John E Pierce Curriculum Vitae

Doctor of Philosophy
La Trobe University Aug 2021
A Comparison of Lower Intensity Constraint-Induced and Multimodal Therapies in Chronic Aphasia
Supervisors: Prof Miranda Rose, Dr Robyn O’Halloran & Prof Leanne Togher

Post Graduate Diploma in Health Research Methodology (1st class)
La Trobe University 2011
Alternating & Sequential Motion Rates in Older Adults – Normative Data
Supervisors: Prof Alison Perry & A/Prof Susan Cotton

Bachelor of Speech Pathology
La Trobe University 2008

Post Doctoral Research Fellow – Centre of Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation
May 2021 ⇾ Present || Full-time
Coordinator of Communication Connect ($1.8m NHMRC Ideas Grant)

Grade 4 Speech Pathologist – Cabrini Health
Sep 2017 ⇾ April 2021 || Permanent part-time
Rehabilitation in inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory services
- Coordinator of interdisciplinary Parkinson’s Program
- Senior Subacute Speech Pathologist, managed team of six

Grade 3 Subacute Speech Pathologist – Cabrini Health
May 2016 ⇾ Sep 2017 || Permanent part-time
Rehabilitation in inpatient, outpatient and ambulatory services

Movement Disorders Program Coordinator – Peninsula Health
Sep 2013 ⇾ April 2016 || Permanent part-time
Inpatient and outpatient program for Parkinson’s Disease

Grade 2 Speech Pathologist – Peninsula Health
Sep 2010 ⇾ April 2016 || Permanent full-time
Community rehab, subacute inpatient, acute, residential care

Private Practice Speech Pathologist – independent
Dec 2014 ⇾ June 2016 || After hours
Rehabilitation of patients with traumatic brain injury

Grade 1 Speech Pathologist – Peninsula Health
Mar 2009 ⇾ Sep 2010 || Permanent full-time
Sub-acute inpatient, acute & community rehab

Grade 1 Speech Pathologist – Victorian Rehabilitation Centre
Nov 2008 ⇾ Jan 2009 || Fixed term full-time
Sub-acute inpatient

Presentation of the day - 2023, British Aphasiology Society Conference.

Best Aphasia Presentation - 2023, Stroke Conference, Melbourne.

Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists Resources and Recruitment Award - CATS 10 year anniversary awards 2023.

Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Student Prize - La Trobe University 2020. Awarded for excellence in work relating to aphasia.

Pierce, J. E., Hill, A., Churilov, L., Carragher, M., Power, E., Wong, D., Dipper, L., Adikari, A., Rose, M. (2024). Pioneering treatment for people with subtle post-stroke language impairments. La Trobe University MRFF Kickstarter scheme. ($30,000 - successful).

Pierce, J. E., Adam, T., Adam, J., Godecke, E., Hill, A., Johns, H., Kim, J., Nicholls, R., Power, E., Togher, L., Rose, M. (2024). Maximising Aphasia Treatment and Recovery across Australia through Innovative Group Telerehabilitation. MRFF Cardiovascular Mission. ($565,000 - successful).

Adikari, A., Pierce, J. E., Alahakoon, D. (2024). AI-empowered personalised communication assistant. La Trobe Business School Small Grant, La Trobe University, Australia. ($5000 - successful).

Pierce, J. E.. (2023). Future Leaders Grant, Stroke Foundation, Melbourne, VIC. ($15,000 – successful).

Lanyon, L., Shiggins, C., Pierce, J. E., Rademaker, B., Sayner, A., Ermert, M., Ermert, K., Pettigrove, K., Rose, M. (2023). Phase II investigation of the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a Hub-and-Spoke, Peer-Led Community Aphasia Group program. Early and Early-Mid Career Researcher Seed Grant, Stroke Foundation, Melbourne, VIC. ($80,000 – successful).

Finch, E., Kelly, E., Farrell, A., Ownsworth, T., Pinkham, M., Brownsett, B., Copland, D., Jones, A., Fleming, J., Doig, E., Jones, A., Pierce, J. E., McPhail, S., Turkington, L., Little, L. (2022). CanCommunicate: Optimising communication for people with brain cancer and their families. Metro South Health Study Education and Research Trust Account ($125,000 – successful).

Pierce, J.E., Copland, D., Godecke, E., Foster, A., Churilov, L., Nicholls, R., Tulloch, G., Barry, S., & Rose, M. (2022). M-MAT Tele: Maximising aphasia recovery through a group telehealth intervention. Early and Early-Mid Career Researcher Seed Grant, Stroke Foundation, Melbourne, VIC. ($80,000 – successful).

