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DR RACHEL DAVEY



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine - Austin Health and Northern Health, Medicine - Austin Health and Northern Health
Position: SENIOR LECTURER, SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
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Work: 94965507
Fax: 94575485
Room: 7.4
Level: 07
Building: Lance Townsend Building
Campus: Austin Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Calcitonin action in bone calcitonin receptor, calcitonin, calcitonin-related peptides, bone cell metabolism Australia
Genetically modified animal models in endocrinology genetically modified animal models, transgenics, knockouts, androgen receptor, calcitonin receptor Australia
Androgen action in bone androgens, testosterone, physiology, bone histomorphometry, osteoblasts, Australia
Physiological role of calcitonin calcitonin, calcitonin receptor, physiology, hypercalcaemia, calcium homeostasis Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (Honours) Adelaide University 30-Nov-1993
Doctor of Philosophy Adelaide University 01-Sep-1997

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Member 01-Jan-2004
Member Australia and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society Member 01-Jan-1993
Member The Endocrine Society of Australia Member 07-Jan-2008
Member NHMRC Grant Review Panel - Endocrinology Member 03-Apr-2006 31-Aug-2006
Member Chair, NHMRC Grant Review Panel - Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Conditions Member 07-Jan-2008 01-Sep-2008
Member Scientific Advisory Board of Teeleostin, Pty, Ltd Member 01-Aug-2008

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Austin Health Austhos Travelling Fellowship 10-Oct-2006
Other (Award) American Society of Bone and Mineral Research Early Career Excellence in Teaching Award 12-Sep-2008
Other (Award) Australian Society of Medical Research Faulding Young Investigator Travel Award 01-Aug-1994

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
The Physiological role of calcitonin and its receptor in bone function Chief Investigator ELI LILLY AUST PTY LTD Endocrinology Research Grant Programme 01/01/2005
THE ROLE OF ANDROGENS IN OSTEOBLAST DEVELOPMENT AND BONE METABOLISM Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2005
Calcitonin receptor and bone function. Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2007
Non-classical androgen actions Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2008
BIOMEDICAL - THE ROLE OF MALE HORMONES IN BONE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Principal Supervisor NHMRC Scholarships 01/01/2008
Male hormone receptors in bone forming cells. Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009
INVESTIGATING NON-CLASSICAL SIGNALLING PATHWAYS OF THE ANDROGEN RECEPTOR Principal Supervisor THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA Researcher Higher Degree Scholarship 25/02/2009

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.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Mineralization and bone resorption are regulated by the androgen receptor in male mice.
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Journal of Bone & Mineral Research
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 621-631
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Androgen Receptor Expression and Function in Osteoclasts


    Year: 2008
    Journal: The Open Physiology Journal
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 28-33
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  • Intermittent Fugu parathyroid hormone 1 (1-34) is an anabolic bone agent in young male rats and osteopenic ovariectomized rats


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Bone
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 2008
    Page numbers: 1164-1174
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  • A floxed allele of the androgen receptor gene causes hyperandrogenization in male mice
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Physiological Genomics
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 2008
    Page numbers: 133-137
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  • Calcitonin Receptor Plays a Physiological Role to Protect Against Hypercalcemia inMice
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Bone & Mineral Research
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1182-1193
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  • Impaired skeletal muscle development and function in male, but not female, genomic androgen receptor knockout mice
    Year: 2008
    Journal: FASEB Journal
    Volume: 22
    Page numbers: 2676-89
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  • Intermittent Fugu parathyroid hormone 1 (1-34) is an ababolic bone agent in young male rats and osteopenic ovariectomized rats
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Bone
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1164-74
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  • Oestradiol-induced spermatogenesis requires a functional androgen receptor
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Reproduction, Fertility and Development
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 861-870
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  • Severe subfertility in mice with AR inactivation in sex accessory organs, but not in testis

    Year: 2008
    Journal: Endocrinology
    Volume: 149
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 3330-3338
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Disruption of Prostate Epithelial Androgen Receptor Impedes Prostate Lobe-Specific Growth and Function
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Endocrinology
    Volume: 148
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 2264-2272
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  • Female mice haploinsufficient for an inactivated androgen receptor (AR) exhibit age-dependent defects that resemble the AR null phenotype of dysfunctional late follicle development, ovulation, and fertility
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Endocrinology
    Volume: 148
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 3674-3684
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  • Osteoblast Deletion of Exon 3 of the Androgen Receptor Gene Results in Trabecular Bone Loss in Adult MaleMice
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Bone & Mineral Research
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 347-356
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Current and future approaches using genetically modified mice in endocrine research
    Year: 2006
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism
    Volume: 291
    Issue: 2006
    Page numbers: E429-E438
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  • Effects of Amylin Deficiency on Trabecular Bone in Young Mice Are Sex-Dependent
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Calcified Tissue International
    Volume: 78
    Issue: 2006
    Page numbers: 398-403
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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
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Effects of estradiol and dihydrotestosterone on osteoblast gene expression in osteopenic ovariectomized rats

    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 2005
    Page numbers: 212-218
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  • Genomic actions of the androgen receptor are required for normal male sexual differentiation in a mouse model
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Molecular Endocrinology
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 547-555
    Publisher: Society for Endocrinology(Stokebristol)
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  • The effects of salmon calcitonin-induced hypocalcemia on bone metabolism in ovariectomized rats
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism
    Volume: 23
    Page numbers: 359-365
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Amylin inhibits bone resorption while the calcitonin receptor controls bone formation in vivo
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Cell Biology
    Volume: 164
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 509-514
    Publisher: Rockefeller University Press(New York)
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  • Effects of dihydrotestrone on osteoblast gene expression in osteopenic ovariectomized rats
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Endocrine Research
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 361-368
    Publisher: Marcel Dekker(New York)
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  • Genetically modified animal models as tools for studying bone and mineral metabolism
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Bone & Mineral Research
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 882-892
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  • Transgenic mice that express cre recombinase in Osteoclasts
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Genesis
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 178-185
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Local secretion of parathyroid hormone-related protein by an osteoblastic osteosarcoma (UMR 106-01) cell line results in growth inhibition
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Bone
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 598-605
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(New York)
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