Associate Professor Janet Keast
Associate Professor, Director of Basic Research, Pain Management Research Institute E25 - Royal North Shore Hospital
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Research interests
Visceral pain, spinal cord injury, steroids, neurotrophic factors, nerve regeneration, autonomic and sensory innervation of urogenital organs
Publications
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Current national competitive grants*
2010
NHMRC Senior Research fellowship
Keast J
NHMRC Research Fellowship ($618,750 over 5 years)
2009
A new strategy to inhibit visceral pain
Cousins M, Keast J
ANZ College of Anaesthetists Research Grants ($50,000 over 1 year)
Modulation of autonomic nerve growth by guidance factors
Keast J, Nangle M
NHMRC Project Grants ($304,500 over 3 years)
2008
Plasticity and regeneration of bladder motor nerve circuits after injury
Keast J
NHMRC Project Grant ($319,875 over 3 years)
2006
Regeneration of pelvic autonomic axons after injury
Keast J
NHMRC Project Grant ($447,750 over 4 years)
2005
Senior Research Fellowship
Keast J
NHMRC Research Fellowships ($572,500 over 5 years)
Effects of estrogens on bladder pain
Keast J, Osborne P
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (USA) Research Support ($1,613,635 over 5 years)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney


