Cardio-Respiratory

Research in the School is focussed on the impact of diseases having an adverse impact on cardio-respiratory function.

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Brain networks processing respiratory sensations	Project Leader Associate Professor Stuart Mazzone	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Delbridge laboratory: Cardiac phenomics	Head of Laboratory Professor Lea Delbridge	Physiology
Diabetic cardiomyopathy – an epidemic disease	Project Leader Professor Lea Delbridge	Physiology
Effects of hypertension on renal and hindquarter vascular reactivity in vivo and in vitro	Project Leader Associate Professor Christine Wright	Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Endothelin pharmacology in the setting of pulmonary hypertension	Project Leader Professor James Angus	Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Hargreaves laboratory: Exercise physiology	Head of Laboratory Professor Mark Hargreaves	Physiology
Human brain networks processing respiratory sensations	Project Leader Associate Professor Stuart Mazzone	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Lung Disease Research Laboratory	Head of Laboratory Professor Gary P Anderson	Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Lynch laboratory: Basic and clinical myology	Head of Laboratory Professor Gordon Lynch	Physiology
Mazzone laboratory: Respiratory Sensory Neuroscience	Head of Research Group Associate Professor Stuart Mazzone	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Modelling sensory neuron-epithelial interactions	Project Leader Associate Professor Stuart Mazzone	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Novel technique to determine the pKA of clonidine at prejunctional α2-adrenoceptors in sympathetic transmission	Project Leader Professor James Angus	Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Pathogenesis of chronic lung disease	Head of Laboratory Dr Michelle Hansen	Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Preclinical pharmacology – cardiovascular efficacy and safety R&D	Project Leader Associate Professor Christine Wright	Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Reassessment of α1-adrenoceptor mechanism in artery contraction: role of ATP and pannexin channels	Project Leader Professor James Angus	Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Steroid hormones and heart failure – sex perspectives	Project Leader Professor Lea Delbridge	Physiology
Stroud laboratory: Mitochondrial Systems Biology	Head of Research Group Dr David Stroud	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The cardiovascular pharmacology of snake venoms from Papua New Guinea and Australia	Project Leader Associate Professor Christine Wright	Pharmacology and Therapeutics
The innate immune system in the respiratory tract	Project Leader Professor David Jackson	Microbiology and Immunology
The link between cardiovascular disease and neurodegeneration – focus on Alzheimer’s disease	Project Leader Associate Professor Christine Wright	Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Transcriptional profiling of sensory neurons	Project Leader Associate Professor Stuart Mazzone	Anatomy and Neuroscience
Trovafloxacin – an antibiotic with additional properties	Project Leader Professor James Angus	Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Wright laboratory: Cardiovascular Therapeutics Unit	Head of Laboratory Associate Professor Christine E Wright	Pharmacology and Therapeutics