Elizabeth Kendall is a disability researcher, founding director of the Hopkins Centre, and professor at Griffith University. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in June 2024 for "significant service to rehabilitation research, to people with disability, and to tertiary education".
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Early life and education
Kendall received her PhD, from the University of Queensland, and won the Dean's Commendation for Outstanding PhD Thesis, for her research on adjustment after traumatic injury, in 1997.
Kendall is a disability and rehabilitation researcher, based at the Hopkins Centre, where she is also the leader of Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability initiative at Griffith University. Her research in disability care and recovery has contributed to improvements and sustainable developments in improving the lives of people with disability. Her career and research focus has on improving and enabling the kinds of technologies which lead to creating inclusive environments and workplaces.
Kendall was the chair of the Social Behavioural and Economic Sciences Panel, for the Australian Research Council College of Experts, and the chair of the Disability Advisory Committee.
Kendall was invited to be a visiting professor at the University of Manchester, at the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, and she is also a member of the ARC college of experts.