Pierce, J.E. (2022). Aphasia Therapy Online - Vietnamese, Mandarin, Greek. Telematics Trust. ($50,000 – successful).

Pierce, J.E. (2022). Enabling clinical implementation of evidence-based aphasia intervention: M-MAT Tele. Speech Pathology Australia New Researcher Grant. ($18,000 – successful).

Pierce, J.E., Hill, A., Wong, D. & Rose, M. (2021). Addressing inequity in aphasia rehabilitation: Adapting Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy for telehealth. La Trobe University Theme Grant, Melbourne, VIC. ($25,000 – successful).

Pierce, J.E., Togher, L., Copland, D., Nickels, L., Godecke, E., Foster, A., Churilov, L., Nicholls, R., Hayward, K., Rose, M. (2021). Phase II exploration of Lower Intensity Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy (LIMMAT). Lady Marigold Southey Aphasia Research Grant, Stroke Foundation, Melbourne, VIC. ($100,000 – unsuccessful).

Campbell, J., Dignam, J., Copland, D., Hill, A., Rose, M., Hersh, D., Shrubsole, K., Pierce, J.E., Jamieson, P. CHAT-Maintain: Maintaining language and quality of life gains with low-dose technology-delivered aphasia therapy. Lady Marigold Southey Aphasia Research Grant, Stroke Foundation, Melbourne, VIC. ($100,000 – successful as CIH).

Pierce, J.E., Togher, L., Copland, D., Nickels, L., Godecke, E., Foster, A., Churilov, L., Nicholls, R., Hayward, K., Rose, M. (2021). Exploration of Lower Intensity Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy (LIMMAT). CASS Foundation Science Grant, CASS Foundation, Melbourne, VIC. ($65,000 – unsuccessful).

Pierce, J.E. & Vogel, A. (2019). Spontaneous swallowing rates in people with Parkinson's compared to controls. Cabrini Foundation research grant, Melbourne, VIC. ($20,000 – successful )

Pierce, J.E. & Vogel, A. (2018). Spontaneous swallowing rates in people with Parkinson's compared to controls. Cabrini Foundation research grant, Melbourne, VIC. (unsuccessful)

Smart strokes scholarship 2017 - travel scholarship.
Melbourne, VIC. ($500 - successful)

Rose, M. L., Wilcox, C., Attard, M., Pierce, J. E., Shiggins, C., Lanyon, L., Wong, D., Fenner, P., & Carragher, M. (early online). Acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the Peer-led Hub-and-Spoke Community Aphasia Group program. Aphasiology, 0(0), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2024.2410766

Hernandez, N. J., Pettigrove, K., Mellahn, K., Isaksen, J. K., Pierce, J. E., & Rose, M. L. (2024). Carers in post-stroke aphasia: a scoping review of interventions and outcomes beyond communication partner training. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2024.2399221

Shrubsole, K., Stone, M., Cadilhac, D. A., Kilkenny, M. F., Power, E., Lynch, E., Pierce, J. E., Copland, D., Godecke, E., Burton, B., Brogan, E. & Wallace, S. J. (2024). Establishing Quality Indicators and Implementation Priorities for Post-Stroke Aphasia Services Through End-User Involvement. Health expectations: an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 27(5), e14173. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.14173

Pallewela, N., Alahakoon, D., Adikari, A., Pierce, J. E., & Rose, M. L. (2024). Optimizing Speech Emotion Recognition with Machine Learning Based Advanced Audio Cue Analysis. Technologies, 12(7), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies12070111

Pierce, J. E., Hill, A. J., Wong, D., Pitt, R., & Rose, M. L. (2024). Adapting a group-based, multimodal aphasia treatment for telehealth – co-design of M-MAT Tele. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2024.2366423

Pierce, J. E., Cavanaugh, R., Harvey, S., Dickey, M. W., Nickels, L., Copland, D., Togher, L., Godecke, E., Meinzer, M., Rai, T., Cadilhac, D. A., Kim, J., Hurley, M., Foster, A. M., Carragher, M., Wilcox, C., & Rose, M. L. (2024). High-Intensity Aphasia Intervention Is Minimally Fatiguing in Chronic Aphasia: An Analysis of Participant Self-Ratings From a Large Randomized Controlled Trial. Stroke, 55(7).https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.046031

Watanabe, M., Cartwright, J., & Pierce, J. E. (2024). Positive effects of speech and language therapy group interventions in primary progressive aphasia: A systematic review. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 59(5), 1832-1849. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.13031

