Brenda Morrow is a Physiotherapist and Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa. Brenda is an active clinician-scientist with a special interests in interdisciplinary paediatric critical care practice and research; cardiopulmonary rehabilitation; palliative care; and medical ethics. She has over 100 peer reviewed publications; 12 book chapters; and numerous national and international congress presentations.

She is President Elect of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (WFPICCS); Editor in Chief of the Southern African Journal of Critical Care; Senior Associate Editor of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and Associate Editor of PlosOne and Frontiers in Pediatrics (Critical Care).

Brenda is a member of the UCT Health Research Ethics Committee; past-Chair of the Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Special Interest Group of the South African Society of Physiotherapy; on the Executive Council of the Critical Care Society of Southern Africa; and secretary of the South African Medical and Scientific Advisory Council for Cystic Fibrosis.

She is a regular reviewer for numerous international journals.