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Karen Peebles is a Senior Lecturer (Teaching and Leadership) in the Department of Health Sciences at Macquarie University, Australia. With over 20 years of combined clinical and academic experience, she specializes in cardiopulmonary physiotherapy and in vivo physiological research focusing on respiratory-cardiovascular interactions in health and disease. Her work has been published in high-impact international physiology journals.
- Biography highlights
- 15+ years of research outputs
- Active in teaching award initiatives
Research interests include:
- Dynamic cerebral autoregulation and stroke risk mechanisms
- Orthostatic intolerance in hypermobility disorders
- Baroreflex function and vascular stiffness
- Cardiorespiratory interactions in human models
- Muscle reflex control post-spinal injury
- Lymphedema assessment techniques
Recent publications focus on interarm blood pressure variability, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, and hypermobility disorder epidemiology. Teaching awards include:
- 2023 Excellence in Education - Rising Star
- 2023 Learning & Teaching Award (Inclusive Teaching)
- 2018 Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor’s Citation
Active in organizing Macquarie University Research Symposia for Medical Doctorate and Physiotherapy programs since 2022.
