Melinda Coughlan

Biography

Associate Professor Melinda Coughlan has a BSc Honours in Nutrition from Deakin University (in the area of diabetes and obesity), and PhD in Obstetrics & Gynaecology from the University of Melbourne. Her PhD focused on mediators of inflammation and oxidative stress in the development of gestational diabetes (Mercy Hospital for Women). After completing her PhD, Associate Professor Coughlan was recruited to Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute as a postdoctoral researcher. In 2012, she became the Laboratory Head of the Glycation, Nutrition & Metabolism group at Baker IDI. In 2016 Associate Professor Coughlan was recruited to the new Department of Diabetes, Central Clinical School, Monash University (AMREP). She is supported by a Career Development Fellowship from the JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Research Network. She currently holds research grants from the NHMRC and JDRF. Dr Coughlan has over 40 publications in highly respected journals such as Diabetes, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Kidney International, Antioxidants and Redox Signaling and Diabetologia. Associate Professor Melinda Coughlan has a BSc Honours in Nutrition from Deakin University (in the area of diabetes and obesity), and PhD in Obstetrics & Gynaecology from the University of Melbourne. Her PhD focused on mediators of inflammation and oxidative stress in the development of gestational diabetes (Mercy Hospital for Women). After completing her PhD, Associate Professor Coughlan was recruited to Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute as a postdoctoral researcher. In 2012, she became the Laboratory Head of the Glycation, Nutrition & Metabolism group at Baker IDI. In 2016 Associate Professor Coughlan was recruited to the new Department of Diabetes, Central Clinical School, Monash University (AMREP). She is supported by a Career Development Fellowship from the JDRF Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Research Network. She currently holds research grants from the NHMRC and JDRF. Dr Coughlan has over 40 publications in highly respected journals such as Diabetes, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Kidney International, Antioxidants and Redox Signaling and Diabetologia.

Research Interest

Advanced Type 1 Diabetes Treatment,Advanced Type 2 Diabetes Treatment,Advances of Diabetes Cure,Childhood Diabetes,Complications of Hyperglycemia Complications of Hypoglycemia Diabetes and Alcohol