Griffin-Musick, J., Harvey, S., Pierce, J. E., Fahey, D., & Off, C. (2024). The “I” in ICAPs: examining treatment intensity under the microscope. Aphasiology, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2024.2317920

Kim, J., Rose, M. L., Pierce, J. E., Nickels, L., Copland, D., Togher, L., Godecke, E., Meinzer, M., Rai, T., Hurley, M., Foster, A., Carragher, M., Wilcox, C., & Cadilhac, D. A. (2024). High-intensity aphasia therapy is cost-effective in people with post-stroke aphasia: Evidence from the COMPARE trial. Stroke, 55(3), 705-714. https://10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.045183

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Eley, E., Rose, M. L., van den Berg, M., Pierce, J. E., Foster, A., Lamborn, E., D'Souza, S., Godecke, E., Lanyon, L., Shiggins, C., Kneebone, I., Baker, C. (2023). The effects of cognitive-linguistic interventions to treat aphasia in the first 90 days post stroke: A systematic review. Aphasiology, 38(4), 1351-1376. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2023.2282659

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Pierce, J. E. (2024). AI-generated images for speech pathology - an exploratory application to aphasia assessment and intervention materials. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 33(1), 443-451.https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00142

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Finch, E., Pierce, J. E., Pais, A. M., Dow-Richards, C., Reed, A., Charalambous, M., Matos, M. A., Wallace, S. J., & Breitenstein, C. (2023). Preferences of people with post-stroke aphasia for aphasia research videos: An international project. Aphasiology, 38(4), 758-769. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2023.2229030

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Adikari, A., Hernandez, N., Alahakoon, D., Rose, M. L., & Pierce, J. E. (2023). From concept to practice: a scoping review of the application of AI to aphasia diagnosis and management. Disability and Rehabilitation, 46(7), 1288-1297. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2023.2199463

Pierce, J. E., O’Halloran, R., Togher, L., Nickels, L., Copland, D., Godecke, E., Meinzer, M., Rai, T., Cadilhac, D. A., Kim, J., Hurley, M., Foster, A., Carragher, M., Steel, G., & Rose, M. L. (2024). Acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of low-moderate intensity Constraint Induced Aphasia Therapy and Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy in chronic aphasia after stroke. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 31(1), 44-56. https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2023.2196765

Harvey,S., Rose, M. L., Brogan, E., Pierce, J. E., Godecke, E., Brownsett, S. L. E., Churilov, L., Copland, D., Dickey, M. W., Dignam, J., Lannin, N. A., Nickels, L., Bernhardt, J., & Hayward, K. S. (2022). Examining dose frameworks to improve aphasia rehabilitation research. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 104(5), 830-838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2022.12.002

Rose, M., Nickels, L., Copland, D., Togher, L., Godecke, E., Meinzer, M., Rai, T., Cadilhac, D., Kim, J., Hurley, M., Foster, A., Carragher, M., Wilcox, C., Pierce, J. E., Steel, G. (2022). Results of the COMPARE trial of constraint-induced or multimodality aphasia therapy compared with usual care in chronic poststroke aphasia. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 93(6), 573-581. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2021-328422

Video abstract

Cited in NICE guideline - stroke rehabilitation for adults

Menahemi-Falkov, M., Breitenstein, C., Pierce, J. E., Hill, A. J., O'Halloran, R., & Rose, M. L. (2021). A systematic review of maintenance following intensive therapy programs in chronic post-stroke aphasia: importance of individual response analysis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(20), 5811-5826. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1955303

Video abstract

Cited in ASHA's Evidence Map; cited in UK Stroke Guidelines

FWCI: 1.95

Rose, M. L., Pierce, J. E., Scharp, V., Off, C., Babbitt, E., Griffin-Musick, J., & Cherney, L. (2021). Developments in the application of Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programs: An international survey of practice. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(20), 5863-5877. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2021.1948621

FWCI: 1.62

Harvey, S., Carragher, M., Dickey, M. W., Pierce, J. E., & Rose, M. L. (2020). Dose effects in behavioural treatment of post-stroke aphasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Disability and Rehabilitation, 93(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2020.1843079

Video abstract

Cited in ASHA's Evidence Map, cited in NICE guideline - stroke rehabilitation for adults

FWCI: 4.82

Harvey, S. R., Carragher, M., Dickey, M. W., Pierce, J. E., & Rose, M. L. (2020). Treatment dose in post-stroke aphasia: A systematic scoping review. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 31(10), 1629-1660. https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2020.1786412
Video abstract

