Dr Brenda M. Button, Lecturer, School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne
Dr Brenda Button who completed a PhD at the University of Melbourne in 1999 is a part-time lecturer at the School of Physiotherapy. She supervises post-graduate students and research projects. She is also a senior clinician physiotherapist in the Department of Respiratory Medicine at the Alfred Hospital and an Honorary physiotherapist at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. She has significant experience in the use and teaching of modern airway clearance techniques in infants, children and adults with suppurative lung disease gained in Europe and North America. Brenda has been invited to present numerous papers and teach post-graduate courses in Europe, the United Kingdom, North and South America and South Africa. For further information relating to research and peer reviewed publications please go to the cardio-respiratory physiotherapy website.
Contact details:
- Telephone: +613 9276 2000 Pager 461
- Email form: click to contact
Teaching Responsibilities:
- cardio-respiratory physiotherapy
- practical workshops on modern airway clearance techniques
Field of Expertise:
- chronic suppurative lung disease including:
- cystic fibrosis
- bronchiectasis
- COPD
- asthma
- post lung transplantation
Research Interests:
- the relationship of gastro-oesophageal reflux, chronic lung disease and airway clearance techniques in infants, children and adults
- the prevalence and treatment of urinary incontinence in women with CF and COPD;
- the effects of positive expiratory pressure therapy post lung transplantation
- the applicability of different exercise field tests in patients with cystic fibrosis including the externally paced 3 minute step test, the 6 minute walk test and the modified shuttle test
Community Association:
- chairperson of the International Physiotherapy Group for Cystic Fibrosis
- Member of the Scientific Committee for the European Cystic Fibrosis Society Conference
- Member of the Expert Advisory Committee of Cystic Fibrosis Victoria