University of Tasmania, Australia

Professor
Head of School
Deputy Dean of Graduate Research (DVC (Research) Division)

BSc (Hons), PhD

Teaching Responsibilities

Professor Dom Geraghty graduated with a BSc Honours degree in Pharmacology from the National University of Ireland, University College, Dublin, in 1981, and completed his PhD at Deakin University, Victoria, in 1988. He moved to the University of Tasmania in 1991, establishing himself as both a teacher and productive researcher.   

He teaches pharmacology, physiology and/or research methods from 1st year undergraduate to postgraduate diploma level across three Faculties. Dom is currently Deputy Dean of Graduate Research.

Research Interests

Whilst his primary research interest is the basic and clinical pharmacology of capsaicin, the active ingredient of 'hot chilli peppers' and related compounds, he collaborates on projects ranging from sex steroid binding globulins in fish and platypus venom to immune function in human kidney disease. Over the last 22 years, Dom has (co)authored ~70 peer-reviewed papers and ~130 national and international conference presentations. His work has been cited over 1000 times (h-index, 18). He has supervised 12 PhD/Masters candidates and 13 Honours candidates to completion and currently (co)supervises 5 PhD candidates. 

He is Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (www.ascept.org), and a member of the Australian Society for Medical Research (www.asmr.org.au) and Australian Neuroscience Society (www.ans.org.au).

Past and present research funded by the NH&MRC, the University of Tasmania and other competitive funding bodies.

Publications

• Crawford, A and Fassett, RG* and Coombes, JS* and Kunde, DA and Ahuja, KDK and Robertson, IK and Ball, MJ and Geraghty, DP, 2012, 'Glutathione Peroxidase, Superoxide Dismutase and Catalase Genotypes and Activities and the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease', Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 27 (1), pgs. 182-189
• Saunders, CIM and Fassett, RG and Geraghty, DP, 2009, 'Up-regulation of TRPV1 in mononuclear cells of end-stage kidney disease patients increases susceptibility to N-arachidonoyl-dopamine (NADA)-induced cell death', Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease, 1792 (10), pgs. 1019-1026
• Saunders, CIM, Kunde, DA, Crawford, A, Geraghty, DP, 2007, 'Expression of transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) and 2 (TRPV2) in human peripheral blood. ', Molecular Immunology, 44 (6), pgs. 1429-35
• Ahuja, KDK, Robertson, IK, Geraghty, DP, Ball, MJ, 2006, 'Effects of chili consumption on postprandial glucose, insulin and energy metabolism ', American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 84 (1), pgs. 63-69
• Geraghty, D.P. & Mazzone.S.B., 2003, 'Tachykinin receptor (NK1, NK2, NK3) binding sites in the rat caudal brain stem following neonatal capsaicin administration', Brain Res. , 979, pgs. 230-234
• Geraghty, D.P. & Mazzone, S.B. , 2002, 'Respiratory actions of vanilloid receptor agonists in the nucleus of the solitary tract: comparison of resiniferatoxin with nonpungent agents and anandamide. ', Br. J. Pharmacol. , 137, pgs. 919-927
• Mazzone, S.B. & Geraghty, D.P., 2000, ' Respiratory actions of tachykinin in the nucleus of the solitary tract: effect of neonatal capsaicin pretreatment. ', Br. J. Pharmacol.,, 129, , pgs. 1132-1139
• Mussap C.J., Geraghty, D.P. & Burcher, E., 1993, ' Invited Review: Tachykinin receptors: a radioligand binding perspective. ', J. Neurochemistry,, 60, pgs. 1987-2009

 

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Additional Information

Dom is a longtime member of the UTas Board of Graduate Research (now Research Degrees Committee) and Faculty of Health Science Teaching and Learning Committee, and represents the University on Research Australia's University Roundtable. He plays an active role in developing the strategic research direction of the School of Human Life Sciences and Faculty of Health Sciences, mentors many early career researchers and contributes to several career development initiatives of the University.