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Dr Nia Luxton Name: Dr Nia Luxton
Senior Lecturer (Physiotherapy)
Phone
+612 9739 2742
Organisational Area
Faculty of Health Sciences
Department
School of Allied Health (NSW)
Location
North Sydney
Caroline Chisholm House(Bldg.533 - 33 Berry Street, North Sydney NSW 2060)-Level 6-Room6.03A
Biographical Information

Nia is a Senior Lecturer at ACU, a Senior Physiotherapist and a Titled Member of the APA. Her areas of interest and expertise are digital health, prevention and cessation of tobacco and e-cigarettes, and health policy. Her qualifications include PhD (Psychology), MAppSc (Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy), GCHE (Higher Ed), and BSc Hons Physiotherapy. She has postgraduate qualifications in Digital Health Essentials: enhancing multidisciplinary patient care, health policy and is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Nia is a member of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health, Board member and education officer of SRNT-Oceania Chapter, member of TSANZ  (education and tobacco SIGs), Cardiac Society of CSANZ and AHPRA. Nia is a recently elected member (Education Committee) of Long COVID Physio, an international peer support, education & advocacy patient-led association of Physiotherapists living with Long COVID & allies.

 

Publications

Doumit M, Cox A, Butler J, Luxton NA, Jaffe A, Chuang S. Parent-Collected Oropharyngeal Swabs in Cystic Fibrosis. Pediatrics. 2021 Dec 1148(6). 

Cox NS, Lahham A, McDonald CF, Mahal A, O'Halloran P, Hepworth G, Spencer L, McNamara RJ, Bondarenko J, Macdonald H, Gavin, S...Luxton NA...Holland AE. Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation early after hospitalisation in COPD (early HomeBase): protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2021 Nov 18(1):e001107. 

Luxton NA, Redfern J. The role of physiotherapists in smoking cessation. J Physiother. 2020 Oct66(4):207-210. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2020.09.007 

Luxton NA et al. Smoking cessation care in cardiothoracic surgery: A qualitative study exploring the views of Australian clinicians. Heart, Lung Circ. 2018 May. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.04.293 

Luxton NA, Shih P, Rahman MA. Electronic cigarettes and smoking cessation in the perioperative period of cardiothoracic surgery: views of Australian clinicians. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 2018 Nov15(11):2481. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15112481. 

Luxton NA, Shih P, Rahman MA, Adams R, MacKenzie R. Use of electronic cigarettes in the perioperative period: A mixed-method study exploring perceptions of cardiothoracic patients in Australia. Tob Induc Dis. 201816. https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/98957 

Holland AE, Hill K, Alison JA, Luxton NA, Mackey M, Hill CJ and Jenkins SC. Estimating peak work rate during incremental cycle ergometry from the 6-minute walk distance: Differences between reference equations. Respiration. 2011. 81, 124-128. doi: 10.1159/000308464. 

Luxton NA et al. Relationship between field walking tests and incremental cycle ergometry in COPD. Respirology 2008. 13(6), 856-862. doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01355.x 

Zainuldin MR, Knoke D, Mackey MG, Luxton NA, Alison JA. (2007). Prescribing cycle training intensity from the six-minute walk test for patients with COPD. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 7:9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2466-7-9 

Professional Memberships

2023- present   Inaugural ECR Fellow Physiotherapy Research Foundation Grant Review Committee

2023-present    EMCR Community of Practice Steering Committee (ECR member), Lung Foundation

2023-present    Member of Australasian Institute of Digital Health

2022-present    Oceania Member of Education Division Stakeholder Group, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT)

2022-present    Member of Tobacco-related Clinical Advice Working Party, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ)

2021-present    Member of Prevention Education and Research Unit (PERU) E-cigarette Advisory Committee

2021-present    National Assessor for Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) Titling Pathway

2020-present    Member of Advisory Conference Committee for National APA Conference

2020-present    Member of Advisory Committee for Cancer Institute NSW/Ministry of Health Smoking Cessation Training

2021-2023        Member of Research Standards Committee, TSANZ

2020-present    Member of Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

 

 

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