Dr. Emiliana Guerra

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Emiliana Guerra is a Lecturer and PhD Candidate at Monash University, specifically within the Department of Occupational Therapy. She completed her Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours) at Monash University, with her dissertation focusing on the reliability and clinical utility of a novel telehealth-based goniometry approach to measure the range of motion of digits in the hand. In 2023, she was awarded the Elspeth Pearson Award from Occupational Therapy Australia, which supported her completion of a Graduate Certificate in Mental Health from La Trobe University in 2024. Her experience as an Occupational Therapist includes work as a Mental Health Clinician in the public mental health sector, engaging in triage, acute care, and community residential psychosocial rehabilitation at Monash Health's Early Life Mental Health Service and Adult Mental Health Service. Emiliana focuses her research on areas such as hand therapy, interprofessional collaboration, and education within occupational therapy, publishing her findings in peer-reviewed journals and presenting at national and international conferences. She has received accolades for her work, including the Therapist Oral Free Paper Award at the Asia Pacific Federation Societies of Hand Therapy Congress in 2023.

Research Interests

Awards

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Therapist Oral Free Paper Award

2023-06-01
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Elspeth Pearson Award

2023-07-01

Courses

Occupational performance, capabilities components Enabling occupation: Performance challenges 1A

Requirements for Monash University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:12
Reading
Required:13
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:18
Total
Required:79
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a related field
Application Checklist
  • Academic Transcripts
  • Proof of English Proficiency
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Copy of Passport
Specialization Notes

Requirements are standardized across the Faculty of Information Technology for most Master's programs including Computer Science and Data Science.