Professor Karen Thorpe
Chief Investigator
The University of Queensland
Dr Aisling Mulvihill is a postdoctoral researcher in the Thorpe Lab at The Queensland Brain Institute. Aisling’s research and translational activities span the fields of speech pathology, psychology and early education. Aisling’s background includes 14 years frontline paediatric speech pathology practice, a PhD in Developmental Psychology, and postdoctoral research on early years development in experimental and applied settings. Aisling has also co-authored the Ant Patrol Children’s Stories, a series of six educational children’s stories that aim to support children’s social and emotional learning. Aisling Mulvihill’s current research is embedded within Professor Karen Thorpe’s Laureate funded 10,000 hours project and investigates the role of educator-child interactions in the development of children’s language, self-regulatory, social, and emotional development within Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings.
Research Interests
- Self-regulation
- Social Cognitive Development
- Private Speech
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
