Young Stroke Service
Almost 1 in 4 of all strokes in Australia are in young people. There is much we don’t know about why young people have stroke and the best way to support young people in their recovery. Often young people don’t get the right diagnosis or help they need.
The Young Stroke Service (YSS) team will work with young people who have had a stroke, as well as their supporters and clinicians, to offer a range of supports that will help them in their recovery.
The service can be accessed by referral from a health professional in Victoria and will soon expand to South Australia.
Aims
The Young Stroke Service aims to help young people who have had a stroke:
- understand why they may have had a stroke
- understand how to protect themselves from future stroke
- get access to services targeting common unmet needs, like getting back to work or study
- source trustworthy information about stroke and stroke recovery
- keep in touch and share their progress for 3 to 5 years after their stroke.
Research team
Members
Investigators
- Professor Maria Crotty (Flinders University)
- Professor Natasha Lannin (Monash University)
- Associate Professor Dana Wong (La Trobe University)
- Associate Professor Emma Power (University of Technology Sydney)
- Dr Karen Borschmann (The Florey)
- Associate Professor Kathryn S Hayward (University of Melbourne and The Florey)
- Dr Toni Withiel (Royal Melbourne Hospital)
- Professor Amy Brodtmann (Monash Health)
- Associate Professor Daniel Capurro (University of Melbourne)
- Professor Kathleen Gray (University of Melbourne)
- Professor Christopher Bladin (Ambulance Victoria)
- Dr Lisa Murphy (Stroke Foundation)
- Professor Lena Sanci (University of Melbourne)
- Professor Dominique Cadilhac (Monash University and The Florey)
Project members
- Denise Wallis – Global Project Manager
- Sarah Amesz – Clinical Services Manager
- Emily Ramage – Deep Phenotype Project Lead
- Nerida Larkin – Executive Team Admin contact
- Brooke Parsons – Consumer Consultant
- Dr Tanya Rose – Speech Pathology (University of Technology Sydney)
- Dr Joosup Kim – Translational Public Health and Evaluation (Monash University)
- Sophie Weaver – Young Stroke Information Coordinator (Stroke Foundation)
Research group
Take part in this project
Apply to be a participant
If you are a young person with stroke or support a young person and would like to participate in the Young Stroke Service, you need a referral from a health practitioner. This could be a GP, a member of the hospital treating team or a community-based therapist such as a physiotherapist or psychologist.
Please contact us for a referral form by emailing youngstrokeadmin@florey.edu.au.
For any queries please contact our team Monday to Friday from 9 am–5 pm.
E: youngstrokeadmin@florey.edu.au
P: 0427 259 191
Project partners
- The Florey
- Austin Health
- Flinders Medical Centre
- La Trobe University
- University of Technology Sydney
- Flinders University
- Monash University
- University of Melbourne
- Stroke Foundation
- Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Ambulance Victoria
Contact us
If you’re interested in learning more about this project please contact our team.
