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    Meet the Standards Committee


     

    The Executive Committee has appointed an interim Standards Committee which will stand in while the new committee that will serve from 2024 to 2028 is confirmed and appointed. This interim committee will be chaired by Steve Milanese and Duncan Reid and Renee de Ruijter will be the other members.
         

    Steve Milanese2-279-609-396
    Steve.Milanese@utas.edu.au 
         		 Dr Steve Milanese - Standards Committee Interim Chair
    Steve is an Associate Professor in Physiotherapy at University of South Australia. He has postgraduate qualifications in ergonomics, sports physiotherapy and manipulative physiotherapy and a PhD. He is currently Program Director of the Masters of Advanced Clinical Physiotherapy (musculoskeletal and sports streams) and Director of the international Centre for Allied Health Evidence. He was chair of the National Professional Standards committee of the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy group of the Australian Physiotherapy Association.

    He currently holds adjunct positions at universities in India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and Korea. Steve teaches in the areas of practice-based evidence, use of electrophysical agents and musculoskeletal physiotherapy (with a focus on manual therapy). His research interests lie in evidence translation and implementation within a patient centred framework, and he is a strong advocate for the role of Allied Health in health care. He has supervised a broad range of MSc and PhD student projects across a range of allied health disciplines and has published over 100 peer reviewed papers.