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PROF FRANK PETER ALFORD



Contact Details

Organization: Clinical School - St Vincent's and Geelong Hospitals
Position: Honorary (Senior Fellow)
Homepage: www.medstv.unimelb.edu.au
Work: 03 9288 3530
Fax: 03 9288 2581
Room: 281
Level: 04
Building: Daly Wing
Campus: St Vincents Hospital

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science Institution not known
Doctor of Medicine Institution not known

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)

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
Postoperative insulin resistance and activation of 11Bhydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-1 in non and diabetic subjects Principal Supervisor NHMRC Medical & Dental Postgraduate Scholarships 01/01/2004

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 2007

Journal Articles

  • Altered activity of 11ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase types 1 and 2 in skeletal muscle confers metabolic protection in subjects with type 2 diabetes
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    Volume: 92
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 3314-20
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  • Pituitary masses: the importance of a multidisciplinary approach
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 187
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 522-3
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • 11ß Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 is expressed and is biologically active in human skeletal muscle
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Clinical Endocrinology
    Volume: 65
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 800-5
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  • Do adiponectin, TNFα, leptin and CRP relate to insulin resistance in pregnancy? Studies in women with and without gestational diabetes, during and after pregnancy.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Diabetes-Metabolism Research and Reviews
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 131-8
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  • Impact of in vivo fatty acid oxidation blockade on glucose turnover and muscle glucose metabolism during low-dose AICAR infusion
    Year: 2006
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism
    Volume: 291
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: E1131-40
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  • The relationship between peripheral glucose utilisation and insulin sensitivity in the regulation of hepatic glucose production: studies in normal and alloxan-diabetic dogs
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Diabetes-Metabolism Research and Reviews
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 155-67
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Impaired non-esterified acid suppression to intravenous glucose during late pregnancy persists postpartum in gestational diabetes: a dominant role for decreased insulin secretion rather than insulin resistance
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Diabetologia
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 1373-1379
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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  • Prevailing hyperglycemia is critical in the regulation of glucose metabolism during exercise in poorly controlled alloxan-diabetic dogs
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Applied Physiology
    Volume: 98
    Page numbers: 930-939
    Publisher: American Physiological Society(Maryland)
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  • The impact of acute elevation of non-esterified fatty acids on insulin sensitivity and secretion in women with former gestational diabetes
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Clinical Endocrinology
    Volume: 62
    Page numbers: 79-84
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Insulin resistance in glucose disposal and production in man with specific reference to metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes
    Year: 2004
    Book: Insulin Resistance
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons(London)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Octreotide treatment of severe diabetic diarrhoea
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 617-618
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Skeletal muscle basal AMP-activated protein kinase activity is chronically elevated in alloxan-diabetic dogs: impact of exercise
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Applied Physiology
    Volume: 95
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1523-1530
    Publisher: American Physiological Society(Maryland)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • The protean manifestations of growth hormone deficiency in hypopituitary adults: is growth hormone replacement therapy beneficial?
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Medical Progress (Singapore Edition)
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 28-34
    Publisher: MediMedia Asia
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Morphometric documentation of abnormal intramyocellular fat storage and reduced glycogen in obese patients with Type II diabetes.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Diabetologia
    Volume: 44
    Page numbers: 824-833
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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