Dr Alison Care

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• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2018	Editorial Board Member	Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
  2015 - 2018	NHMRC CJ Martin Fellow	University of Adelaide
  2012 - 2016	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	University of Alberta

• Awards and Achievements

  Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
  2018	Award	Newcastle Emerging Research Leader Award	Society for Reproductive Biology	Australia	—
  2017	Award	International Best Abstract Award (Australia/New Zealand) at the Society for the Study of Reproduction ($800)	—	—	—
  2017	Award	International Best Abstract Trainee Travel Award Australia/New Zealand at the Society for the Study of Reproduction	Reproduction, Fertility and Development and the Society for the Study of Reproduction	United States	—
  2017	Award	Robinson Research Institute Travel Award	—	—	—
  2017	Award	Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Research Travel Award	—	—	—
  2017	Nomination	Nomination for the University of Alberta Award for Outstanding Mentorship in Undergraduate Research	University of Alberta	—	—
  2016	Award	MedStar Award for best research publication in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry	University of Alberta	—	CAD $1000
  2014	Award	Winner, Poster Presentation	Society for Gynecologic Investigation	—	USD $100
  2014	Award	Women and Children’s Health Research Institute Travel Award	The University of Alberta	—	CAD $1000
  2014	Award	Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health, Travel Award, National Competition	Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR	—	CAD $1000
  2013	Award	1st Place Oral Presentation, Postdoctoral Fellow category	Women and Children’s Research Institute Research Day	—	CAD $100
  2013	Award	Western Perinatal Research Meeting (Best Poster Presentation)	—	—	—
  2013	Award	Women and Children’s Health Research Institute Research Day	—	—	CAD $100

• Language Competencies

  Language	Competency
  English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  —	University of Adelaide	Australia	Doctor of Philosophy
  —	University of South Australia	Australia	Bachelor of Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology with Honours

• Postgraduate Training

  Date	Title	Institution	Country
  —	Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology Commercialisation	University of Adelaide	Australia

