Gillian Nixon
Associate Professor
The Ritchie Centre
Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Australia
Biography
Gillian is a Research Group Head at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research, along with a paediatric respiratory and sleep specialist working in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University as a Senior Research Fellow.
Research Interest
A/Prof Gillian Nixon is a paediatric respiratory and sleep physician. She trained in paediatrics in New Zealand, before undertaking specialty post-graduate training at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne and Montreal Children’s Hospital in Canada. Her current appointments are as a paediatrician in respiratory and sleep medicine at Monash Children’s Hospital and a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University in Melbourne. Her research interests are in the diagnosis and consequences of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in children, treatment of childhood OSA, and sleep-related respiratory disorders in children with other medical conditions.
Publications
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Biggs, S.N., Meltzer, L.J., Tapia, I.E., Traylor, J., Nixon, G.M., Horne, R.S.C., Doyle, L.W., Asztalos, E., Mindell, J.A., Marcus, C.L., 2016, Sleep/ Wake Patterns and Parental Perceptions of Sleep in Children Born Preterm, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine [P], vol 12, issue 5, The American Academy of Sleep Medicine, United States, pp. 711-717.
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Walter, L.M., Biggs, S.N., Nisbet, L., Weichard, A., Hollis, S., Davey, M.J., Anderson, V.A., Nixon, G.M., Horne, R.S.C., 2016, Improved long-term autonomic function following resolution of sleep-disordered breathing in preschool-aged children, Sleep and Breathing [P], vol 20, Springer, Germany, pp. 309-319.
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Toon, E., Davey, M.J., Hollis, S., Nixon, G.M., Horne, R.S.C., Biggs, S.N., 2016, Comparison of Commercial Wrist-Based and Smartphone Accelerometers, Actigraphy, and PSG in a Clinical Cohort of Children and Adolescents, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine [P], vol 12, issue 3, The American Academy of Sleep Medicine, United States, pp. 1-5.
