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DR ELENA VELKOSKA



Contact Details

Organization: Medicine - Austin Health and Northern Health
Position: RESEARCH OFFICER - BURRELL
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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 Student member 01-Jan-2001 31-Dec-2006
Member Australian Neuroscience Society Student member 01-Jan-2003 31-Dec-2005
Member Australian Society of Medical Researchers Full Member 01-Jan-2004
Member Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity Full Member 01-Jan-2004
Member High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia Member 01-Jan-2004
Member Australian Diabetes Society Member 01-Nov-2008

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Prize High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia Early Career Investigator Oral Award and British Hypertension Society Award 05-Dec-2008

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
TO ATTEND - EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY AND BRITISH HYPERTENSION SOCIETY Chief Investigator NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION Travel Grants

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

  • Portal pressure responses and angiotensin peptide production in rat liver are determined by relative activity of ACE and ACE2


    Year: 2009
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
    Volume: 297
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: G98-G106
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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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  • Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) activity in fetal calf serum: implications for cell culture research
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Cytotechnology
    Volume: 58
    Page numbers: 119-126
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  • Early undernutrition leads to long-lasting reductions in body weight and adiposity whereas increased intake increases cardiac fibrosis in male rats.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Nutrition
    Volume: 138
    Page numbers: 1622-1627
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  • Undernutrition during suckling in rats elevates plasma adiponectin and its receptor in skeletal muscle regardless of diet composition: a protective effect?
    Year: 2008
    Journal: International Journal of Obesity
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 1585-1594
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Central and peripheral contributions to obesity-associated hypertension: impact of early overnourishment
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Experimental Physiology
    Volume: 90
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 697-702
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  • Early dietary intervention: long-term effects on blood pressure, brain neuropeptide Y, and adiposity markers
    Year: 2005
    Journal: American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism
    Volume: 288
    Page numbers: e1236-e1243
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  • 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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