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PhD (University of Queensland), Bachelor of Science with Honours (University of Queensland)
I'm a Principal Research Fellow working on paediatric burns and trauma research. I work for the School of Biomedical Sciences at the Centre for Children's Health Research, based at the Queensland Children's Hospital in South Brisbane. My research strives to improve outcomes for children with burn injuries and trauma and my work is focused in several different areas:
- PROMOTE - burn prevention and first aid education messages nationally and internationally
- IDENTIFY - potential therapies to stop or reverse burn wound pathology and tissue destruction
- DEVELOP - new diagnostics and wound therapies for burn patients
- ESTABLISH - national and clinical collaborations and tissue bio banking across Australia and New Zealand, for future burn research and clinical studies or trials
I am a previous NHMRC Career Development Fellow, NHMRC Early Career Fellow, and recipient of an NHMRC Post-doctoral Fellowship. I am currently leading (CIA) an NHMRC Project Grant investigating biomarkers to optimise burn wound care, which is recruiting patients from the three largest paediatric burn centres in Australia. My research has determined the optimal first aid treatment for burn injuries. This published work was used to develop guidelines for the treatment of burns internationally and for a “Cool Burns for 20 minutes” first aid public education campaign. This treatment has been shown to lead to decreased requirement for skin grafting operations, decreased admission to intensive care and shorter hospital length of stay for burn patients. It is really satisfying to know that research I have conducted has lead to improvement in the lives of people who have suffered from a burn injury.
Additional information
Links and photos of my lab and research
- Our research group webpage is here: https://research.qut.edu.au/btr/
- For general photos of our lab group, check this out: https://www.flickr.com/photos/147560381@N07/albums/72157675281358953
- If you want to see some more information on children's burns and trauma, our Centre for Children's Burns and Trauma Research website is here: http://www.ccbtr.com.au/
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- Invited Keynote Presentation "Evidence emerging from the bench". In: Wounds 2020 Conference, Brisbane 4-6 May 2021 ¿ Plenary 1 Emerging Evidence & Innovation on 4th May
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Invited to be on the editorial board of Wound Repair and Regeneration (50 board members internationally) Q1 Surgery 74/451 & Q1 Dermatology 23/146, SJR 0.97,IF 2.471
- Type
- Membership of Review Panels on Prestigious Grant Applications
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- Grant review for NHMRC Ideas Grants in 2020 and 2019
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Appointed as the inaugural Chair of the ANZBA Research Committee and Board Director on the ANZBA Board
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Invited International Talk: Biomarkers for paediatric burn wound healing. In: 12th Asia-Pacific Burn Congress 17th August 2019
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- NHMRC Career Development Fellowship 1; APP#1130862 Better healing for children's burn injuries; 2017-2020; $425,048
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Awarded a medal by the Stuart Pegg Paediatric Burns Centre, Royal Children's Hospital and Health Services District, for services to children¿s burns
- Type
- Advisor/Consultant for Community
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Asked to advise on policy regarding burn first aid treatment and hydrogel dressings by burn care advisors in London, following my presentation at the International Society of Burn Injuries conference in Scotland, September 2012.
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- Fellowship Type: NHMRC Principal Research FellowshipProject Title: Improving the pre-hospital treatment and acute management of burned childrenExternal Reference :1035907Years Awarded: 2012-2015Total Funding Awarded: $355,276
- Type
- Advisor/Consultant for Industry
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- The Clinical Practice Guidelines of Queensland Ambulance Service were updated in April 2011, to change the treatment irrigation time of burn wounds from 10 to 20 minutes and to revise the recommendations regarding the use of hydrogel dressings on burn wounds, on the basis of my research.
