Rate My Professor Alexander Larcombe

Associate Professor Alexander Larcombe is an Associate Professor in the School of Population Health within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University. He also holds the position of Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Respiratory Environmental Health team at The Kids Research Institute Australia (Telethon Kids Institute), where he has worked since 2005. He earned a BScEnv (Hons) and a PhD from the University of Western Australia.

His research examines the physiological and developmental effects of early-life and in utero exposure to environmental insults on the respiratory system, including allergens such as ovalbumin and house dust mite, respiratory viral infections including rhinovirus and influenza, pollutants such as electronic cigarette aerosols, tobacco smoke, diesel and biodiesel exhaust, and arsenic, as well as climate change factors including elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide. This work has demonstrated impacts on lung growth, lung function, and the development of lifelong respiratory disease. Larcombe develops models of respiratory dysfunction to identify disease mechanisms and conducts interventional studies aimed at mitigating the long-term effects of these exposures on lung health in children and families. He maintains an affiliation as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia.