Meyer, Barbara - University of Wollongong

个人简介

Positions: Associate Professor in the School of Medicine Director, Lipid Research Centre (formerly known as the Metabolic Research Centre) Teaching: Nutrition and pathophysiology Research student supervision

研究领域

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the Australian diet (references 5, 8, 13 and 14 ) and validation of food frequency questionnaire to measure polyunsaturated fat intake (reference 6) Relationship of omega-3 to health and disease including cardiovascular disease, depression (reference 1, 9), post-natal depression (reference 4), complicated pregnancies such as pre-eclampsia (reference 3) and cognitive function and mental health (reference 2) Specific foods (eg soy foods), nutrients in foods/supplements (eg omega-3) and their ability to reduce cardiovascular risk factors in human randomised controlled trials (reference 7) Dyslipidaemia, in particular intermediate density lipoprotein (IDL), the IDL subpopulations, and their relationship to the risk of developing atherosclerosis (reference 10)

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Meyer BJ, Grenyer BFS, Crowe T, Owen AJ, Grigonis-Deanne EM, Howe PRC. Improvement of major depression is associated with increased erythrocyte DHA. Lipids (accepted) Parletta N, Milte CM, Meyer BJ. Nutritional modulation of cognitive function and mental health. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 2013;725-743. (Invited review) Mackay VA, Huda SS, Stewart FM, Tham K, McKenna LA, Martin I, Jordan F, Brown EA, Hodson L, Greer IA, Meyer BJ, Freeman DJ. Preeclampsia is associated with compromised maternal synthesis of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids leading to offspring deficiency. Hypertension 2012;60:1078-1085. Makrides M, Gibson RA, McPhee AJ, Yelland L, Quinlivan J, Ryan P, Doyle LW, Anderson P, Else PL, Meyer BJ, Colditz P, Pritchard M, et al. Effect of DHA supplementation during pregnancy on maternal depression and neurodevelopment of young children. JAMA 2010;304(15)1675-1683. Meyer BJ, Kolanu N. Australian children are not consuming enough long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids for optimal health. Nutrition 2011:27:1136-1140. Swierk M, Williams PA, Wilcox J, Russell K, Meyer BJ. Validation of an Australian electronic food frequency questionnaire to measure polyunsaturated fatty acid intake. Nutrition 2011:27-641-646. Thorp AA, Howe PRC, Mori TA, Coates AM, Buckley JD, Hodgson J, Mansour J, Meyer BJ. Soy food consumption does not lower LDL cholesterol in either equol or nonequol producers. Am J Clin Nutr 2008;88:298-304. Sullivan BL, Brown J, Williams PG, Meyer BJ. Dietary validation of a new food frequency questionnaire that estimates long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. British Journal of Nutrition. 2008;99:660-666. Grenyer BFS, Crowe T, Meyer B, Owen AJ, Grigonis-Deane EM, Caputi P, Howe PRC. Fish oil supplementation in the treatment of major depression: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 2007;31:1393-1396. Meyer BJ, Duvillard L, Owen AJ, Packard CJ, Caslake MJ. Fractionation of cholesteryl ester rich intermediate density lipoprotein subpopulations by chondroitin sulphate. Atherosclerosis 2007 Dec 195(2):e28-34 Epub 2007 Mar 6. Stewart F, Rodie VA, Ramsay JE, Greer IA, Freeman DJ, Meyer BJ. Longitudinal assessment of erythrocyte fatty acid composition and concentration throughout pregnancy and in the post partum period. Lipids 2007;42(4):335-344. Giacco R, Cuomo V, Vessby B, Uusitupa M, Hermansen K, Meyer BJ, Riccardi G, Rivellese AA. KANWU Study Group. Fish oil, insulin metabolism and glucose tolerance in healthy people: is there any effect in relation to the type of background diet and habitual dietary intake of n-6 and n-3 fatty acids? Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases 2007;17:572-580. Howe PRC, Meyer BJ, Record S, Baghurst K. Dietary intake of long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: contribution of meat sources. Nutrition. 2006;22(1):47-53. Meyer BJ, Mann NJ, Lewis JL, Milligan GC, Sinclair AJ, Howe PRC. Dietary intakes and food sources of omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Lipids 2003:38;391-398.