Rate My Professor Hayley Lewthwaite

Dedicated to enhancing health outcomes for the 7.5 million Australians affected by chronic lung diseases such as asthma, COPD, and long COVID, her research investigates breathlessness—the primary symptom impacting quality of life. Employing cardiopulmonary exercise testing and wearable technologies, she explores physiological mechanisms during exercise and daily activities, develops improved assessment methods, and refines exercise prescriptions. Ongoing projects include wearable tech for symptom monitoring, vocal cord dysfunction in asthma via laryngoscopy during exercise, lung-specific CPET parameters for COPD exercise, and physical activity guidelines for long COVID. In teaching, she coordinates courses like Exercise for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Disease, Foundational Assessments and Interventions for Exercise Physiology, and Physical Activity and Exercise Across the Lifespan. Selected publications include “Treatable traits for long COVID” (Respirology, 2023), “Normative reference equations for breathlessness intensity during cardiopulmonary exercise testing” (Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2023), “Understanding breathlessness in asthma” (European Respiratory Journal, 2024), and “Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in COPD guidelines: A systematic review” (Chronic Respiratory Disease, 2017). She supervises PhD, Masters, and Honours students.