Dr Susan McLennan

Principal Research Fellow
Medicine, Central Clinical School
Bosch Institute

D06 - Blackburn Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Themes | Research interests | Grants | Research project opportunities | Keywords

 

Themes

Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease; Chronic and Preventable Conditions

Research interests

Diabetes and its complications

Current national competitive grants*

2010

Diabetes exacerbates non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis (NASH)
Twigg S, McLennan S, Gorrell M
NHMRC Project Grant ($545,500 over 3 years)

2009

Connective Tissue Growth Factor in diabetic cardiomyopathy
Twigg S, McLennan S
National Heart Foundation of Australia Grans-in-Aid ($129,000 over 3 years)

2008

The role of the Hepatocyte in extracellular matrix interactions in Liver Fibrogenesis
Shackel N, McLennan S, Warner F
NHMRC Project Grant ($518,750 over 3 years)

2007

Novel regulators of fat cell differentiation
Twigg S, McLennan S, Baxter R
NHMRC Project Grant ($428,250 over 3 years)

* Grants administered through the University of Sydney

Research project opportunities

Role of neutrophil associated lipocalin (NGAL) in poor wound healing in diabetes

Keywords

Fibrosis; Cardiovascular diseases; Aging; Endocrinology; Diabetes; Kidney disease