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Personal profile
Biography
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
Network
Projects
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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 → 31/05/22
Project: Research
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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
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Umbilical cord blood cell miRNA in promoting survival, maturation and myelination in oligodendrocytes in perinatal white matter brain injury
Watt, A., Miller, S., McDonald, C., Castillo Melendez, M. E. & Jenkin, G.
1/01/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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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
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Is Umbilical Cord Blood Therapy an Effective Treatment for Early Lung Injury in Growth Restriction?
Allison, B. J., Youn, H., Malhotra, A., McDonald, C. A., Castillo-Melendez, M., Pham, Y., Sutherland, A. E., Jenkin, G., Polglase, G. R. & Miller, S. L., 3 Mar 2020, In : Frontiers in Endocrinology. 11, 13 p., 86.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Multiple doses of umbilical cord blood cells improve long-term brain injury in the neonatal rat
Penny, T. R., Pham, Y., Sutherland, A. E., Mihelakis, J. G., Lee, J., Jenkin, G., Fahey, M. C., Miller, S. L. & McDonald, C. A., 1 Nov 2020, In : Brain Research. 1746, 11 p., 147001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Neurovascular effects of umbilical cord blood-derived stem cells in growth-restricted newborn lambs
Malhotra, A., Castillo-Melendez, M., Allison, B. J., Sutherland, A. E., Nitsos, I., Pham, Y., McDonald, C. A., Fahey, M. C., Polglase, G. R., Jenkin, G. & Miller, S. L., 8 Jan 2020, In : Stem Cell Research and Therapy. 11, 1, 14 p., 17.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus) -
Umbilical Cord Blood Cells Do Not Reduce Ventilation-Induced Lung Injury in Preterm Lambs
Smith, M. J., Chan, K. Y. Y., Papagianis, P., Nitsos, I., Zahra, V., Allison, B., Polglase, G. R. & McDonald, C. A., 21 Feb 2020, In : Frontiers in Physiology. 11, 11 p., 119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Brain inflammation and injury at 48 h is not altered by human amnion epithelial cells in ventilated preterm lambs
Nott, F., Jane Pillow, J., Dahl, M., Kelly, S. B., Melville, J., McDonald, C., Nitsos, I., Lim, R., Wallace, E. M., Jenkin, G., Polglase, G. R., Moss, T. J. & Galinsky, R., 1 Jul 2019, In : Pediatric Research. 88, 1, p. 27-37 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Australian Postgraduate Award
McDonald, Courtney (Recipient), 2008
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Cerebral Palsy Award for Best Research
McDonald, Courtney (Recipient), 2016
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Conference Travel Grant
McDonald, Courtney (Recipient), 2011
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Conference Travel Grant
McDonald, Courtney (Recipient), 2014
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Conference Travel Grant
McDonald, Courtney (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)