TSANZ SIG Orals: Asthma & Allergy 3
Tracks
TSANZ Orals
Monday, March 24, 2025 |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Riverbank 1 |
Speaker
Miss Paige Dent
PhD Student
University of Newcastle
Atopic diseases are associated with neurodevelopmental conditions in children 7 years and under
8:30 AM - 8:45 AMBiography
Paige is a PhD student from the University of Newcastle. Paige's main focus is on the relationship between atopic diseases and neurodevelopmental conditions in children.
Dr Rebecca McLoughlin
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Newcastle
Patient-physician concordance regarding the importance of severe asthma treatable traits
8:45 AM - 9:00 AMBiography
Dr. Rebecca McLoughlin is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Newcastle. A primary research goal of Dr. McLoughlin's is to conduct high quality research that is directly translatable into clinical practice, to improve the management of people with obstructive airway diseases.
Dr Donna-Marie Palakiko
Assistant Professor
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Health disparities in Aboriginal people with asthma
9:00 AM - 9:15 AMBiography
Donna-Marie Palakiko, PhD, RN, APRN is a Native Hawaiian mother, health strategist, community-based researcher, and nurse. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing. Her program of research is to address social and cultural determinants of health among Indigenous and underserved communities through culturally safe health interventions and building a culturally mindful health workforce to serve in underserved areas.
Dr Belinda Cochrane
Respiratory And Sleep Physician
Campbelltown Hospital
Adopting Australian asthma handbook's option A could reduce carbon footprint
9:15 AM - 9:30 AMBiography
Belinda Cochrane is Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Physician at Macarthur Health and Conjoint Professor with Western Sydney University. She is reviewer for the COPD-X Guidelines Committee contributing to the section about cardiovascular disease. Her main research interests include models of care for COPD, breathlessness and inhaler device capability.
Dr Hayley Scott
Lecturer In Nutritional Biochemistry
University of Newcastle
Vigorous-intensity exercise associates with reduced dietary inflammatory potential in asthma
9:30 AM - 9:45 AMBiography
Dr Hayley Scott is a Lecturer in Nutritional Biochemistry and Accredited Practising Dietitian, at the University of Newcastle. Her research program is focused on determining the impact of obesity, nutrition, physical activity, sex hormones and metabolic dysregulation on respiratory disease outcomes, and to establish the mechanisms responsible for these effects.
Dr James Gunning
Registrar
Mater Hospital
Asthma with metabolic syndrome is associated with worse lung function and asthma control
9:45 AM - 10:00 AMBiography
James Gunning is a respiratory advanced trainee from Queensland. He completed his physician exams at the Mater Hospital in 2024 before commencing advanced training in respiratory medicine at Greenslopes Hospital in 2025. His interests at this point are broad within the respiratory world and include asthma’
Dr Alexandra Brown
Post-doctoral Researcher
University of Newcastle
Chairperson
Biography
Dr Brown is a respiratory immunologist at the The University of Newcastle (UoN) and the Immune Health Program at the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI). Dr Brown's research focuses on investigating high burden respiratory diseases, particularly alterations in nutrient metabolism in asthmatic disease, aiming to create a greater understanding of the pathogenesis of respiratory disease to discover novel therapeutic targets.
Dr Jonathan Pham
Respiratory Physician
The Alfred Hospital
Chairperson
Biography
Dr. Jonathan Pham is a respiratory physician and allergist at the Alfred Hospital, where he leads the Complex Airways Clinic. His research interests includes the impact ethnicity and comorbidities in asthma/atopy. He leads the PREPARE project, a multidisciplinary research program investigating the relationship between environmental allergens, immunology and clinical outcomes.
