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DR ELENA VELKOSKA



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine - Austin Health and Northern Health
Position: RESEARCH OFFICER - BURRELL
Email:
Work: 9496 2601
Fax: 9497 4554
Level: Ground
Building: No Building
Campus: Repatriation Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Obesity Leptin, insulin, diabetes, childhood obesity, programming, nutrition, neuropeptide Y, brain, adipose tissue Australia
Cardiovascular Disease Renin angiotensin system, blood pressure, heart failure, heart, kidney Australia

Languages

Languages

Language Proficiency
Macedonian Speak, Read & Write
English Speak, Read & Write

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (Honours) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2000
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Aug-2006

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists 01-Jan-2001 31-Dec-2006
Member Australian Neuroscience Society 01-Jan-2003 31-Dec-2005
Member Australian Society of Medical Researchers 01-Jan-2004
Member Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity 01-Jan-2004
Member High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia 01-Jan-2004

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

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

  • Acute kidney injury in the rat causes cardiac remodelling and increases angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 expression
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Experimental Physiology
    Volume: 93
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 622-630
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Unaltered TNF-alpha production by macrophages and monocytes in diet-induced obesity in the rat
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Inflammation
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 2
    Publisher: Biomed Central(London)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Leptin reduces food intake but does not alter weight regain following food deprivation in the rat
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Journal of Obesity
    Volume: 27
    Page numbers: 48-54
    Publisher: Nature Publishing Group(Basingstroke)
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