Cameron Hicks
Research Assistant
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Jasmine has a background in exercise science (University of Nantes, France & University of Bath, UK) and a PhD in applied physiology/biomechanics from the University of New South Wales. She is Lead of Cognition and Mobility Studies for the NeuRA Falls, Balance & Injury Research Centre.
Her research in ageing and clinical groups with balance impairments combines mechanistic work, longitudinal studies and randomised controlled trials to investigate the control of balance and gait, identify risk factors for falls and mobility decline and develop interventions to improve health outcomes.
Jasmine sits on the Executive Board of the International Society for Posture & Gait Research. and the Australia New-Zealand Fall Prevention Society She is co-host for the 2025 ANZ Falls Prevention Conference to be held in Sydney in November.
She co-wrote the 2025 Australian Best Practice Guidelines for Fall Prevention in Older People for Community Care , Residential Aged Care Services and Hospitals (in print).
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