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ProfessorKristina Kairaitis

Clinical Professor

Faculty of Medicine and Health

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  • Clinical Professor
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

RESEARCH INTERESTs

  • Interactions between sleep, sleep disorders and cancer
  • Gas exchange in pulmonary diseases
  • Upper airway, sleep and respiratory physiology

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Obstructive sleep apnoea in cancer cohorts: interactions with cancer biology
    ResMed Foundation1 Jan 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wong E,
    • Clarke C,
    • French J,
    • Brand A,
    • Amis T
  • GRANT
    Lung Volume and Sleep Apnoea
    DVC Research1 Jan 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • Kairaitis K
  • GRANT
    Determining sleep phenotypes in cancer cohorts: interactions with cancer biology and impacts on quality of life
    DVC Research1 Jul 2015
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Microvascular and Macrovascular Disease in Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: A Mechanism for Increased Stroke Risk.
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2012
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wheatley J,
    • Lindley R,
    • Amis T,
    • Wang JJ,
    • Kairaitis K
  • GRANT
    Pharyngeal wall folding: role in upper airway collapsibility
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Feb 2011
    People funded by this grant:
    • Kairaitis K
  • GRANT
    Hydrostatic pressure distributions in peri-pharyngeal tissues : impact on upper airway patency
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2007
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bilston L,
    • Kairaitis K,
    • Amis T,
    • Wheatley J,
    • Bilston L