Rate My Professor Libby Callaway

Callaway leads a national collaborative research program on housing, technology, and workforce design, co-produced with individuals with lived experience of disability and age-related conditions. Her research interests encompass disability policy, neurological disability, rehabilitation, ageing, housing, assistive technology, and community integration. Key publications include 'A review of international clinical guidelines that inform the use of assistive technology to support adults living with progressive or complex conditions' (Callaway et al., 2025, Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology), 'Challenging behaviour, activity, and participation following acquired brain injury: a scoping review of interventions delivered by allied health professionals' (Sloan, Bould, and Callaway, 2025, Brain Impairment), 'Co-design and co-production of ‘Tools for ageing well with traumatic brain injury’' (Ekegren et al., 2025, Brain Impairment), and 'Building consensus on prescribing self-directed occupational therapy activities: A Delphi study' (Joy et al., 2025, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal). She has received the Allied Health Awards Occupational Therapist of the Year (2021), Fellow of the Occupational Therapy Australia Research Academy (2025), PIEF Excellence in Injury and Disability Management Award for the Employment CoLab program (2021), Certificate of Research Excellence (CORE) Award (2015), and FMNHS Dean's Award for Excellence in Industry Education Programs (2021). Her work informs health and disability policy and practice through service co-design and innovative solutions for independent living.