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Prof Madeleine Ball
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BSc(Hons), MB, BCh, MRCP, MD, FRCPath, MNALAG, MAIEH
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Head of School |
| Contact Details |
| Telephone: 03 6324 5480 |
| Fax: 03 6324 3658 |
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Launceston Campus, Building C, C112
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| Email: Madeleine.Ball@utas.edu.au |
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Professor Madeleine Ball has a background in clinical medicine, chemical pathology and health education. She has worked in several countries, including the UK and New Zealand and has broad interests. Madeleine serves on many University of Tasmania and State committees.
Research Interests
Recent or current projects include -
The effects of chickpeas on physiology and metabolism (with Jane Pittaway) and interstate collaborators;
The short and longer term effects of chilli ingestion on physiological and metabolic factors (with A/P D.Geraghty and Dr K.Ahuja);
Selenium status (with School of Pharmacy and PhD student J.Beckett);
Nutritional status in Defence Personel (with Defence Science and Technology Organisation).
Effects of exercise in the elderly (with Dr A.Williams, F.Martin (School of Psychology) and Marie-Lousie Bird (School of Human Life Sciences).
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UnitsSelected Publications:- Ahuja, KDK, Ball, MJ, 2006, 'Effects of daily ingestion of chilli on serum lipoprotein oxidation in adult men and women ', British Journal of Nutrition, 96 (2), pgs. 239-242
- Pittaway, JK, Ahuja, KDK, Robertson, IK, Ball, MJ, 2006, 'Effects of controlled diet supplemented with chickpeas on serum lipids, glucose tolereance, satiety and bowel function.', Journal of the American College of Nutrition, pgs. 512-518
- Ahuja, KDK, Pittaway, JK, 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, (in press)
- Ahuja, KDK, Robertson, IK, Geraghty, DP, Ball, MJ, 2006, 'The effect of four-weeks chilli supplementation on metabolic and arterial function in humans', European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 61(3), pgs. 326-333
- Fassett, RG, Ball, MJ, Robertson, IK, Geraghty, DP, Coombes, JS, 2006, 'Baseline serum lipids and renal function in chronic kidney disease patients entering the LORD trial. ', International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 44 (11), pgs. 589-592
- Pittaway, JK, Ahuja, KDK, Cehun, M, Chronopoulos, A, Robertson, IK, Nestel, PJ, 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), pgs. 512-518
- Ahuja, KDK and Robertson, IK and Ball, MJ, 2009, 'Acute effects of food on postprandial blood pressure and measures of arterial stiffness in healthy humans', American Journal of Clinical Nutritian, ISSN0002-9165 (In Press) [Refereed Article]
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