Dr Jackie Center
Senior Research Officer; Group leader, Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology, Bone and Mineral Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Email: j.center 'at' garvan.org.au
Research Group: Bone Genetics and Epidemiology
Areas of Interest
Osteoporosis, bone, fracturesNews
Low Vitamin D causes problems for acutely ill patients
MEDIA RELEASE:
30 Apr 2009
A group of endocrinologists, who are also Garvan researchers, have observed that very sick patients tend to have very low levels of Vitamin D. The sicker they are, the lower the levels. These findings are published today as a letter in the the New England Journal of Medicine.
Bone fractures can double or triple mortality for up to 10 years
MEDIA RELEASE:
04 Feb 2009
A new study shows that osteoporotic fractures increase a person’s risk of dying, even after relatively minor fractures if that person is elderly. With hip fractures, there is double the risk of death for women, three times the risk for men.
Genotyping takes us closer to an osteoporosis fingerprint
MEDIA RELEASE:
30 Apr 2008
Garvan collaborated with the Icelandic genetics company, deCode, in an extensive multi-nation genome-wide search to find the genes linked to osteoporosis and fracture. Five regions of interest have been identified that appear to warrant further scientific investigation.
