Professor Sheena Reilly
contact details
Professor Sheena Reilly 
Theme Director, Health, Wellbeing & Policy
Hearing Language & Literacy
Speech Pathology Department
Royal Children's Hospital
T +61 3 9345 6813
E sheena.reilly@mcri.edu.au
biography
Professor Sheena Reilly is Director of Speech Pathology, RCH and
Professor of Speech Pathology, Department of Paediatrics,
University of Melbourne. Sheena received her B.App.Sc (Speech &
Hearing) from Curtin University and a PhD from the Faculty of
Medicine, University of London.
Sheena's research focuses on childhood communication problems.
Sheena has successfully attracted research funds from a variety of
international and national sources and publishes widely. She is
regularly invited to deliver keynote speeches and is the Editorial
Board of five well-respected journals.
Sheena holds a National Health and Medical Research (NHMRC)
practitioner fellowship and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy
of Social Sciences. Sheena is a Fellow of the UK Royal College of
Speech and Language Therapists and of Speech Pathology Australia.
She is an Honorary Research Fellow with the Australian Stuttering
Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney
and Visiting Professor, Neurosciences Unit, Institute of Child
Health, University of London.
achievements
2010 Fellow of Speech Pathology Australia (SPA).
2010 Visiting Fellowship, University of Newcastle.
2009 Fellow of the UK Royal College of Speech & Language
Therapists (RCSLT).
2011 Fellow, Australian Academy of Social Sciences.
research focus & interest
Sheena's research program brings together a diverse group of
researchers in a set of complimentary studies that focus on common
childhood speech, language and literacy problems Understanding the
natural history of speech, language and literacy problems is an
important goal so that knowledge about the early detection of
childhood communication disorders can be improved and effective
prevention-intervention programs can be developed and implemented
in the community. Sheena has been responsible for the generation of
a substantial body of original research in childhood communication
disorders and swallowing problems as displayed by her publications
and the impact these have had on clinical practice relative to her
discipline and field.
Sheena has a proven track record in managing people, coordinating
large projects that cross disciplines and institutions, and a track
record in responsible fiscal management. She has taken a
leadership role in evidence-based practice in speech pathology,
being committed to ensuring that services for children with
communication disorders are underpinned by the best available
evidence. She has also challenged the speech pathology profession
to critically examine their practice and, from the early stages of
her research career, worked to ensure that her research findings
are translated into practice and policy.
publications
Wake, M., Tobin, S., Girolametto, L., Ukoumunne, O., Gold, L.,
Levickis, P., Sheehan, J., Goldfeld, S., Reilly, S. (2011) Outcomes
of population-based language promotion for slow-to-talk toddlers at
ages 2 and 3 years: The Let's Learn Language cluster randomised
controlled trial. BMJ, 343:d4741.
Bessell, A., Hooper, L. Shaw, W.C. Reilly, S., Reid, J., Glenny,
A.M. (2011) Feeding interventions for growth and development in
infants with cleft lip, cleft palate or cleft lip and palate.
Cochrane Oral Health Group Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews,
Issue 2, 16th February (CD003315).
Goldfeld, S., Napiza, N., Quach, J., Reilly, S., Ukoumunne, O.,
Wake, M. (2011) Outcomes of a universal shared reading intervention
by 2 years of age: The Let's Read trial. Pediatrics, 127(3):
445-453.
Reilly, S., Wake, M., Ukoumunne, O., Bavin, E., Prior, M., Cini,
E., Conway, L., Eadie, P., Bretherton, L. (2010) Predicting
language outcomes at 4 years of age: Longitudinal findings from the
Early Language in Victoria Study. Pediatrics, 126(6): e1-e8.
Reilly, S., Onslow, M., Packman A., Wake M., Bavin E., Prior, M.,
Eadie P., Cini, E., Bolzonello, C., Ukoumunne, O. (2009) Predicting
stuttering onset by age 3 years: a prospective community cohort
study. Pediatrics, 123(1): 270-277. Reilly et al (2010) Predicting
stuttering onset by age 3 years: a prospective community cohort
study. Elsevier Mosby. In: The Year Book of Pediatrics, Chapter 4,
pp72-73. Editor: Stockman, J.A.
Reilly, S., Onslow, M., Packman, A., Wake, M., Bavin, E., Prior,
M., Eadie, P., Cini, E., Bolzonello, C., Ukoumunne, O. (2009)
Response to Howell - Onset of stuttering unpredictable E-letter.
Pediatrics, 26 January 2009.
Reilly, S., Wake, M., Bavin, E.L., Prior, M., Williams, J.,
Bretherton, L., Eadie, P., Barrett, Y., Ukoumunne, O.C. (2007)
Predicting Language at 2 years of age: A Prospective Community
Study. Pediatrics, 120(6): e1441-e1449.
Reilly, S., Eadie, P., Bavin, E., Wake, M., Prior, M., Williams,
J., Bretherton, L., Barrett, Y., Ukoumunne OC (2006) Growth
of infant communication between 8 and 12 months: A population
study. Jnl of Paediatrics and Child Health, 42(12): 764-770.