The programme development grant for the APT project benefited greatly from the support of an international team of experts.


Our experts brought us wisdom from lived experience, clinical experience, and research.

Our Patient & Public Involvement (PPI) Advisory Group, based in the United Kingdom:

Isabella Iyama Onibudo Colin Lyall
Ruth Watts
Ian Merriman
[Name redacted on request –
family member of a person
with aphasia]
Daughter of a person with aphasia


Our Collaborators Group, based in Australia, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the United Kingdom:

Dr Fiona Johnson
Homerton University Hospital
NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Ciara Shiggins
Queensland Aphasia Research Centre,
University of Queensland, Australia
@ShigginsC
Gill Pearl
Speakeasy
@speakeasy_bury
Marin van Rijssen
PhD candidate
University of Applied Sciences
Netherlands
Iben Christensen
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
@IbenChristense6


Our Project Steering Group, based in Australia and the United Kingdom:

Associate Professor Emma Power
Chair, University of Technology,
Sydney, Australia
Professor Wendy Best
University College London
Dr Nikki Rousseau
University Academic Fellow in Healthcare
Technology Evaluation 
Clinical Trials Research Unit
Leeds Institute of Clinical Trials Research
University of Leeds
@nikki_rou
Claire-Farrington Douglas
National Hospital for Neurology and
Neurosurgery
Linguistic Resolutions
PhD at UCL
@clairefarring20
Angela Ransley
University of Kent