Senior Research Coordinator
PhD, MSc, BSc
Dr Smith is a Respiratory and Sleep Physiologist and Senior Research Co-ordinator within the Children’s Lung Health team at Telethon Kids Institute. She has over 10 years of experience in clinical research, and for the past 3 years has been performing specialist respiratory testing as part of the Western Australian Lung health in Prematurity (WALHIP) follow-up of young adults born preterm.
Dr Smith supervises the Research Respiratory Laboratory at Telethon Kids overseeing reporting, quality assurance and training of internal and external staff & students. In addition to her role in the laboratory, Dr Smith prepares grant submissions. scientific publications, manages team finances & databases and acts as a line manager for junior staff.
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Publications
November 2021
Methods used to evaluate the immediate effects of airway clearance techniques in adults with cystic fibrosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
This review reports on methods used to evaluate airway clearance techniques (ACT) in adults with CF and examined data for evidence of any effect. Sixty-eight studies described ACT in adequate detail and were included in this review.
Cystic Fibrosis Published research Children's Lung Health -
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