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5.08/20/2025

Makes even hard topics easy to grasp.

4.05/21/2025

Inspires students to achieve their best.

5.03/31/2025

Always supportive and understanding.

4.02/27/2025

Always patient, kind, and understanding.

5.02/4/2025

Great Professor!

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About Alison

Associate Professor Alison Harmer is affiliated with the Discipline of Physiotherapy in the Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, at the University of Sydney. She contributes to key research centres including the Respiratory and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Management Research Group and the Neuro-Musculoskeletal Research Collaborative. Her academic interests centre on exercise physiology and rehabilitation for chronic conditions. Specific areas include knee osteoarthritis management through resistance exercise, hip fracture inpatient rehabilitation using alternative workforces, type 2 diabetes impacts on nerve function and cardiorespiratory measures, musculoskeletal pain, physical activity prevalence post total knee replacement, and perceptions of non-invasive ventilation during exercise in COPD patients. Harmer has coordinated units in the Master of Physiotherapy program, covering topics such as cardiovascular and respiratory deconditioning.