Joanne Morris

Dr. Joanne Morris joined the staff of Western Sydney University in 2010. She is currently Staff Specialist in Paediatrics at Blacktown and Mt Druitt Hospitals, Adolescent staff specialist at Children's Hospital Westmead and Paediatric VMO at Blue Mountains District Anzac Memorial Hospital.
Her commitment to teaching has gained her several awards including Kilham Award for 'Best FRACP Teaching by a Fellow', the Children's Hospital at Westmead; RMO Association Award for JMO Teaching and Highly Commended for Student Teaching, Lorrimer Dods awards, University of Sydney. Joanne's selected research and publications include: "Typhoid Fever In Children- Diagnostic and Therapeutic Difficulties" Stormon M, Mcintyre P, Morris J, Fasher B. Paediatric Infectious Diseases Journal 16;7:713-715, 1997.
"Sensitivity and Specificity of the Australian Developmental Screening Test (ADST) in a Clinical Setting". A manuscript is under review for publication.
Ongoing research includes "Performance of the Parents Evaluation of Developmental Status in Identifying Children with Developmental Delay" and Update of Cochrane systematic review "Risperidone for autism spectrum disorder."