Rose Centre clinics

Lucy Greig, Clinical Director

Lucy Greig, MSc BSLT, graduated from the University of Canterbury in Speech and Language Therapy in 2000. She completed her Masters in Science (speech science) at The University of Auckland in 2011, examining the changes in word-retrieval in healthy older adults. Lucy has worked as a clinician in the field of dysphagia and acquired communication disorders across a variety of healthcare settings, including acute neurological and neurosurgical, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient clinics and in the community. 

Tally Smith, SLT

Tally Smith, M.A., CCC-SLP obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Speech Pathology from the University of Northern Iowa with a neurogenic endorsement. She completed a clinical fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Her clinical experience has been solely devoted to adult medical speech pathology in the US and New Zealand, where she has worked primarily in outpatient and community settings, with a special interest in older person’s health and neurological disorders. 

Gilly Kitto, Paediatric SLT

Gilly Kitto, BSLP, completed her studies at the University of Canterbury in Speech and Language Pathology in 2014. She has experience working in paediatric dysphagia and early intervention across a variety of sectors including education and healthcare settings. She has practiced across New Zealand in child development, acute paediatric and neonatal wards. Gilly has strong intra-professional relationships in the field of paediatric dysphagia and enjoys working collaboratively.

Dr Maggie-Lee Huckabee, Rose Centre Director

Maggie-Lee Huckabee, PhD practised for 13 years before the frustration of never knowing ‘the answers’ led her to an academic career. She is a Professor at University of Canterbury and the Director of the UC Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research. She worked clinically for many years before pursuing a research career but remains invested in best practice for dysphagia diagnosis and rehabilitation through clinically focusesd research and clinical consultation with Ms Greig on Rose Centre patients.

Dr Phoebe Macrae, Rose Centre Deputy Director

Dr Phoebe Macrae is the Deputy Director of the University of Canterbury Rose Centre for Stroke Recovery and Research and a senior lecturer at the University of Canterbury. Her area of research includes swallowing neurophysiology and dysphagia and defining the role of sensation in upper aerodigestive function. She was recently awarded a prestigious Rutherford Discovery Fellowship for a 5-year research programme titled ‘Cross-disciplinary characterization of upper aerodigestive function’. This work utilizes her collaborations with respiratory medicine, physiotherapy, otolaryngology and engineering to explore the links between respiration, swallowing and coughing.

Fiona Bellett, Rose Centre Administrator

Fiona is the smiling face of the Rose Centre, greeting our patients, encouraging the staff and managing the administration and paperwork.  Previously, Fiona has worked as an administrator for the NZBRI and for law firms in the Christchurch region.

Centre staff