Dr Brent McParland
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Senior Lecturer
D06 - Blackburn Building |
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Themes
Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease; Infection and Immunological Conditions; Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health
Research interests
Mechanisms that cause exaggerated narrowing of the airways in asthma and COPD.
Investigating whether Australian ticks cause Lyme disease (borreliosis)
Teaching areas
Pharmacology Fundamentals (Basic Pharmacology)
Respiratory Diseases (Asthma, COPD, PAH)
Autacoid Pharmacology (5HT, NO, Bradykinin, PGs, LTs, Histamine)
Drugs in Sport
Honours project opportunities
Compounds which inhibit agonist interaction with its target receptor
Development of an in vitro breathing apparatus
Discovering the elusive epithelial-derived hyperpolarising factor
