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Jane Pittaway

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Lecturer

BAppSc(Med Sci), BBiomedSc(Hons), MBiomedSc(Research), Grad Cert ULT, MAIMS

Jane Pittaway

Contact Details

Contact Campus Newnham Campus
Building Building C
Room Reference C210
Telephone +61 3 6324 5495
Fax +61 3 6324 3658
Email Jane.Pittaway@utas.edu.au

Teaching Responsibilities

Jane is part of a multi-member team teaching human bioscience and anatomy to undergraduate science and nursing students and teaches into a number of other health and bioscience units. She is also part of a team with extensive professional experience responsible for the Biomedical Science program. She is unit coordinator for the professional placement units CXA401, CXA412 & CXA425 and helps co-ordinate CXA101 Introduction to Medical Laboratory Sciences and CXA121 Histology. 

Publications

  • Geraghty, DP and Ahuja, KDK and Pittaway, JK and Shing, C and Jacobson, GA and Jager, NGL and Jurkovic, S and Narkowicz, CK and Saunders, CIM and Ball, MJ and Pinkard, A and Vennavaram, RR and Adams, MJ, 2011 'In vitro antioxidant, antiplatelet and anti-inflammatory activity of Carpobrotus rossii (pigface) extract', Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 134 (1) pp. 97-103.
  • Murty, C and Pittaway, JK and Ball, MJ, 2010 'Chickpea supplementation in an Australian diet affects food choice, satiety and bowel health', Appetite, 54 (2) pp. 282-288.
  • Pittaway, JK and Robertson, IK and Ball, MJ, 2008 'Chickpeas may influence fatty acid and fiber intake in an ad libitum diet, leading to small improvements in serum lipid profile and glycemic control', Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 108 (6) pp. 1009-1013.
  • Pittaway, JK and Ahuja, KDK and Robertson, IK and Ball, MJ, 2007 'Effects of controlled diet supplemented with chickpeas on serum lipids, glucose tolerance, satiety and bowel function', Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 26 (4) pp. 334-340.
  • Ahuja, KDK and Pittaway, JK and Ball, MJ, 2006 'Effects of olive oil and tomato lycopene combination on serum lycopene, lipid profile and lipid oxidation', Nutrition: The International Journal of Applied and Basic Nutritional Sciences, 22 (3) pp. 259-265.
  • Pittaway, JK and Ahuja, KDK and Cehun, M* and Chronopoulos, A* and Robertson, IK and Nestel, PJ* and Ball, MJ, 2006 'Dietary supplementation with chickpeas for at least five weeks results in small but significant reductions in serum total- and LDL-cholesterol in adult women and men', Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 50 (6) pp. 512-518.

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