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Professor Lesley Campbell AM

 

Senior Principal Research Fellow; Group leader, Diabetes and Obesity Clinical Studies, Diabetes and Obesity Research Program, Garvan Institute; Professor of Medicine, University of New South Wales; Director, Diabetes Centre, and Senior Staff Specialist, Department of Endocrinology, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

Email: l.campbell 'at' garvan.org.au
Research Group: Campbell

 
 

Education

1989 FRCP (UK)
1977 FRACP (UK)
1973 MRCP (UK)
1973 MRACP (UK)
1963 - 1968 Medical Undergraduate Sydney University

Publications

Greenfield JR, Samaras K, Jenkins AB, Kelly PJ, Spector TD, Campbell LV. Do gene-gene interactions influence fasting plasma lipids? A study of twins. European Journal of Clinical Investigation 2004; 34(9):590-598.

Kriketos AD, Gan SK, Poynten AM, Furler SM, Chisholm DJ, Campbell LV. Exercise increases adiponectin levels and insulin sensitivity in humans. Diabetes Care 2004; 27(2):629-630.

Jenkins AB, Campbell LV. The genetics and pathophysiology of Diabetes Mellitus type 2. Journal of inherited metabolic diseases 2004; 27:331-347.

Greenfield JR, Samaras K, Jenkins AB, Kelly PJ, Spector TD, Gallimore JR, Pepys MB, Campbell LV. Obesity is an important determinant of baseline serum C-reactive protein concentration in monozygotic twins, independent of genetic influences. Circulation 2004; 109:3022-3028.

Kriketos AD, Greenfield JR, Peake PW, Furler SM, Denyer GS, Charlesworth JA, Campbell LV. Inflammation, insulin resistance and adiposity: A study of first-degree relatives of type 2 diabetic subjects. Diabetes Care 2004; 27(8):2033-2040.

Kriketos AD, Campbell LV. Postprandial triglycerides in response to high fat: role of dietary carbohydrate: authors' reply (Letter). Eur J Clin Invest 2004; 34:75.

Poynten AM, Markovic TP, Maclean EL, Furler SM, Freund J, Chisholm DJ, Campbell LV. Fat oxidation, body composition and insulin sensitivity in diabetic and normoglycaemic obese adults 5 years after weight loss. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2003; 27:1212-1218.

Gan SK, Kriketos AD, Poynten AM, Furler SM, Thompson CH, Kraegen EW, Campbell LV, Chisholm DJ. Insulin action, regional fat, and myocyte lipid: altered relationships with increased adiposity. Obesity Res 2003; 11:1295-1305.

Greenfield JR, Samaras K, Jenkins AB, Kelly PJ, Spector TD, Campbell LV. Moderate alcohol consumption, dietary fat composition, and abdominal obesity in women: evidence for gene-environment interaction. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003; 88(11):5381-6.

Craig P, Samaras K, Freund J, Culton N, Halavatau V, Campbell LV. (2003) BMI inaccurately reflects total body and abdominal fat in Tongans. Acta Diabetol 40: Suppl 1: 5282-285.


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Areas of Interest

Aetiology of insulin resistance, nutrition and obesity, diabetes, obesity, central adiposity, genetics of obesity
 

News

 

Pilot study curbs appetite of people with Prader-Willi Syndrome

MEDIA RELEASE: 27 Jun 2011
Australian researchers have done a promising pilot study on a small group of people with the harrowing genetic disorder known as ‘Prader-Willi Syndrome’, using a drug already prescribed for some patients with Type 2 diabetes.
 
 

Simple diagnostic tool predicts Type 2 diabetes in South East Asians

MEDIA RELEASE: 07 Jul 2010
Researchers have estimated the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in Vietnam, and have developed a simple tool for identifying individuals at high risk. In Ho Chi Minh City, a city of 6.4 million, the findings suggest that around 350,000 have diabetes, many of whom are unaware of the fact.
 
 

Better understanding of the all-consuming Prader-Willi Syndrome

MEDIA RELEASE: 12 May 2010
Garvan researchers have uncovered facts that take us a step closer towards understanding Prader-Willi Syndrome, a harrowing genetic disorder that causes insatiable appetite for life.
 
 

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