- Cuttle, L., Fear, M., Wood, F., Kimble, R. & Holland, A. (2022). Management of non-severe burn wounds in children and adolescents: optimising outcomes through all stages of the patient journey. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 6(4), 269–278. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/229709
- Carlton, M., Voisey, J., Jones, L., Parker, T., Punyadeera, C. & Cuttle, L. (2022). An exploratory study demonstrating that salivary cytokine profiles are altered in children with small area thermal injury. Journal of Burn Care and Research, 43(3), 613–624. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213115
- Iljas, J., Röhl, J., McGovern, J., Moromizato, K., Parker, T. & Cuttle, L. (2021). A human skin equivalent burn model to study the effect of a nanocrystalline silver dressing on wound healing. Burns, 47(2), 417–429. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/203781
- Henderson, E., Kempf, M., Yip, C., Davenport, L., Jones, E., Kong, S., Pearson, E., Kearns, A. & Cuttle, L. (2022). The lethal heat dose for 50% primary human fibroblast cell death is 48 °C. Archives of Dermatological Research, 314(8), 809–814. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/212781
- Frear, C., Cuttle, L., McPhail, S., Chatfield, M., Kimble, R. & Griffin, B. (2020). Randomized clinical trial of negative pressure wound therapy as an adjunctive treatment for small-area thermal burns in children. British Journal of Surgery, 107(13), 1741–1750. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/204617
- Zang, T., Cuttle, L., Broszczak, D., Broadbent, J., Tanzer, C. & Parker, T. (2019). Characterization of the blister fluid proteome for pediatric burn classification. Journal of Proteome Research, 18(1), 69–85.
- Andrews, C., Kimble, R., Kempf, M. & Cuttle, L. (2017). Evidence-based injury prediction data for the water temperature and duration of exposure for clinically relevant deep dermal scald injuries. Wound Repair and Regeneration, 25(5), 792–804. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/117199
- Brown, N., Kimble, R., Rodger, S., Ware, R., McWhinney, B., Ungerer, J. & Cuttle, L. (2014). Biological markers of stress in pediatric acute burn injury. Burns, 40(5), 887–895. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/67191
- Brown, N., Kimble, R., Rodger, S., Ware, R. & Cuttle, L. (2014). Play and heal: Randomized controlled trial of Ditto intervention efficacy on improving re-epithelialization in pediatric burns. Burns, 40(2), 204–213. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/67190
- Fein, M., Quinn, J., Watt, K., Nichols, T., Kimble, R. & Cuttle, L. (2014). Prehospital paediatric burn care: New priorities in paramedic reporting. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 26(6), 609–615. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/88752
- Title
- Implementation of Negative Pressure for Acute Paediatric Burns
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 2006970
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- burn injury; implementation; traumatic injury; child; multicentre
- Title
- The use of Biomarkers in Children to Predict Healing Potential and Optimise Burn Wound Care
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1160492
- Start year
- 2019
- Keywords
- Burn Injury; Pathology; Wound Healing; Diagnostic Applications; Child Health
- Title
- Better healing for children's burn injuries
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1130862
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Burn Injury; Pathology; Injury Prevention; Wound Healing; Wound Re-epithelialisation
- Title
- Improving the pre-hospital treatment and acute management of burned children
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1035907
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- burns; burn injury; wound healing; wound repair; pathology
- Developing a New Cell Therapy to Advance Burns Treatment
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Damien Harkin, Professor Mia Woodruff - Investigating the relationship between proteomic and transcriptomic biomarkers, and burn wound healing and scarring outcomes
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Joanne Voisey, Dr Tuo Zang - Characterisation of Paediatric Burn Wound Fluid Exosomes and their Functional Effects on Skin Cells
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Tony Parker, Dr Daniel Broszczak
- Saliva Biomarkers for Physical Healing and Psychological Wellbeing in Paediatric Small Area Thermal Burns (2022)
- Quantitative Characterization of Paediatric Burn Blister Fluid (2018)
- Validating the relationship between burn temperature, duration of exposure and tissue injury severity for scald burns (2018)
- A holistic exploration of paediatric partial thickness burn care in the outpatient setting (2016)
- The Impact of a Child's Pain, Anxiety and Stress on Burn Re-epithelialisation (2014)