David Hobbs

An Inspiring Achiever

The neurological condition known as cerebral palsy (CP) is about to be tackled from a new research direction, thanks to a prestigious Australian-American Scholarship.

Flinders Bioengineering graduate David Hobbs, now a Senior Rehabilitation Engineer with Novita Children's Services, has been awarded a Fulbright Professional Scholarship to undertake research into the field of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and CP. He will spend one month at the internationally renowned Cleveland FES Center and two months at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia.

Mr Hobbs hopes to use his experience to develop an FES program that will improve the way children with CP walk.

The prestigious Fulbright program is the largest educational scholarship of its kind, created by U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright and the US Government in 1946. Mr Hobbs is one of 24 Australians to be recognised as a Fulbright Scholar in 2008.

April 2008 

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