Karen Waters
Professor
Adolescent Health
University of Sydney
Australia
Biography
Dr.Karen Waters is a Professor of Child and Adolescent Health, The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Research Interest
1. clinical studies in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in children. At present, our main focus is on treatment outcomes, but we continue to evaluate the morbidities associated with OSA in children. 2. SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). Our focus over the past 10 years has been the neuropathology of the brainstem in SIDS and correlations with clinical history, particularly prone sleeping or cigarette smoke exposure. Our focus now is to pursue the associations with cigarette smoke exposure. 3. Respiratory physiology during early development and effects of intermittent (hypercapnic) hypoxia. We use the piglet as a model in the physiology studies of intermittent hypoxia and also in our neuropathology studies
Publications
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Huang, J., Waters, K., Machaalani, R. (2017). Hypoxia and nicotine effects on Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) and its receptor 1 (PAC1) in the developing piglet brainstem. NeuroToxicology, 62, 30-38.
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Pamula, Y., Nixon, G., Edwards, E., Teng, A., Verginis, N., Davey, M., Waters, K., Suresh, S., Twiss, J., Tai, A. (2017). Australasian Sleep Association clinical practice guidelines for performing sleep studies in children. Sleep Medicine, 36, S23-S42.
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Waters, K., Lowe, A., Cooper, P., Vella, S., Selvadurai, H. (2017). A cross-sectional analysis of daytime versus nocturnal polysomnographic respiratory parameters in cystic fibrosis during early adolescence. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 16(2), 250-257.