Cited in ASHA’s Aphasia evidence map

FWCI: 1.64

Pierce, J. E., O’Halloran, R., Menahemi-Falkov, M., Togher, L., & Rose, M. (2020). Comparing higher and lower weekly treatment intensity for chronic aphasia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 31(8), 1289-1313. https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2020.1768127
Video abstract – standard | Video abstract – aphasia friendly

Cited in ASHA’s Aphasia evidence map

FWCI 4.1

Pierce, J. E., O’Halloran, R., Togher, L., & Rose, M. (2019). What Is Meant by “Multimodal Therapy” for Aphasia? American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 28(2), http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2018_AJSLP-18-0157
Video abstract (1526 views)

FWCI: 1.43

Rose, M. L., Ali, M., Elders, A., Godwin, J., Sandri, A. K., Williams, L. J., Williams, L. R., VandenBerg, K., Abel, S., Abo, M., Becker, F., Bowen, A., Brandenburg, C., Breitenstein, C., Copland, D., Cranfill, T., Pietro-Bachmann, M. D., Enderby, P., Fillingham, J., Pierce, J. E., … Brady, M. C. (2018). Tidier descriptions of speech and language therapy interventions for people with aphasia; consensus from the RELEASE collaboration. Aphasiology, 32(S1), 183–186.

Pierce, J. E., Menahemi-Falkov, M., O'Halloran, R., Togher, L., & Rose, M. L. (2017). Constraint and multimodal approaches to therapy for chronic aphasia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 29(7), 1–37. https://doi.org/10.1080/09602011.2017.1365730

Cited in ASHA's Evidence Map, cited in French National Authority for Health (Haute Autorité de Santé) Clinical Guideline for chronic stroke rehabilitation

Pierce, J. E., Cotton, S., & Perry, A. (2013). Alternating & sequential motion rates in older adults. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 48(3): 257-264. http://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12001

Rose, M. L., Pierce, J. E. & Harvey, S. (2022). Single-Case Experimental Designs in Health Research. In P. Liamputtong (Ed.), Research Methods in Health - Foundations for Evidence-Based Practice (4th ed.) Oxford University Press.

Pierce, J. E. & Vogel, A. (2023). Clinical scenario - Questions about diagnosis: examples of appraisals from different health professions, In Hoffmann, T., Bennett, S., and Del Mar, S. (Eds.) Evidence-Based Practice across the Health Professions. Elsevier. 4th Edition. Elsevier. 9780729598545 9

Pierce, J. E., Adikari, A., Pallewela, N., Hernandez, N., Rose, M., Alahakoon, D. (September, 2024). Artificial Intelligence for Aphasia: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks. British Aphasiology Society International Conference, Leicester, United Kingdom.

Pierce, J. E., Eley, E., Pitt, R., Wong, D., Hill, A., Rose, M. L. (July, 2024). Adapting Group-Based Aphasia Treatment for Telehealth: Development and Evaluation of Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy Tele. International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference, Brisbane, Australia.

Wong, D., Rose, A., Blake, J., Power, E., Kneebone, I., Stolwyk, R., Gracey, F., Thomas, S., Pierce, J. E., & Evans, J. (May, 2024). Towards accessible, tailored assessment of mood in people with moderate-severe cognitive and communication impairments following acquired brain injury. [Datablitz presentation]. 21st Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Special Interest Group, World Federation of Neurorehabilitation (NR-SIG-WFNR) conference, Coimbra, Portugal.

Pierce, J. E., Hill, A., Wong, D., Pitt, R., Rose, M. (November, 2023). Co-design and testing of Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy Tele, a telehealth adaptation of an evidence-based, group aphasia intervention. Aphasiology Symposium of Australasia, Perth, Australia.

Pierce, J. E. (November, 2023). Exploring AI-generated images for aphasia therapy and assessments. Aphasiology Symposium of Australasia, Perth, Australia.

Pierce, J. E., Lazzarotto, M. T., Vuong, G., & Kambanaros, M. (November, 2023). Development of free online aphasia therapy for Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Greek speakers. Aphasiology Symposium of Australasia, Perth, Australia.

Pierce, J. E., Hill, A., Wong, D., Pitt, R., Rose, M. (October, 2023). Development and testing of M-MAT Tele – a telehealth adaptation of a group-based intervention for aphasia. Logopädie Digital [invited speaker], Germany.

