Silmara Gusso

Research Fellow
BPhEd (Federal University of Paraná, Brazil)
PGDipHSc, MSc, PhD (University of Auckland)

Contact details
Phone: +64 9 923 3795
Email: s.gusso@auckland.ac.nz

Research interests

• Exercise Physiology
• Cardiovascular Physiology
• Diabetes 

Silmara moved from Brazil to New Zealand in 2004 to pursue her interests in exercise physiology and cardiac rehabilitation.
During her MSc in the Department of Sport and Exercise Science at The University of Auckland, she became involved with the Liggins Institute looking at cardiac function in diabetic youth.
Silmara then coordinated the Auckland University Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinic for two years before officially joining the Liggins Institute in 2007.
Her PhD research focused on the effects of exercise training intervention on the cardiovascular function of diabetic adolescents. Silmara is now a postdoctoral fellow, and her current research is examining the effects of whole body vibration training on the muscles and bones of disabled children and adolescents.

1. Whalley G.A, Gusso S, Hofman P, Cutfield W, Poppe K, Doughty R, Baldi J (2009). Structural and functional cardiac abnormalities in adolescent girls with poorly-controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care 32:883-888.
2. Gusso S, Hofman P, Lalande S, Cutfield W, Robinson E, Baldi JC (2009). Left ventricular diastolic function and exercise capacity. Diabetologia 52:992-993
3. Gusso S, Hofman P, Lalande S, Cutfield W, Robinson E, Baldi JC (2008) Impaired stroke volume and aerobic capacity in female adolescents with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia 51: 1317-1320.
4. Lalande S, Gusso S, Hofman PL, Baldi JC (2008) Reduced leg blood flow during submaximal exercise in type 2 diabetes. Med Sci Sports Exerc 40: 612-617

Jubilee Crippled Children’s Trust Board
Australasian Pediatric Endocrine Group Grant (APEG)