Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest |
Key Words |
Country of Expertise |
| relationship between intestinal movements and secretion |
cholera, diarrhoea, digestion |
Australia, Sweden |
| neurogastroenterology |
enteric nervous system, intestinal behaviour |
Australia |
| synaptic transmission |
neuropeptides, serotonin, acetylcholine, ATP, enteric neurons |
Australia |
| computer simulation of neural circuits |
modelling, enteric neuroscience, neural networks |
Australia, Sweden |
International Linkages
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other
Awards
Qualifications
| Title |
Institution |
Date Awarded |
Abbreviation |
| Bachelor of Science Honours |
Monash University |
04-Dec-1972 |
|
| Doctor of Philosophy |
Monash University |
28-Oct-1976 |
|
Memberships
| Membership Type |
Membership Body |
Description |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Member |
Australian Neuroscience Society |
Ordinary |
01-Feb-1980 |
|
| Member |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
Ordinary |
30-Sep-1976 |
|
| Member |
American Gastroenterological Association |
Ordinary |
30-Nov-2000 |
|
| Member |
International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience |
Executive member |
29-Nov-1996 |
|
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title |
Role |
Funding Source |
Scheme |
Award Date |
| Neural mechanisms mediating hypersecretion and motility patterns induced by enterotoxins |
Chief Investigator |
NHMRC |
Project Grants |
01/01/2003 |
| Mechanisms regulating nutrient induced motor patterns in the isolated small intestine |
Chief Investigator |
NHMRC |
Project Grants |
01/01/2004 |
| Neural coordination of intestinal motility and mucosal secretion of water and salt - role in toxin induced diarrhoea |
Chief Investigator |
NHMRC |
Project Grants |
01/01/2006 |
| The role of serotonin in intestinal movement |
Principal Supervisor |
NHMRC |
Dora Lush Biomedical Postgraduate Scholarship |
01/01/2006 |
| Mechanisms that propel gut contents prior to the development of adult systems |
Chief Investigator |
NHMRC |
Project Grants |
01/01/2007 |
| Electrical activity in early enteric neuron development |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Projects |
01/01/2008 |
| How nutrients and other gut contents produce the gut movements essential to the digestion of food and excretion of waste |
Chief Investigator |
NHMRC |
Project Grants |
01/01/2009 |
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.
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