Professor Murray Mitchell
Murray D. Mitchell, D.Phil, D.Sc, FRSNZ, was
appointed as Director, UQ Centre for Clinical Research effective
1st February 2010. Previously he was Research Director
and Deputy Director of the newly established Liggins Institute at
the University of Auckland and Deputy Director of the National
Research Centre for Growth and Development. He has held
positions at the Universities of Oxford, Southwestern Medical
School in Dallas, University of California, San Diego, University
of Utah and latterly was Head of the Department of Pharmacology and
then Associate Dean of Planning and Deputy Dean the University of
Auckland, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. He has a
D.Sc from Liverpool University and a D.Phil from Oxford
University.
Professor Mitchell has received many distinctions including :
Staines Medical Research Fellow, Exeter College, Oxford University;
1988 Junior Research Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford University;
Presidents Achievement Award, Society for Gynecologic
Investigation; NZ President Australasian Society of Clinical and
Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists; Fellowship of the
Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ) and a James Cook Research
Fellowship of RSNZ
His research interests are based broadly on the biochemical
mechanisms of growth and differentiation of tissues at the
molecular, cellular, organ and whole animal level. Attention
is focused on the development of fetal tissues and uterine tissues
that play a part in the mechanism(s) of parturition. In
particular, the causes and consequences of preterm birth and
intrauterine growth restriction are being studied in order to
evaluate the potential effects on early development and later
vulnerability to disease in adulthood and in subsequent generations
of offspring. The factors under investigation range from the
iatrogenic to environmental agents such as bisphenol A to maternal
nutritional status at differing times.
Key Words
pre term delivery, specialist in the biochemistry and
endocrinology of the mechanisms involved in labour and
delivery. mechanisms of parturition, growth and
development, placental physiology, arachidonic acid metabolism, pre
term delivery, specialist in the biochemistry and endocrinology of
the mechanisms involved in labour and delivery.
