Rate My Professor Jodie Marquez

Associate Professor Jodie Marquez is a physiotherapist with over 20 years of clinical experience in neurological rehabilitation, now serving as Director of Research Ethics and Integrity in the Research and Innovation Services at the University of Newcastle, School of Health Sciences. She obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Physiotherapy, Master of Applied Management (Health), Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion, and Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching in 2010, all from the University of Newcastle. After leaving clinical practice in 2010, she joined the university as a full-time academic and researcher. Previously, she taught English as a second language for five years in Mexico. In her teaching role, she coordinates and lectures primarily in the neurological courses of the Bachelor of Physiotherapy Program and supervises numerous honours and higher degree research students annually.

Marquez's research is informed by her extensive clinical background and aims to advance understanding of brain dysfunction through emerging rehabilitation techniques. She employs EEG and MRI to study the physiological effects of interventions, with a main focus on electrical brain stimulation, especially transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and its applications in stroke rehabilitation. Additional interests include post-stroke mood disorders and fatigue, as well as adjunct therapies such as mirror therapy, exercise therapy, hippotherapy, and robotics. Her fields of research are allocated as rehabilitation (70%), physiotherapy (20%), and neurology and neuromuscular diseases (10%). A notable publication is the chapter "Electrical and Magnetic Brain Stimulation to Enhance Post-stroke Recovery" published in 2020 with co-author Mark Parsons. She has co-authored papers on topics including expectations and experiences with lower limb robotic exoskeletons (2023), physiotherapy using free-standing robotic exoskeletons for spinal cord injury patients (2021), and the reliability and validity of gait and balance measures in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus. Marquez has delivered numerous conference presentations on stroke unit care, brain stimulation effects, and balance assessments. In her current leadership position since 18 March 2024, she manages the Research Ethics and Integrity and Defence Export Controls portfolios, delivering expert advice and education programs to promote ethical research practices.