Dr Kylie Johnston is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia. Kylie's research, teaching, supervision and industry engagement are focussed on cardiorespiratory physiotherapy practice. Prior to academic appointment, Kylie had over 20 years of clinical experience in diverse fields of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy, from adult and paediatric intensive care units to rehabilitation in chronic lung conditions. Her PhD was awarded by Curtin University.
Appointed to UniSA in 2011, Kylie was awarded an NHMRC Translating Research Into Practice Fellowship in 2011-12 and a Churchill Fellowship in 2016-17. Kylie's research reflects her clinical focus on real-life issues for... Read more
About me
Dr Kylie Johnston is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia. Kylie's research, teaching, supervision and industry engagement are focussed on cardiorespiratory physiotherapy practice. Prior to academic appointment, Kylie had over 20 years of clinical experience in diverse fields of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy, from adult and paediatric intensive care units to rehabilitation in chronic lung conditions. Her PhD was awarded by Curtin University.
Appointed to UniSA in 2011, Kylie was awarded an NHMRC Translating Research Into Practice Fellowship in 2011-12 and a Churchill Fellowship in 2016-17. Kylie's research reflects her clinical focus on real-life issues for people with lung conditions: implementation of pulmonary rehabilitation; keeping active and mobile; improving care between hospital and home; managing the troubling symptom of breathlessness. This work is facilitated locally by her active research partnerships with physiotherapy and respiratory medicine clinicians in Central, Northern and Southern Adelaide Local Health Networks.
Commended by the University Curriculum Innovation Review Panel in 2015 for consistent outstanding performance, Kylie is recognised as a clear, engaging, passionate and approachable educator in Acute Care Physiotherapy at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. She is a supportive supervisor of Masters by Research and PhD students and welcomes new opportunities to supervise research in her fields of interest and expertise as part of a supervisory team.
Kylie is an active member of Lung Foundation Australia, SA State Representative for the Lung Foundation Pulmonary Rehabilitation Forum, an Associate Editor of BMC Health Services Research and active reviewer to multiple top tier respiratory medicine journals.
About me
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Curtin University
Bachelor of Applied Science (Physio) University of South Australia
In 2019 I am leading the project Translating Evidence-based Chronic Breathlessness Intervention Services to South Australia, which has received one-year funding through approved disbursements from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Rapid Applied Research Translation Program, as part of the work being undertaken by Health Translation SA.
I am delighted to have been awarded a Churchill Fellowship by The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust for travel to the UK and Canada in 2017 to research new methods to manage chronic breathlessness using non-drug interventions.
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
The long term rate of change of lung function in South Australian Metropolitan Fire Fighters, South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service, 08/02/2016 - 15/01/2019
Respiratory health in adult children of people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Physiotherapy Research Foundation, 01/09/2016 - 31/05/2018
Implementing care coordination plus early rehabilitation in high-risk chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients in transition from hospital to primary care, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute: Centre for Research Excellence, 01/10/2013 - 30/07/2014
RAH foundation grant-sedentary copd, Central Adelaide Local Health Network Incorporated, 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2013
CRG SafeWork SA. Guiding principles to prevent and address PTSD related to workplace trauma: a systematic review, Safework SA, 10/12/2009 - 31/12/2012
Implementation of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD (IMPRove COPD), NHMRC - TRIP Fellowship, 01/10/2010 - 31/10/2012
Research
Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
3
3
|
| 2018 |
Open access
1
15
|
| 2017 |
Open access
34
30
55
|
| 2017 |
Open access
5
3
39
|
| 2017 |
4
2
3
|
| 2017 |
Open access
3
|
| 2017 |
Open access
1
17
|
| 2017 |
Open access
3
1
3
|
| 2017 |
Open access
2
|
| 2017 |
Open access
4
3
16
|
| 2016 |
Open access
1
1
|
| 2014 |
2
2
2
|
| 2014 |
Open access
9
9
4
|
| 2014 |
Open access
29
28
5
|
| 2013 |
13
10
1
|
| 2013 |
11
10
7
|
| 2013 |
42
37
|
| 2013 |
Open access
53
49
13
|
| 2012 |
Open access
18
1
|
| 2012 |
39
41
4
|
| 2011 |
Open access
1
|
| 2011 |
Open access
35
22
1
|
| 2010 |
7
6
1
|
| 2010 |
47
43
|
| 2010 |
21
19
6
|
| 2010 |
Open access
22
|
| 2010 |
13
|
Research
In 2019 I am leading the project Translating Evidence-based Chronic Breathlessness Intervention Services to South Australia, which has received one-year funding through approved disbursements from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Rapid Applied Research Translation Program, as part of the work being undertaken by Health Translation SA.
I am delighted to have been awarded a Churchill Fellowship by The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust for travel to the UK and Canada in 2017 to research new methods to manage chronic breathlessness using non-drug interventions.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Activinsights | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Central Northern Adelaide Health Service | AUSTRALIA |
| Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
| Massey University | NEW ZEALAND |
| Prince of Wales Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| Princess Margaret Hospital for Children | AUSTRALIA |
| Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre | NETHERLANDS |
| Repatriation General Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| South Australian Ambulance Service | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Exeter | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Associate MemberThoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Physiotherapy Association |
2017 |
MemberLung Foundation Australia |
2017 |
Registered physiotherapistAustralian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency |
2017 |
FellowshipChurchill Fellowship |
2016 |
TRIP Fellowship formerly NICS FellowshipNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) |
2010 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Blood flow restriction with neuromuscular stimulation as a novel strategy to improveexercise capacity in people with COPD | Current |
| Breathlessness in people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) being managed with renal replacement therapies | Current |
| Evaluation of a physiotherapy led airway clearance program on hospital admission and reinfection rates. | Current |
| The long-term rate of change in lung function of South Australian metropolitan firefighters | Current |
| The role of common medical language in shaping breathlessness beliefs and expectations in people living with chronic breathlessness. | Current |
| Offspring of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): intergenerational and life course influence on respiratory impairment | Completed |