Pierce, J. E., Hernandez, N., Alahakoon, D., Adikari, A., Pallewela, N., Sheldrick, T., Hill, A., Ryan, B., Wong, D., Copland, D., Power, E., Kneebone, I., Togher, L., Usherwood, T., Shiggins, C., Cadilhac, D., Hill, K., Churilov, L., Worrall, L., Lanyon, L., Attard, M., Rietdijk, R., Lindley, R. I., Rose, M. L. (August, 2023). Highest Priority Challenges for People with Communication Disability after Discharge. British Aphasiology Society Conference, 2023, London, UK.

Pierce, J. E., Hernandez, N., Alahakoon, D., Adikari, A., Pallewela, N., Sheldrick, T., Hill, A., Ryan, B., Wong, D., Copland, D., Power, E., Kneebone, I., Togher, L., Usherwood, T., Shiggins, C., Cadilhac, D., Hill, K., Churilov, L., Worrall, L., Lanyon, L., Attard, M., Rietdijk, R., Lindley, R. I., Rose, M. L. (August, 2023). What are the Highest Priority Challenges for People with Communication Disability after Discharge? Stroke 2023, Melbourne, Australia.

Pierce, J. E. (August, 2023). Co-designing digital solutions for aphasia. Loddon Mallee Region Speech Pathology Week Event [invited speaker], Bendigo, Australia.

Pierce, J. E.(August, 2023). Technology Solutions to Post Stroke Aphasia. Congresso Fonoaudiológico de Bauru [invited speaker], São Paulo, Brazil.

Pierce, J. E., Adikari, A., Hernandez, N., Pallewala, N., Alahakoon, D., Copland, D., Hill, A., Power, E., Ryan, B., Togher, L., Usherwood, T., Wong, D., Rose, M. (November, 2022). AI in Aphasia - Past, present and future. Aphasiology Symposium of Australasia, Melbourne, Australia.

Pierce, J. E., Alahakoon, D., Attard, M., Cadilhac, D., Churilov, L., Copland, D., Hernandez, N., Hill, A., Hill, K., Kneebone, I., Lanyon, L., Togher, L., Lindley, R., Power, E., Rietdijk, R., Ryan, B., Sheldrick, T., Shiggins, C., Usherwood, T., Wong, D., Worrall, L., Rose, M. L. (August, 2022). “The Big Black Hole” - Experiences of Communication Disability after Stroke from Patient, Caregiver and Clinician Perspectives. Smart Strokes, Sydney, Australia.

Pierce, J. E., Wallace, S., Harvey, S., Baker, C., Shiggins, C., Carragher, M., Rose, M. (May, 2022). Creating a Video Abstract for your research [workshop]. Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment Conference, Perth, Australia.

Pierce, J. E., Pais, A., & Finch, E. (2021, December). Aphasia-friendly video project/how to create a research video for a person with aphasia. Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists Virtual Event Week.

Pierce, J. E. (2021, October). Low-moderate intensity aphasia intervention – a pilot trial of Constraint Induced Aphasia Therapy and Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy [invited speaker]. Aphasia CRE Seminar, Melbourne, Australia.

Pierce, J. E. (2021, October). Closing the loop: Using Phase III trial data to guide a basket Bayesian Optimal Phase IIa trial design [invited speaker]. Stroke Society of Australasia, Perth, Australia.

Pierce, J. E., Togher, L., O'Halloran, R., Cadilhac, D., Copland, D., Foster, A., Godecke, E., Kim, J., Hurley, M., Nickels, L., Meinzer, M., Rai, T; Wilcox, C., Rose, M. L. (2021, September). Comparison of Constraint Induced Aphasia Therapy and Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy at a Low-Moderate Intensity – A Substudy Randomised Controlled Trial. British Aphasiology Society Conference, Newcastle, United Kingdom.

Pierce, J. E., Togher, L., O'Halloran, R., Cadilhac, D., Copland, D., Foster, A., Godecke, E., Kim, J., Hurley, M., Nickels, L., Meinzer, M., Rai, T; Wilcox, C., Rose, M. L. (2021, July). Comparison of Constraint Induced Aphasia Therapy and Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy at a Low-Moderate Intensity – A Substudy Randomised Controlled Trial. 6th Pacific Rim Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Pierce, J. E. (2021, June). Dysphagia research updated [invited speaker]. Parkinson’s Victoria – Speech Pathology Community of Practice [online].

Pierce, J. E., Menahemi-Falkov, M., O'Halloran, R., Togher, L., & Rose, M. (2021, June). Looking at the relationship between intense or spread out therapy – both can be positive. Australian Aphasia Association Conference [online].

