Professor Christian Osadnik is Head of Department and Director of Research in the Department of Physiotherapy at Monash University and an honorary Fellow with Monash Lung Sleep Allergy Immunology at Monash Health in Melbourne. Prof. Osadnik's research expertise centres around the optimisation of health outcomes for adults affected by chronic lung disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma through evidence-based, personalised medicine and rehabilitation.

Prof. Osadnik has produced >90 peer-reviewed publications with an increasing annual citation trajectory (>3000 cites total, H-index 28) and presented >50 conference abstracts. He has been awarded >$5.4M in competitive funding as CI from prestigious bodies including MRFF, European Respiratory Society, Lung Foundation Australia, Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation, and European Center for Disease Prevention and Control. Prof. Osadnik is actively involved in numerous advisory groups/committees of organisations such as the Australian Institute for Health and Welfare, European Respiratory Society and the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand.

Prof. Osadnik is the founding Director of ResPIRE - a unique multidisciplinary laboratory supporting early-career clinician-researchers to conduct clinically-relevant respiratory research. More information is available at https://www.respire.melbourne.

- Personalised respiratory medicine and rehabilitation

- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (particularly acute exacerbations)

- Frailty

- Pulmonary rehabilitation

- Physical activity

- Exercise testing

- Health services research

- Research to improve health outcomes for patients admitted to hospital due to acute and chronic respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma

- Physiotherapy management strategies for patients with acute and chronic respiratory diseases

- Pulmonary rehabilitation and restoration of function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

- Director of Research, responsible for co-ordination of research curriculum across Monash University Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) and Doctor of Physiotherapy courses.

- Facilitator/lecturer for cardiorespiratory physiotherapy content

Current service:

- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National Asthma and Other Chronic Respiratory Conditions Monitoring Advisory Group

- Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, Research Sub-Committee

- Cochrane Airways Group, Editor

- European Respiratory Society, College of Experts

Previous service (highlights only):

- Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, Physiotherapy Special Interest Group Convenor

- American Thoracic Society, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Assembly web committee

- Lung Foundation Australia / Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, Australian Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guidelines writing group

- Grant review panel member, Physiotherapy Research Foundation

- Australian Physiotherapy Association, cardiorespiratory scientific committee member for bi-enniel conference

- Australian Physiotherapy Council, clinical assessor for international applicants seeking physiotherapy registration in Australia