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DR LAURA BROWNING



Contact Details

Organization: Physiotherapy
Position: LECTURER LEVEL B
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Physiotherapy La Trobe University 31-Dec-1999
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 09-Aug-2008

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Physiotherapy Association Association Member, Member Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy Australia 01-Dec-1999
Registered Physiotherapy Registration Board Registered Physiotherapist 09-Dec-1999

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy Australia Group, Australian Physiotherapy Association Nicole Turney Memorial Award 15-Aug-2005
Prize Research Week, The Royal Melbourne Hospital Allied Health Prize 04-Jul-2005
Other (Award) Australian Physiotherapy Association 9th National Cardiorespiratory Conference New Investigator Award 03-Oct-2005
Scholarship The University of Melbourne Melbourne Research Scholarship 13-Feb-2005

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Additional Grant and Contract Information

2006 Physiotherapy Research Foundation Grant $4920
Australian Physiotherapy Association
Study title: An investigation of the effectiveness of a mobilisation program in improving outcomes following upper abdominal surgery

2004 Victor Hurley Medical Research Fund $5000
The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne
Study title: The development of a quantitative measure of mobility following upper abdominal surgery

2004 School Research Grant $6790
School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne
Study title: The development of a quantitative measure of mobility following upper abdominal surgery

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Duration of anaesthesia, type of surgery, respiratory co-morbidity, predicted VO2 max and smoking predict postoperative pulmonary complications after upper abdominal surgery: an observational study
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 191-198
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Abdominal Surgery: The Evidence for Physiotherapy Intervention


    Year: 2007
    Book: Recent Advances in Physiotherapy
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(Chichester)
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Journal Articles

  • The quantity of early upright mobilisation performed following upper abdominal surgery is low: an observational study
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Physiotherapy
    Volume: 53
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 47-52
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