Dr Dean Mills

Fields of Research (FoR)

• Physiology not elsewhere classified ( 060699 )
  

• Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified ( 110699 )
  

• Medical and Health Sciences ( 110000 )
  

Research interests
Respiratory system limitations to exercise in health and disease focusing upon:

1. The physiological consequences of an increased work of breathing.
2. Age-related changes in respiratory muscle function during exercise.
3. Exercise-induced inspiratory muscle fatigue and its effect on locomotor muscle function.

Current projects:

1. Resistive Breathing and Oxidative Stress.
2. Ageing Influences upon the Respiratory Muscle Metaboreflex.
3. Functional Significance of Respiratory Adaptations to Inspiratory Muscle Training and the Exercise Response.

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Professional memberships
American College of Sports Medicine.
Australian and New Zealand Society of Respiratory Science.
European Respiratory Society.

USQ Research affiliations

• Centre for Health Sciences Research (CHSR)
  

Currently teaching courses/programs
SES8005 Advanced Exercise Physiology
SES2104 Exercise Physiology
SES2201 Health, Exercise and Sport Assessment

Teaching experience(Tertiary)
5 Years

Teaching experience(Other)
5 Years

Research most recent
Mills, D.E., Johnson, M.A., Barnett, Y.A., Smith, W.H.T. & Sharpe, G.R. (2014) The effects of inspiratory muscle training in older adults. Med Sci Sports Exerc, In Press.

Johnson, M.A., Gregson I.R., Mills D.E., Gonzalez, J.T. & Sharpe, G.R. (2014) Inspiratory muscle warm-up does not improve cycling time-trial performance. Eur J Appl Physiol, In Press.

Mills, D.E., Johnson, M.A., McPhilimey, M.J., Williams, N.C., Gonzalez, J.T., Barnett, Y.A. & Sharpe, G.R. (2014) Influence of oxidative stress, diaphragm fatigue and inspiratory muscle training on the plasma cytokine response to maximum sustainable voluntary ventilation. J Appl Physiol, 16(8), 970-979.

Research most notable
Mills, D.E., Johnson, M.A., Barnett, Y.A., Smith, W.H.T. & Sharpe, G.R. (2014) The effects of inspiratory muscle training in older adults. Med Sci Sports Exerc, In Press.

Publications in ePrints

Eager, Amanda and Ralph, NicholasORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7404-9996 and Duff, Jed and Conway, Aaron and Mills, Dean (2017) Oxygen supplementation for preventing adverse outcomes following surgery or invasive procedures. PROSPERO: International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews, 2017.

Mills, Dean E. and Johnson, Michael A. and Barnett, Yvonne A. and Smith, William H. T. and Sharpe, Graham R. (2015) The effects of inspiratory muscle training in older adults. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47 (4). pp. 691-697. ISSN 0195-9131

Mills, Dean E. and Johnson, Michael A. and McPhilimey, Martin J. and Williams, Neil C. and Gonzalez, Javier T. and Barnett, Yvonne A. and Sharpe, Graham R. (2014) Influence of oxidative stress, diaphragm fatigue and inspiratory muscle training on the plasma cytokine response to maximum sustainable voluntary ventilation. Journal of Applied Physiology, 116 (8). pp. 970-979. ISSN 8750-7587

Johnson, M. A. and Gregson, I. R. and Mills, D. E. and Gonzalez, J. T. and Sharpe, G. R. (2014) Inspiratory muscle warm-up does not improve cycling time-trial performance. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 114 (9). pp. 1821-1830. ISSN 1439-6319

Johnson, Michael A. and Mills, Dean E. and Brown, Peter I. and Sharpe, Graham R. (2014) Prior upper body exercise reduces cycling work capacity but not critical power. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 46 (4). pp. 802-808. ISSN 0195-9131

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Approved research supervisor in the area of:

• Physiology not elsewhere classified ( 060699 )
  

• Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified ( 110699 )
  

Research topics

• Human Muscle and Tendon Mechanics Underpinning Exercise-induced Muscle Damage
  

• Functional Significance of Inspiratory Muscle Training to the Respiratory Response to Exercise
  

• Dietary Interventions to Reduce Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction and Airway Inflammation.
  

• Mechanisms of Exercise Limitation in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  

• Too Old to Breathe? Respiratory Limitations to Exercise in Healthy Ageing
  

• Respiratory Limitations to Exercise in Endurance Trained Older Adults