Fiona McDonald (physiologist)

Fiona McDonald
Born	Roxburgh, New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealand
Education	University of Otago
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Awards	Fulbright scholarship
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Otago
Thesis	Studies on the role of FGF-4 in mouse development  (1992)

Fiona Jean McDonald is a New Zealand physiologist, professor and head of the McDonald Lab and the Department of Physiology at the University of Otago. ^{[1] [2]}

Academic career

McDonald was born in Roxburgh, New Zealand. ^[3] After graduating from St Hilda's Collegiate School in Dunedin she completed a BSc at the University of Otago. ^[3] She then studied at the University of Oxford for a DPhil for her thesis, "Studies on the role of FGF-4 in mouse development". ^{[4] [5]} In 2011 McDonald was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study the function of a protein named COMMD10 at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. ^{[3] [6]} Returning to her position at Otago, she was promoted to full professor, with effect from 1 February 2020. ^[7]

Awards and honours

In 2005, McDonald was awarded the Research Medal by the New Zealand Association of Scientists, for "her outstanding physiological research over the last 3 years". ^[8]

Selected works

• Adam W Ware; Sahib R Rasulov; Tanya T Cheung; Shaun Lott; Fiona J McDonald (28 October 2019). "Membrane trafficking pathways regulating the epithelial sodium channel, ENaC". American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. doi:10.1152/AJPRENAL.00277.2019. ISSN   1931-857X. PMID   31657249. Wikidata   Q90966259.
• Tanya T Cheung; Anna C Geda; Adam W Ware; Sahib R Rasulov; Polly Tenci; Kirk L Hamilton; Fiona J McDonald (5 October 2020). "Retromer is involved in epithelial sodium channel trafficking". American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology. doi:10.1152/AJPRENAL.00198.2019. ISSN   1931-857X. PMID   33017185. Wikidata   Q100444727.
• Puja Paudel; Fiona J McDonald; Martin Fronius (4 December 2020). "The δ subunit of Epithelial sodium channel in humans - a potential player in vascular physiology". American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulatory Physiology. doi:10.1152/AJPHEART.00800.2020. ISSN   0363-6135. PMID   33275523. Wikidata   Q104069083.
• Fiona J McDonald (16 December 2020). "Explosion in the complexity of membrane protein recycling". American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology. doi:10.1152/AJPCELL.00171.2020. ISSN   0363-6143. PMID   33326310. Wikidata   Q104483535.

References

1. "McDonald Lab". University of Otago. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
2. "Our people in the Department of Physiology". University of Otago. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
3. Gibb, John (26 October 2011). "Fulbright awards for Otago trio". Otago Daily Times . Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
4. "Profile: Professor Fiona McDonald". University of Otago. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
5. McDonald, Fiona Jean (1992). Studies on the role of FGF-4 in mouse development (Ph.D. thesis). University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
6. "Fulbright Awards for three Otago academics". University of Otago. 25 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
7. "30 new Professors for the University of Otago". University of Otago. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
8. "New Zealand Association of Scientists - Hill Tinsley Medal". scientists.org.nz. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

External links

• Fiona McDonald on LinkedIn