Rate My Professor Coralie English

Professor Coralie English serves as Professor of Physiotherapy in the School of Health Sciences and Associate Dean Research and Innovation in the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing at the University of Newcastle. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Physiotherapy with Honours from the University of South Australia. Her research focuses on stroke recovery and rehabilitation, post-stroke fatigue, physical activity and sedentary behaviour after stroke, diet interventions for secondary stroke prevention, telehealth and digital health solutions, living clinical guidelines, and evidence translation into practice. English investigates sedentary behaviour patterns in stroke survivors, develops interventions to reduce sitting time during rehabilitation and long-term recovery, and tests telehealth-delivered programs for physical activity and nutrition to prevent recurrent strokes. She employs body-worn sensors for measuring activity and drives improvements in physiotherapy practices for stroke rehabilitation.

English's career includes clinical roles as a physiotherapist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital from 1997 to 2004, Senior Lecturer at the University of South Australia from 2006 to 2015, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health from 2010 to 2014. She advanced to Professor of Physiotherapy at the University of Newcastle in 2020 and assumed her current associate dean role in 2025. She holds adjunct faculty positions at Manipal University since 2024, University of South Australia, University of Tasmania, and the Florey Institute. As Non-Executive Director of the Stroke Foundation Australia since 2022, she chairs their Research Advisory Committee and leads the Brain Health Research Program at the Hunter Medical Research Institute. Her influential publications include 'Standardized measurement of sensorimotor recovery in stroke trials: consensus-based core recommendations from the stroke recovery and rehabilitation roundtable' (2017), 'The prevalence of fatigue after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis' (2016), 'Physical activity and sedentary behaviors in people with stroke living in the community: a systematic review' (2014), and 'Circuit class therapy for improving mobility after stroke' (2010). She received the Ruth Grant Award for Postgraduate Research from the Australian Physiotherapy Association in 2007 and the Cardiorespiratory Undergraduate Award for Research in 1996.