School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences

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Role and profile
Research Fellow in Occupational Physiology – planning and conducting research looking at the physical, physiological and cognitive demands faced by firefighers during bushfire suppression and in particular, under conditions of sleep deprivation, hot environments and toxic exposure.


Research interests
Thermoregulation, fatigue, physiological responses to stress, the female menstrual cycle and athletic/work performance, carbon monoxide and other toxic environmental stressors.


Awards and prizes
Australian Postgraduate Award 2007 - 2009


Memberships
American College of Sports Medicine
European College of Sports Science
American Physiological Society



Conferences
Onus, K.J., Marino, F.E., Liberts, E.A., Cannon, J. (2009). No effect of a Dopamine/Noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor on fixed intensity and self-paced cycling performance in the heat.
Oral presentation at European Congress of Sports Science, Olso, Norway.
Onus, K.J., Cannon, J., Liberts, E.A., Marino, F.E. (2010). No effect of monophasic oral contraceptives on fixed intensity and self-paced cycling performance in the heat.
Oral presentation at American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Baltimore USA.
Onus, K.J., C.J. Gore, P.C. Bourdon, B. Singh, W. Schmidt, S.A. Clark, T. Stanef, S.M. Woolford, G.G. Cable, G.C. Scroop, A.G. Hahn & R.J. Aughey. The effects of titrated simulated moderate altitude on gross efficiency, VO2peak and performance.
Poster presentation at Exercise, Muscle and Metabolism Conference, Melbourne, Australia.



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1st October 2012