Dr Frances Batchelor is a Senior Research Fellow and the Director of Clinical Gerontology at NARI, as well as research lead for the Melbourne Ageing Research Collaboration. She is both an academic and clinical physiotherapist. Her research interests include falls prevention after stroke; falls prevention in community, residential care and hospital settings; identification and management of mild balance dysfunction in cohorts such as minor stroke and transient ischaemic attack; and the interface between technology and ageing. Before coming to NARI, Frances worked in neurology and aged care in Australia, Germany and England in both acute and sub-acute settings. She was awarded her PhD in 2010 from the University of Melbourne on the topic of “Falls Prevention After Stroke”.