Assoc Prof Philip Berger - Researcher Profile

Biography

Philip works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Senior Research Fellow.

Qualifications

PH.D - SCIENCE

Institution: University Of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1974

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (DEGREE WITH HONOURS)

Institution: University Of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1970

Publications

Journal Articles

Sands, S., Edwards, B., Kee, K., Turton, A., Skuza, E., Roebuck, T., O'Driscoll, D., Hamilton, G., Naughton, M., Berger, P., 2011, Loop gain as a means to predict a positive airway pressure suppression of Cheyne-Stokes respiration in patients with heart failure, American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine [P], vol 184, issue 9, American Thoracic Society, United States, pp. 1067-1075.

Nemati, S., Edwards, B.A., Sands, S.A., Berger, P.J., Wellman, A., Verghese, G.C., Malhotra, A., Butler, J.P., 2011, Model-based characterization of ventilatory stability using spontaneous breathing, Journal Of Applied Physiology [P], vol 111, issue 1, American Physiological Society, USA, pp. 55-67.

Joosten, S., Hamza, K., Sands, S., Turton, A., Berger, P., Hamilton, G., 2011, Phenotypes of patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnoea as confirmed by cluster analysis, Respirology [E], vol 17, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 99-107.

Sands, S., Kelly, V.J., Edwards, B.A., Davidson, M., Wilkinson, M.H., Berger, P.J., 2010, A dynamic model for assessing the impact of diffusing capacity on arterial oxygenation during apnea, Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology [P], vol 171, issue 3, Elsevier BV, The Netherlands, pp. 193-200.

Sands, S., Edwards, B.A., Kelly, V.J., Davidson, M., Wilkinson, M.H., Berger, P.J., 2010, A model investigation of the impact of ventilation-perfusion mismatch on oxygenation during apnea in preterm infants, Journal Of Theoretical Biology [P], vol 264, issue 3, Academic Press, UK, pp. 657-662.

Sands, S., Edwards, B.A., Kelly, V.J., Skuza, E.M., Davidson, M., Wilkinson, M.H., Berger, P.J., 2010, Mechanism underlying accelerated arterial oxygen desaturation during recurrent apnea, American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine [P], vol 182, issue 7, American Thoracic Society, USA, pp. 961-969.

Stockx, E.M., Camilleri, P., Skuza, E.M., Churchward, T., Howes, J., Ho, M., McDonald, T., Freezer, N., Hamilton, G.S., Wilkinson, M.H., Berger, P.J., 2010, New acoustic method for detecting upper airway obstruction in patients with sleep apnoea, Respirology [E], vol 15, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, Japan, pp. 326-335.

Kee, K., Sands, S., Edwards, B., Berger, P., Naughton, M., 2010, Positive airway pressure in congesitve heart failure, Sleep Medicine Clinics [P], vol 5, issue 3, WB Saunders Co., United States, pp. 393-405.

Sands, S., Edwards, B.A., Kelly, V.J., Davidson, M., Wilkinson, M.H., Berger, P.J., 2009, A model analysis of arterial oxygen desaturation during apnea in preterm infants, Plos Computational Biology [P], vol 5, issue 12, Public Library of Science, USA, pp. 1-14.

Sands, S., Camilleri, P., Breuer, R., Cambrell, G.K., Alfredson, R.J., Skuza, E.M., Berger, P.J., Wilkinson, M.H., 2009, A novel method for the measurement of mechanical mobility, Journal Of Sound And Vibration [P], vol 320, issue 3, Elsevier Ltd, UK, pp. 559-575.

Edwards, B.A., Sands, S., Feeney, C., Skuza, E.M., Brodecky, V., Wilkinson, M.H., Berger, P.J., 2009, Continuous positive airway pressure reduces loop gain and resolves periodic central apneas in the lamb, Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology [P], vol 168, issue 3, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 239-249.

Edwards, B.A., Sands, S., Skuza, E.M., Brodecky, V., Stockx, E.M., Wilkinson, M.H., Berger, P.J., 2009, Maturation of respiratory control and the propensity for breathing instability in a sheep model, Journal Of Applied Physiology [P], vol 107, issue 5, American Physiological Society, USA, pp. 1463-1471.

