I am a research and teaching academic with 50% of teaching and course coordination and 50% of research workload. My research is focused on enteric neuropathy associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), colorectal cancer (2nd most common cancer in the world) and side-effects of anti-cancer chemotherapy (experienced by 90% of cancer patients).
My research significantly contributes to understanding of mechanisms underlying these problems and proposes novel therapies. Being a medical graduate, I focus on pre-clinical studies that have translational value and direct impact on patient’s life and outcomes of the treatment. My research is original and internationally valued as evidenced by 82 presentations (oral and poster) at including 26 invited speaker/oral presentations the National and International meetings. I have organized and chaired 3 international and 1 national symposiums. My research program has been funded by 4 NHMRC grants (CIA in 2), NHMRC Peter Doherty Fellowship, equipment grants, 4 near-miss NHMRC grants and several competitive grants from other external funding bodies. I have established a functional research laboratory at the Western Center for Health, Research and Education (WCHRE) at Sunshine Hospital (currently 1.5 staff and 17 students) and pre-clinical animal models of IBD, colorectal cancer, chemotherapy, inflammation-induced cancer and methamphetamine-induced depression. Studies in pre-clinical animal models of disease have significantly progressed into the development of novel therapies. Moreover, this attracted a number of international visiting scientists (postgraduate students and senior researchers) from Austria, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, and China working on collaborative research projects in my lab. Active collaborations with Prof Kelley (USA), Prof Abalo (Spain), Prof Schaefer (Germany), Prof Bornstein (Melbourne University), Prof Apostolopoulos (Victoria University), A/Prof Eri (Tasmania University) and many other internal, national and international collaborations. I have supervised 55 research students including 12 PhD, 4 MSc and provide mentoring to early career researchers.
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The emerging antioxidant paradigm of mesenchymal stem cell therapy
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
NHMRCF - NHMRC Fellowship
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Positions
Full Member
International Society of Autonomic Neuroscience (ISAN)
Science Graduate
GESA (Gastroenterological Society of Australia)
Full Member
Australian Neuroscience Society (ANS)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Master of Science
Kazakh Academy of Science