Fiona McDonald (physiologist)

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Fiona McDonald
Born
Roxburgh, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
EducationUniversity of Otago
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
AwardsFulbright scholarship
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago
Thesis
  • Studies on the role of FGF-4 in mouse development (1992)

Fiona Jean McDonald is a New Zealand physiologist, professor and head of the McDonald Lab and the Department of Physiology at the University of Otago.[1][2]

Academic career[]

McDonald was born in Roxburgh, New Zealand.[3] After graduating from St Hilda's Collegiate School in Dunedin she completed a BSc at the University of Otago.[3] She then studied at the University of Oxford for a DPhil for her thesis, "Studies on the role of FGF-4 in mouse development".[4][5] In 2011 McDonald was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study the function of a protein named COMMD10 at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.[3][6] Returning to her position at Otago, she was promoted to full professor, with effect from 1 February 2020.[7]

Awards and Honours[]

In 2005, McDonald was awarded the Research Medal by the New Zealand Association of Scientists, for "her outstanding physiological research over the last 3 years".[8]

Selected works[]

  • Adam W Ware; Sahib R Rasulov; Tanya T Cheung; Shaun Lott; Fiona J McDonald (28 October 2019). "Membrane trafficking pathways regulating the epithelial sodium channel, ENaC". American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. doi:10.1152/AJPRENAL.00277.2019. ISSN 1931-857X. PMID 31657249. Wikidata Q90966259.
  • Tanya T Cheung; Anna C Geda; Adam W Ware; Sahib R Rasulov; Polly Tenci; Kirk L Hamilton; Fiona J McDonald (5 October 2020). "Retromer is involved in epithelial sodium channel trafficking". American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. doi:10.1152/AJPRENAL.00198.2019. ISSN 1931-857X. PMID 33017185. Wikidata Q100444727.
  • Puja Paudel; Fiona J McDonald; Martin Fronius (4 December 2020). "The δ subunit of Epithelial sodium channel in humans - a potential player in vascular physiology". American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulatory Physiology. doi:10.1152/AJPHEART.00800.2020. ISSN 0363-6135. PMID 33275523. Wikidata Q104069083.
  • Fiona J McDonald (16 December 2020). "Explosion in the complexity of membrane protein recycling". American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology. doi:10.1152/AJPCELL.00171.2020. ISSN 0363-6143. PMID 33326310. Wikidata Q104483535.

References[]

  1. ^ "McDonald Lab". University of Otago. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Our people in the Department of Physiology". University of Otago. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Gibb, John (26 October 2011). "Fulbright awards for Otago trio". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Profile: Professor Fiona McDonald". University of Otago. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  5. ^ McDonald, Fiona Jean (1992). Studies on the role of FGF-4 in mouse development (Ph.D. thesis). University of Oxford.
  6. ^ "Fulbright Awards for three Otago academics". University of Otago. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  7. ^ "30 new Professors for the University of Otago". University of Otago. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  8. ^ "New Zealand Association of Scientists - Hill Tinsley Medal". scientists.org.nz. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

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