Sharon Kilbreath (Australia)

Session

Focused symposium:  Exercise and Cancer: The Evidence to Date and Future Direction (Speaker)

Biography

Professor Sharon Kilbreath received her physiotherapy undergraduate and master's degrees in Canada, whilst her Ph.D. degree in neurophysiology was conferred from the University of New South Wales, Australia. She is an Associate Professor in Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney and a National Breast Cancer Research Foundation Research Fellow. Dr Kilbreath's research focuses on issues arising from treatment for breast cancer. Her research spans both laboratory-based and clinical research. Laboratory-based research has been undertaken to identify issues related to fatigue following chemotherapy, whereas her clinical research is directed at rehabilitation of patients' impairments and disabilities resulting from treatment of breast cancer. She leads a team of senior researchers, clinicians and several postdoctoral students in projects that aim firstly to prevent physical morbidities from occurring as result from treatment of breast cancer and secondly to diagnose and treat lymphoedema, one of the major complications of treatment.

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