School of Biomedical Sciences

After completing a PhD in the Cardiology unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide (university of Adelaide), I undertook postdoctoral research at the Department of Pharmaceutical Science at the State university of New York at BuffaloI In 2007 I joined CSU as a lecturer in anatomy and physiology

Member of:

• International Society for Heart research (ISHR)
• Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR)

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Teaching

Current subjects taught

• BMS291 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
• BMS322 Nutritional Biochemistry
• BMS192 Human Bioscience 2
• BMS303 Pathophysiology 2

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Research

Current research interests include: oxidative stress and inflammation responses to acute and chronic exercise.

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Publications

• Polycystic ovary syndrome is associated with severe platelet and endothelial dysfunction in both obese and lean subjects. Rajendran S, Willoughby SR, Chan WP, Liberts EA, Heresztyn T, Saha M, Marber MS, Norman RJ, Horowitz JD.  Atherosclerosis. 2009 Jun;204(2):509-14.
• Effects of perhexiline and nitroglycerin vascular, neutrophil and platelet function in patients with stable angina pectoris.  EA Liberts, SR Willoughby, JA Kennedy and JD Horowitz.  Eur J Pharmacol, 2007 Mar 29;560(1):49-55.
• Withdrawal of intravenous glyceryl trinitrate: Absence of rebound phenomena with transition to oral isosorbide dinitrate. EA Kelly, RM Ahmed, JD Horowitz. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2005;32:269-72.

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