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ANZSRS: Oral Session 2

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ANZSRS
Saturday, March 22, 2025
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Hall B

Speaker

Ms Alanna Bodger
Respiratory Scientist
The Prince Charles Hospital

Workload increment equations improve optimal cardiopulmonary test time in congenital heart disease but not heart failure patients.

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Biography

Alanna Bodger received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Exercise Physiology from Queensland University of Technology in 2011 and has been a respiratory scientist at The Prince Charles Hospital for the past 13 years. Alanna has a strong interest in cardiopulmonary exercise testing and in improving clinical practices and procedures.
Mr Vahid Sharifi
Scientist
Austin Hospital

Optimizing Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: Assessing and Enhancing an FEV1-Based Model for Predicting Workload Increments.

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Biography

Vahid Sharifi has worked as a respiratory scientist since 2014, earning his CRFS in 2017 and a master’s in applied analytics in 2022 from the University of Melbourne. He has published studies on pulmonary rehabilitation and spirometry quality in journals such as the Annals of the ATS and BMC Pulmonary.
Mr Ryan Welch
Respiratory Physiologist
Te Whatu Ora Health Te Toka Tumai

Within-subjects comparison of breathing patterns during cycle and treadmill exercise.

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Biography

Ryan is a respiratory physiologist based at Greenlane Clinical Centre in Auckland.
Mr Ryan Welch
Respiratory Physiologist
Te Whatu Ora Health Te Toka Tumai

A longitudinal analysis of tidal expiratory flow limitation and breathing patterns during exercise in adolescents.

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Biography

Ryan is a respiratory physiologist based at Greenlane Clinical Centre in Auckland.
Mr Michael Beaven
PhD Candidate
School of Allied Health / Curtin University

Physiological responses to exercise in adulthood following very preterm birth: a prospective cohort study

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Biography

Mike is a 3rd year PhD candidate with Curtin University, and is based at The Kid's Research Institute Australia under the supervision of Associate Professor Shannon Simpson and Dr Elizabeth Smith. Mike is investigating the physiological responses to exercise in adult survivors of very preterm birth using cardiopulomary exercise testing.
Mr Mahesh Dharmakumara
Respiratory Scientist
The Alfred Hospital

Validity of step ergometry using Alfred Step Exercise Protocol as an equivalent CPET modality to cycle ergometry in Cystic Fibrosis

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Biography

Mahesh is a senior respiratory scientist at the Lung Function Laboratory, The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. Mahesh has a keen interest in sensitive measures of airway function in Asthma including exhaled nitric oxide, oscillometry and multiple-breath nitrogen washout.
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Assoc Prof Leigh Seccombe
Scientific Director
Concord Hospital

Chairperson

Biography

Leigh is the Scientific Director of Respiratory, Sleep and Clinical Trials within the Department of Thoracic Medicine, Concord Hospital and A/Prof for Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney. She is currently the ACI Metropolitan Respiratory Scientist Representative and a contributor to the new ANZSRS credential and ABG sampling standards. Leigh's research interests include environmental and cardiopulmonary physiology.
Lauren Wallace
Respiratory Physiologist
Te Whatu Ora Health Canterbury

Chairperson

Biography

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