Stockx, E.M., Cooke, I.R., Berger, P.J., 2008, In utero model for pharmacologically investigating spontaneous activity during early ontogeny, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, vol 171, issue 1, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 53-59.

Edwards, B.A., Sands, S., Skuza, E.M., Stockx, E.M., Brodecky, V., Wilkinson, M.H., Berger, P.J., 2008, Increased peripheral chemosensitivity via dopaminergic manipulation promotes respiratory instability in lambs, Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, vol 164, issue 3, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 419-428.

Stockx, E.M., Anderson, C.R., Murphy, S.M., Cooke, I.R., Berger, P.J., 2007, A map of the major nuclei of the fetal sheep brainstem, Brain Research Bulletin, vol 71, issue 4, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 355-364.

Stockx, E.M., Pfister, R.E., Kyriakides, M.A., Brodecky, V., Berger, P.J., 2007, Expulsion of liquid from the fetal lung during labour in sheep, Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, vol 157, issue 2-3, Elsevier Science BV, The Netherlands, pp. 403-410.

Wilkinson, M.H., Skuza, E.M., Rennie, G.C., Sands, S., Yiallourou, S., Horne, R.S.C., Berger, P.J., 2007, Postnatal development of periodic breathing cycle duration in term and preterm infants, Pediatric Research, vol 62, issue 3, Int Pediatric Research Foundation Inc, USA, pp. 331-336.

Stockx, E.M., Anderson, C.R., Murphy, S.M., Cooke, I.R., Berger, P.J., 2007, The development of descending projections from the brainstem to the spinal cord in the fetal sheep, BMC Neuroscience, vol 8, issue 40, Biomed Central Ltd, UK, pp. 1-12.

Wilkinson, M.H., Sia, K., Skuza, E.M., Brodecky, V., Berger, P.J., 2005, Impact of changes in inspired oxygen and carbon dioxide on respiratory instability in the lamb, Journal of Applied Physiology, vol 98, issue 2, American Physiological Society, USA, pp. 437-446.

Berger, P.J., Skuza, E.M., Ramsden, C.A., Wilkinson, M.H., 2005, Velocity and attenuation of sound in the isolated fetal lung as it is expanded with air, Journal of Applied Physiology, vol 98, issue 6, American Physiological Society, USA, pp. 2235-2241.

Berger, P.J., Skuza, E.M., Brodecky, V., Wilkinson, M.H., 2002, The ventilatory response to hypoxia, Nature, vol 419, issue 6908, MacMillan Publishers Ltd, London England, p. 686.

Pfister, R.E., Ramsden, C., Neil, H., Kyriakides, M.A., Berger, P.J., 2001, Volume and secretion rate of lung liquid in the final days of gestation and labour in the fetal sheep, Journal of Physiology, vol 535, issue 3, Cambridge University Press, New York NY USA, pp. 889-899.

Berger, P.J., Kyriakides, M.A., Smolich, J.J., Ramsden, C.A., Walker, A.M., 2000, Influence of prenatal adrenaline infusion on arterial blood gases after Caesarean delivery in the lamb, Journal of Physiology, vol 527 issue 2, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 377-385.

Berger, P.J., Skuza, E.A., Brodecky, V., Cranage, S.M., Adamson, T.M., Wilkinson, M.H., 2000, Unusual respiratory response to oxygen in an infrant with repetitive cyanotic episodes, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol 161 issue 6, American Thoracic Society, New York NY USA, pp. 2107-2111.

Pfister, R.E., Ramsden, C.A., Neil, H.L., Kyriakides, M.A., Berger, P.J., 1999, Errors in estimating lung liquid volume in fetal lambs when using radiolabeled serum albumin and blue dextran, Journal of Applied Physiology, vol 87;6, American Physiological Society, Bethesda MD USA, pp. 2366-2374.

