Led Implementation of Paediatric Concussion Protocols in 2-12- year-olds in Queensland

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Nathan Delang](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/48536)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Using non-invasive brain stimulation to improve outcomes after childhood brain injury

  Principal Advisor
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Investigating therapeutic interventions following concussion

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Fatima Nasrallah](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/13561)

#### Completed supervision

- 2024

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Using non-invasive brain stimulation to improve attention following childhood acquired brain injury](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a8a8ce9)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Paul Dux](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2000)

## Media

### Enquiries

Contact Professor Karen Barlow directly for media enquiries about:

- acquired brain injury
- concussion
- headaches
- neuromodulation
- non-invasive brain stimulation
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