Fields of Research

Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
Exercise physiology
Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
Health promotion
Preventative health care
Primary health care
Clinical sciences
Rheumatology and arthritis
Geriatrics and gerontology
Cancer diagnosis
Artificial intelligence
Neurology and neuromuscular diseases
Rehabilitation

Research Objectives

Clinical health
Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions
Prevention of human diseases and conditions
Behaviour and health
Preventive medicine
Health related to ageing
Determinants of health
Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health)
Treatment of human diseases and conditions
Health education and promotion
Efficacy of medications
Health policy evaluation
Exercise
Health status (incl. wellbeing)

Career Best Publications

Exercise central (aortic) blood pressure is predominantly driven by forward traveling waves, not wave reflection; Hypertension
Exercise-induced hypertension, cardiovascular events, and mortality in patients undergoing exercise stress testing: a systematic review and meta-analysis; American Journal of Hypertension

Research Publications

Accuracy of cuff-measured blood pressure: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses; Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Age-dependent changes in blood pressure over consecutive office measurements: impact on hypertension diagnosis and implications for international guidelines; Journal of Hypertension
Ambulatory and central haemodynamics during progressive ascent to high-altitude and associated hypoxia; Journal of Human Hypertension
Aortic reservoir pressure corresponds to cyclic changes in aortic volume: physiological validation in humans; Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
Aortic-to-brachial artery stiffness gradient is not blood pressure independent; Journal of Human Hypertension
Aortic-to-brachial stiffness gradient and kidney function in type 2 diabetes; Journal of Hypertension
Arterial reservoir characteristics and central-to-peripheral blood pressure amplification in the human upper limb; Journal of Hypertension
Association of brachial-cuff excess pressure with carotid intima-media thickness in Australian adults: a cross-sectional study; Journal of Hypertension
Associations and clinical relevance of aortic-brachial artery stiffness mismatch, aortic reservoir function, and central pressure augmentation; American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Associations of reservoir-excess pressure parameters derived from central and peripheral arteries with kidney function; American Journal of Hypertension
Blood pressure during blood collection and the implication for absolute cardiovascular risk assessment; Pulse
Blood pressure response to exercise and cardiovascular disease; Current Hypertension Reports
Brachial and radial systolic blood pressure are not the same: evidence to support the Popeye phenomenon; Hypertension
Brachial-cuff excess pressure is associated with carotid intima-media thickness among Australian children: a cross-sectional population study; Hypertension Research
Cardiorespiratory fitness, fatness, and the acute blood pressure response to exercise in adolescence; Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
Cardiorespiratory fitness, workload, and the blood pressure response to exercise testing; Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
Central Blood Pressure Physiology: A (More) Critical Analysis; American Journal of Hypertension
Central-to-brachial blood pressure amplification in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis; Journal of Human Hypertension
Clarity in validation protocols for central blood pressure devices; Journal of Hypertension
Clinical relevance of exaggerated exercise blood pressure; Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Comparison between cuff-based and invasive systolic blood pressure amplification; Journal of Hypertension
Comparison of Central Blood Pressure Estimated by a Cuff-Based Device With Radial Tonometry; American Journal of Hypertension
Comparison of manual and automated auscultatory blood pressure during graded exercise among people with type 2 diabetes; Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Content and delivery preferences for information to support the management of high blood pressure; Journal of human hypertension
Cuff under pressure for greater accuracy
Determinants of increased central excess pressure in dialysis: role of dialysis modality and arteriovenous fistula; American Journal of Hypertension
Discovery of new blood pressure phenotypes and relation to accuracy of cuff devices used in daily clinical practice; Hypertension
Evaluation of a Brachial Cuff and Suprasystolic Waveform Algorithm Method to Noninvasively Derive Central Blood Pressure; American Journal of Hypertension
Exaggerated blood pressure response to early stages of exercise stress testing and presence of hypertension; Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Excess pressure as an analogue of blood flow velocity; Journal of Hypertension
Exercise blood pressure and cardiac structure: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies; Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Exercise blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies; Journal of hypertension
Exercise central (aortic) blood pressure is predominantly driven by forward traveling waves, not wave reflection; Hypertension
Exercise Hypertension; Pulse
Exercise-induced hypertension, cardiovascular events, and mortality in patients undergoing exercise stress testing: a systematic review and meta-analysis; American Journal of Hypertension
Factors associated with physical activity promotion by allied and other non-medical health professionals: a systematic review; Patient Education and Counseling
Feasibility of a multi-modal exercise program on cognition in older adults with Type 2 diabetes - a pilot randomised controlled trial; BMC Geriatrics
General practitioner perceptions of assessment and reporting of absolute cardiovascular disease risk via pathology services: a qualitative study; Family Practice
General practitioners maintain a focus on blood pressure management rather than absolute cardiovascular disease risk management; Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Identification of the optimal protocol for automated office blood pressure measurement among patients with treated hypertension; American Journal of Hypertension
Identifying Isolated Systolic Hypertension from Upper-Arm Cuff Blood Pressure Compared with Invasive Measurements; Hypertension
Improvement in functional capacity with spironolactone masks the treatment effect on exercise blood pressure; Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Increased excess pressure after creation of an arteriovenous fistula in end stage renal disease; American Journal of Hypertension
Influence of age on upper arm cuff blood pressure measurement; Hypertension
Influence of blood pressure level and age on within-visit blood pressure variability in children and adolescents; European Journal of Pediatrics
Integration of absolute cardiovascular disease risk assessment into routine blood cholesterol testing at pathology services; Family Practice
Intra-arterial analysis of the best calibration methods to estimate aortic blood pressure; Journal of Hypertension
Lifestyle Change Diminishes a Hypertensive Response to Exercise in Type 2 Diabetes; Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Low exercise blood pressure and risk of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality: Systematic review and meta-analysis; Atherosclerosis
Masked hypertension and submaximal exercise blood pressure among adolescents from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC); Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
Masked hypertension is 'unmasked' by low-intensity exercise blood pressure; Blood Pressure
Myocardial perfusion and the J curve association between diastolic blood pressure and mortality; American Journal of Hypertension
Non-invasive measurement of reservoir pressure parameters from brachial-cuff blood pressure waveforms; Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Nonvalidated home blood pressure devices dominate the online marketplace in Australia: major implications for cardiovascular risk management; Hypertension
Optimal automated unobserved office blood pressure protocol: only 6-minutes and two readings may be needed
Out-of-office and central blood pressure for risk stratification: a cross-sectional study in patients treated for hypertension; European Journal of Clinical Investigation
Persistent elevation of central pulse pressure during postural stress in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus; Journal of Human Hypertension
Physical Activity and Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Can MRI Scans Shed More Light on This Issue?; The Physician and Sportsmedicine: A Peer Reviewed Journal of Medical Aspects of Sports, Exercise and Fitness
Physiological and clinical insights from reservoir-excess pressure analysis; Journal of Human Hypertension
Prognostic value of carotid and radial artery reservoir-wave parameters in end-stage renal disease; Journal of the American Heart Association
Reply; Journal of Hypertension
Reproducibility of cardiac output derived by impedance cardiography during postural changes and exercise; Artery Research
Response by Armstrong et al to Letter Regarding Article “Brachial and Radial Systolic Blood Pressure Are Not the Same: Evidence to Support the Popeye Phenomenon”; Hypertension
Response to A New Exercise Central Hemodynamics Paradigm: Time for Reflection or Expansion?; Hypertension
Review of the accuracy of multi-parametric MRI prostate in detecting prostate cancer within a local reporting service; Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology
Self-directed multimedia process for delivering participant informed consent; BMJ Open
Sex differences in blood pressure and potential implications for cardiovascular risk management; Hypertension
Sex differences in the contribution of different physiological systems to physical function in older adults; GeroScience
Stability of left ventricular longitudinal and circumferential deformation over time and standard loading conditions; European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Submaximal exercise blood pressure and cardiovascular structure in adolescence; International Journal of Cardiology
The clinical importance of exercise blood pressure; Artery Research
The identification and management of high blood pressure using exercise blood pressure: current evidence and practical guidance; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The influence of fitness on exercise blood pressure and its association with cardiac structure in adolescence; Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
The influence of SBP amplification on the accuracy of form-factor-derived mean arterial pressure; Journal of Hypertension
Type-2 diabetes and the clinical importance of exaggerated exercise blood pressure; Hypertension
Validation study to determine the accuracy of central blood pressure measurement using the Sphygmocor Xcel cuff device; Hypertension
Validity and reliability of a new method to estimate central blood pressure from the upper arm cuff oscillometric signal; 5th Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) Conference and 7th Sports Dietitians Australia Update: From Research to Practice
Validity and reliability of central blood pressure estimated by upper arm oscillometric cuff pressure; American Journal of Hypertension

