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Laboratory Members

A/Prof Duncan (Jock) Campbell



Senior Research Fellow
Molecular Cardiology Unit
St Vincent's Institute


Telephone: +61 3 9288 2501
Facsimile: +61 3 9416 2676
Email: dcampbell@svi.edu.au

Other Position:

  • Senior Research Fellow, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research
  • Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Honorary), University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, Victoria, Australia
  • Clinical Assistant (Honorary), Hypertension Clinic, St. Vincent's Hospital, Victoria, Australia

Education:

1973 B.Med.Sc. University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1973 MB.BS. University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1980 Fellow Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1997 Grad.Dip.Epid.Biostat. University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2005 Fellow Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

Awards:

1968 National Heart Foundation of Australia Scholarship
1970 National Heart Foundation of Australia Vacation Scholarship
1979-1981 NH&MRC Medical Postgraduate Research Award
1982 Royal Australasian College of Physicians Bushell Travelling Fellowship in Medicine or the Allied Sciences
1982 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), France
1983-1985, 1986-1987 NH&MRC C. J. Martin Fellowship
1985-1986 International Research Fellowship, from the Fogarty International Centre, National Institutes of Health, USA
1986 Demuth Young Investigator Award of the International Society of Hypertension

Scientific Involvement:

Society membership
1970 Member, Australian Society for Experimental Pathology
1974-present Member, Australian Medical Association
1978-present Member, The Australian Society for Medical Research
1978-present Member, Endocrine Society of Australia
1980-present Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1986-2004 Member, The Endocrine Society (USA)
1988-present Member, International Society of Hypertension
1991-present Member, National Association of Research Fellows
2004 Member, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
2005 Fellow, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Committee memberships - Internal
1996-2002 Member, Scientific Secretariat, Human Research Ethics Committee, St. Vincent's Hospital, Victoria, Australia
1998 Editor, Annual Report, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research
1999-2002 Member, Ph.D. Committee, University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, Victoria, Australia
Committee memberships - External
2004-present Member, NHF Heart Failure Guidelines Committee
Conference organization
1993-1994 Member, program committee, 15th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension
1993-1994 Member, local organising committee, Kallikreins &Kinins & Cardiovascular Function, Satellite to the 15th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension
1999-2001 Member, local organising committee, Renin Angiotensin System, Satellite to IUPS 2001
2003-2004 Co-Chair, Third International Symposium on AMP-activated protein kinase.
Editorial
1991-1993 Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Hypertension
1992-2001 Member, Editorial Board, Hypertension

Research Interests:

Cardiovascular disease, hypertension, cardiac failure, renin-angiotensin system, kallikrein kinin system, natriuretic peptides

Representative publications from a total of 87 original papers, 17 reviews, and 8 book chapters:

  1. Campbell DJ, Aggarwal A, Esler M, Kaye D. ￟-blockers, angiotensin II, and ACE inhibitors in patients with heart failure. Lancet 2001;358:1609-1610.
  2. Mackie F, Meyer TW, Campbell DJ. Effect of antihypertensive therapy on intrarenal angiotensin and bradykinin levels in experimental renal insufficiency. Kidney International 2002;61:555-563.
  3. Zeitz C, Campbell DJ, Horowitz JD. Myocardial uptake and biochemical and hemodynamic effects of ACE inhibitors in humans. Hypertension 2003;41:482-487.
  4. Dixon B, Santamaria JD, Campbell DJ. Plasminogen activator inhibitor activity is associated with raised lactate levels after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. Critical Care Medicine 2003;31:1053-1059.
  5. Campbell DJ, Alexiou T, Xiao HD, Fuchs S, McKinley MJ, Corvol P, Bernstein KE. Effects of reduced angiotensin converting enzyme gene expression and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition on angiotensin and bradykinin peptide levels in mice. Hypertension 2004;43:854-859.
  6. Xiao HD, Fuchs S, Campbell DJ, Lewis W, Dudley SCJr, Kasi VS, Hoit BD, Keshelava G, Capecchi MR, Bernstein KE. Mice with cardiac restricted angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) have atrial enlargement, cardiac arrhythmia and sudden death. American Journal of Pathology 2004;165:1019-1032.
  7. Campbell DJ, Zeitz CJ, Esler MD, Horowitz JD. ACE2 does not play a major role in angiotensin peptide metabolism in the human coronary circulation. Journal of Hypertension 2004;22:1971-1978.
  8. Campbell DJ, Woodward M, Chalmers JP, Colman SA, Jenkins AJ, Kemp BE, Neal BC, Patel A, MacMahon SW. Prediction of heart failure by amino-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and C-reactive protein in subjects with cerebrovascular disease. Hypertension 2005;45:69-74.
  9. Campbell DJ, Krum H, Esler MD. Losartan increases bradykinin levels in hypertensive humans. Circulation 2005;111:315-320.
  10. Alexiou T, Boon WM, Denton DA, Di Nicolantonio R, Walker LL, McKinley MJ, Campbell DJ. Angiotensinogen and angiotensin converting enzyme gene copy number and angiotensin and bradykinin peptide levels in mice. Journal of Hypertension 2005;23:945-954.
  11. Campbell DJ, Woodward M, Chalmers JP, Colman SA, Jenkins AJ, Kemp BE, Neal BC, Patel A, MacMahon SW. Prediction of myocardial infarction by N-terminal-pro-BNP, C-reactive protein and renin in subjects with cerebrovascular disease. (Circulation, in press).
  12. Campbell DJ. Heart failure: how can we prevent the epidemic? Medical Journal of Australia 2003;179:422-425.


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