Professor of Exercise Medicine, Edith Cowan University
Professor Robert Newton, PhD, DSc, AEP, CSCS*D, FACSM, FESSA, FNSCA is a Vice Chancellor's Professorial Research Fellow and Professor of Exercise Medicine in the Exercise Medicine Research Institute at Edith Cowan University Perth, Western Australia. Current major research directions include: reducing decline in strength, body composition and functional ability in cancer patients; cancer related fatigue and the influence of exercise; exercise medicine and tumour biology.
Professor Newton has published over 1000 papers including 520 refereed scientific journal papers, two books, 17 book chapters and has a current Scopus h-Index of 94 with his work being cited 32,500 times. As of 2024 his research had attracted over $50Million in competitive research funding. In 2018 he was awarded the Cancer Council of Western Australian Career Achievement Award and in 2019 was named the Western Australia Premiers Scientist of the Year.
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