Atefeh Taghizadeh

Dr Atefeh Taghizadeh completed her PhD in Occupational Therapy at La Trobe University, Melbourne in 2024, where she advanced her expertise in paediatric evidence-based therapy. During her doctoral studies, she developed the Upper Limb-Motor Learning Strategy Tool (UL-MLST), a knowledge translation tool designed to assist clinicians in implementing motor learning strategies within task-focused models of upper limb therapy for children with cerebral palsy. Following the completion of her PhD, she was awarded an Emerging Career Research Grant from Cerebral Palsy Alliance to further develop the UL-MLST and create a Learning Management System to support its global implementation. With over 10 years of paediatric clinical experience in her home country of Iran, Dr Taghizadeh has a strong foundation in occupational therapy practice. She works in Australia as a paediatric occupational therapist and maintains her research involvement as an Adjunct Research Fellow at La Trobe University, Melbourne.