Biomedical Sciences

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Teaching

Current subjects taught

• BMS334 Evidence-based Practice & Complementary Medicine
• BMS311 Cellular Technology
• BMS291 Pathophysiology & Pharmacology 1
• BMS292 Pathophysiology & Pharmacology 2

Research

Research interests:

• Understanding the complementary medicine knowledge base of conventional health care professionals.
• Use, and attitudes towards, complementary therapies by various health professionals
• Biological activities of essential oils esp. those from Australian native plants
• Wound healing properties of honey and essential oils

Publications

• Mekseepralard C, Kamkaen N & Wilkinson JM (accepted): Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of traditional Thai herbal remedies for aphthous ulcers. Phytotherapy Research
• Braun LA, Spitzer O, Tiralongo E, Wilkinson JM, Bailey M, Poole S & Dooley M (accepted): Adverse reactions to complementary medicines - the Australian pharmacy experience International Journal of Pharmacy Practice.
• Hood JR, Burton D, Wilkinson JM & Cavanagh HMA (accepted): The effect of Leptospermum petersonii essential oil on Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus Medical Mycology.
• Hood JR, Burton DL, Wilkinson JM & Cavanagh HMA (2010): Antifungal activity of Leptospermum petersonii oil volatiles against Aspergillus spp in vitro and in vivo. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 65, 285-288.
• Dooley M, Braun LA, Poole S, Bailey M, Spitzer O, Tiralongo E & Wilkinson J (2010) The Integration of Complementary Medicines in Community Pharmacy Practice, http://www.guild.org.au/research/4cpa_project_display.asp?id=1860
• Bates A & Wilkinson J (2009): Perceptions of patients with cancer attending a natural health retreat. Journal of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society 15, 153-161.
• Dayhew M, Wilkinson JM & Simpson MD (2009): Complementary and alternative medicines and the search for knowledge by conventional health care practitioners. Contemporary Nurse 33, 41-49
• Kamkaen N & Wilkinson JM (2009): The antioxidant activity of flower petal extracts from Clitoria ternatea. Phytotherapy Research 23, 1624-1625.
• Lim CED, Wilkinson JM, Wong WSF & Cheng NCL (2009): Effect of acupuncture on induction of labour. Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine 15, 1209-1214.
• Maddocks-Jennings W, Wilkinson JM, Cavanagh HMA & Shillington D (2009): Evaluating the effects of the essential oils Leptospermum scoparium (manuka) and Kunzea ericoides (kanuka) on radiotherapy induced mucositis: A randomized, placebo controlled feasibility study. European Journal of Oncology Nursing 13, 87-93.
• Wilkinson JM (2009): Complementary or alternative - does it matter in your questionnaire? Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine 6, http://www.bepress.com/jcim/vol6/iss1/33/.
• Wilkinson JM (2009): Is problem based learning a suitable curriculum model for training complementary and alternative medicine practitioners? EXPLORE - The Journal of Science & Healing 5, 341-344.
• Wilkinson JM (2009 ): Staff and student perceptions of plagarism. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 20, 98-105.
  Aylett RT & Wilkinson JM (2008): Is there a correlation between blood type and platelet aggregations in the peripheral blood? EXPLORE - The Journal of Science & Healing 4, 196-197.
• Wilkinson JM & Jelinek H (2009): Complementary medicine use among attendees at a rural health screening clinic. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice 15, 80-84.
  Wilkinson JM & Tinley P (2009): Knowledge, beliefs, and use of complementary and alternative medicine by Australian podiatric physicians. Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association 99, 121-128.
• Kamkaen N, Wilkinson JM & Ruangrungsi N (2008): Chemical compositions and antibacterial activities of essentials oil from the family Rutaceae. International Journal of Essential Oil Therapeutics 2, 158-162.