{"id":2945,"date":"2023-11-30T13:27:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T03:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=2945"},"modified":"2023-11-30T13:31:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T03:31:22","slug":"qarc","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/portfolio-items\/qarc","title":{"rendered":"QARC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:89.44rem;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:38.5725;line-height:1.2;\">Queensland Aphasia Research Centre (QARC)<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:89.44rem;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:80%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.4%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.4%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The\u00a0<strong>Queensland Aphasia Research Centre<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/shrs.uq.edu.au\/qarc\">QARC<\/a>) is a University of Queensland research centre, located at STARS, in partnership with Metro North and is the first clinically based centre dedicated to aphasia in Australia. Aphasia is a language and communication disability that commonly occurs after a stroke. There are over 140,000 people in Australia currently living with aphasia. QARC is dedicated to optimising the lives of people living with aphasia through research, service and partnerships. The objectives of the centre include developing and delivering new effective treatments for people with aphasia that maximise access including technology-enabled solutions, and co-designing aphasia services and supports with people living with aphasia and clinicians. QARC also provides a platform for increased collaborations between clinicians and researchers, and supports clinicians and students to translate evidence into practice. Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/researchers.uq.edu.au\/researcher\/357\">David Copland<\/a> is the Director of QARC.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/shrs.uq.edu.au\/research\/research-centres-and-units\/qarc\/people\">QARC team<\/a> on our UQ website<\/li>\n<li>General inquiries can be directed to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:qarc@uq.edu.au\">qarc@uq.edu.au<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<style>\n.breadcrumbs span:nth-child(2) {display: none;}\n<\/style><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" alt=\"Group of people on stairs\" title=\"QARC Group Photo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/qarc-group-800x533.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2944 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/qarc-group-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/qarc-group-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/qarc-group-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/qarc-group-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/11\/qarc-group.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/533;\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Professor David Copland and the QARC team<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queensland Aphasia Research Centre (QARC)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1754,"menu_order":3010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[59],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-2945","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-research-centres"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/2945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2945"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/2945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2957,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/2945\/revisions\/2957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=2945"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=2945"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/stars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=2945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}