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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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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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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Acceptability of neural stem cell therapy for cerebral palsy: survey of the Australian cerebral palsy community
Smith, M. J., Finch-Edmondson, M., Miller, S. L., Webb, A., Fahey, M. C., Jenkin, G., Paton, M. C. B. & McDonald, C. A., Dec 2023, In: Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 14, 1, 12 p., 18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Endothelial colony forming cell administration promotes neurovascular unit development in growth restricted and appropriately grown fetal lambs
Bell, A., Watt, A. P., Dudink, I., Pham, Y., Sutherland, A. E., Allison, B. J., McDonald, C. A., Castillo-Melendez, M., Jenkin, G., Malhotra, A., Miller, S. L. & Yawno, T., 14 Feb 2023, In: Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 14, 1, 20 p., 29.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Feasibility of cord blood collection for autologous cell therapy applications in extremely preterm infants
Zhou, L., McDonald, C. A., Yawno, T., Penny, T., Miller, S. L., Jenkin, G. & Malhotra, A., May 2023, In: Cytotherapy. 25, 5, p. 458-462 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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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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Ganaxolone versus Phenobarbital for Neonatal Seizure Management
Miller, S. L., Bennet, L., Sutherland, A. E., Pham, Y., McDonald, C., Castillo-Melendez, M., Allison, B. J., Mihelakis, J., Nitsos, I., Boyd, B. J., Hirst, J. J., Walker, D. W., Hunt, R. W., Jenkin, G., Wong, F., Malhotra, A., Fahey, M. C. & Yawno, T., Dec 2022, In: Annals of Neurology. 92, 6, p. 1066-1079 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (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), 2014
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Conference Travel Grant
McDonald, Courtney (Recipient), 2011
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Conference Travel Grant
McDonald, Courtney (Recipient), 2013
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