Pfister, R.E., Ramsden, C.A., Neil, H.L., Kyriakides, M.A., Berger, P.J., 1999, Errors in estimating lung liquid volume in fetal lambs when using radiolabeled serum albumin and blue dextran, Journal of Applied Physiology, vol 87, Amer Physiological Soc, Bethesda MD USA, pp. 2366-2374.

Berger, P.J., Kyriakides, M.A., Smolich, J.J., Ramsden, C.A., Walker, A.M., 1998, Massive decline in lung liquid before vaginal delivery at term in the fetal lamb, American Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynecology, vol 178, MOSBY-YEAR BOOK, INC, ST LOUIS MO USA, pp. 223-227.

Smolich, J.J., Cox, H.S., Berger, P.J., Walker, A.M., Eisenhofer, G., Esler, M.D., 1997, Left ventricular norepinephrine and epinephrine kinetics at birth in lambs, Circulation Research, vol 81, American Heart Assoc., Dallas USA, pp. 438-447.

Wilkinson, M.H., Berger, P.J., Blanch, N.G., Brodecky, V., Jones, C., 1997, Paradoxical effect of oxygen administration on breathing stability following post-hyperventilation apnoea in lambs, Journal of Physiology, vol 504, Cambridge Uni. Press, UK, pp. 199-209.

Berger, P.J., Kyriakides, M.A., Cooke, I.R., 1997, Supraspinal influence on the development of motor behavior in the fetal lamb, Journal of Neurobiology, vol 33, John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York NY USA, pp. 276-288.

Conference Proceedings

Pfister, R.E., Neil, H.L., Kyriakides, M.A., Ramsden, C.A., Berger, P.J., 1997, Blue dextran binds to the pulmonary epithelium of the ovine fetus, Proceedings of Aust Physiological & Pharmacological Society, Adelaide 29th Sept 1997, Aust. Physiol. & Pharmacological Society, Melbourne Vic Australia, p. 31P.

Pfister, R.E., Neil, H.L., Kyriakides, M.A., Ramsden, C.A., Berger, P.J., 1997, Blue dextran binds to the pulmonary epithelium of the ovine fetus, Proceedings Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society, Adelaide, 28 Sep - 1 Oct 1997, Aust Physiological & Pharmacological Society Inc, Sydney NSW Australia, p. 31P.

Berger, P.J., Kyriakides, M.A., Cooke, I.R., 1997, Correlation between inspiratory bursts in left and right hemidiaphragms in the fetal lamb, Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, USA 25th Oct 1997, Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC USA, p. 2100.

Other

Wilkinson, M., Berger, P., Ramsden, C., 2009, Methods and apparatus for monitoring airways, Great Britain.

Wilkinson, M.H., Ramsden, C.A., Berger, P.J., 2001, Method and Apparatus for Determining Conditions of Biological Tissues.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Clinical and physiological features of obstructive sleep apnoea phenotypes.

Supervisors:

Berger, P (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The effects of prenatal and maternal stress on cardiovascular dysfunction in the newborn.

Supervisors:

Joshi, M (Joint-co), Nold, C (Joint), Berger, P (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Edwards, B.

Program of Study:

Mechanisms underlying periodic breathing during development: insights from loop gain. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Berger, P (Main), Wilkinson, M (Associate).

Student:

Kolosov, A.

Program of Study:

. 2008.

Supervisors:

Goodchild, C (Main), Cooke, I (Associate), Berger, P (External).

Student:

Pfister, R.

Program of Study:

CONTROL OF LUNG LIQUID THROUGHOUT LATE GESTATION AND LABOUR. (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Berger, P (Main).

Student:

Sands, S.

Program of Study:

Mechanisms underlying rapid arterial hypoxaemia during apnea in the preterm infant. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Berger, P (Main), Wilkinson, M (Associate).

Student:

Stockx, E.

Program of Study:

Ontogeny of Supraspinal Control of Spinal Circuits. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Berger, P (Main), Cooke, I (Associate).

Student:

Umapathy, H.

Program of Study:

TBD. 2011.

Supervisors:

Nold, C (Main), Berger, P (Associate), Nold, M (External).