Perth Speakers

Prof Anu Sharma

Anu Sharma, Ph.D. is Professor in the Department of Speech Language and Hearing, Institute for Cognitive Science and Center for Neuroscience at University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research is focused on examining neuroplasticity in hearing loss. Dr. Sharma has over 75 scientific publications and over 170 invited presentations and keynotes. 

Dr Melanie Ferguson

Dr Melanie Ferguson’s area of expertise is translational hearing research in adult hearing loss that aims to influence clinical practice and promote healthy hearing. Areas of research interest are dementia and cognition, mental health and wellbeing, accessibility and participation in hearing healthcare, and outcome measures, underpinned by health behaviour and patient-centred approaches. She was previously Associate Professor in Hearing Sciences and Consultant Clinical Scientist (Audiology) at the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, UK, and Head of Adult Hearing Loss research at the National Acoustics Laboratories. She has a long track record in audiology professional affairs, with leadership roles in the British Society of Audiology, British Academy of Audiology, and UK policy-making in hearing healthcare.

A/Prof Hamid Sohrabi

Hamid is the Director of the Centre for Healthy Ageing at Murdoch University and his research is focussed on identifying early and modifiable risk factors of dementia in a bid to examine their efficacy in preventing cognitive impairment in later life through cohort and clinical trial studies.

Dr Vicky Ho

Dr Vicky Ho is a general dentist with special interest in Cosmetic dentistry and smile makeovers, which led her to the path of bite rehabilitation, full mouth rehabilitation and treatment of TMJ syndrome. She is a graduate from UWA and then post graduate studies mainly in the USA. She graduated from The Las Vegas Institute of Advanced Dental Studies, Loma Linda University gide Master clinician of implant surgery and  passed all levels and the  fellowship of  Occlusion Connections in the USA. She is also a  fellow  of the International Congress of Oral Implantology. Her practice covers three main areas: Smile Rehabilitation, Implants and treatment of TMJ.