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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
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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. L., 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-Fegan, 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
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Effect of expansion of human umbilical cord blood CD34 + cells on neurotrophic and angiogenic factor expression and function
Watt, A. P., Kirkland, M., Nekkanti, L., Pham, Y., McDonald, C., Malhotra, A., Moeneclaey, G., Miller, S. L. & Jenkin, G., Apr 2022, In: Cell and Tissue Research. 38, 1, p. 117-132 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Umbilical Cord Blood and Cord Tissue-Derived Cell Therapies for Neonatal Morbidities: Current Status and Future Challenges
Zhou, L., McDonald, C., Yawno, T., Jenkin, G., Miller, S. & Malhotra, A., Feb 2022, In: Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 11, 2, p. 135-145 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Neural stem cell treatment for perinatal brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical studies
Smith, M. J., Paton, M. C. B., Fahey, M. C., Jenkin, G., Miller, S. L., Finch-Edmondson, M. & McDonald, C. A., Dec 2021, In: Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 10, 12, p. 1621-1636 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Optimization of behavioral testing in a long-term rat model of hypoxic ischemic brain injury
Penny, T. R., Pham, Y., Sutherland, A. E., Smith, M. J., Lee, J., Jenkin, G., Fahey, M. C., Miller, S. L. & McDonald, C. A., 9 Jul 2021, In: Behavioural Brain Research. 409, 10 p., 113322.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Umbilical cord blood therapy modulates neonatal hypoxic ischemic brain injury in both females and males
Penny, T. R., Pham, Y., Sutherland, A. E., Lee, J., Jenkin, G., Fahey, M. C., Miller, S. L. & McDonald, C. A., Dec 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 14 p., 15788.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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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), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Conference Travel Grant
McDonald, Courtney (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Conference Travel Grant
McDonald, Courtney (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)