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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

2024, 03 Jul

The effects of postural support padding modifications to child restraints for children with disability on crash protection

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2024.2334400

2024, 21 Feb

Modifications to Child Restraints for Children With Disabilities – Experiences of Australian Caregivers and Health Professionals

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.33492/JRS-D-24-1-2126682

2023, 11 Dec

Direct optogenetic activation of upper airway muscles in an acute model of upper airway hypotonia mimicking sleep onset

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsad226

2023 Sep

A novel method to quantify perivascular space enlargement near the syrinx in a rodent model of post-traumatic syringomyelia.

View full journal-article on http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37700036

2023 Aug

Differences in participant characteristics and observed child restraint use between population-based and restraint fitting service samples.

View full journal-article on http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37585680

2023 Jun

Aquaporin-4 expression and modulation in a rat model of post-traumatic syringomyelia.

View full journal-article on http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37316571

2023 May

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

View full journal-article on http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37141288

2023 May

Optogenetic Control of Muscles: Potential Uses and Limitations.

View full journal-article on http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37029800

2023 May

Strain-dependent shear properties of human adipose tissue in vivo.

View full journal-article on http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/37276651

2023 Feb

Ex vivo bovine liver nonlinear viscoelastic properties: MR elastography and rheological measurements

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105638