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Biography
Dr Tomasz Block
BBiomedSc BSc(Hons) MBBS FRACP
Dr Tomasz Block is an Endocrinologist and PhD Candidate in the Monash University Department of Diabetes in Melbourne.
He is particularly passionate about cardiometabolic disease, diabetic complications, and obesity management.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Endocrinology Registrar, Alfred Health
2024 → 2025
Endocrinology Registrar, Royal Hobart Hospital
2023 → 2024
Endocrinology Registrar, Monash Health
2022 → 2023
Basic Physician Trainee, Austin Health
2021 → 2022
Research area keywords
- Endocrinology
- Diabetes
- Diabetic Complications
- Cardiometabolic disease
- kidney disease
- cardiovascular complications of diabetes
- CKD
- CVD
- Oxidative Stress
- NOX5
- therapeutic development
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Projects
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NOX5 in circulating peripheral blood mononuclear cells as a new biomarkerfor unstable diabetic cardiovascular disease
Block, T., Jandeleit-Dahm, K., Shaw, J. & Cooper, M.
1/01/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Epigenetic programming, early life nutrition and the risk of metabolic disease
Block, T. & El-Osta, A., 1 Nov 2017, In: Atherosclerosis. 266, p. 31-40 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
82 Citations (Scopus) -
DNA methylation regulates hypothalamic gene expression linking parental diet during pregnancy to the offspring's risk of obesity in Psammomys obesus
Khurana, I., Kaspi, A., Ziemann, M., Block, T., Connor, T., Spolding, B., Cooper, A., Zimmet, P., El-Osta, A. & Walder, K., Jul 2016, In: International Journal of Obesity. 40, 7, p. 1079-1088 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
8 Citations (Scopus) -
A Novel RUNX1 Genetic Variant Identified in a Young Male with Severe Osteoporosis
Block, T. J., Shore-Lorenti, C., Zebaze, R., Kerr, P. G., Kalff, A., Perkins, A. C., Ebeling, P. R. & Milat, F., Sept 2023, In: JBMR Plus. 7, 9, 8 p., e10791.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Clinical trials with reno-vascular end points in patients with diabetes: Changing the scenario over the past 20 years
Block, T. J. & Cooper, M. E., Mar 2023, In: La Presse Medicale. 52, 1, 7 p., 104178.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
Pyridoxamine prevents increased atherosclerosis by intermittent methylglyoxal spikes in the aortic arches of ApoE-/- mice
Hanssen, N. M. J., Tikellis, C., Pickering, R. J., Dragoljevic, D., Lee, M. K. S., Block, T., Scheijen, J. LJM., Wouters, K., Miyata, T., Cooper, M. E., Murphy, A. J., Thomas, M. C. & Schalkwijk, C. G., Feb 2023, In: Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 158, 9 p., 114211.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access8 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Alfred Health Senior Medical Staff Association Prize for Clinical/Public Health Research
Block, Tomasz (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Clinical Presentation Award in memory of Dr Paul Lee - Australasian Diabetes Congress
Block, Tomasz (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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ESA Best Clinical Research Poster Award
Block, Tomasz (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Second Place Oral Abstract Presentation – 6th Annual Heart in Diabetes Congress
Block, Tomasz (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)