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• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2018	Cooke, C., Shah, A., Kirschenman, R., Quon, A., Morton, J., Care, A., & Davidge, S. (2018). Increased susceptibility to cardiovascular disease in offspring born from dams of advanced maternal age. Journal of Physiology, 596(23), 5807-5821. DOI Scopus2 WoS3
  2018	Care, A. S., Bourque, S. L., Morton, J. S., Hjartarson, E. P., Robertson, S. A., & Davidge, S. T. (2018). Reduction in regulatory T cells in early pregnancy causes uterine artery dysfunction in mice. Hypertension, 72(1), 177-187. DOI Scopus4 WoS2 Europe PMC2
  2018	Shah, A., Cooke, C. -L. M., Kirschenman, R. D., Quon, A. L., Morton, J. S., Care, A. S., & Davidge, S. T. (2018). Sex-specific effects of advanced maternal age on cardiovascular function in aged adult rat offspring. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY, 315(6), H1724-H1734. DOI
  2018	Cooke, C. L., Shah, A., Kirschenman, R., Morton, J. S., Care, A., & Davidge, S. T. (2018). Increased susceptibility to cardiovascular disease in offspring born from dams of advanced maternal age. The Journal of Physiology, 596(23), 5807-5821. DOI
  2018	Robertson, S., Care, A., & Moldenhauer, L. (2018). Regulatory T cells in embryo implantation and the immune response to pregnancy. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 128(10), 4224-4235. DOI Scopus1
  2017	Morton, J., Care, A., & Davidge, S. (2017). Mechanisms of Uterine Artery Dysfunction in Pregnancy Complications. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 69(6), 343-359. DOI Scopus3 Europe PMC2
  2017	Morton, J., Care, A., Kirschenman, R., Cooke, C., & Davidge, S. (2017). Advanced maternal age worsens postpartum vascular function. Frontiers in Physiology, 8(JUN), 1-11. DOI Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC1
  2017	Behnia-Willison, F., Sarraf, S., Miller, J., Mohamadi, B., Care, A., Lam, A., . . . Salvatore, S. (2017). Safety and long-term efficacy of fractional CO2 laser treatment in women suffering from genitourinary syndrome of menopause. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 213, 39-44. DOI Scopus14 Europe PMC8
  2017	Woodman, A., Care, A., Mansour, Y., Cherak, S., Panahi, S., Gragasin, F., & Bourque, S. (2017). Modest and Severe Maternal Iron Deficiency in Pregnancy are Associated with Fetal Anaemia and Organ-Specific Hypoxia in Rats. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 46573. DOI Scopus5 WoS3 Europe PMC2
  2016	Care, A. S., Sung, M. M., Panahi, S., Gragasin, F. S., Dyck, J. R., Davidge, S. T., & Bourque, S. L. (2016). Perinatal resveratrol supplementation to spontaneously hypertensive rat dams mitigates the development of hypertension in adult offspring. Hypertension, 67(5), 1038-1044. DOI Scopus20 WoS18 Europe PMC10
  2015	Care, A., Bourque, S., Morton, J., Hjartarson, E., & Davidge, S. (2015). Effect of advanced maternal age on pregnancy outcomes and vascular function in the rat. Hypertension, 65(6), 1324-1330. DOI Scopus12 WoS13 Europe PMC10
  2014	Bromfield, J., Schjenken, J., Chin, P., Care, A., Jasper, M., & Robertson, S. (2014). Maternal tract factors contribute to paternal seminal fluid impact on metabolic phenotype in offspring. PNAS, 111(6), 2200-2205. DOI Scopus144 WoS138 Europe PMC100
  2014	Care, A., Ingman, W., Moldenhauer, L., Jasper, M., & Robertson, S. (2014). Ovarian steroid hormone-regulated uterine remodeling occurs independently of macrophages in mice. Biology of Reproduction, 91(3), 60-1-60-12. DOI Scopus4 WoS2 Europe PMC4
  2013	Care, A., Diener, K., Jasper, M., Brown, H., Ingman, W., & Robertson, S. (2013). Macrophages regulate corpus luteum development during embryo implantation in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 123(8), 3472-3487. DOI Scopus63 WoS56 Europe PMC44
  2011	Jasper, M., Care, A., Sullivan, B., Ingman, W., Aplin, J., & Robertson, S. (2011). Macrophage-derived LIF and IL1B regulate alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase 2 (Fut2) expression in mouse uterine epithelial cells during early pregnancy. Biology of Reproduction, 84(1), 179-188. DOI Scopus33 WoS29 Europe PMC23
  2010	Robertson, S., Christiaens, I., Dorian, C., Zaragoza, D., Care, A., Banks, A., & Olson, D. (2010). Interleukin-6 is an essential determinant of on-time parturition in the mouse. Endocrinology, 151(8), 3996-4006. DOI Scopus58 WoS54 Europe PMC43
  2010	Care, A., Jasper, M., Ingman, W., & Robertson, S. (2010). An essential role for macrophages in corpus luteum function and early pregnancy maintenance. JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY, 86(1), 55. DOI
  2009	Robertson, S., Guerin, L., Bromfield, J., Branson, K., Ahlstrom, A., & Care, A. (2009). Seminal fluid drives expansion of the CD4(+)CD25(+) T regulatory cell pool and induces tolerance to paternal alloantigens in mice. Biology of Reproduction, 80(5), 1036-1045. DOI Scopus193 WoS186 Europe PMC139
  2007	Robertson, S., Care, A., & Skinner, R. (2007). Interleukin 10 regulates inflammatory cytokine synthesis to protect against lipopolysaccharide-induced abortion and fetal growth restriction in mice. Biology of Reproduction, 76(5), 738-748. DOI Scopus88 WoS82 Europe PMC59
  2006	Robertson, S., Skinner, R., & Care, A. (2006). Essential role for IL-10 in resistance to lipopolysaccharide-induced preterm labor in mice. Journal of Immunology, 177(7), 4888-4896. DOI Scopus117 WoS112 Europe PMC90

• Book Chapters

  Year	Citation
  2014	Gérard Chaouat, O. S. A. N. L. (2014). Immunology of Pregnancy. In Knobil and Neill's Physiology of Reproduction: Two-Volume Set (Vol. 2, pp. 1835-1874). Bentham Science Publishers. DOI Scopus7

