Staff contact details
Location, postal address, phone, fax, email details
171 Days Road, Regency Park, South Australia 5010
Postal address
PO Box 2438, Regency Park, South Australia 5942
General email address
Telephone
1300-85 55 85 (price of a local phone call within Australia)
Fax
(08) 8243 8208 within Australia
(61 8) 8243 8208 International
Rob Garrett
Group Leader, Research and Development, Engineering and Support Team
Bachelor of Technology, Graduate Diploma in Mathematics, Assistive Technology Practitioner
Telephone:
(08) 8243 8263 within Australia
(61 8) 8243 8263 International
Rob's role within the R&D team is to initiate and lead project selection, develop product specifications and generally lead the process of product development, through the design and testing phases.
David Hobbs
Senior Rehabilitation Engineer, Research and Development, Testing and Design
Bachelor of Science (Physics), Bachelor of Science (Life Sciences)/Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical) (Hons), Executive Diploma in Business Planning.
Telephone:
(08) 8243 8338 within Australia
(61 8) 8243 8338 International
David's role within the R&D team is to work with clients and therapists, to investigate problems and research and trial solutions. This involves working with industry groups to raise awareness for the needs of Australian people with disabilities.
Ben Symonds
Rehabilitation Engineer, Research and Development, Testing and Design
Bachelor of Science (Life Sciences)/Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical)
Telephone:
(08) 8243 8381 within Australia
(61 8) 8243 8381 International
Ben's role is to carry out research on products that will assist Novita Children's Services clients, as identified in conjunction with members of the Novita community. This involves working with clients and therapists to understand the issues and to identify or design equipment that meets their needs.
Toan Nguyen
Research Assistant
Bachelor of Science (Life Sciences)/Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical) (Hons)
Currently studying a Masters of Engineering.
Telephone:
(08) 8243 8295 within Australia
(61 8) 8243 8295 International
Toan is employed part-time through the D.C.I.T.A. grant to carry out research and clinical trials of mobile phone technologies for people with disabilities.
Others
The Research and Development team has been joined by engineering (typically bio-medical) students from all over the world, providing help in various project areas.
Quality solutions require extensive collaboration with relevant professionals. We have working relationships with a broad spectrum of health professionals, universities and other research institutions around Australia.
This page last updated: 6 July 2007
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