Dr Kate Hayward (PT PhD FACP) is an Associate Professor in Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation in the Departments of Physiotherapy and Medicine at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Kate is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership 2, Heart Foundation Future Leader and Dame Kate Campbell Fellow. Kate leads the REPAIR Research Group, which uses early phase and adaptive clinical trial designs to study when the ideal time is to start therapy after stroke, how much therapy to provide, what therapy to provide, and who stands to benefit most from therapy. More broadly, Kate is involved in clinical trials that span Phase I to IV across acute medical, rehabilitation and recovery interventions. Kate was co-Chair of the third international Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Roundtable (2022-23), and is a current editorial board member of Stroke, Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, and Journal of Physiotherapy.
Professor Bruce Campbell is a consultant neurologist, Head of Neurology and Stroke, Royal Melbourne Hospital. He is a Professor of Neurology in the Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, an honorary professorial fellow at The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health and a fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science. He is an active clinical trialist, having led practice-changing studies in acute stroke thrombolysis and endovascular thrombectomy. He also co-chairs the Australian and New Zealand “living” stroke guidelines working party.