Rate My Professor Andrew Davies

Andrew Davies is a Lecturer in the Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monash University. With a career spanning more than 35 years in experimental physiology, he has worked as a researcher and educator at prestigious institutions including the University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, and University of Tasmania. Notably, as Senior Research Officer at the Australian Centre for Advanced Medical Technology (AMTeC) at the University of Sydney, he advanced medical device concepts to proof-of-concept stage, including cardiac assist devices and equipment for clinical monitoring of sleep and breathing, some of which are currently in clinical trials. Since joining Monash University, Davies has collaborated with research groups in the Department of Physiology, Hudson Institute, MIPS, Federation University, and the University of Adelaide.

Davies has pioneered techniques and equipment for assessing respiratory function in ovine models of asthma, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. His recent international collaborations focus on inhaled therapeutics for lung cancer, IPF, and COVID-19. Key publications include "Pregnancy does not affect progression of mild experimental asthma in sheep" (The Journal of Physiology, 2025), "Betamethasone improved near-term neonatal lamb lung maturation in experimental maternal asthma" (Experimental Physiology, 2024), "Single-dose pharmacokinetics and lung function of nebulized niclosamide ethanolamine in sheep" (Pharmaceutical Research, 2023), and "Aerosol pirfenidone pharmacokinetics after inhaled delivery in sheep: a viable approach to treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis" (2020). He earned his PhD in Physiology from the University of Sydney in 2000, investigating neonatal respiratory control in rats exposed to prenatal cocaine, an MSc in Physiology in 1991, and a BSc (Hons) in Physiology and Biochemistry in 1983. A passionate educator, he has taught biomedical sciences, pathophysiology, communicable diseases, and exercise science across levels, developing the world's first Master of Sleep Medicine program at Sydney and three undergraduate units at Monash. His teaching excellence earned the Vice-Chancellor's Award at UNSW.