Dr Michael Skilton
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Senior Research Fellow
C39 - Royal Prince Alfred Hospital |
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Biographical details
Dr Skilton is a vascular physiologist at the Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders, and is currently the recipient of a NHMRC Career Development Fellowship. He graduated from the University of Queensland (BSc Hons I) in 1998, and was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney in 2005 for his doctoral studies on “Nutrition and cardiovascular structure and function”. He has held postdoctoral positions in Lyon, France (2005-2007) and at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne (2007-2010). He has published 44 scientific papers, in high ranking journals including the Lancet, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Biological Psychiatry, Neurology, ATVB, Stroke, Hypertension, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and Pediatrics. He is a member of the American Heart Association (AHA), the International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS), and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). He is currently a Chief Investigator on research grants totalling over $1.8m, and has ongoing collaborations with research teams in France, Finland, Melbourne, Adelaide, Alice Springs and Darwin.
Research interests
Our research focuses on the development and refinement of techniques for assessing early vascular disease, and cross-disciplinary application of these techniques to identify novel cardiovascular risk factors and individuals at risk of having heart attacks and strokes. Specific research topics include: - Identification of individuals at risk of early vascular damage due to their intrauterine environment, including exposure to maternal obesity and hypercholesterolemia - Determining the mechanisms by which pregnancy increases cardiovascular risk - Determining the mechanisms by which obesity increases cardiovascular risk - Determining the factors that contribute to increased cardiovascular risk in Indigenous Australians
Current national competitive grants*
2012
Approaches to inhibit SAA-induced endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis
Witting P, Freedman B, Geczy C, Skilton M, Sullivan D
National Heart Foundation of Australia / Grants-in-Aid ($130,000 over 2 years)
2011
Non-invasive assessment of vascular health in maternal-fetal and other susceptible population
Skilton M
NHMRC Career Development Fellowship ($384,160 over 4 years)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney
PhD and Masters' project opportunities
The fetal environment, pregnancy, and cardiovascular risk
Post-meal vascular function and cardiovascular disease