Holland - Respiratory Care group
Respiratory care group
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Key terms | The group | Research aims | Research overview | Research opportunities for students | Participants sought | Current projects | Consumer engagement | Success stories and Awards | Publications
Key terms
Non-medical treatments: Access to care | Asthma | COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) | COVID-19 | Cystic fibrosis| Diagnosis| Exacerbations| Exercise training | Implementation | Interstitial Lung Disease | Non-pharmacological treatment | Oxygen therapy | Patient education | Physical activity | Physiotherapy | Post-COVID-19 rehabilitation | Pulmonary fibrosis | Pulmonary rehabilitation | Respiratory | Self-management | Supportive care | Telerehabilitation
Study design: Clinical trials | Evidence-based practice | Clinical practice guidelines | Mixed methods | Qualitative | Systematic reviews
The group
2023 Respiratory Care group. Back row, L-R: Arwel Jones, Angela Burge, Anthony May, Christie Mellerick, Murilo Rezende, Jaycie Perryman, Eleonor Raper, Adelle Gadowski, Rebecca Disler, Fahrayhansyah M. Front row: Anne Holland, Natasha Smallwood, Yet Khor, Narelle Cox, Mariana Hoffman, Simone Dal Corso, Kathya Fernando, Gabriella Tikellis, Harvika Millenia.
Group leader
Contact details
T: (03) 99030214
E. Anne.holland@monash.edu
Respiratory Research@Alfred
Monash University
Level 6, The Alfred Centre
99 Commercial Road
Melbourne Victoria 3004
Australia
Research aims
Our research aims to improve the lives of people with chronic lung disease through novel non-drug treatments and optimal supportive care.
Research overview
Our work starts with understanding the supportive care needs of people living with lung disease, developing new non-drug treatments, testing these in clinical trials, and then implementing effective treatments into clinical practice. We have a strong focus on pulmonary rehabilitation for people with chronic lung disease. This includes developing new pulmonary rehabilitation models to improve access and uptake (e.g. low-cost home-based rehabilitation and telerehabilitation) and optimising pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with complex needs, such as those with pulmonary fibrosis. Our research builds the evidence underpinning a wide range of non-drug treatments for chronic lung disease including oxygen therapy, self-management, and peer support. We have strong links to the Department of Physiotherapy and Department of Respiratory Medicine at Alfred Health, providing valuable opportunities to embed research into clinical practice.
Our team has produced two, freely available, web-based resources to support clinicians to deliver new models of pulmonary rehabilitation. Check them out here:
Research opportunities for students
Interested in joining our vibrant academic community? Reach out to us today to explore how you can be a part of our research journey. We have projects relating to improving access to rehabilitation care, physiological response to exercise and interpretation of healthcare use datasets, among many others! To find out more about our supervisors click below.
Narelle Cox Leona Dowman Anne Holland
Participants sought - research studies
From hospital to home: Remote exercise testing for pulmonary rehabilitation
Preferences of people with fibrotic interstitial lung disease for....
Towards individualised and equitable care for interstitial lung disease (ILD)
Current projects
Transforming pulmonary rehabilitation to reduce hospital admissions in COPD
Early HomeBase pulmonary rehabilitation after hospital in COPD
PFOX: Pulmonary Fibrosis Ambulatory Oxygen Trial
Consumer engagement
Respiratory Research@ Alfred Consumer Advisory Group recognises the value and importance of partnering with consumers to develop and deliver relevant and impactful research. We are committed to engaging with consumers and the community to be actively involved with our team of researchers to work together to plan, deliver and communicate our research. Find out more about our Community and Researcher Engagement (CaRE).
If you are interested in becoming a member of this group please reach out to sarah.rawlings@monash.edu.
Success stories and awards
See Respiratory Research@Alfred success stories in the Faculty news page and Central Clinical School news blog.
Dean's Research Award for Prof Anne Holland
New Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Monash awarded $3M for trial for PERFORM exercise rehabilitation trial
NHMRC Case Study – Home Pulmonary Rehabilitation
NHMRC Emerging Leader (EL2) Investigator Grant awarded to Dr Narelle Cox
Laxmi Vanza Grant for innovation in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Research award
Recent publications
For a full list of publications, please see Pubmed.