BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Dr Julie Cichero | BA (UQ), BSpThy (Hons) (UQ), PhD (UQ) | Honorary Associate Professor (UQ)
Trustee since September 2024
Dr Julie Cichero was appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2024. Julie is an internationally recognised educator and expert in the field of dysphagia, with a career spanning over 25 years. She holds a BA, Bachelor of Speech Therapy (Hons) and PhD in Speech Pathology from the University of Queensland. Julie was Speech Pathology Australia’s representative to the 2021 Australian Department of Health and Maggie Beer Foundation National Congress on Food, Nutrition and the Dining Experience in Aged Care, and has served as a clinical expert to the Aged Care Standards Expert Working Group for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare. For a decade, Julie co-led a global initiative to reduce food choking risk in vulnerable populations (IDDSI). Julie has been a senior manager of teams at Mater Research and the Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre (UQ), with regulatory oversight of 500+ research studies. Currently, Julie facilitates corporate coaching with Mater Education Commercial, supports the IDDSI Board and provides education and consultancy to healthcare, professional, and government organisations. Julie’s sons graduated from BGS in 2014 and 2018; part of three generations of BGS Old Boys including Julie’s husband (’85), father-in-law, brothers-in-law, and nephews.
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