Biography
Since 1995 Stephen Harrap has been Professor and Head of the Department of Physiology at the University of Melbourne. He is also a visiting specialist physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He has long-standing research interests in the genetics of common conditions, in particular cardiovascular disease. As Director of the Victorian Family Heart Study and the AMIGO Study he has been instrumental in important discoveries of the genetics of blood pressure, acute coronary syndrome, height and male pattern baldness. He was the Regional Principal Investigator and Member of the International Management Committee for the PROGRESS and ADVANCE Study of secondary stroke prevention and cardiovascular protection in diabetes respectively. He is on a range of professional committees, editorial boards and advisory groups. Currently he is the President of the High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia and Secretary of the International Society of Hypertension.
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest |
Country of Expertise |
| Genetics of common conditions |
Australia |
International Linkages
Languages
Languages
| Language |
Proficiency |
| French |
Speak, Read & Write |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other
Awards
Qualifications
| Title |
Institution |
Date Awarded |
Abbreviation |
| Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery |
University of Melbourne |
31-Dec-1978 |
|
| Doctor of Philosophy |
University of Melbourne |
31-Dec-1986 |
|
Memberships
| Membership Type |
Membership Body |
Description |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Senior Member |
Austin Hospital Medical Research Foundation |
Chairman of Board |
11-Dec-2006 |
|
| Member |
High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia |
President |
01-Jan-2005 |
|
| Unspecified |
High Blood Pressure Research Foundation |
Trustee |
01-Jan-2005 |
|
| Member |
International Society of Hypertension |
Secretary |
01-Jan-1983 |
|
| Member |
Australian Physiological Society |
Member |
26-Sep-2006 |
|
| Member |
American Heart Association |
Fellow |
01-Jan-1995 |
|
Fellowships
| Fellowship |
Date Awarded |
| Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) |
13-Dec-1984 |
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 |
| ADVANCE 2000-2007: RCC CLINICAL TRIAL |
Chief Investigator |
INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH |
Clinical Trial Agreement for Regional Coordinating Centre |
29/11/2000 |
| Linkage and association analyses of a locus on chromosome 4 that contributes to population variation in HDL cholesterol |
Chief Investigator |
NHMRC |
Project Grants |
01/01/2003 |
| A paradigm of genomic discovery - an investigation of the allelic architecture of height |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Projects |
01/01/2004 |
| Multiphoton microscope - neuroscience core facility |
Chief Investigator |
THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION |
Project Grants |
13/10/2004 |
| Identificatin of DNA variation on chromosome 16p12 responsible for the control of blood pressure |
Chief Investigator |
NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION |
Grants-in-Aid |
01/01/2005 |
| Angiotensin receptor gene polymorphism and human heart size |
Chief Investigator |
NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION |
Grants-in-Aid |
01/01/2005 |
| Discovering cardiovascular predictors of hypertensive complications of pregnancy |
Principal Supervisor |
NHMRC |
Medical & Dental Postgraduate Scholarships |
01/01/2005 |
| FINDING THE GENES DRIVING ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION - AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH |
Chief Investigator |
AUST BREWERS FOUNDATION |
Alcohol-related Medical Research Grants |
01/01/2006 |
| Understanding enlargement of the heart |
Chief Investigator |
NHMRC |
Project Grants |
01/01/2007 |
| 2007 NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION TRAVEL GRANT - BUSST |
Principal Supervisor |
NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION |
Travel Grants |
01/01/2007 |
| GENES DETERMINING POSTURAL BLOOD PRESSURE RESPONSES |
Chief Investigator |
NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION |
Grants-in-Aid |
01/01/2007 |
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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