Dr. Rachel Kennedy

Dr Rachel Kennedy (B.Physio, PhD, CF) is an experienced clinical and research physiotherapist having worked in paediatrics and neuromuscular disease for over 20 years at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

Rachel works clinically in the weekly Neuromuscular Clinic and a monthly Charcot-Marie-Tooth clinic at RCH. She is a skilled clinical evaluator and has worked on numerous industry-sponsored and researcher-initiated studies in paediatric neuromuscular diseases including CMT, DMD, SMA and other rare neurological disorders of childhood. Her research interests include gait and functional outcome measures, physical activity and community-based exercise programs for children and adolescents living with neuromuscular disease and disability more broadly. Rachel provides clinical education to undergraduate, post-graduate and community-based health professionals to increase the knowledge and understanding of the assessment and management of childhood-onset neuromuscular disease.