About Dr Anna Correll 

Dr Anna Correll was a highly respected, well liked, and inspirational speech pathologist. She practised as a clinician in the South Australian public health system from 1997 to 2016. Speech pathology became her career after the raising of her children, David, Michael and Beth, with her husband Nick. 

Motivated to take on speech pathology after witnessing the work of another clinician with one of her children, Anna took to her studies with a huge passion. She graduated from Flinders University with excellent grades and commenced work at the Hampstead Rehabilitation Hospital. In 2004, she began work at the Repatriation General Hospital. Her skill and competence readily apparent from the start of her career, led to informing others. 

In September 2001, Anna and another colleague presented a paper at the 9th Annual Aphasiology Symposium of Australia, "Training carers to communicate with aphasic individuals who are unable to communicate verbally". This drive to assist carers, as well as survivors of stroke, characterised her whole career. 

In 2002, Anna was accepted as a part time Masters of Science candidate at Flinders in the study area of Rehabilitation of aphasic adults.  This, at the urging of her supervisors, transformed into obtaining a PhD which she successfully completed in 2011, the title of her thesis being "Communication between individuals with severe aphasia and their partners".  During this degree, she presented her research at a number of national and international conferences and contributed to papers being published in several Australian and overseas journals. 

Despite her then full-time employment, she readily agreed to become a part time lecturer at Flinders University in the area of aphasia. Her clinical and research experience and her engaging and helpful manner were highly valued by her students; and the programs she developed and refined through her PhD are still being taught at Flinders. 

After Anna retired in 2016, she enjoyed travel with Nick and the family. Cruelly, she experienced a number of vascular strokes which led to an increasing number of neurological complications; and passed away peacefully in 2024.

Anna’s family wish is to honour her passion and commitment to the treatment of people with stroke, particularly those living with aphasia, by creating the Dr Anna Correll Memorial Fund. 

The Dr Anna Correll Memorial Fund will: 

• Benefit people with aphasia through research into treatment strategies  
• Support research and programs into all forms of stroke prevention and treatment. 
   

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