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PROF JAMES DONOVAN BEST



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Medicine - St Vincent's Hospital
Position: HEAD OF SCHOOL (MEDICINE), CHAIR OF MEDICINE (ST VINCENT'S HOSP)
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Abnormalities of cholesterol and other lipids in diabetes and kidney disease Regulation of proteins that transport glucose into cells Australia
Risk factors for heart disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1972
Doctor of Medicine University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1989

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) 31-Dec-1981
Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, Australia (FRCPA) 31-Dec-1996
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh (FRCP(ED)) 31-Dec-2002

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
GLAXOSMITHKLINE FELLOWSHIP IN EPILEPSY Chief Investigator GLAXOSMITHKLINE AUSTRALIA GSK Post Graduate Support Grant 09/10/2002
Predictive models and interventions for coronary heart disease in aboriginal and torres strait islander people Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2004
PEACH STUDY-PATIENT ENGAGEMENT AND COACHING FOR HEALTH: AN INTENSIVE TREATMENT INTERVENTION FOR PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES Chief Investigator NHMRC General Practice Clinical Research Grants Program 01/01/2005
Glucose transporter protein GLUT12 - Mechanisms and role in glucose homeostasis and type 2 diabetes Chief Investigator ELI LILLY & COMPANY Endocrinology Research Grant Programme (ELI LILLY AUST PTY LTD) 01/01/2005
CELLULAR MECHANISMS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLES OF GLUT12 MEDIATED GLUCOSE TRANSPORT IN GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2005
A peer led self management diabetes prevention program for Turkish and Arabic speaking communities Chief Investigator DIABETES AUST RESEARCH TRUST Research Grants 01/01/2006
CCRE IN CLINICAL SCIENCE IN DIABETES - 454461 - BEST 2007 Chief Investigator NHMRC Centres of Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE) 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.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Lower than expected morbidity and mortality for an Australian Aboriginal population: 10-year follow-up in a decentralised community
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 188
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 283-7
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  • Reduction of proteinuria by rosiglitazone in non-diabetic renal disease
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Nephrology
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 2008
    Page numbers: 58-62
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • A collaborative cardiovascular health program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Goulburn-Murray region: development and risk factor screening at Indigenous community organisations


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Primary Health
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 9-17
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  • Differential association of C-reactive protein with adiposity in men and women in an Aboriginal community in northeast Arnhem Land of Australia.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Journal of Obesity
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 103-108
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  • Hemostatic factors in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental
    Volume: 56
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 629-35
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  • Increased serum pigment epithelium-derived factor is associated with microvascular complications, vascular stiffness and inflammation in Type 1 diabetes
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Diabetic Medicine
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 1345-51
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  • Patient Engagement and Coaching for Health. The PEACH study - A cluster randomised controlled trial using the telephone to coach people with type 2 diabetes to engage with their GPs to improve diabetes care: A study protocol
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMC Family Practice
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 20
    Page numbers: 1-9
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  • Prevention of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle intervention in an Australian primary health care setting: Greater Green Triangle (GGT) Diabetes Prevention Project
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMC Public Health
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 249
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  • Widespread vascular production of C-reactive protein (CRP) and a relationship between serum CRP, plaque CRP and intimal hypertrophy
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Atherosclerosis
    Volume: 191
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 175-81
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Blood pressure and hypertension for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
    Year: 2006
    Journal: European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 438-43
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  • Correction to the FIELD study report
    Year: 2006
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 368
    Issue: 9545
    Page numbers: 1415
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  • Exercise frequency and arterial compliance in non-diabetic and type 1 diabetic individuals
    Year: 2006
    Journal: European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 598-603
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  • Severe combined hyperlipidaemia and retinal lipid infiltration in a patient with Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Lipids in Health and Disease
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 29
    Page numbers: Online
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  • Traditional risk factor assessment does not capture the extent of cardiovascular risk in systemic lupus erythematosus
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 237-43
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • A VEGF/JAK2/STAT5 axis may parially mediate endothelial cell tolerance to hypoxia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Biochemical Journal
    Volume: 390
    Page numbers: 427-436
    Publisher: Portland Press(London)
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  • Associations between Liver Histology & Severity of the Metabolic Syndrome in Subjects with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Diabetes Care
    Volume: 28
    Page numbers: 1222-12224
    Publisher: American Diabetes Association(Virginia)
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  • Effects of long-term fenofibrate therapy and cardiovascular events in 9795 people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (the FILED study): randomised control trial
    Year: 2005
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 366
    Page numbers: 1849-61
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  • Expression of GLUT12 in the fetal membranes of the human placenta
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Placenta
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 67-72
    Publisher: WB Saunders Co(London)
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  • Impact of coaching patients on coronary risk factors - Lessons from the COACH Program
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Disease Management and Health Outcomes
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 225-244
    Publisher: Adis International(Bayauckland)
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  • Molecular and Cellular Regulation of Glucose Transporter (GLUT) Proteins in Cancer
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Cellular Physiology
    Volume: 202
    Page numbers: 654-662
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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  • National Heart Foundation of Australia and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Heart Lung and Circulation
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 275-291
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  • Oxidative stress and high-density lipoprotein function in Type 1 diabetes and end-stage renal disease
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Clinical Science
    Volume: 108
    Page numbers: 497-506
    Publisher: Portland Press(London)
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  • Oxidized LDL and small LDL particle size are independently predictive of a selective defect in microcirculatory endothelial function in type 2 diabetes
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Diabetes Obesity & Metabolism
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 612-617
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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  • Paraoxonase activity in Greek migrants and Anglo-Celtic persons in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study: relationship to dietary markers
    Year: 2005
    Journal: European Journal of Nutrition
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 223-230
    Publisher: Dr Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag(Darmstadt)
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