Summary: Professor Boyd has primary training in Physiotherapy (Pediatrics, Neurological, Neonatal, Orthopaedics) with post graduate training in Biomechanics (Pgrad) and Neuroscience (PhD). She has an international track record in conducting randomised clinical trials in the field of cerebral palsy (on the efficacy of early interventions, upper limb rehabilitation, and evidence based Neurorehabilitation). Dr Boyd’s studies have combined clinical outcomes with an understanding of the mechanisms underpinning response to intervention with novel use of Advanced Brain Imaging (functional MRI, Diffusion Imaging, Functional Connectivity, CP connectome). Her strong collaborations in neuroscience have enabled the development of novel rehabilitation trials including early Upper limb rehabilitation (REACH), early multi-modal rehabilitation in Low resource contexts (LEAP), Participation focused interventions, parenting interventions for infants, children and youth with Cerebral Palsy. Dr Boyd has achieved 12 national NHMRC project grants, 2 NHMRC partnership implementation grants and is CIA/CIB on two NHMRC Clinical Centres of Excellence. She is passionate about training the next generation of researchers and in 2014 received the research supervision excellence award in the Faculty of Medicine and Science at UQ for post graduate training (including 27 PhD completions, in the fields of Rehabilitation, Neuroscience, Neonatology, Nutrition and Physical Activity. Dr Boyd has been on the scientific board of the 3rd International C conference (2009), 4th (Italy 2012) and 1st IAACD (Sweden, 2016), 2nd IAACD (Anaheim 2019) and 3rd IAACD (Melbourne 2022) and 4th IAACD joint conferences (Heidelberg, 2025).