{{Short description|New Zealand professor of paediatrics}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox academic | name = Cass Byrnes | image = {{#statements:P18}} | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{#statements:P569}} | birth_place = {{#statements:P19}} | death_date = {{#statements:P570}} | death_place = {{#statements:P20}} | resting_place = {{#statements:P119}} | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} --> | other_names = Catherine Ann Byrnes | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = | workplaces = {{#statements:P108}} | patrons = | alma_mater = University of Auckland, University of New South Wales | thesis1_title = Non-invasive method of measuring airway inflammation: exhaled nitric oxide | thesis1_url = https://hdl.handle.net/2292/5558 | thesis1_year = 2008 | doctoral_advisor = {{#statements:P184}} | academic_advisors = {{#statements:P1066}} | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = {{#statements:P166}} | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | footnotes = | spouse = | children = }} '''Catherine Ann Byrnes''' is a New Zealand academic paediatrician, and is a full professor at the University of Auckland, specialising in respiratory disease in children, including cystic fibrosis and infectious diseases.
==Academic career==
Byrnes completed a PhD titled ''Non-invasive method of measuring airway inflammation: exhaled nitric oxide'' at the University of Auckland.<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Non-invasive method of measuring airway inflammation: exhaled nitric oxide|last=Byrnes|first=Catherine Ann|type=PhD thesis|publisher=ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2292/5558|date=2008|hdl=2292/5558 }}</ref> Byrnes then joined the faculty of the University of Auckland, rising to full professor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=University of Auckland |title=Academic profile: Professor Cass Byrnes |url=https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/c-byrnes |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=profiles.auckland.ac.nz}}</ref> Byrnes is the chair of the New Zealand Respiratory and Sleep Clinical Network, and a member of the Cystic Fibrosis New Zealand Clinical Advisory Panel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clinical Advisory Panel » Cystic Fibrosis NZ |url=https://www.cfnz.org.nz/what-we-do/clinical-advisory-panel/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=www.cfnz.org.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Starship - Respiratory and Sleep Clinical Network |url=https://starship.org.nz/respiratory-and-sleep-clinical-network |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=starship.org.nz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Speaker Bio |url=http://globalasthmanetwork.org/advocacy/description.php?ID=903 |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=globalasthmanetwork.org}}</ref>
Byrnes's research focuses on respiratory diseases in children, including infectious diseases such as RSV, influenza and COVID-19, and conditions such as cystic fibrosis.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Associate Professor Catherine Byrnes • Cure Kids |url=https://www.curekids.org.nz/our-research/researchers/researcher/associate-professor-catherine-byrnes |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=www.curekids.org.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New developments in CF seminar » Cystic Fibrosis NZ |url=https://www.cfnz.org.nz/news-and-events/latest-news/new-developments-in-cf-seminar/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=www.cfnz.org.nz}}</ref> Byrnes and her colleagues invented a game, called BreatheHero, to help children undergoing physiotherapy for cystic fibrosis complete their daily exercises.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-13 |title=New game could save lives |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-game-could-help-save-the-lives-of-children-with-cystic-fibrosis/OTVVIXG3ZNGJAULMKT6TPTRFJM/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> She also supervised research on treatment experiences for children with bronchiectasis, which normally required a two week stay in hospital for intravenous antibiotics. The research team found that shortening the stay in hospital to one week, followed by oral antibiotics at home, had the same treatment outcomes but provided a much better experience for patients and their families.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-14 |title=How children can breathe easier |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sponsored-stories/how-children-can-breathe-easier/7YUM4PCNZBAYJFLK67HQ3YV4HY/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref> Byrnes was part of a two-year multi-disciplinary collaboration between ESR and the University of Auckland aimed at reducing the spread of infectious respiratory viruses, the Southern Hemisphere Influenza and Vaccine Effectiveness Research and Surveillance V (SHIVERS-V).<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand's hard-won Covid-19 lessons applied to RSV, flu - The University of Auckland |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2021/08/02/fight-against-rsv-flu.html |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=www.auckland.ac.nz}}</ref>
== Selected works == {{scholia}} * {{CiteQ|Q35284122}} * {{CiteQ|Q42231438}} * {{CiteQ|Q38488018}} * {{CiteQ|Q37790394}} * {{CiteQ|Q30223383}} * {{CiteQ|Q35072315}}
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==External links== * ''[https://www.goodfellowunit.org/podcast/bronchiectasis-children Bronchiectasis in children]'', Cass Byrnes, podcast 13 May 2020
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