Research Projects

A smarter way to measure blood pressure; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Accurate blood pressure with machine learning; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Annual Scientific Meeting for the European Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology, Paris, France, 2011; Heart Foundation (HF)
Assessing the clinical value of exercise stress echocardiography: an EXERcise stress Test collaboratION (EXERTION) study; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Assessing the validity on non-invasive methods to estimate central blood pressure (BP); Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
CArdiac REhabilitation for the Secondary prevention of Stroke (CARESS); Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Collaboration to enhance the clinical application of exercise blood pressure; Heart Foundation (HF)
EXERTION: the EXERcise stress Test collaboratION; National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Improved cardiovascular Disease hEALth service delivery in Australia (the IDEAL study); Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Linking exercise blood pressure to clinical outcomes: the EXERcise stress Test collaboratION (EXERTION) Tasmanian pilot study.; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Power to the treadmill: clinical exercise physiology to improve the detection of high blood pressure; Heart Foundation (HF)
Prevalence and cardiovascular risk associated with exaggerated exercise blood pressure among people with type 2 diabetes; Diabetes Australia Research Program (DARP)
The EXERcise stress Test collaboratION (EXERTION) ; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
The EXERcise stress Test collaboratION - Pilot study; Heart Foundation (HF)
The UNMASK Blood Pressure Study; Heart Foundation (HF)
Aldose Reductase Inhibition for Stabilization of Exercise capacity in Heart Failure (ARISE-HF) A Multicentre, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of AT-001 in Pat
Persistent cardiovascular effects of COVID-19 viral infection trial (PERCEIVE-RCT substudy): A Randomised Controlled Trial of the Role of Optimal Cardioprotection Strategies to Prevent Heart Failure
Risk-guided Disease managEment plan to prevEnt heart failure in patients treated with previous cheMotherapy (REDEEM)

Research Candidate Supervision

Blood pressure variability in hypertension
Clinical Exercise Haemodynamics