Associate Professor Vivienne Reeve
BSc PhD
Principal Research Fellow, Photobiology and Skin Cancer Research
B01 - J.D. Stewart Building
The University of Sydney
| Telephone | +61 2 9351 2084 |
| Fax | +61 2 9351 7348 |
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Biographical details
Vivienne has developed an active research group in Photobiology and Skin Cancer in the Faculty. The focus of her research has been in understanding the mechanisms that regulate skin carcinogenesis, particularly the immune suppression induced by chronic exposure to UV radiation, which is a prerequisite for skin cancer development in humans and animals. This immune impairment appears to be sensitive to different wavebands of the UV spectrum, to antioxidants, to the level and nature of the dietary fat, and to steroid hormone receptors, and can be modified by sunscreen application. Using a specific mutant mouse, the Skh:hr hairless mouse, which is produced in the Faculty, a relevant model of solar UV radiation and skin photodamage is utilised in studies of chemoprevention by a variety of phytochemicals or immune modulators, attempting to correlate the immune function with the skin damage, and to develop new strategies for the prevention of solar UV-induced skin carcinogenesis in humans and animals.
Research interests
Photobiology and Skin Cancer Research
Selected grants
2008
- Mechanisms of photoprotection by vitamin D and analogs; Mason R, Reeve V, Halliday G; NHMRC/Project Grant.
- Protection against photoimmune suppression and skin cancer via oestrogen receptor signalling; Reeve V; Cancer Council New South Wales/Research Project Grants.
2006
- Sunscreen Mouse Trial; Reeve V, Casbolt L; Medical Therapies/BLO Project.
- University of Sydney - Bridging Support Grant; Reeve V; University of Sydney/Bridging Support.
2005
- FACS Aria for the University of Sydney Flow Cytometry Facility; King N, Pollard J, Rasko J, Lovicu F, Bishop G, Bertolino P, Briscoe H, Gillies M, Madigan M, McAvoy J, Murphy C, Balcar V, Armour C, Hughes J, Reeve V, Christopherson R, Halliday G, Christie M, Pollock C, McCaughan G, Gorrell M, Dong Q, Abendroth A, Menzies S, Barnetson R, Byrne S, Hunt N, Hambly B, Cook D, Mason R, Day M, Black J; University of Sydney/Equipment Grant.
- Photoprotection by vitamin D and analogs; Reeve V, Halliday G, Mason R; NHMRC/Project.
- The regulatory mechanisms of haem oxygenase protection against photoimmunosupression and skin cancer; Reeve V; NHMRC/Project.
- Photocarcinogenesis (ultraviolet radiation induced skin carcinogenesis); Damian D, Halliday G, Menzies S, Mason R, Reeve V; Cancer Institute New South Wales/Infrastructure Grant.
2004
- Dev. of tumour models in mice to test efficacy of topical antibody formulation; Cumming G, Reeve V; Biosceptre International Limited/BLO Project.
- Novel therapeutics for autoimmune disease using mouse screening models; Reeve V, Husband A; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage.
- In-vivo testing of Novogen compounds for potential anti-psoriasis activity.; Husband A, Reeve V; Novogen Limited/BLO Project.
- Regulation of UV radiation-induced skin damage by oestrogen; Reeve V; University of Sydney (Sesqui)/Bridging Support.
2003
- The mechanism of isoflavone protection from UV radiation-induced skin damage; Reeve V, Husband A; Novogen Limited/BLO Project.
2002
- The immune protective role of UVA radiation-induced haem oxygenase; Reeve V; University of Sydney/Cancer Research Fund.
2001
- Continuing mechanistic studies of UVA phtoimmunoprotection; Reeve V; NHMRC/GRANTS.
2000
- TRIS research; Reeve V; BLO Research Partners/FH Faulding Co. Ltd.
- Not known; Reeve V; University of Sydney/Cancer Research Fund.
- Sunscreen protection from erythema, photoimmunosuppression and photocarcinogenesis in the hairless mouse; Reeve V; Leo and Jenny Leukaemia and Cancer Foundation/Leukaemia and Cancer Foundation.
Selected publications
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