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Dr Courtney McDonald is a NHMRC Cerebral Palsy Alliance Early Career Research Fellow, working in the Neurodevelopment and Neuroprotection Research Group at The Ritchie Centre. She is a stem cell biologist, who completed her PhD at Monash University in 2013. Her research focuses on trying to understand how umbilical cord blood stem cells can be used to prevent or treat perinatal brain injury. She is also investigating which stem cell types are found in umbilical cord blood, how these populations change with disease and how these cells can reduce inflammation and contribute to brain repair.
Research area keywords
- Cerebral Palsy
- Stem Cells
- Neuroinflammation
- Neonatal brain injury
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Projects 2014 2022
Targeted stem cell therapy for inflammation-induced preterm brain injury
McDonald, C., Fahey, M., Castillo Melendez, M. E., Miller, S., Jenkin, G. & Yawno, T.
1/06/19 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
MRI guided-focused ultrasound: a novel delivery system for neural stem cells to repair the injured neonatal brain
McDonald, C., Fahey, M., Jenkin, G., Novak, I., Miller, S., De Veer, M., Finch-Edmondson, M., Snyder, E. & Wallace, E.
1/06/19 → 30/05/21
Project: Research
Finding the holy grail; "off the shelf" neural stem cell therapy for perinatal stroke
Fahey, M., McDonald, C., Miller, S., Jenkin, G. & Novak, I.
1/03/18 → 28/02/20
Project: Research
Targeting the inflammasome; the key to curing Cerebral Palsy?
McDonald, C., Dowling, J., Miller, S., Mansell, A., Fahey, M. & Hodges, R.
1/03/18 → 28/02/20
Project: Research
Research Output 2011 2019
Human umbilical cord therapy improves long-term behavioral outcomes following neonatal hypoxic ischemic brain injury
Penny, T. R., Sutherland, A. E., Mihelakis, J. G., Paton, M. C. B., Pham, Y., Lee, J., Jones, N. M., Jenkin, G., Fahey, M. C., Miller, S. L. & McDonald, C. A., 1 Jan 2019, In : Frontiers in Physiology. 10, MAR, 11 p., 283.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Intranasal Delivery of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Protects against Neonatal Hypoxic⁻Ischemic Brain Injury
McDonald, C. A., Djuliannisaa, Z., Petraki, M., Paton, M. C. B., Penny, T. R., Sutherland, A. E., Castillo-Melendez, M., Novak, I., Jenkin, G., Fahey, M. C. & Miller, S. L., 17 May 2019, In : International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20, 10, 15 p., 2449.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Umbilical cord blood versus mesenchymal stem cells for inflammation-induced preterm brain injury in fetal sheep
Paton, M. C. B., Allison, B. J., Fahey, M. C., Li, J., Sutherland, A. E., Pham, Y., Nitsos, I., Bischof, R. J., Moss, T. J., Polglase, G. R., Jenkin, G., Miller, S. L. & McDonald, C. A., Mar 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Pediatric Research. 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Controlling the Effective Oxygen Tension Experienced by Cells Using a Dynamic Culture Technique for Hematopoietic Ex Vivo Expansion
Tiwari, A., Wong, C., Nekkanti, L. P., Deane, J. A., McDonald, C., Li, J., Pham, Y., Sutherland, A. E., Jenkin, G. & Kirkland, M., 28 Feb 2018, In : Current Protocols in Stem Cell Biology. 44, 1, p. 2A.11.1-2A.11.13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
Effects of umbilical cord blood cells, and subtypes, to reduce neuroinflammation following perinatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury
McDonald, C. A., Penny, T. R., Paton, M. C. B., Sutherland, A. E., Nekkanti, L., Yawno, T., Castillo-Melendez, M., Fahey, M. C., Jones, N. M., Jenkin, G. & Miller, S. L., 17 Feb 2018, In : Journal of Neuroinflammation. 15, 1, 14 p., 47.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Prizes
Australian Postgraduate Award
Courtney McDonald (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Cerebral Palsy Award for Best Research
Courtney McDonald (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Conference Travel Grant
Courtney McDonald (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Conference Travel Grant
Courtney McDonald (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Conference Travel Grant
Courtney McDonald (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)