Jacinta Foster
Managing Director,
Vestibular Physiotherapist
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Exercise Science (Griffith)
- Masters of Physiotherapy (Griffith)
- Doctor of Philosophy (Vestibular Physiotherapy) – in progress (UQ)
- Dr Susan Herdman's Vestibular Rehabilitation Competency trained
- Advanced Vestibular Rehabilitation Competency trained
- Concussion Corner Academy Trained Clinician
Memberships / Affiliations
- Queensland Vestibular Network
- Australian Vestibular Association (AVESTA)
- Australian Physiotherapy Association
- Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA)
- Sessional Lecturer University of Queensland
Jacinta Foster is one of our Directors and a highly experienced clinician and educator in the field of Vestibular Physiotherapy. She holds a Masters degree in Physiotherapy and is currently undertaking her PhD at the University of Queensland, looking at the relationship between vestibular function, balance, and hearing loss in older adults as part of an Industry-funded (Sonova AG, Switzerland) multi-site International registered clinical trial. Jacinta has completed advanced competency-based training in the field of Vestibular rehabilitation.
Jacinta currently works clinically as an Advanced Vestibular Physiotherapy Practitioner at Logan Hospital and here at Advanced Vestibular Clinics. She has a passion for education, employed as a sessional Lecturer for the Undergraduate and Masters of Physiotherapy Students at the University of Queensland and invited to teach Physiotherapists across Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service. She has been invited to speak at multiple State and National conferences and assists in teaching introductory, advanced, and competency-based vestibular training for her teaching colleagues at Vestibular Courses and Vestibular Education Australia.