Dr Sally Herring, Clinical Research Support Team Leader
Dr Sally Herring is the Clinical Research Support Team Leader at the Bionics Institute, and leads the Institute’s Consumer and Community Involvement (CCI) program.
Since joining the Bionics Institute in 2022, Sally has supported the conduct and implementation of clinical trials across the Institute in a research governance role. As lead of the CCI program, Sally facilitates and supports connections between researchers and people with lived experience of the conditions being researched. Comprised of a CCI Coordinator, researchers, advocacy groups and lived experience experts, this program aims to integrate consumer expertise into all types and stages of research at Bionics Institute.
Sally is a clinical research psychologist, completing a professional research doctorate in clinical psychology at Monash University in 2007.
Her experience as a research psychologist and research manager is across the University and not-for-profit health sectors, particularly in coordinating or facilitating clinical research into new brain stimulation treatments for mental health.
Sally has also worked in Central Australia as a research fellow, while serving as a member of the Central Australian Human Research Ethics Committee (CAHREC), assisting in the review of human research ethics applications for projects conducted in government, non-government, Aboriginal community-controlled health and academic sectors.
Her research interests are in the development and translation of innovative, safe and effective treatments that have the power to transform the lives of those with significant health issues. She is passionate about and committed to ensuring lived experience is a driving force in that process.