Pierce, J. E., Menahemi-Falkov, M., O'Halloran, R., Togher, L., & Rose, M. (2021, May). Review of treatment intensity in chronic aphasia. Speech Pathologists in Adult Rehabilitation [online seminar].

Rose, M., Copland, D., Nickels, L., Togher, L., Meinzer, M., Rai, T., Kim, J., Cadilhac, D., Hurley, M., Wilcox, C., Foster, A., Carragher, M., Pierce, J. E. & Godecke, E. (2021, May). Primary and secondary results of the COMPARE randomized controlled trial of Constraint Induced Aphasia Therapy-Plus, Multimodality Aphasia Therapy and usual care for chronic post-stroke aphasia. Clinical Aphasiology Conference [virtual].

Rose, M., Copland, D., Pierce, J. E., Harvey, S., Brogan, E., Brownsett, S., Godecke, E., Carragher, M., & Dickey, M. W. (2021, May). Revisiting concepts of treatment dose and intensity in aphasia rehabilitation. Clinical Aphasiology Conference [virtual].

Pierce, J. E. (2020, December). Research Impact and Dissemination [virtual panel]. American Speech-Language Hearing Association. Invited speaker.

Pierce, J. E., O'Halloran, R., Togher, L., & Rose, M. (2020). Words Fail Me. Visualise Your Thesis, La Trobe University, Australia.

Pierce, J. E. & Vogel, A. (2019, October). Investigating Spontaneous Swallowing Frequency in Parkinson’s Disease. Cabrini Research Week, Melbourne, Australia.

Pierce, J. E. (2019, October). Treatment options for Parkinson’s [invited speaker]. Parkinson’s Victoria - Special Interest Group. Surrey Hills, Australia.

Pierce, J. E. (2019, June). SMART goals may not be as smart as we thought. Speech Pathology Subacute Seminar, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Pierce, J. E., O'Halloran, R., Togher, L., & Rose, M. (2019, June). Constraint-Induced and Multimodal approaches to aphasia therapy – what are they and which one leads to better outcomes? Speech Pathology Subacute Seminar, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Pierce, J. E., O'Halloran, R., Togher, L., & Rose, M. (2019, June). A Systematic Review of Intensity in Chronic Aphasia. Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Brisbane, Australia.

Reyes, N., Krikheli, L., McCaskie, D., Pierce, J. E., Brusco, N., Frawley, H., Keage, M. (2019, June). Does the implementation of an e-learning package to medical and nursing staff improve adherence to dysphagia screening? Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Brisbane, Australia.

Pierce, J. E., O'Halloran, R., Togher, L., & Rose, M. (2018, October). What do speech pathologists mean by ‘multimodal therapy’ for aphasia? Aphasiology Symposium of Australia, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Pierce, J. E. (2018, October). Cognitive-communication assessments - what else is out there? [online webinar]. Australian Catholic University speed sessions.

Pierce, J. E., O'Halloran, R., Togher, L., & Rose, M. (2018, June). Update on intensity and dose in aphasia rehabilitation. Speech Pathologists in Adult Rehabilitation, Bundoora, Australia.

Pierce, J. E. (2017, June). Words fail me. Three Minute Thesis, La Trobe University, Australia.

Pierce, J. E., O'Halloran, R., Togher, L., & Rose, M. (2017, October). Revisiting the case for single case research. Cabrini Research week, Melbourne, Australia.

Pierce, J. E., Nickels, L., Togher, L., Meinzer, M., Rai, T., Godecke, E., Kim, J., Cadilhac, D., Foster, A., Hurley, M., Copland, D., O’Halloran, R., and Rose, M. (2017, August). Treatment for people with chronic aphasia – investigation of high and low intensity, constraint and multimodal treatments. Smart Strokes Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.

Pierce, J. E., O'Halloran, R., Togher, L., & Rose, M. (2017, June). Revisiting the case for single case research. Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Pierce, J. E., O’Halloran, R., Togher, L., & Rose, M. (2016, October). What is constraint therapy? What is multimodal therapy? What is the difference? Australian Aphasia Association National Conference, Adelaide, Australia.

Pierce, J. E. (2016, May). Atypical Parkinson’s – A focus on communication, swallowing and secretions. Managing Atypical Parkinson’s, Melbourne, Australia.

Panel member. (2015, September). Parkinson’s Victoria Education day, Melbourne, Australia.

Pierce, J. E. Speech pathology is ok... really. (2015, March). St Vincent's Speech Pathology Sub Acute Seminar, Melbourne, Australia.

