TSANZ SIG Orals: Asthma and Allergy (2)
Tracks
Track 5
Monday, March 25, 2024 |
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Meeting Room 6 |
Speaker
Dr Alexandra Brown
Post-doctoral Researcher
University of Newcastle
Altering excess glucose responses directly and via female sex hormone manipulation protects against key features of obese experimental asthma.
8:30 AM - 8:45 AMBiography
Dr Brown is a post-doctoral researcher and respiratory immunologist at the The University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute. Dr Brown's research focuses on investigating the biological mechanisms of high burden respiratory diseases, such as asthma, in order to discover new therapeutic avenues for disease.
Dr Sanjay Farshid
Basic Physician Trainee
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Dr Mei Chan
Research Associate
University of New South Wales
Asthma and susceptibility to COVID-19 in Australian children
9:00 AM - 9:15 AMBiography
Ms Chan is a Research Officer at the School of Clinical Medicine, University of NSW. She completed her PhD in epidemiology in 2017 and has been working on childhood asthma and respiratory research for nearly 7 years.
Ms Claire O'Sullivan
Respiratory Scientist
Northern Health / Alfred Health
Dr Kirsten Murray
Postdoctoral Associate, Clinical Trial Coordinator
University of Newcastle
Consumer- and expert-driven design of digital asthma management platforms.
9:30 AM - 9:45 AMBiography
Dr Kirsten Murray is a Biomedical Engineer and Medical Scientist with a PhD in Medicine. As an early career researcher, she is coordinating the development of a comprehensive DIGITAL solution To Empower Asthma and comorbidity self-Management (DIGITAL TEAM), which will be tested in a national randomized controlled clinical trial.
Dr Alison Watters
Project Manager
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
First Nations people with asthma
9:45 AM - 10:00 AMBiography
Alison Watters is a senior project manager at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. During the last decade, she has gained experience working in the child, youth health, child protection and chronic conditions portfolios. Currently, Alison is responsible for monitoring chronic respiratory conditions (asthma and COPD) using indicator reporting and data linkage for populations of interest.
Dr Richard Kim
Senior Lecturer
University of Technology Sydney
Chairperson
8:30 AM - 10:00 AMBiography
Dr Kimberley Wang
Senior Research Fellow
University of Western Australia
Chairperson
8:30 AM - 10:00 AMBiography
Dr. Wang is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia. Her research interests lies in the fetal origins of respiratory disease whereby her studies are aimed at understanding the links between in utero insults and airway/lung structure-function after birth.