School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

Brad Aisbett

Position Senior Lecturer
Email brad.aisbett@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Phone +61 3 92446474
Campus Burwood


Role and profile
Dr Brad Aisbett is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences. He teaches Exercise Prescription at the undergraduate level and also coordinates the practicum placement for Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science students. Dr Aisbett supervises higher degree by research students and is an active researcher in health and safety of Australia’s fire and emergency service workers.


Teaching responsibilities
Unit Chair HSE301 Principles of Exercise Programming
Unit Chair HSE304 Physiology of Sport Performance
Unit Chair HSE312 Exercise and Sport Science Practicum

Lecturer HSE302 Exercise Programming

Supervises two PhD students and two Honours students




Research interests
Dr Aisbett’s research group is focussed on promoting and preserving the health, safety, and wellbeing of emergency service workers. The group’s current research, supported by the Australasian Fire Authorities Council through the Bushfire Co-Operative Research Centre focuses on job‐specific fitness, fatigue, hydration and nutrition, and cardiovascular health of Australia’s firefighters.


Memberships
Australian Association of Exercise and Sports Sciences – Academic
National Strength and Conditioning Association



Service to the University, discipline or community
Dr Aisbett is a member of the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Research Committee.

He is also a reviewer for the following journals: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, and Journal of Physiological Sciences.



Conferences
Invited Speaker - Tasmania Fire Service Volunteer Conference, Launceston, July 19th-20th, 2008.

Invited Keynote Speaker - Queensland Fire & Rescue Services, Rural Operations Volunteer Conference, Surfair Resort, Marcoola Bay, April 11th-12th, 2008.

Phillips M, Payne W, Nichols D & Aisbett B (2008). International Bushfire Research Conference, Adelaide Convention Centre, September 1st-3rd.

Phillips M, Abbiss CR, Payne W, Nichols D & Aisbett B (2008). International Bushfire Research Conference, Adelaide Convention Centre, September 1st-3rd.

Raines J, Abbiss CR, Nichols D, Snow R, & Aisbett B (2008). International Bushfire Research Conference, Adelaide Convention Centre, September 1st-3rd.

Phillips M, Raines J, McConell GK, Nichols D, & Aisbett B (2008). American College of Sports Medicine 55th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 28th-31st.

Phillips M, Raines J, McConell GK, Nichols D, & Aisbett B (2008). Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science Annual Conference, Fitzroy, Victoria, March 27th-30th.

Deakin University acknowledges the traditional land owners of present campus sites.

1st October 2012