1999 Medicine Handbook - Pharmacology

Pharmacology

Head: Professor B Jarrott
Address: Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Clayton 3168
Telephone: (03) 9905 4869
Fax:03) 9905 5851
Email: bevyn.jarrott@med.monash.edu.au
Studies on the properties of drugs which affect the cardiovascular system, particularly those which affect autonomic reflexes and vascular smooth muscle; the pharmacology of antihypertensive agents and eicosanoids; vascular complications of diabetes; studies of the effects of pregnancy on cardiovascular responses and the uterine vasculature; pharmacological modulation of potassium ion channels; pharmacological and biochemical investigations of the effects of drugs on smooth muscle within the reproductive tract; the effects of drugs on vascular function and transport in the human placenta; drug receptors as membrane-bound enzyme systems; hormonal modulation of drug receptors; studies of the properties of newly synthesised novel compounds of potential therapeutic use (eg anti-arrhythmic agents, neuroprotective drugs), in collaboration with chemists; studies on the pharmacological properties of novel compounds extracted from marine organisms; neurochemical studies of neurotransmission; pharmacology of novel neuroprotective agents; applications of fibre optic confocal imaging and microscopy in pharmacology; applications of cell cultures for studying drug action; molecular pharmacology of G-protein coupled receptors and signalling pathways.