Professor Rob Newton

Professor of Exercise Medicine, Exercise Physiologist.

Professor Rob Newton is the Professor of Exercise Medicine at Edith Cowan University’s Exercise Medicine Research Institute.  Rob’s major research directions include exercise medicine as neoadjuvant, adjuvant and rehabilitative cancer therapy to reduce side-effects and enhance effectiveness of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy; the influence of targeted exercise medicine on tumour biology and exercise medicine for reducing decline in quality of life, strength, body composition and functional ability in cancer patients. Professor Newton is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist, Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, Fellow of Exercise and Sports Science Australia.