Ms Melissa Siew - Researcher Profile

Biography

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

Qualifications

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE (HONS)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2006

BACHELOR OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2005

Publications

Journal Articles

van Vonderen, J.J., Siew, M.L., Hooper, S.B., de Boer, M.A., Walther, F.J., Te Pas, A.B., 2012, Effects of naloxone on the breathing pattern of a newborn exposed to maternal opiates, Acta Paediatrica [P], vol 101, issue 7, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. e309-e312.

Thurgood, J.B., Hooper, S.B., Siew, M.L., Wallace, M.J., Dubsky, S.E., Kitchen, M.J., Jamison, R.A., Carnibella, R., Fouras, A., 2012, Functional Lung Imaging during HFV in Preterm Rabbits, PLoS ONE [P], vol 7, issue 10, Public Library Science, San Francisco CA USA, pp. 1-7.

Hooper, S.B., Kitchen, M.J., Fouras, A., Wallace, M.J., Dubsky, S., Siu, K.K.W., Siew, M.L., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Lewis, R.A., 2011, Combined lung imaging and respiratory physiology research at SPring-8, Synchrotron Radiation News [P], vol 24, issue 2, Taylor & Francis Ltd, UK, pp. 19-23.

Siew, M., Te Pas, A., Wallace, M., Kitchen, M., Islam, M., Lewis, R., Fouras, A., Morley, C., Davis, P., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Hooper, S., 2011, Surfactant increases the uniformity of lung aeration at birth in ventilated preterm rabbits, Pediatric Research [P], vol 70, issue 1, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 50-55.

Te Pas, A.B., Siew, M.L., Wallace, M.J., Kitchen, M.J., Fouras, A., Lewis, R., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Donath, S., Davis, P.G., Morley, C.J., Hooper, S.B., 2009, Effect of sustained inflation length on establishing functional residual capacity at birth in ventilated premature rabbits, Pediatric Research [P], vol 66, issue 3, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, pp. 295-300.

Te Pas, A.B., Siew, M.L., Wallace, M.J., Kitchen, M.J., Fouras, A., Lewis, R.A., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Donath, S., Davis, P.G., Morley, C.J., Hooper, S.B., 2009, Establishing functional residual capacity at birth: The effect of sustained inflation and positive end-expiratory pressure in a preterm rabbit model, Pediatric Research [P], vol 65, issue 5, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, pp. 537-541.

Hooper, S.B., Kitchen, M.J., Siew, M.L., Lewis, R.A., Fouras, A., te Pas, A.B., Siu, K.K.W., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Wallace, M.J., 2009, Imaging lung aeration and lung liquid clearance at birth using phase contrast x-ray imaging, Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology, vol 36, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 117-125.

Siew, M.L., Wallace, M.J., Kitchen, M.J., Lewis, R.A., Fouras, A., te Pas, A.B., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Siu, K.K.W., Hooper, S.B., 2009, Inspiration regulates the rate and temporal pattern of lung liquid clearance and lung aeration at birth, Journal of Applied Physiology, vol 106, issue 6, American Physiological Society, USA, pp. 1888-1895.

Siew, M.L., te Pas, A.B., Wallace, M.J., Kitchen, M.J., Lewis, R.A., Fouras, A., Morley, C.J., Davis, P.G., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Hooper, S.B., 2009, Positive end-expiratory pressure enhances development of a functional residual capacity in preterm rabbits ventilated from birth, Journal of Applied Physiology, vol 106, issue 5, American Physiological Society, USA, pp. 1487-1493.

Kitchen, M.J., Lewis, R., Morgan, M.J., Wallace, M.J., Siew, M.L., Siu, K.K.W., Habib, A., Fouras, A., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Hooper, S.B., 2008, Dynamic measures of regional lung air volume using phase contrast x-ray imaging, Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol 53, issue 21, Institute of Physics Publishing, UK, pp. 6065-6077.

Kitchen, M.J., Pavlov, K.M., Hooper, S.B., Vine, D.J., Siu, K.K.W., Wallace, M.J., Siew, M.L., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Lewis, R., 2008, Simultaneous acquisition of dual analyser-based phase contrast x-ray images for small animal imaging, European Journal of Radiology, vol 68, Elsevier, Ireland, pp. 49-53.

Hooper, S.B., Kitchen, M.J., Wallace, M.J., Yagi, N., Uesugi, K., Morgan, M.J., Hall, C.J., Siu, K.K.W., Williams, I.M., Siew, M.L., Irvine, S.C., Pavlov, K.M., Lewis, R., 2007, Imaging lung aeration and lung liquid clearance at birth, The FASEB Journal, vol 21, issue 12, Federation of American Society of Experimental Biologists, USA, pp. 3329-3337.

Conference Proceedings

Fouras, A., Dubsky, S.E., Nguyen, J.T., Hourigan, K., Kitchen, M.J., Allison, B.J., Wallace, M.J., Siew, M.L., Siu, K.K.W., Lewis, R., Uesugi, K., Yagi, N., Hooper, S.B., 2009, In-vivo Synchrotron PIV for the masurement of airway motion, Proc. 8th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, 25-28 August, PIV09 Committee, Australia, p. PIV09-0040 (CD).