Pierce, J. E. (2013, June). Alternating and sequential motion rates in older adults. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.

Pierce, J. E. (2011, March). Citeulike – helping make articles shareable, manageable and retrievable. St Vincent’s Speech Pathology Subacute Seminar, Melbourne, Australia.

Werner, L., Hußmann, K., Peitz, D., Pierce, J. E. (November, 2024). Mediengestütztes Eigentraining bei Aphasie mit aphasiatherapyonline.com: Erstellung und Erprobung der deutschen Version [Poster]. Gesellschaft für Aphasieforschung und -behandlung, Leipzig, Germany.

Adikari, A., Pierce, J. E., Pallewela, N., Wong, D., Kneebone, I., Ryan, B., Hernandez, N., Bremner, T., Bremner, S., Barron, K., Alahakoon, D., Rose, M. (July, 2024). The Mood Tracker app – a co-designed tool for aphasia-friendly monitoring and management of mood. [Poster]. International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference, Brisbane, Australia.

Ottaway, G., Nicola, E., Stolwyk, R., Gracey, F., Evans, J., Blake, J., Kneebone, I., Power, E., Rose, A., Thomas, S., Pierce, J. & Wong, D. Identifying key concepts in measures of depression and anxiety used with acquired brain injury cohorts. [Poster presentation]. 21st Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Special Interest Group, World Federation of Neurorehabilitation (NR-SIG-WFNR) conference, Coimbra, Portugal.

Pierce, J. E., Harvey, S., Dickey, M., Cadilhac, D., Carragher, M., Copland, D., Foster, A., Godecke, E., Kim, J., Hurley, M., Nickels, L., Meinzer, M., Rai, T., Togher, L., Wilcox, C., Rose, M L. (June, 2022). Fatigue Levels Across 30 Hours of Intensive Treatment - an Analysis of 144 Participants from the COMPARE Trial [poster]. International Aphasia Research Conference, Philadelphia, USA.

Pierce, J. E., Harvey, S., Dickey, M., Cadilhac, D., Carragher, M., Copland, D., Foster, A., Godecke, E., Kim, J., Hurley, M., Nickels, L., Meinzer, M., Rai, T., Togher, L., Wilcox, C., Rose, M L. (May, 2022). How Fatiguing is High Intensity Treatment for People with Aphasia? An Analysis of 144 Participants from the COMPARE Trial. [poster]. Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment Conference, Perth, Australia.

Pierce, J. E., Flitman, S., Rennie, K. and Williams, C. (2019, June). Dark Grape for Managing Thick Secretions - An Exploratory Study of Patient Perception. Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Brisbane, Australia.

Reyes, N. A., Krikheli, L., McCaskie, D., Pierce, J. E., Brusco, N., Frawley, H., Keage M. (2019, April). Does the implementation of an e-learning package to medical and nursing staff improve adherence to dysphagia screening? Victorian Allied Health Research Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Rose, M. L., Carragher, M., Nickels, L., Togher, L., Meinzer, M., Rai, T., Godecke, E., Kim, J., Cadilhac, D. A., Foster, A., Pierce, J. E., Hurley, M., & Copland, D. (2018, May). Methods of monitoring fidelity in trials of complex behavioural interventions: The COMPARE fidelity protocol. European Stroke Organisation Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Rose, M., Nickels, L., Togher, L., Copland, D., Meinzer, M., Rai, T., Godecke, E., Kim, J., Cadhilac, D., Foster, A., Hurley, M., O’Halloran, R., & Pierce, J. E. (2017, October). The COMPARE Trial - a national RCT for individuals with chronic post-stroke aphasia. La Trobe Research Week, Melbourne, Australia.

Rose, M., Foster, A., Copland, D., Nickels, L., Togher, L., Meinzer, M., Rai, T., Hurley, M., Pierce, J. E., Godecke, E., Cadilhac, D., Kim, J., & Godecke, E. (2017, May). Embedding Measures of Therapy Fidelity in “Compare”: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Complex Behavioural Interventions for Post-Stroke Aphasia. European Stroke Organisation Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

Pierce, J. E., O’Halloran, R., Togher, L., & Rose, M. (2016, September). Intensity of aphasia therapy - How intensive does therapy need to be in chronic aphasia? La Trobe Research Showcase, Melbourne, Australia.

Pierce, J. E., O’Halloran, R., Togher, L., & Rose, M. (2016, September). Are multi-modal methods as effective as constraint in aphasia treatment? Cabrini Research Week, Melbourne, Australia.

