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Personal profile
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I am a paediatric respiratory and sleep physician with a 50% research appointment and 50% clinical practice. My clinical practice at Monash Children’s Hospital is centered on the management of children with respiratory and sleep disorders, placing me in an ideal situation to both raise clinical questions for research and to translate research into practice directly. My academic appointment is in the Department of Paediatrics, Monash University. I am also the Head of Paediatric Sleep Research in the Melbourne Children’s Sleep Centre. My research is focussed on improvements in the diagnostic and treatment pathway for snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea in children, including developing simplified diagnostic tools and driving improvements in evidence-based treatment pathways. I have built cross-disciplinary collaborations and work with state government on related quality improvement projects regarding the management of the large number of children with snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea, a condition with significant negative effects on learning and development.
Research area keywords
- Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
- Children
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
- Oximetry
- Screening Tests
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Projects
Towards evidenced based surgical planning for paediatric tonsillectomy
Nixon, G., Horne, R., Liew, D. & Davey, M.
8/01/18 → 8/01/21
Project: Research
Optimal management of children with obstructive sleep apnoea
National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
1/01/16 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
The Daytime impacts of obstructive sleep apnoea in children with Down Syndrome
1/04/15 → 30/04/16
Project: Research
What role do cerebral hypoxia and sleep disruption play in the neurocognitive effects of paediatric sleep disordered breathing?
Horne, R., Biggs, S., Davey, M., Nixon, G. & Walter, L.
National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
1/01/14 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Research Output
Assessing ventilatory control stability in children with and without an elevated central apnoea index
Harman, K., Weichard, A. J., Davey, M. J., Horne, R. S. C., Nixon, G. M. & Edwards, B. A., Feb 2020, In : Respirology. 25, 2, p. 214-220 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Journey towards a personalised medicine approach for OSA: Can a similar approach to adult OSA be applied to paediatric OSA?
Siriwardhana, L. S., Nixon, G. M., Horne, R. S. C. & Edwards, B. A., 14 Feb 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Paediatric Respiratory Reviews. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Role of ventilatory control instability in children with sleep-disordered breathing
Siriwardhana, L. S., Weichard, A., Nixon, G. M., Davey, M. J., Walter, L. M., Edwards, B. A. & Horne, R. S. C., 2 Apr 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Respirology. 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Age and autonomic control, but not cerebral oxygenation, are significant determinants of EEG spectral power in children
Walter, L. M., Tamanyan, K., Weichard, A. J., Biggs, S. N., Davey, M. J., Nixon, G. M. & Horne, R. S. C., 6 Sep 2019, In : Sleep. 42, 9, 11 p., zsz118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Citations
(Scopus)
An epidemiological study of paediatric adenotonsillectomy in Victoria, Australia, 2010-2015: Changing indications and lack of effect of hospital volume on inter-hospital transfers
Tran, A. H. L., Horne, R. S. C., Liew, D., Rimmer, J. & Nixon, G. M., Nov 2019, In : Clinical Otolaryngology. 44, 6, p. 1037-1044 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Activities
- 1 External HDR Supervision
A Social Narrative to Reduce Procedural Anxiety in Children Undergoing Polysomnography: Applicability for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Gillian Nixon (Fellow)
2019 → 2020
Activity: External Academic Engagement › External HDR Supervision