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Blood Pressure Research Group

Cardiovascular & Renal Research

Come & Join the Fun

For more information see the Honours Booklet or even better, come & have a chat

Mums & Offspring: Programming of Adult Cardiovascular & Renal Disease

Diet, Obesity & Diabetes: Consequences for the Heart, Kidney and Cardiovascular Health

Altered Development: Fetal, Placental & Kidney structure and genetics

Research Themes

Whole kidney & single nephron function: What does control kidney function? Roles of nerves & reactive oxygen species.

Heart: Controlling contractile function in healthy and diseased hearts

Hypertension: What roles do nerves, salt or gender have in the development & maintenance of hypertension

Animal Models: Rabbits, Rats & Mice (including knockout strains)

Research Methods

Conscious Recordings: Blood Pressure (including radiotelemetry), Renal Function, Nerve activity,

Anaesthetized Recordings: Single nephron and whole kidney function, renal oxygenation, nerve activity, Cardiac Contractility, Cardiac Function, Cardiac Metabolism

Structural & Functional Analysis: Electron Microscopy (transmission & scanning), Light Microscopy, Ultrasound, Tissue Pathology, Fibrosis.

Novel Technologies -Synchrotron

18 day rabbit fetus

Research PeopleDr Niwanthi Rajapakse (F259): Nitric Oxide, renal L-arginine uptake, Hypertension

Assoc Prof Roger Evans (F274): Renal Oxygenation, Obesity, Sympathetic Nerves & Hypertension

Dr James Pearson (F206): Cardiac contraction, Heart Failure, Diabetes, Synchrotron

Dr Kate Denton (F266): Maternal Programming, pregnancy, sex differences, Renin Angiotensin system, Hypertension

Dr Michelle Kett (F206): Nephron Endowment, High Salt & protein diets, Obesity, Hypertension & Kidney Disease

Dr Russell Brown (F259): Single Nephron Function, Obesity, Renin Angiotensin system, Hypertension, reactive oxygen species

Cardiovascular Projectsat the

Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute

Prahran (next to Alfred Hospital)

Population HealthIntegrative Physiology

Population HealthMandy Thrift

Epidemiology of CardiovascularDisease in Rural India

amanda.thrift@bakeridi.edu.auph 85321636

Integrative Cardiovascular Physiology

Can antioxidants be used to treat high blood pressure?

Howe does stress cause high blood pressure?

geoff.head@bakeridi.edu.auph 85321332