Projects per year
Personal profile
Clinical activities
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
Network
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Improving treatment of sleep disordered breathing in children with Prader-Willi syndrome
Nixon, G., Horne, R., Edwards, B., Downs, J. A., Davey, M., Bergman, P., Wilson, A., Choong, C. S. & Kapur, N.
1/01/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Quality of Life in Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
1/01/21 → 25/01/23
Project: Research
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MIST SMART: Medical Therapy For Sleep-Disordered Breathing In Children: A Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomised Trial
Perrett, K. P. & Nixon, G.
1/06/20 → 31/05/23
Project: Research
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Optimising daytime and cardiovascular function in children with Down syndrome through treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Horne, R., Nixon, G., Walter, L. & Davey, M.
14/02/19 → 11/08/21
Project: Research
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Towards evidenced based surgical planning for paediatric tonsillectomy
Nixon, G., Horne, R., Liew, D. & Davey, M.
8/01/18 → 8/01/21
Project: Research
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Smartphone videos to predict the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea
Thomas, R. J., Dalton, S., Harman, K., Thacker, J., Horne, R. S. C., Davey, M. J. & Nixon, G. M., Feb 2022, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 107, 2, 5 p., 320752.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Adenotonsillectomy for paediatric sleep disordered breathing in Australia and New Zealand
Tran, A. H. L., Horne, R. S. C., Rimmer, J. & Nixon, G. M., Feb 2021, In: Sleep Medicine. 78, p. 101-107 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Children with down syndrome and sleep disordered breathing display impairments in ventilatory control
Siriwardhana, L. S., Nixon, G. M., Davey, M. J., Mann, D. L., Landry, S. A., Edwards, B. A. & Horne, R. S. C., Jan 2021, In: Sleep Medicine. 77, p. 161-169 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Children with Down syndrome and sleep disordered breathing have altered cardiovascular control
Horne, R. S. C., Sakthiakumaran, A., Bassam, A., Thacker, J., Walter, L. M., Davey, M. J. & Nixon, G. M., Oct 2021, In: Pediatric Research. 90, 4, p. 819-825 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Factors associated with referral for polysomnography in children with Down syndrome
Wijayaratne, P. R., Williams, K., Davey, M. J., Horne, R. S. C. & Nixon, G. M., Jun 2021, In: Sleep Medicine. 82, p. 29-36 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Activities
- 2 External HDR Supervision
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Medical Therapy For Sleep-Disordered Breathing In Children
Gillian Nixon (Fellow)
1 Mar 2020 → 1 Mar 2023Activity: External Academic Engagement › External HDR Supervision
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A Social Narrative to Reduce Procedural Anxiety in Children Undergoing Polysomnography: Applicability for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Gillian Nixon (Fellow)
2019 → 2020Activity: External Academic Engagement › External HDR Supervision