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Professor Lainie Cameron

Professor Lainie Cameron
Name Lainie Cameron
Pronoun She/Her/Hers
Position Professor (Exercise Physiology)
Section School of Health and Medical Sciences
Office W561
Location Ipswich Campus
Phone +61 7 4687 5619
Extension 5619
Email
Qualifications PhD Victoria

Melainie (“Lainie”) is both an exercise physiologist and an osteopath. She has been involved in both academia and clinical practice for all of her career, working across private practice, hospitals, and university clinics. She is currently the program leader for the Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science (Honours) – Clinical Exercise Physiology at the University of Southern Queensland. She thoroughly enjoys leading a team of staff to train exercise physiologists of the future. Lainie loves being outdoors, engaging in endurance activity, working on projects over a long time, and including animals (therapy dogs and horses) in her clinical practice.


  • Rehabilitation and Therapy (excl. Physiotherapy) ( 110321 )
  • Exercise Physiology ( 110602 )
  • Allied Health And Rehabilitation Science ( 420100 )
  • Exercise Physiology ( 420702 )
  • Sports Science And Exercise ( 420700 )
  • Allied Health And Rehabilitation Science not elsewhere classified ( 420199 )

Clinician development
Clinical decision-making
Musculoskeletal rehabilitation (particularly rheumatology)
Animal-assisted therapy


Fellow of Exercise and Sport Science Australia
Accredited Exercise Physiologist and Exercise Scientist
Registered Osteopath


Member of the Australian Rheumatology Association
Level 1 Therapy Dog handler (canine-handler team)
Sessional member: Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal: Business and Professions List
Member: Australian Osteopathic Accreditation Council


  • Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)

SES3202: Clinical Practice Skills 1
SES4101: Clinical Exercise Physiology for Older Adults


29 Years


Program Director: Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science (Honours) - Clinical Exercise Physiology
Associate Head of School - Clinical Placements (School of Health and Medical Sciences)


  • Rehabilitation and Therapy (excl. Physiotherapy) ( 110321 )
  • Exercise Physiology ( 110602 )
  • Allied Health And Rehabilitation Science ( 420100 )
  • Exercise Physiology ( 420702 )
  • Sports Science And Exercise ( 420700 )
  • Allied Health And Rehabilitation Science not elsewhere classified ( 420199 )