Category: Research
Asthma affects up to 10% of Australians and is the most common chronic disease complication during pregnancy. Poor asthma control during pregnancy has been shown to be associated with ... for airways inflammation). Bronchiolitis is the most common and severe virus-induced wheezy lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... international research profile in the fields of non-eosinophilic asthma, non-invasive assessment of airway inflammation and neutrophilic ... to include the study of airway bacteria and she now leads the severe asthma microbiome and resistome project in Australia in ... in our understanding of the composition of the airway microbiome in severe asthma and is essential to our future clinical management of ...
Category: Research
One third of the total annual asthma-related health care expenditures may be attributable to asthma related hospitalisations. Even mild asthmatics experience severe exacerbations at a rate of almost one per year and those attacks ... responses directed against RV remains unknown. RV also causes severe lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) in infancy and ...
Category: Research
My research examines the causes and consequences of asthma attacks. As recent events in Melbourne have shown, severe attacks of asthma still kill in Australia and my aim is to understand what happens ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... 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 ... problem and there is no cure available. It is important to know how severe the allergy is because anaphylaxis can occur. We have identified ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... 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 ... Determining that early-life exposure to chlamydia infection induces severe asthma-like disease; Showing that Streptococcus pneumoniae ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... appears to be driving the association between obesity and asthma, and this work has since been replicated by other research ... guidelines for the management of obesity in people with severe asthma, published by the NHMRC Centre of Excellence in Severe Asthma - ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... strategies against future influenza pandemics. Infections in Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) : People with asthma or COPD are highly vulnerable to viral infections, leading to severe symptoms with increased risk of death. I am investigating how ...
Category: News & Articles
... and a pathway that may drive the onset of steroid resistance in severe asthma, which they hope could lead to a clinical treatment ... and a pathway that may drive the onset of steroid resistance in severe asthma, which they hope could lead to a clinical treatment ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... early childhood promote the development of chronic diseases such as asthma, emphysema and diabetes. Understanding how the lung develops and ... infections exacerbate underlying chronic diseases, leading to more severe forms of disease that are resistant to current therapies. ... systems. More recently Dr Starkey has modeled infection-induced severe asthma and emphysema and is identifying strategies for treating ...