University of Tasmania, Australia

Lecturer

PhD, B.Sc (Griffiths) BAppSc (Hons)(UTas)

Teaching Responsibilities

Dale is the principle lecturer in Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology within the School of Human Life Sciences. He is member of a team that possess extensive professional experience that are responsible for the Biomedical Science programme. He is also involved in a multidisciplinary team that co-ordinates the professional placement programme for Biomedical Science students. He is unit co-ordinator for CXA 251 - Clinical Chemistry 1, CXA 352 - Clinical Chemistry 2 and CXA 353 – Endocrinology and contributes to the units CXA 300 - Human Molecular Biology and the professional placement units - CXA 412 & CXA 425. Dale is involved in Continuing Professional Development and Education through AIMS and AACB societies and has published on the contextualising of competencies in undergraduate teaching of Medical Scientists for the modern laboratory.

Research Interests

Dale has extensive experience in molecular diagnostics and molecular techniques for the investigation of inflammation and related diseases. He completed his PhD in the investigation of the role and expression of Vanilloid Receptors in the inflammatory response of monocytes. He is currently a member of the Mucosal Immunology Research group investigating inflammatory responses in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Ulcerative Colitis and the Infection and Molecular Diagnostics research group establishing novel methods for identification of Haemophilus species.

Publications

• Crawford, A and Fassett, RG and Coombes, JS and Kunde, DA and Ahuja, KDK and Robertson, IK and Ball, MJ and Geraghty, DP, ‘Relationship between antioxidant enzyme genotype and activity and kidney function: a case-control study’, Clinical Nephrology, 78 (2012 Aug) pp. 135-44. ISSN 0301-0430 (2012)
• Crawford, Amanda and Fassett, RG and Geraghty, DP and Kunde, DA and Ball, MJ and Robertson, IK and Coombes, JS, ‘Relationships between single nucleotide polymorphisms of antioxidant enzymes and disease’, Gene, 501 (2) pp. 89-103. ISSN 0378-1119 (2012)
• Witherden, E and Kunde, DA and Tristram, SG, ‘An evaluation of SNP-based PCR methods for the detection of b-lactamasenegative ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae’, Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, 18 (4) pp. 451-5. ISSN 1341-321X (2012)
• Crawford, A and Fassett, RG and Coombes, JS and Kunde, DA and Ahuja, KDK and Robertson, IK and Ball, MJ and Geraghty, DP, ‘Glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase and catalase genotypes and activities and the progression of chronic kidney disease’, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 26 (9) pp. 2806-2813. ISSN 1460-2385 (2011)
• Geraghty, DP and Mazzone, SB* and Carter, C and Kunde, DA, ‘Effects of Systemic Capsaicin Treatment on TRPV1 and Tachykinin NK1 Receptor Distribution and Function in the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract of the Adult Rat’, Pharmacology, 87 (3-4) pp. 214- 223. ISSN 0031-7012 (2011)

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Professional Involvement

Dale has a number of years professional experience in  Clinical Biochemistry and is a Member of the Australian Institute for Medical  Scientists (AIMS), is APACE accredited through AIMS and an Associate Member of  the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists (AACB). He is currently  chairperson of the Tasmanian Branch of the AACB and Tertiary Education  Representative on the AACB Education Committee.