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Lynne Bilston
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A/Prof
Lynne E. Bilston, B.E.(Mech)(Hons), M.S.E., PhD |
Personal history
From a background in biomechanical engineering, the focus
of my research is on how the nervous system responds to mechanical
loading - both those loads which cause injury and those which
are part of normal function. Our approach spans the range
from the whole body through individual tissues, and down to
a molecular scale - integrating the data to gain an understanding
of the detailed mechanisms of nervous system injury.
Current Appointment
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, POWMRI
Conjoint Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW
Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Aerospace Mechanical and
Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney
Honorary Research Fellow, Children’s Hospital at Westmead
Current Projects
Child Injury Project - We are studying
the injury mechanisms for child occupants in car crashes,
and determining how to prevent these injuries by improved
restraint design and correct usage.
Magnetic Resonance Elastography - we are
using a new MRI technique to measure mechanical properties of
the brain, muscles and other tissues.
Effects of mechanical loads on the
nervous system - We are studying mechanisms of injury and
abnormal function in nervous tissue as a result of mechanical
forces, from spinal cord & peripheral nerve injury
to chronic CNS disease such as syringomyelia and hydrocephalus.
Research Staff
Dr Julie Brown, SRO Child Injury Project
Dr Michael Green,
Magnetic Resonance Elastography
Dr Shaokoon Cheng,
Magnetic Resonance Elastography
Dr Elizabeth Clarke
RO
Research Students
Eric Han PhD 2006
Neurophysiology of
peripheral nerves under mechanical loading in normal humans and
carpal tunnel syndrome patients
Jason Amatoury PhD
2006
Biomechanical
modelling of sleep apnea
Liz Brown PhD 2007
Compliance and
neuromuscular activation of the upper airway in sleep
apnoea pre and post treatment versus normal subjects
Maoyi Tian PhD 2007
Biomechanics of
passive muscles
Justin Pack BE 2007
Child restraint
Misuse
Key Publications
Amanat N,
Brown R ,Bilston LE, Little DG, A single systemic dose
of pamidronate improves bone mineral content and accelerates
restoration of strength in a rat model of fracture repair,
Journal of Orthopaedic Research 23:1029-1034, 2005
Bilston
LE, Brown J, Kelly P,
Improved protection for children in forward facing restraints
during side impacts, Traffic Injury Prevention,
6:135-146, 2005
Fiford RJ,
Bilston LE, The mechanical properties of rat spinal cord in
vitro, Journal of Biomechanics, 38:1509-1515, 2005
Huot M,
Brown J, Kelly P, Bilston LE,
Effectiveness
of high back belt positioning booster seats in side impacts,
Traffic Injury Prevention, 6:147-155, 2005
Fiford RJ, Lu J, Waite P and Bilston LE, A vertebral dislocation model of spinal cord injury
in rats, in press, Journal of Neurotrauma,
21:451-458,
2004
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