Dr Joanne Howes

Clinical Trial Coordinator - Deadly Ears in Deadly Hands study

Qualifications:

PhD, University of Southampton, UK, 2007; Bachelor of Science, University of Southampton, UK, 2003

Location:

Darwin – Royal Darwin Hospital

Biography:

Dr Joanne Howes is the clinical trial coordinator for the Deadly Ears in Deadly Hands research study based at Menzies in Darwin. 

After obtaining her PhD on the “Impact of Maternal Diet on Vascular Function in the Offspring” she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for several years. Joanne then moved into the research management field as a Research Administrator for the Malaria Program and then Research Manager for the Computational Genomics Program at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK. She emigrated to Australia in 2016 and became a Clinical Trial Coordinator in the Asthma and Breathing Research Program at the Hunter Medical Research Institute in Newcastle, NSW. 

Before taking on her current position she was the Research Program Manager for the Centre for Research Excellence in Ear and Hearing Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children based at Menzies. 

Dr Joanne Howes
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Research Themes
  1. Harvey NC, Lillycrop KA, Garratt E, Sheppard A, McLean C, Burdge G, Slater-Jefferies J, Rodford J, Crozier S, Inskip H, Emerald BS, Gale CR, Hanson M, Gluckman P, Godfrey K, Cooper C. (2012) Evaluation of methylation status of the eNOS promoter at birth in relation to childhood bone mineral content. Calcified Tissue International Feb;90(2):120-7
  2. Godfrey KM, Sheppard A, Gluckman PD, Lillycrop KA, Burdge GC, McLean C, Rodford J, Slater-Jefferies JL, Garratt E, Crozier SR, Emerald BS, Gale CR, Inskip HM, Cooper C, Hanson MA. (2011) Epigenetic gene promoter methylation at birth is associated with child's later adiposity. Diabetes May;60(5):1528-34
  3. Lillycrop, K.A., Rodford, J., Garratt, E.S., Slater-Jefferies, J.S., Godfrey, K.M., Gluckman, P.D., Hanson, M.A., Burdge, G.C., (2010) Maternal protein restriction with or without folic acid supplementation during pregnancy alters the hepatic transcriptome in adult male rats. British Journal of Nutrition Jun;103(12):1711-9
  4. Rodford, J.L, Torrens, C., Siow, R.C.M., Mann, G.E., Hanson, M.A., Clough, G.F. (2008) Endothelial dysfunction and reduced antioxidant protection in an animal model of the developmental origins of cardiovascular disease: adaptive vs. disruptive responses during normal development. Journal of Physiology 586(19) 4709- 4720 NB

All publications are under maiden name of Rodford