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Personal profile
Biography
Dr. Barbora de Courten, MD PhD FRACP MPH is a professor and a specialist general physician with a PhD in epidemiology, extensive training in clinical trials (NIH) and a Master of Public Health (Monash University). She has expertise across the translational research continuum from epidemiology, human mechanistic studies to clinical trials and public health interventions through to practice.
She is passionate about research into holistic approaches to prevention and treatment of chronic diseases by promoting health through safe, low-cost and easily scalable interventions with the potential to have an immediate public health impact to prevent and treat chronic diseases. She believes this will impact not only health of individuals but also be beneficial to our society and environment we live in.
Her vision is to establish new strategies for prevention and management of chronic diseases, specifically obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Her goal is that her research findings will ultimately translate into treatment guidelines, reduced diabetes and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and reduced healthcare costs.
She has worked in a variety of international settings, as reflected by her appointments at prestigious institutions in the USA (NIH), Australia (Baker IDI, Monash University) and Europe (University of Copenhagen and Steno Diabetes Centre). She has an active national and international research network in her respective research disciplines.
Education/Academic qualification
Public health, MPH
Award Date: 30 Jun 2012
Research, PhD
Award Date: 20 Sep 2002
Medicine and Surgery, MD
Award Date: 19 May 1998
Research area keywords
- chronic disease prevention and management
- chronic low-grade inflammation
- insulin resistance
- insulin secretion
- obesity
- vitamin D
- advanced glycation end-products
- carnosine
- diabetes
- oxidative stress
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Projects
Effect of Carnosine on Walking Endurance in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Peripheral Vascular Disease
de Courten, B., Aldini, G. & Buckenham, T.
1/01/20 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Effect of Carnosine on Walking Endurance in Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disease
de Courten, B. & Buckenham, T.
1/07/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
Tissue fibrosis and exercise in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Linking mechanisms to therapy
Stepto, N., Rodgers, R., McAinch, A., Joham, A., de Courten, B., Harrison, C., Teede, H., Hawley, J. & Ranasinha, S.
National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
Tackling insulin resistance and metabolic disease: Understanding the impacts of lifestyle and pharmacotherapy
de Courten, B., Stepto, N., Teede, H., Rodgers, R. J., Barres, R. & McAinch, A.
Project: Research
Research Output
Are Lifestyle Interventions to Reduce Excessive Gestational Weight Gain Cost Effective? A Systematic Review
Bailey, C., Skouteris, H., Teede, H., Hill, B., De Courten, B., Walker, R., Liew, D., Thangaratinam, S. & Ademi, Z., 1 Feb 2020, In : Current Diabetes Reports. 20, 2, 16 p., 6.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Histidine-containing dipeptides reduce central obesity and improve glycaemic outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Menon, K., Marquina, C., Liew, D., Mousa, A. & de Courten, B., Mar 2020, In : Obesity Reviews. 21, 3, 13 p., e12975.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Reply to the Letter to the Editor from J. Matthews and C. Sale
Menon, K., Mousa, A. & de Courten, B., Oct 2020, In : Obesity Reviews. 21, 7, 2 p., e13043.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Other › peer-review
The relationship between vitamin D metabolites and androgens in women with polycystic ovary syndrome
Mesinovic, J., Teede, H. J., Shorakae, S., Lambert, G. W., Lambert, E. A., Naderpoor, N. & de Courten, B., 26 Apr 2020, In : Nutrients. 12, 5, 8 p., 1219.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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Vitamin D supplementation increases adipokine concentrations in overweight or obese adults
Mousa, A., Naderpoor, N., Wilson, K., Plebanski, M., de Courten, M. P. J., Scragg, R. & de Courten, B., Feb 2020, In : European Journal of Nutrition. 59, 1, p. 195-204 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3
Citations
(Scopus)
Prizes
Barry Young Research Award, Australian Diabetes Society
de Courten, Barbora (Recipient), Aug 2017
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
Diabetes Australia Research Establishment Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
de Courten, Barbora (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
Foundation for High Blood Pressure Research Establishment Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
de Courten, Barbora (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
Foundation for High Blood Pressure Research Establishment Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
de Courten, Barbora (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
Millennium type 2 diabetes award, Diabetes Australia Research Trust
de Courten, Barbora (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press / Media
Are you wearing gloves or a mask to the shops? You might be doing it wrong
Barbora de Courten & Maximilian De Courten
12/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
Can I visit my loved one in hospital even if they don’t have coronavirus?
20/04/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature