Brenda Morrow

Brenda is a Physiotherapist and Full Professor in the Department of Paediatrics, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa. Brenda is an active clinician-scientist with a special interest in interdisciplinary pediatric critical care practice and research; cardiopulmonary rehabilitation; palliative care; and medical ethics. Brenda has over 115 peer-reviewed publications; 13 book chapters; numerous national and international congress presentations and holds a National Research Foundation (NRF) B rating. She is currently President of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (WFPICCS) and President-Elect of the Critical Care Society of Southern Africa (CCSSA);  she is on the Steering committee of the newly established European Cystic Fibrosis Society’s Physiotherapy Special Interest Group;  past-Chair of the Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Special Interest Group of the South African Society of Physiotherapy and secretary of the South African Medical and Scientific Advisory Council for Cystic Fibrosis. Within the University of Cape Town, she currently chairs the Faculty of Health Sciences Doctoral and research Masters Committee; she is a scientific member of the Health Research Ethics Committee, a member of the Doctoral Degrees Board, and serves on the Department of Paediatrics’ Research and Postgraduate Education committees. Brenda is also Editor-in-Chief of the Southern African Journal of Critical Care; Senior Associate Editor of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Associate Academic Editor of PlosOne and Frontiers in Pediatrics (Critical Care). She is a regular reviewer for over 40 international journals and grant-funding agencies.