Contact Details
| Organization: | Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences |
| Position: | RESEARCH ASSISTANT |
| Email: | |
| Level: | 07 |
| Building: | Medical Centre |
| Campus: | Parkville |
Biography
Dr Dixon completed her PhD studies in Queensland and Western Australia where she investigated the induction and inhibition of post-lesional transcommissural reinnervation in the neonatal and adult rat brain (Dixon et al., 2005, Exp Neurol; Dixon & Sherrard, 2006, Exp Neurol; Sherrard et al., in press). During her PhD Dr Dixon was awarded a Woodside Neurotrauma PhD Excellence Award. Following completion of her PhD, she moved to Melbourne to undertake a post-doctoral position in the Neural Regeneration Laboratory, headed by Assoc Prof Ann Turnley in the Centre for Neuroscience at the University of Melbourne. This postdoc position is investigating the effectiveness of ephrin-mimetic peptide inhibitors to induce spinal cord regeneration in the adult mouse and is a collaborative project with the Peptide Mimetic Laboratory headed by Dr Tony Hughes in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Melbourne. Alongside this project, Dr Dixon also investigates the effectiveness of anti-apoptotic molecules following rodent spinal cord injury with collaborations with CSL Limited and Dr Alice Pebay (Stem Cell Laboratory, Centre for Neuroscience). Further, in collaboration with Dr Helmut Butzkueven in the Multiple Sclerosis Group at the Howard Florey Institute, she investigates the functional outcome of EphA4 mutant mice in a model of multiple sclerosis. Dr Dixon has successfully co-supervised 4 Honours students and during 2009 is the convenor of the postgraduate and early-career postdoc CNS seminar series.
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE | Queensland University of Technology | 31-Dec-1997 | |
| BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE HONOURS | Queensland University of Technology | 31-Dec-1998 | |
| Doctor of Philosophy | James Cook University of North Queensland | 15-Nov-2007 |
Memberships
| Membership Type | Membership Body | Description | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Australian Neuroscience Society | Full Member | 27-Jan-2002 | |
| Member | Society for Neuroscience | Member | 03-May-2005 | |
| Member | Federation of European Neuroscience Societies | Member | 03-May-2005 | |
| Member | Symposium of Western Australian Neuroscience | Member | 03-May-2005 |
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.
Contracts
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEGF IN SPINAL CORD INJURY - CSL CONTRACT | Chief Investigator | CSL LIMITED | 15/08/2008 |
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.