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Professor

Lynne Bilston


Current Appointments

Senior Principal Research Scientist
NHMRC Senior Research Fellow Conjoint Professor, UNSW Medicine
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From a background in biomechanical engineering, the focus of my research is on how the soft tissues in the human body respond to mechanical loading – both those loads which cause injury and those which are part of normal function. I develop novel methods for measuring biomechanical properties and behaviour of soft tissues in humans, particularly using Magnetic Resonance Imaging and rheometry. I apply these techniques to study mechanisms of traumatic injury, disorders of cerebrospinal fluid flow in the brain and spinal cord, and obstructive sleep apnoea.


Publications

2025 Sep

Wild-type and engineered adeno-associated viral vectors produce comparable opsin expression and light-evoked responses in rat skeletal muscle

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtm.2025.101559

2025, 03 Jul

Child restraint legislation and injury rate NSW 2001–2019: analysing hospital administration data

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2025-045722

2025, 02 May

Chiari malformation does not obstruct cerebrospinal fluid flow during coughs

View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.01.25326708

2025 May

How mandibular and hyoid morphology alters tongue muscle architecture in healthy adults: An anatomical atlas and statistical shape model of the tongue

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.110006

2025, 17 Mar

Acceptability of virtual restraint fitting to extend the reach of child restraint fitting services: A pilot randomized controlled trial

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2024.2394966

2025

A mechanically consistent muscle model shows that the maximum force-generating capacity of muscles is influenced by optimal fascicle length and muscle shape

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2025

Compartmental inspiratory genioglossus electromyographic activity in supine, awake individuals with and without obstructive sleep apnoea

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2025

User-driven instructions reduce errors in child restraint use: A randomised controlled trial in Sydney, Australia

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2024

Australian parental decisions about transitioning children from booster seats in a randomised trial: greater support may be needed

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2024

Current Understanding of the Anatomy, Physiology, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Neurofluids: Update From the 2022 “ISMRM Imaging Neurofluids Study group” Workshop in Rome

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