TSANZ SIG Orals: Asthma and Allergy (3)
Tracks
Track 4
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Meeting Room 6 |
Speaker
Mr John Harrington
Clinical Nurse Consultant
John Hunter Hospital
The Severe Asthma Monoclonal ANtibody THerapy and Assessment Programme (SAMANTHA)
8:30 AM - 8:45 AMBiography
John is the CNC for Airway Disease at the JHH developing a multi-disciplinary approach to airway disease focusing on new models of care for COPD & asthma. John is a Professional Member for the NMC, the Co-chair of the ACI Respiratory Network, convener for TSANZ Nursing SIG and HMRI Affiliate.
Dr N Sabrina Idrose
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Melbourne
Smokers with asthma/hayfever have lower post-bronchodilator lung function during the pollen season
8:45 AM - 9:00 AMBiography
Dr Nur Sabrina Idrose is an early career Research Fellow in evironmental epidemiology, at the Allergy and Lung Health Unit, University of Melbourne. Idrose’s research focuses on the impacts of aeroallergen exposures on health including respiratory diseases.
Dr Lisa Jurak
Research officer
The Prince Charles Hospital
Predicting future exacerbation in uncontrolled asthma: A discovery/validation approach using large-scale clinical proteomics
9:00 AM - 9:15 AMBiography
Lisa completed her PhD in 2023 at the University of Queesland in the field of clinical proteomics and severe asthma. She has a special interest in the field of multi-omics, data science and the opportunities it offers when understanding respiratory diseases.
Prof Helen Reddel
Research Leader
Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Usage of biologic therapies for severe asthma from a nationally representative population survey
9:15 AM - 9:30 AMBiography
Professor Reddel is Director of the Australian Centre for Airways disease Monitoring (ACAM) at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, and a respiratory physician at RPAH. Her research includes population monitoring of asthma and COPD, clinical studies investigating diagnosis and management of airways disease, and qualitative research about patient perspectives.
Dr Dennis Thomas
Research Fellow
University of New Castle
Azithromycin induced asthma remission: Secondary analysis of a placebo-controlled RCT.
9:30 AM - 9:45 AMBiography
Dr Dennis Thomas is a Research Fellow at the Hunter Medical Research Institute, The University of Newcastle. He completed his PhD from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University. His research focuses on asthma remission, digital asthma care, treatable traits model of care and oral corticosteroid and macrolide antibiotics stewardship in obstructive airway diseases.
Dr Peter Noble
University Academic
University of Western Australia
Bronchoscopic polarisation-sensitive optical coherence tomography for airway smooth muscle remodelling
9:45 AM - 10:00 AMBiography
Associate Professor Peter Noble is a teaching research-academic at The University of Western Australia who has made major contributions to research into airway structure and function. Peter leads a productive research team at UWA with which he has developed a new imaging technique to quantify airway smooth muscle in patients.
Assoc Prof Adam Collison
A/Prof Paediatrics And Child Health
1Asthma and Breathing Program / Hunter Medical Research Institute / University of Newcastle
Chairperson
8:30 AM - 10:00 AMBiography
Dr Chantal Donovan
Senior Lecturer
University of Technology Sydney
Chairperson
8:30 AM - 10:00 AMBiography
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