Category: Research
The gastrointestinal tract is the largest organ in the body being equivalent to a ... in surface area. Australia has one of the highest rates of gastrointestinal disorders including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the world with the ...
Category: Research
Digestive disorders remain a major health burden.
We aim to understand ... factors that lead to debilitating gastric motility disorders. We will investigate the mechanisms underlying the propagation and ... to interstitial cells of Cajal, the pacemaker cells of the gastrointestinal tract alters this. This will provide a foundation for ...
Category: News & Articles
... shown a ground-breaking link between stress and functional gastrointestinal disorders.
New research from the University of Newcastle (UON) ... shown a ground-breaking link between stress and functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID), a vital piece of the puzzle for ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... of inflammatory bowel disease in children.
Functional gastrointestinal disorders are common conditions that cause abdominal pain and other symptoms ... for the better, and improving outcomes for children with gastrointestinal and liver disease, are the ultimate goals of my research ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... progress to serious mental illness in adulthood. Anxiety disorders in teenagers are increasing rapidly every year and I would like to ... how the interactions between our microbiome in the gastrointestinal tract, our immune system and our brain, may predispose to ...
Histology
Affiliations
Australian Gastrointestinal Research Alliance (AGIRA)
Brain and Mental Health ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... the role of the endothelium and pericytes in various organs (gastrointestinal tract, brain, lung etc).
Smooth muscle mechanisms in the gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts.
Brain mechanisms in health and ... heart including arrhythmias, gastrointestinal diseases, mood disorders and conditions associated with abnormal contractions and labour in ...
Category: News & Articles
... of life for people suffering with unexplained chronic gastrointestinal (GI) disorder – who represent more than one third of the ... third of Australians have one or more chronic unexplained gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, commonly called functional GI disorders (FGIDs), including irritable ...
Category: News & Articles
... explore the role of wheat proteins in dyspepsia. Functional gastrointestinal disorders are highly prevalent in the community, and contribute significantly ... Fellowship focuses on the role of diet in health and gastrointestinal disease, and specifically the role of wheat proteins in ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
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Dyspepsia and functional dyspepsia
Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders
Irritable bowel syndrome
Gastro-oesophagal reflux disease and ... authority in the classification of all the functional GI disorders), former editor of major journals in the field (Alimentary ...
Category: News & Articles
... seven types of stools on the Bristol Stool Chart, along with gastrointestinal disorders like Irritable Bowel Syndrome and bowel cancer,” Ms Goggins said. ... poo out of plasticine and try to guess the length of the gastrointestinal tract.”
HMRI’s Mothers and Babies research group has ...
