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Mr Ruben Phillips

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5691
Email: r.phillips@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0035-5680

Ruben is a teaching focused lecturer in Human Biology and the International Mobility Coordinator in the School of Medical & Health Sciences.

Current Teaching

  • SCH1134 Human Structure & Function, online studies
  • SCH1143 Systems Physiology, online studies
  • SCH2111 Applied Physiology
  • SCH1104 Introduction to Pathophysiology
  • SCH3227 Biology of Human Disease
  • LAW3600 Coronial Law and Mortuary Practice
  • MMS2200 Introduction to Histology and Histotechniques
  • MMS3115 Histopathology and Applied Histotechniques

Background

  • 2006 – 2007 Sessional tutor ECU
  • 2007 – 2008 TESOL lecturer, Institute of Physical Education, Hebei, China.
  • 2009 – present Lecturer, ECU

Professional Associations

  • Life member ASHB, Australasian Society for Human Biology.
  • Full Member HAPS, Human Anatomy and Physiology Society.
  • Full Member STAWA, Science Teachers' Association of Western Australia

Awards and Recognition

Other

  • 2014 Executive Dean’s Award.

Research Areas and Interests

  • Study tours to China
  • Follow Your Curiosity Project - Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program
  • ASELL – Advancing Science by Enhancing Learning in the Laboratory
  • ACSME – Australian Conference in Science and Mathematics Education
    sydney.edu.au/iisme/conference/2015

Qualifications

  • Master of Science Human Biology, Edith Cowan University, 2019.
  • Professional Equivalence, Edith Cowan University, 2018.
  • Bachelor of Arts Education, Edith Cowan University, 2006.
  • Bachelor of Science in Biological Studies, Edith Cowan University, 2006.
  • Cert III in Childrens Services (Teacher Assistant), TAFE WA, 2003.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Asante, D., Adokoh , CK., Ameyaw, EO., Acheampong, DO., Afrifa-Yamoah, E., Barnes, P., Agyeah, G., Phillips, R., Sartori, J. (2025). Evaluation of the wound healing and anti-microbial activity of hydroethanolic extracts of young and old leaves of Vernonia amygdalina Delile. Clinical Traditional Medicine and Pharmacology, 6(2), Article number 200221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctmp.2025.200221.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Beckett, EA., Gaganis, V., Bakker, AJ., Towstoless, M., Hayes, A., Hryciw, DH., Lexis, L., Tangalakis, K., Brown, D., Cameron, M., Choate, J., Chopin, L., Cooke, M., Douglas, T., Estaphan, S., Etherington, S., Masters, N., Moorhouse, A., Moro, C., Paravicini, T., Perry, B., Phillips, R., Scott, C., Todd, G., Uebergang, T., Wadley, G. (2023). Unpacking the homeostasis core concept in physiology: an Australian perspective. Advances in Physiology Education, 47(3), 427-435. https://doi.org/10.1152/ADVAN.00141.2022.
  • Moro, C., Douglas, T., Phillips, R., Towstoless, M., Hayes, A., Hryciw, D., Lexis, L., Tangalakis, K. (2023). Unpacking and validating the“integration”core concept of physiology by an Australian team. Advances in Physiology Education, 47(3), 436–442. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00144.2022.
  • Chopin, LK., Choate, J., Rathner, JA., Towstoless, M., Hayes, A., Hryciw, DH., Lexis, L., Tangalakis, K., Bakker, A., Beckett, E., Cameron, M., Cooke, M., Douglas, T., Estaphan, S., Etherington, S., Gaganis, V., Masters, N., Moorhouse, A., Moro, C., Paravicini, T., Perry, B., Phillips, R., Scott, C., Todd, G., Uebergang, T., Wadley, G. (2023). Unpacking and validating the “cell-cell communication” core concept of physiology by an Australian team. Advances in Physiology Education, 47(3), 443-452. https://doi.org/10.1152/ADVAN.00145.2022.
  • Tangalakis, K., Lexis, L., Hryciw, D., Towstoless, M., Bakker, A., Beckett, E., Brown, D., Cameron, M., Choate, J., Chopin, L., Cooke, M., Douglas, T., Estaphan, S., Etherington, S., Gaganis, V., Moorhouse, A., Moro, C., Paravicini, T., Perry, B., Phillips, R., Scott, C., Todd, G., Uebergang, T., Wadley, G., Watt, M., Hayes, A. (2023). Establishing consensus for the core concepts of physiology in the Australian higher education context using the Delphi method. Advances in Physiology Education, 47(3), 419-426. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00140.2022.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Rogers, S., Guidetti, O., Speelman, C., Longmuir, M., Phillips, R. (2019). Contact Is in the Eye of the Beholder: The Eye Contact Illusion. Perception, 48(3), 248-252. https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006619827486.
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