APrf Kylie Johnston
Associate Professor of Respiratory Physiotherapy
School of Allied Health and Human Performance
College of Health
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Kylie Johnston is an Associate Professor in Respiratory Physiotherapy in the Allied Health and Human Performance Unit, University of South Australia. Kylie's research, teaching, supervision and industry engagement are focussed on cardiorespiratory physiotherapy practice. Prior to academic appointment, Kylie had over 20 years of clinical experience in diverse fields of cardiorespiratory physiotherapy, from adult and paediatric intensive care units to rehabilitation in chronic lung conditions. Her PhD was awarded by Curtin University.
Appointed to UniSA in 2011, Kylie was awarded an NHMRC Translating Research Into Practice Fellowship in 2011-12 and a Churchill Fellowship in 2016-17. Kylie's research reflects her clinical focus on real-life issues for people with lung conditions: implementation of pulmonary rehabilitation; keeping active and mobile; improving care between hospital and home; managing the troubling symptom of breathlessness. This work is facilitated locally by her active research partnerships with physiotherapy and respiratory medicine clinicians in Central, Northern and Southern Adelaide Local Health Networks.
Kylie is recognised as a clear, engaging, passionate and approachable educator in Acute Care Physiotherapy at undergraduate and post-graduate levels and as a clinician-researcher mentor. She is a supportive supervisor of Masters by Research and PhD students and welcomes new opportunities to supervise research in her fields of interest and expertise.
Kylie is an active member of Lung Foundation Australia, the Australian Physiotherapy Association, the Thoracic Society of Australia and NZ and is a reviewer for multiple top tier respiratory medicine journals. Complimenting her teaching and research, Kylie also works one day a week in clinical practice with people with respiratory and cardiac conditions and problems such as breathing difficulty.
In 2019-20 I led the project Translating Evidence-based Chronic Breathlessness Intervention Services to South Australia, which received funding through approved disbursements from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Rapid Applied Research Translation Program, as part of the work being undertaken by Health Translation SA.
I am delighted to have been awarded a Churchill Fellowship by The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust for travel to the UK and Canada in 2017 to research new methods to manage chronic breathlessness using non-drug interventions.
| Year | Citation |
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| 2019 | Baldwin, C., Johnston, K., Rowlands, A., Fraysse, F., & Williams, M. (2019). The Story of Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity by Accelerometry: A Cohort Study of Adults From Awakening to ICU/Hospital Discharge. In AUSTRALIAN CRITICAL CARE Vol. 32 (pp. S11). ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. DOI |
| 2019 | Slattery, F., Johnston, K., Paquet, C., & Crockett, A. (2019). FEW ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN FIREFIGHTING EXPOSURES AND CHANGES IN LUNG FUNCTION. In RESPIROLOGY Vol. 24 (pp. 164). WILEY. |
| 2018 | Slattery, F., Johnston, K., Paquet, C., & Crockett, A. (2018). LONGITUDINAL SURVEILLANCE OF METROPOLITAN FIREFIGHTERS INDICATES NORMAL LUNG FUNCTION DECLINE. In RESPIROLOGY Vol. 23 (pp. 37). WILEY. |
| 2018 | Li, L., Williams, M., Johnston, K., Frith, P., Hypponen, E., & Paquet, C. (2018). PARENTAL RESPIRATORY DISEASE IS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED OFFSPRING LUNG HEALTH AT AGE 45 VIA PATHWAY OF MATERNAL AND PERSONAL SMOKING. In RESPIROLOGY Vol. 23 (pp. 75). WILEY. |
| 2018 | Li, L., Paquet, C., Johnston, K., Frith, P., & Williams, M. (2018). RECRUITING ADULT OFFSPRING OF PEOPLE WITH COPD TO EXPLORE INTERGENERATIONAL LUNG HEALTH: FEASIBILITY STUDY. In RESPIROLOGY Vol. 23 (pp. 156). WILEY. |
| 2018 | Slattery, F., Johnston, K., Bennett, H., & Crockett, A. (2018). LONGITUDINAL CHANGES IN PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER LUNG FUNCTION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. In RESPIROLOGY Vol. 23 (pp. 205). WILEY. |
| 2018 | Slattery, F., Johnston, K., Paquet, C., & Crockett, A. (2018). Longitudinal observation of firefighter lung function over nine years using impulse oscillometry. In EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL Vol. 52 (pp. 2 pages). Paris, FRANCE: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD. DOI |
| 2017 | Johnston, K., Potter, A., & Phillips, A. (2017). RESPONSIVENESS OF TWOMINUTE WALK DISTANCE AFTER PULMONARY REHABILITATION IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE. In RESPIROLOGY Vol. 22 (pp. 42). WILEY. |
| 2017 | Alison, J., McKeough, Z., Johnston, K., McNamara, R., Spencer, L., Jenkins, S., . . . Holland, A. (2017). PULMONARY REHABILITATION GUIDELINES FOR AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. In RESPIROLOGY Vol. 22 (pp. 25). WILEY. |
| 2017 | Li, L. S. K., Paquet, C., Johnston, K., Frith, P., & Williams, M. (2017). A life history calendar to map lung health risk exposures: pilot study. In EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL Vol. 50 (pp. 1 page). ITALY, Milan: EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD. DOI |
| 2016 | Williams, M., Johnston, K., & Yorke, J. (2016). DIFFERENCES IN PERCEPTUAL EXPERIENCES OF BREATHLESSNESS AND IMPAIRMENT BETWEEN PEOPLE WITH MODERATE-SEVERE COPD IN AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. In RESPIROLOGY Vol. 21 (pp. 141). WILEY-BLACKWELL. |
| 2016 | Johnston, K., Yorke, J., & Williams, M. (2016). DYSPNOEA-12 SCORES REPORTED 'THESE DAYS' ARE GREATER THAN THOSE REPORTED 'TODAY': DIFFERENCES IN PEOPLE WITH COPD, ASTHMA AND ILD. In RESPIROLOGY Vol. 21 (pp. 101). WILEY-BLACKWELL. |
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Multicomponent digital intervention for breathlessness and physical activity in people with severe asthma, MRFF - PPHRI 2023 Chronic Respiratory Conditions Grant, 01/03/2024 - 28/02/2029
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New Co-designing with consumers, carers and other stakeholders a self-management plan for breathlessness crises from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)., MRFF - PPHR - Preventive and Public Health Research, 01/07/2023 - 01/07/2026
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The long term rate of change of lung function in South Australian Metropolitan Fire Fighters, South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service, 08/02/2016 - 15/01/2019
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Respiratory health in adult children of people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Physiotherapy Research Foundation, 01/09/2016 - 31/05/2018
Courses I teach
- REHB 3007 Acute Care (2025)
- REHB 4034 Ethics and Communication (2025)
- REHB 3007 Acute Care (2024)
- REHB 4035 Health Promotion in Physiotherapy B (2024)
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
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| 2023 | Co-Supervisor | 110340 - Nature and impact of experiences of life threatening breathlessness in people living with chronic respiratory disease | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr David Baglow |
| 2021 | Principal Supervisor | Can a community of practice address the professional learning needs of allied health clinical educators? A metropolitan perspective | - | Master | Part Time | Mrs Emma Alix Edwards |
| 2021 | Principal Supervisor | Airway clearance services for adults with chronic lung diseases in Australia: A description of available services and clinical, consumer and health economic evaluation of an existing physiotherapy led program | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Ms Laura Cooper |
| 2018 | Co-Supervisor | Breathlessness in people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) being managed with renal replacement therapies | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Ms Maria Chilvers |
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