Rose, M., Foster, A., Pierce, J. E., Menahemi-Falkov, M., Sekhon, J., Erickson, S., Hill, A., O’Halloran, R., & Worrall, L. (2015, November). Service provision for post-stroke aphasia in acute and sub-acute settings: Solutions for addressing the evidence-practice gap. 11^th Clinical National Allied Health Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Member of:

International Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation Alliance - Emerging Leaders Group
Stroke Foundation Guidelines working group
Affiliate - Centre of Research Excellence to Accelerate Stroke Trial Innovation and Translation
Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists (an international network of multidisciplinary aphasia investigators)
- Trials for Aphasia Panel
- Technology in aphasia group
- Working group - Effectiveness of Aphasia Interventions (deputy lead)
- Working group - Multilingual Aphasia Practice Group
Centre for Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation

Currently co-supervising four full-time PhD candidates, three honours students

Marking of honours thesis for Sydney University (by invitation)

Marking of final year thesis for National University of Singapore (by invitation)

Aphasia intervention (2022-2024). Class delivered to PhD neuropsychology students by invitation, Monash University.

Creation of lectures, tutorials and online content for three-week unit on dysphagia – HCS2ICR (2020). Short-term contract delivered on time and to budget for La Trobe University and University of Adelaide.

Writing and restructuring of online subject Critical Implementation of Evidence – HCS5CIE (2020 S2). Short-term contract delivered on time and on budget for La Trobe University and University of Adelaide. Received highest student feedback score for the subject to date, increasing from an average of 3.33/5 in 2018-19 to 4.42/5 in 2020.

Marking of assignments – HCS2CSL. 2020 S1

Delivered lectures and skills classes on aphasia intervention– HCS5AIA. Two-hour lecture, 2 x two-hour skills classes. 2019 S2

Facilitator – Cabrini Medical Mystery session (clinical case for medical, nursing and allied health students). 2019 x2

Marking – HCS5ASP. Marking of submissions for six assignments. 2019

Marking – HCS2CSL. Marking of submissions for all assignments. 2019 S1

Marking – HCS5CIE. Marking of submissions for all assignments and oral seminars. 2018 S2

Marking – HCS2CSL. Marking of submissions for all assignments. 2018 S1

Instance coordinator – HCS5CIE. Responsibilities included forum posts, LMS management, gradebooks, marking group, individual and oral presentation assignments. 2017 S2

Five papers in ASHA evidence map for aphasia

Two papers cited in NICE guideline - stroke rehabilitation for adults

One paper cited in French National Authority for Health (Haute Autorité de Santé) Clinical Guidline for chronic stroke rehabilitation

Twitter

2,100 followers

YouTube Channel (tutorials)

3,500 subscribers

ResearchGate

>100,000 paper reads

Organising committee for Digital Health Week, 2025.

Presented at Stroke Foundation fundraising event, March 2024

Organising committee member for the Aphasiology Symposium of Australasia, Nov 2023.

Set up Technology in Aphasia Map with Miranda Rose and Rob Cavanaugh – An international map of technology based research projects in aphasia.

Organising committee member for the Aphasiology Symposium of Australasia, Nov 2022.

Volunteer in Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists, Facebook team 2021-2023

Produced free guide: Developing an aphasia-friendly video abstract – a how-to guide. Created with funding from the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia.

Facilitator – Aphasia CRE Seminars, 2021-2022.

Update of the Australian Aphasia Rehabilitation Pathway, 2021.

Designed & coded free therapy website www.aphasiatherapyonline.com
45,000 unique visitors per year
Maintained from 2013 – present. Estimated 1500 volunteered hours.
Currently working with volunteers to translate into:

Arabic (complete)
Greek (complete)
German (complete)
Hindi
Mandarin (complete)
European Portuguese (complete)
Brazilian Portuguese (complete)
Spanish (complete)
Turkish (complete)
Vietnamese
Urdu (complete)

Published speech pathology tutorials on YouTube
205,000 combined views

Published video guide to aphasia therapy software on YouTube for people with aphasia

Peer review:

Aphasiology
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing
Disability & Rehab
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopedica
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders (3)
Journal of Digital Health
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2)
Journal of Communication Disorders
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Seminars in Speech & Language

Presented at Parkinson’s Disease fundraising event, Caulfield. 2018.

Presented to Aphasia CRE Postdoc group on creating video abstracts. 2019.

Presented to ABI Communication Lab on creating video abstracts. 2020.

Presented at Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists workshop on creating video abstracts. 2021.

John E. Pierce, PhD