How to manage common comorbidities in people with chronic lung disease: adapting pulmonary rehabilitation and other physiotherapy approaches

The Department of Physiotherapy, Monash University is pleased to announce the following upcoming seminar entitled: 

"How to manage common comorbidities in people with chronic lung disease: adapting pulmonary rehabilitation and other physiotherapy approaches"

Dr. Annemarie Lee is a Senior Lecturer at Monash University and research fellow at the Institute for Breathing and Sleep. She has significant expertise in the areas of physiotherapy for people with bronchiectasis and the impact of comorbidities and clinical approaches to optimise their management in chronic respiratory conditions. Annemarie’s research has been informed by clinical and research experience at Alfred Health. She completed her international postdoctoral fellowship in Toronto, Canada in the laboratory of Prof. Dina Brooks and Dr. Roger Goldstein, with a focus on pain and postural changes in COPD and the impact of adjuncts to pulmonary rehabilitation. Annemarie has published 82 articles, 7 book chapters, has presented at national and international conferences in the USA, Canada and Europe and supervised PhD, Masters and Honours students. She is part of the research group of the Australian bronchiectasis registry and is involved in the American Thoracic Society Pulmonary rehabilitation web committee and TSANZ education and training group.