Emma de Kock is a qualified Physiotherapist with a special interest in Neurodevelopment and Paediatrics. Emma qualified as a Physiotherapist in South Africa, and she and her husband have been living and working in Ireland since 2023.

Emma is working as a Senior Research Coordinator (Physiotherapist) as part of the ELEVATE study at INFANT. ELEVATE is a five-year research programme that aims to improve the prevention, detection and treatment of early brain injury and cerebral palsy (CP) in Ireland.

Career profile:

• 2025-present: Senior Research Coordinator (Physiotherapist), INFANT centre
• 2023-2025: Physiotherapist – Cork University Hospital/Cork University Maternity Hospital
• 2019-2023: Physiotherapist – Private Practice, Cape Town, South Africa
• 2018: Community Service Physiotherapist – Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

Education profile:

• 2023: Foundation Neurodevelopmental Theory (NDT) qualification in Paediatrics, SANDTA, South Africa
• 2020-2022: MSc Physiotherapy (Cum Laude), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
• 2022: Basic General Movement Assessment (GMA) Certified
• 2017: BSc in Physiotherapy (Cum Laude), Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa