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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.
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
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):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
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NOX5 in circulating peripheral blood mononuclear cells as a new biomarkerfor unstable diabetic cardiovascular disease
Block, T. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Jandeleit-Dahm, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Shaw, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Cooper, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))
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
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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
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Activator protein-1 (AP-1) inhibition prevents endothelial to mesenchymal transition in diabetes-associated atherosclerosis: a translational study
Khan, A. W., Aziz, M., Sourris, K. C., Cortes, J. P., Block, T. J., Dai, A., Maxwell, S., Okabe, J., Pyper, E., Paneni, F., Cooper, M. E. & Jandeleit-Dahm, K. A., 19 Feb 2026, In: Cardiovascular Diabetology. 25, 1, 14 p., 61.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Diabetes distress screening using PAID-5 and PAID-1 among adults attending a tertiary multidisciplinary type 1 diabetes clinic
Vu, J., Solanki, K., McKay, J., Kumareswaran, K., Duncan, I., Joseph, A., Block, T. J., Russell, A. W., Zoungas, S., Trawley, S. & McAuley, S. A. (Leading Author), Sept 2025, In: Diabetic Medicine. 42, 9, 8 p., e70083.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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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
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Prizes
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Alfred Health Senior Medical Staff Association Prize for Clinical/Public Health Research
Block, T. (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, T. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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ESA Best Clinical Research Poster Award
Block, T. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Second Place Oral Abstract Presentation – 6th Annual Heart in Diabetes Congress
Block, T. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)