Paediatric Physiotherapist / Specialist Clinical Evaluator
Katy de Valle started work in the Department of Physiotherapy at The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne in 1998. She began her career working with children suffering acute and chronic neurological and respiratory conditions.
Katy moved to her current neuromuscular clinical research role in the Department of Neurology in 2005. She works within the Neuromuscular Research Team as a clinical evaluator on large international pharmaceutical research trials and natural history studies neuromuscular disorders such as DMD, SMA, CMT and FSHD.
She has also been involved in the design and implementation of local site specific research projects and is enrolled in a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) through The University of Melbourne. Her PhD research project involves evaluation of outcome measures to measure physical functioning in children with facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD). She has presented much of her work both nationally and internationally. She is passionate about supporting children with neuromuscular diseases and their families in their bid to achieve a brighter future.