Associate Professor Paul Witting

Associate Professor Discipline of Pathology
Pathology, School of Medical Sciences

D06 - Blackburn Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

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Curriculum vitae

Biographical details

Dr Paul Witting is an Associate Professor in the Discipline of Pathology at The University of Sydney and a career biomedical researcher. He has held ARC (2003-2007) and National Heart Foundation Fellowships (1999-2001) that financed post-doctoral terms at the ANZAC Research Institute and University of British Columbia (Canada), respectively. He has a proven track record in the field of bio-medical chemistry publishing 87 peer-reviewed papers (mean impact factor (IF) ~4.8 with >90% appearing in international journals); 4-book chapters; 9-invited review articles and one International Patent. [More...]

Research interests

Dr Witting's research interest is in exploring the relationship between oxidative stress and the evolution of tissue damage in the acute setting of stroke and myocardial infarct. He is also collaborating with clinicians in the Concord Hospital Burns Unit as he examines the relationship between severe burn and acute renal failure.

Teaching areas

Teaching Portfolio includes USydMP (Block 8 and 9); Bachelor of Medical Science (2nd year) and Cell Pathology (3rd Year; CPAT3202/3201).

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)

2009

The fate of dietary selenium in vivo; a direct approach to linking chemical form with biological activity
Harris H, Witting P, Giles G
ARC Shared Research Support ($80,000 over 5 years)

* Grants administered through the University of Sydney

PhD and Masters' project opportunities

Assessing changes to myocardial proteins subsequent to experimental heart attack   +

+ indicates the opportunity is full and unavailable.

International links

New Zealand. (Otago University (Dunedin)) Seleno-organic compounds as antioxidants.
Canada. (The University of British Columbia) Collaborative work with Professor A. Grant Mauk.