School of Biomedical Sciences

I was born and grew up in Tasmania and after finishing school in Launceston, moved to Melbourne to study for my undergraduate science degree at Monash University. I then completed a Master of Education (Human Movement) at the University of Western Australia and came to Wagga Wagga in 1978. I spent two periods in the USA in 1986-7 and 1991-93 where I completed an MSc and PhD in Exercise Physiology at the University of Oregon.

General leisure interests include: most outdoor recreation activities, but especially marathon canoeing, although my previous passion was basketball - both playing and coaching.

 

 

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Teaching

Over the last 30 years I have been involved in teaching at Charles Sturt University (or its predecessors) in a wide range of disciplines and subject areas including introductory sciences, human anatomy and physiology, exercise physiology, medical physiology, human movement, functional anatomy, human nutrition and respiratory science.  I also spent some time teaching at the University of Oregon and at Lane Community College in Oregon, USA.  My teaching has exposed me to a broad spectrum of courses including Respiratory Science, Medical Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, Medical Laboratory Science, Medical Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Nursing, Dental Hygiene, Physical Education, Nutrition and Dietetics, Consumer Affairs and Rehabilitation Counselling.  I have been particularly involved in developing the teaching laboratory for anatomy and physiology, based on preserved specimens, animal dissections, models and audio-visual material including electronic media.  More recently, I have had a major involvement in the development of graduate courses in respiratory science and asthma education as well as the undergraduate pharmacy course at CSU.

 

 

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Current Research

My research interest has been in exercise physiology, particularly muscle metabolism and fatigue, and more recently in the area of measurement of body composition relating to health status, and pulmonary function testing.  I am a member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Sciences (ANZSRS), and the Wagga Asthma Collaborative, a group of health professionals supporting asthma education, prophylaxis and treatment opportunities.

 

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Publications

Hyndman, M., Gibbins, S., and Graham, B. (2008). A comparison of two methods of continuous positive airway pressure to support successful extubation in the preterm infant  Abstract accepted for poster presentation at the 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies’ & Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting to be held May 2-6  in Honolulu.
Graham, B. (2008). Respiratory health effects of crop stubble burning. Oral presentation at the EH Graham Centre workshop on Conservation farming and stubble management initiative planning meeting, February.
Graham B. (2006) Techniques for measuring respiratory dysfunction. Oral presentation at the EH Graham Centre workshop on Benefits and cost of stubble retention vs stubble burning for agriculture, environment and human health, July.
Wallace LA, Graham B, and Swanney MP. (2006). The effect of reducing the time between DL,co tests. Report presented by Lauren Cardno at the ANZSRS Annual Scientific Meeting at Canberra.
Nolan G, Cala S, and Graham B. (2000). The effect of postural loading on respiratory muscle strength in subjects with normal lung function and those with chronic airflow limitation (CAL). Presented by Gary Nolan at the ANZSRS Annual Scientific Meeting at Melbourne in 2000 (Winner of Best Oral Presentation award).
Hansford AM, Rutland J, De Longh RU, Peters MJ, Graham B, Matheson MJ, and Berend N. (1999). FMLP does not impair ciliary beat frequency in CAL. Abstract presented at the ANZSRS Annual Scientific meeting at Canberra.
Pope, RP, RD, Herbert, and JD Kirwan. (1998). Effects of flexibility and stretching on injury risk in army recruits. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, 44:165-172.
Pope RP, Herbert RD, Kirwan JD, Graham BJ. (2000). A randomized trial of pre-exercise stretching for prevention of lower limb injury. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 32(2):271.
Pope RP, Herbert RD, Kirwan JD, Graham BJ.(1999).Predicting Attrition in Basic Military Training. Military Medicine 164(10):710-4.
Pope RP, Herbert RD, Kirwan JD, Graham BJ. (1999) Does pre-exercise muscle stretching prevent injury? Presented by Rob Herbert at the Muscle Symposium at the Australian Institute of Sport, 10 April.

Pope RP, Herbert RD, Kirwan JD and Graham BJ. (1996): A randomised trial to determine whether pre-exercise stretching prevents injury (Extended Abstract).

In: Proceedings of the 1996 National Physiotherapy Congress of the Australian Physiotherapy Association. Brisbane: Australian Physiotherapy Association, (Queensland Branch), pp 192-193.

 

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