The University of Western Australia
Dr Robert Patuzzi
Senior Lecturer/Director, Clinical Audiology Program
School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology
- Contact details
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- Address
- School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology
The University of Western Australia (M309)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia
- Phone
- 6488 1422
- Fax
- 6488 1025
- rob.patuzzi@uwa.edu.au
- Location
- Room 2.09, Physiology Building, Crawley campus
- Qualifications
- BE PhD W.Aust.
- Biography
- Dr Robert Patuzzi completed a Bachelor of Electronic Engineering with Honours at UWA. Having taken some units in physiology and biochemistry as an undergraduate, he decided to research auditory biophysics for his PhD. After a short stint working in Germany, Dr Patuzzi returned to UWA to continue his research in auditory physiology. As well as discovering the basic cause of deafness, Dr Patuzzi established the Masters of Clinical Audiology at UWA in 2000.
- Key research
- Dr Patuzzi’s key research area is fundamental hearing mechanisms in various species, ranging from crickets to humans. He is also interested in the neuroscience of how the brain controls breathing in rhinitis (hay fever), sleep apnea and asthma.
- Current projects include the regulation of cellular mechanisms in the inner ear, including mathematical modeling in both human and animal models. Dr Patuzzi is also responsible for coordinating 20 research projects through the Masters of Clinical Audiology program, which has produced over 80 completed research projects so far.
- Collaborators
- Dr Catherine McMahon, Macquarie University, Sydney
- Dr Greg O’Beirne, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Industrial relevance
- Widex Australia
- Teaching
- PHYL3340 Advanced Cellular Physiology
SCIE1106 Molecular Biology of the Cell
NEUR3310 Neuroscience
Unit Co-ordinator for Masters of Clinical Audiology
Dr Patuzzi also supervises the following PhD Students:
Nashrah Maamor
Nor Haniza Abdul Wahat
Helen Goulios
- Useful links
- http://www.audiology.biomedchem.uwa.edu.au
- Research profile
- Research profile and publications