Category: Researcher Profiles
What are your research interests? My research interests focus on asthma in pregnant women. My research is trialling new approaches to the management and treatment of asthma during pregnancy, with a focus on reducing the rate of asthma exacerbations in pregnancy, and improving health outcomes for the ...
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... causes exacerbations of chronic respiratory conditions such as asthma and COPD the involvement of virus infected airway (epithelial) ... viruses play a crucial role in chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma. The relationship between virus and man is fascinating and ... of this relationship, particularly in the context of diseases such as asthma, and this is what inspired me to get into research. What would be ...
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What are your research interest? The role of diet and nutrition in asthma management for children. The relationship between body composition and growth, and asthma outcomes in children. The effect of maternal body composition, ... by acute and chronic illness during their young lifetime, including asthma which is the most common chronic childhood disease. Nutrition can ...
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... international research profile in the fields of non-eosinophilic asthma, non-invasive assessment of airway inflammation and neutrophilic ... medicine that will allow tailoring of treatment for patients with asthma and COPD. During her PhD (completed in 2005), she made a number ... shifting observations with respect to classifying airways disease. Asthma was once considered a disease characterised only by eosinophilic ...
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... in reproductive science to my current early-career researcher role in asthma. I am extremely fortunate to now be pursuing what I see as an ... to eliminate the excess production of mucus in people suffering from asthma or COPD. I feel that that achieving this goal would improve the ... of millions of people all over the world, particularly kids with asthma. The ultimate goal is the restoration of a normal airway ...
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... are your research interests? How to identify and treat new types of asthma How to design and deliver targeted treatments for people with ... are trying to dissect out what’s special about an individual with asthma, how we can recognise that with biomarkers, develop a treatment that’s targeted at that particular asthma and roll out treatments into clinical practice. Why did you get ...
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... epithelium in innate immunity and inflammation in the context of asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis. My group has developed ... the air liquid interface (ALI). The role of airway inflammation in asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis with a specific ... and management of difficult airways disease. This includes severe asthma, but I am interested in extending this approach to COPD and ...
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... responsible for the early development of allergic diseases. Asthma : The development of asthma in early life is strongly linked to susceptibility to respiratory ... nature of this link and what can be done to reduce the high rates of asthma in Australia. Food Allergy : I am working on a new blood test ...
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... in babies. It is a strong risk factor for the development of asthma in infants with asthmatic parents. We have identified the ... prevention for bronchiolitis in infants born to mothers with asthma. Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood and can be ...
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... is on understanding the pathogenesis of respiratory diseases likes asthma, COPD, infections and lung cancer, using laboratory models to ... What would be the ultimate goal for your research? New treatments for asthma, COPD, infections and lung cancer are urgently needed. We’re ... urgently needed treatments for airway inflammation disorders such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), infections and ...
