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Catherine Franklin
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Dr Catherine Franklin
Dr Franklin is a psychiatrist clinician-researcher who specialises in the psychiatry of intellectual and developmental disability. She leads the newly formed Queensland Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability and Autism Health, that focuses on improving the health of people with intellectual or developmental disability through provision of clinical service, research and education.
Dr Franklin serves on the RANZCP Section of Psychiatry of Intellectual and Developmental Disability Committee, the Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine, and the Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group–Australia. She also co-chairs the Mental Health and Regression Workgroup of the Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group–USA.
Cathy is passionate about building capacity in health services and systems to better support people with intellectual or developmental disability.
Dr Franklin is a psychiatrist clinician-researcher who specialises in the psychiatry of intellectual and developmental disability. She leads the newly formed Queensland Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability and Autism Health, that focuses on improving the health of people with intellectual or developmental disability through provision of clinical service, research and education.
Dr Franklin serves on the RANZCP Section of Psychiatry of Intellectual and Developmental Disability Committee, the Australian Association of Developmental Disability Medicine, and the Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group–Australia. She also co-chairs the Mental Health and Regression Workgroup of the Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group–USA.
Cathy is passionate about building capacity in health services and systems to better support people with intellectual or developmental disability.
