• Find an Expert
  • Contact
  • SearchSearch icon
  • Menu
  • Help
  • Report an issue

Contact


Email

jessica.briffa@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Research Fellow
Department of Anatomy and Physiology
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
Victoria University
Bachelors Degree
Victoria University
Certificate IV
Swinburne University of Technology
ORCID

0000-0001-5173-4790

Dr Jessica Briffa

Research Fellow
Department of Anatomy and Physiology

39 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Impact of diet and exercise in growth restricted female rats on nephron endowment in male fetuses
    DOI: 10.1113/EP092622
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Metformin and insulin exacerbate one-carbon metabolism deficits in pregnant growth restricted rats and impacts the placenta, fetal liver and pancreas
    DOI: 10.1113/JP289453
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Imprinted gene alterations in the kidneys of growth restricted offspring may be mediated by a long non-coding RNA
    DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2023.2294516
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Fins, fur, and wings: the study of Tmem161b across species, and what it tells us about its function in the heart
    DOI: 10.1007/s00335-023-09994-z
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Size Matters: ECM Regulation in Pregnancy Success
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Pregnant biglycan knockout mice have altered cardiorenal adaptations and a shorter gestational length, but do not develop a pre-eclamptic phenotype
    DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2022.02.002
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Epigenetic mechanisms involved in intrauterine growth restriction and aberrant kidney development and function
    DOI: 10.1017/S2040174420001257
Jessica Briffa

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2018
MDHS Research Fellow
2017
ECR Prize Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Society of Australia and New Zealand
2016
ECR Poster Prize Victorian Obesity Consortium
2016
Elizabeth and Vernon Puzey Postdoctoral Fellow

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2021

    Journal article

    ELEVATED CIRCULATING AND PLACENTAL SPINT2 IS ASSOCIATED WITH PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY
    DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2021.07.196
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Elevated circulating and placental SPINT2 is associated with placental dysfunction
    DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147467
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Exercise alters cardiovascular and renal pregnancy adaptations in female rats born small on a high-fat diet
    DOI: 10.1152/AJPREGU.00260.2020
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Maternal exercise alters rat fetoplacental stress response: Minimal effects of maternal growth restriction and high-fat feeding
    DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2020.11.006

We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the lands upon which our campuses are situated

Read about our commitment to reconciliation  

About us  

Careers at Melbourne  

Safety and respect  

Newsroom  

Contact  

Phone: 13 MELB ( 13 6352)

International: +61 3 9035 5511


Address:
The University of Melbourne
Grattan Street, Parkville,
Victoria, 3010, Australia


View all Campus locations  
facebookIconlinkedinIconinstagramIcontwitterIcon

Emergency information  |  Disclaimer and copyright  |  Accessibility  |  Privacy  |  VaxFACTS

CRICOS number: 00116K     ABN: 84 002 705 224