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Research interests
I am a Head of Discipline and Associate Professor in Exercise and Sport Science and Clinical Exercise Physiology at Bond University.
My clinical and research interests focus on improving outcomes for people living with and beyond cancer, specifically:
- lifestyle interventions, including exercise, nutritional, and psychological support to improve the health and wellbeing of people prior to treatment, termed ‘prehabilitation’,
- novel assessments of physical function aimed at identifying people at risk of developing treatment-related complications, and
- implementation of new models of care in cancer.
Since graduating from my PhD in 2017, I have published over 80 peer-reviewed articles, including international guidelines and position statements in cancer care and other lifestyle-related conditions, in high-impact international journals such as CA: a Journal for Clinicians and The Lancet’s eClinicalMedicine. I have also attracted > $11.3 million AUD in research income from Category 1-3 funding streams, and successfully supervised multiple PhD, Masters and honours candidates to completion.
Qualifications
- Clinical Exercise Physiology , PhD in Clinical Exercise Physiology , University of Queensland, Award Date: 20 May 2017
- Clinical Exercise Physiology, Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science (Clinical Exercise Physiology), Honours Class I , University of Queensland, Award Date: 15 Dec 2012
Statement for HDR students
I have several potential projects available, and I am most interested in working with HDR candidates in the following areas:
- prehabilitation,
- exercise oncology,
- cardiopulmonary exercise testing,
- ‘exercise medicine’ for chronic health conditions.