Dr. Elise Baker is the Conjoint Associate Professor of Allied Health for South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) and Western Sydney University (WSU), a Research Associate of the Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research and Associate Dean (Research) for the School of Health Sciences, WSU.
Elise works collaboratively across SWSLHD and WSU developing, leading, and supporting programs of research with allied health clinicians, academic researchers, research students, and industry partners. In working with multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional teams, Elise enjoys discovering innovative and feasible solutions to real-world challenges in the delivery of health care. She is passionate about translating knowledge into practice, and the measurement of clinical outcomes. As a qualified speech-language pathologist for > 30 years, Elise is particularly passionate about finding ways to optimize outcomes for young children with communication difficulties including children with speech sound disorders, and children who are late to talk.
As a Fellow of Speech Pathology Australia, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, an ASHA (American Speech Language Hearing Association) Fellow, and member of the International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Speech, Elise’s research achievements and scholarly work are recognized internationally. She is rated #1 internationally for her expertise on speech sound disorders in children. Her co-authored book Children’s Speech: An evidence-based approach to assessment and intervention has been used by speech-language pathology students and speech-language pathologists across the globe as an authoritative guide on the management of speech sound disorders in children. She has a record of > $1 million in grant funding and > 100 publications. Elise has supervised to completion 40 research students and enjoys mentoring the next generation of allied health clinician researchers.
