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Ayse Zengin

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6428-6165

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20082019
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Biography

Dr Ayse Zengin joined the School of Clinical Sciences as a Research Fellow in the Muscle and Bone Health Group in September 2016.

Ayse completed her PhD in a joint project between the Bone Biology and Neuroscience programs at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia in 2012. Upon completion, Ayse worked as a postdoc in the Endocrinology Department of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (Germany) until December 2013. Ayse then moved to Cambridge (UK) where she was a Postdoctoral Scientist at the MRC Human Nutrition Research Unit where she worked with the MRC Unit in The Gambia (Africa) on a musculoskeletal study in ageing men and women. 

Ayse’s main research interests are investigating the muscle-bone relationship within the ageing population, imaging bone with advanced technology and the role of nutrition on skeletal health in the elderly across ethnic populations. 

Research interests

  • Global health of musculoskeletal diseases (osteoporosis and sarcopenia)
  • Fall and fracture prevention in disadvantaged populations (e.g The Gambia, India, Aboriginal Australians)
  • Lifestyle effects (diet, nutrition, physical activity etc) on bone and muscle health
  • Effects of chronic co-morbidities (cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes) on bone and muscle health

Supervision interests

  1. Study of Indigenous Muscle & Bone Ageing (SIMBA): longitudinal study to determine why fall & fracture risk are increased in Indigenous Australians?
  2. Effects of diet/nutrtion on bone and muscle health in ageing Indian and Gambian adults
  3. Understanding the associations between cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health in ageing Indian men and women
  4. Sex-differences in the associations of cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health in South African older adults
  5. Ethnic differences in muscle function decline in Indian, Gambian and South African older adults

Community service

Bone Banter Podcast: seeks to increase awareness of musculoskeletal health among the public with a new episode weekly.

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Education/Academic qualification

Bone, Metabolism, Neuroscience, PhD, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Neuroscience, Honours, University of Wollongong

Medical Science, Bachelor, University of Wollongong

External positions

Postdoctoral Fellow, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (University of Munich)

Sep 2012 → Dec 2013

Investigator Scientist, MRC Human Nutrition Research

14 Jan 2012 → 31 Aug 2016

Keywords

  • Osteoporosis
  • Sarcopenia
  • Ageing
  • Ethnic
  • Fractures
  • musculoskeletal
  • Global Health

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Projects 2017 2018

Ian Potter Foundation Travel Grant

Zengin, A.

10/12/18 → 13/12/18

Project: Research

Endocrine insights into musculoskeletal health

Zengin, A.

1/12/18 → 31/12/18

Project: Other

Ethnic differences in the age-related decline in muscle mass and strength and the effects on bone health

Zengin, A.

23/03/18 → 25/08/18

Project: Research

High‐resolution 3‐D bone, muscle and joint imaging utilising the XtremeCT‐II scanner: improving Australia's musculoskeletal health

Zengin, A., Scott, D. & Ebeling, P.

2/10/17 → 28/09/18

Project: Research

Research Output 2008 2019

RANK deletion in neuropeptide Y neurones attenuates oestrogen deficiency-related bone loss

Lee, N. J., Clarke, I. M., Zengin, A., Enriquez, R. F., Nagy, V., Penninger, J. M., Baldock, P. A. & Herzog, H., 1 Jan 2019, In : Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 31, 2, 9 p., e12687.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Sex-specific associations between insulin resistance and bone parameters in overweight and obese older adults

Mesinovic, J., McMillan, L. B., Shore-Lorenti, C., Zengin, A., De Courten, B., Ebeling, P. R. & Scott, D., 1 Jan 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Clinical Endocrinology. 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Corrigendum: The Gambian bone and muscle ageing study: Baseline data from a prospective observational African sub-Saharan study [Front Endocrinol, 8, (2017), (219)] doi: 10.3389/fendo.2017.00219

Zengin, A., Fulford, A. J., Sawo, Y., Jarjou, L. M., Schoenmakers, I., Goldberg, G., Prentice, A. & Ward, K. A., 16 Apr 2018, In : Frontiers in Endocrinology. 9, 3 p., 160.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review

Open Access
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Musculoskeletal health of Indigenous Australians

Zengin, A., Maple-Brown, L. J., Brennan-Olsen, S., Center, J. R., Eades, S. & Ebeling, P. R., 1 Dec 2018, In : Archives of Osteoporosis. 13, 1, 8 p., 77.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review

The prevalence of sarcopenia and relationships between muscle and bone in ageing West-African Gambian men and women

Zengin, A., Jarjou, L. M., Prentice, A., Cooper, C., Ebeling, P. R. & Ward, K. A., 1 Oct 2018, In : Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle. 9, 5, p. 920-928 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access
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Press / Media

Muscle Strength Positively Predicts Bone Outcomes in Aging Men

Ayse Zengin

30/05/16

1 item of media coverage

Press/Media: Research