Dr Megan Grace
Research Fellow
Physical Activity
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Australia
Biography
Dr Megan Grace received her PhD in Respiratory Pharmacology from Imperial College London in 2012, and completed 2 years as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at RMIT University in Melbourne. In 2015, Dr Grace began working as a Senior Research Officer within the Physical Activity Laboratory. She has a multi-disciplinary track record, with publications in the fields of exercise physiology, pharmacology, neurobiology and cellular and molecular biology. Dr Grace is now working with national and international collaborators to build her program of research in the field of sedentary behaviour. Her research focuses on how physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour are associated with cardiometabolic risk, with particular focus on the underlying biological mechanisms.
Research Interest
Physical Activity
Publications
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Megan Grace,TRP channels mediate the tussive response to prostaglandin E2 and bradykinin Thorax 2012 67(10): 891–900.
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Megan Grace,Breaking up prolonged sitting alters the postprandial plasma lipidomic profile of adults with type 2 diabetes J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2017.
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Megan Grace,Does the type of activity 'break' from prolonged sitting differentially impact on post-prandial blood glucose reductions? An exploratory analysis Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2017.