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2016	Morton, J. S., Care, A. S., Cooke, C. -L. M., Kirschenman, R., & Davidge, S. T. (2016). Altered Vascular Endothelial Function Three Months Postpartum in Dams of Advanced Maternal Age. In REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES Vol. 23 (pp. 204A). Montreal, CANADA: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
  2016	Bourque, S. L., Care, A. S., Sung, M., Dyck, J. R., & Davidge, S. T. (2016). Effects of Maternal Resveratrol Treatment on Blood Pressure and Vascular Function in Adult Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat Offspring.. In REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES Vol. 23 (pp. 315A). Montreal, CANADA: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
  2016	Care, A. S., Bourque, S. L., Hjartarson, E. P., Robertson, S. A., & Davidge, S. T. (2016). Effect of Regulatory T Cell Depletion on Uterine Artery Function in the Mouse.. In REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES Vol. 23 (pp. 221A-222A). Montreal, CANADA: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
  2016	Cooke, C. -L. M., Care, A. S., Morton, J. S., Kirschenman, R. D., & Davidge, S. T. (2016). Endothelium-Dependent Vascular Function Is Impaired in Male Offspring from Aged Dams.. In REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES Vol. 23 (pp. 233A). Montreal, CANADA: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
  2008	Robertson, S., Jasper, M., Bromfield, J., Care, A., Nakamura, H., & Ingman, W. (2008). The role of macrophages in implantation and early pregnancy success. In BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION Vol. 78 (pp. 274-275). Kailua Kona, HI: SOC STUDY REPRODUCTION. DOI WoS1

• Conference Items

  Year	Citation
  2018	Cooke, C. -L. M., Care, A. S., Kirshenman, R. D., Quon, A. L., Morton, J. S., & Davidge, S. T. (2018). Vascular Function is Altered via Sex-Specific Mechanisms in Aged Offspring Born from Dams of Advanced Maternal Age.. Poster session presented at the meeting of REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES. San Diego, CA: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
  2018	Napso, T., Care, A. S., Davidge, S. T., & Sferruzzi-Perri, A. N. (2018). Changes in Rat Placental Transport Phenotype in Advanced Maternal Age.. Poster session presented at the meeting of REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES. San Diego, CA: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
  2018	Care, A. S., Bourque, S. L., Morton, J. S., Hjartarson, E. P., Robertson, S. A., & Davidge, S. T. (2018). Regulatory T Cells Regulate Uterine Artery Function to Impact Fetal. Poster session presented at the meeting of REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES. San Diego, CA: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
  2015	Care, A. S., Bourque, S. L., & Davidge, S. T. (2015). Assessment of the Time-Course of Pregnancy Loss in a Rat Model of Advanced Maternal Age. Poster session presented at the meeting of REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES. SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
  2014	Care, A. S., Bourque, S. L., & Davidge, S. T. (2014). Effect of Advanced Maternal Age on Pregnancy Outcomes in the Rat. Poster session presented at the meeting of REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES. Florence, ITALY: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
  2014	Bourque, S. L., Care, A. S., & Davidge, S. T. (2014). Perinatal Iron Deficiency Increases Susceptibility to Diet-Induced Obesity: Effects of Prenatal Resveratrol Treatment.. Poster session presented at the meeting of REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES. Florence, ITALY: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.
  2010	Jasper, M., Care, A., Sullivan, B., Ingman, W., Aplin, J., & Robertson, S. (2010). Uterine epithelial cell fucosylated structures are regulated by macrophages during early pregnancy in mouse. Poster session presented at the meeting of JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY. Palm Grove, AUSTRALIA: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD. DOI
  2010	Care, A. S., Jasper, M. J., Ingman, W. V., & Robertson, S. A. (2010). Macrophages are essential for maintenance of corpus luteum function in early pregnancy. Poster session presented at the meeting of Meeting Abstracts, as published in Biology of Reproduction. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Society for the Study of Reproduction.

• Working Paper

  Year	Citation
  2017	Care, A. (2017). Mechanisms of Uterine Artery Dysfunction in Pregnancy Complications. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS. DOI WoS2

Teaching

Teaching Assistant, University of South Australia, Australia

Teaching and laboratory demonstrations for undergraduate 1st year Physiology 100 students.

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• Other Supervision Activities

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Location	Program	Supervision Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2018 - ongoing	Co-Supervisor	The role of macrophages on placental development and decidual spiral artery remodelling	University of Adelaide	—	Doctorate	—	Holly Groome
  2018 - ongoing	Principal Supervisor	The effect of regulatory T cell deficiency on fetal growth and uterine artery remodelling	University of Adelaide	—	Honours	—	Jacqueline Humphries

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• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2018 - ongoing	Co-Chair	In-Training Membership Committee	Society for Reproductive Investigation	United States
  2017 - 2018	Co-Chair	Local Organising Committee	Society for Reproductive Biology	Australia
  2017 - ongoing	Council	In-Training Membership Committee	Society for Reproductive Investigation	United States
  2014 - 2016	Vice-President	University of Alberta Postdoctoral Fellows Association, VP Communication	—	—

• Memberships

  Date	Role	Membership	Country
  2017 - ongoing	Member	Healthy Development Adelaide	Australia
  2012 - ongoing	Member	Women and Children’s Health Research Institute	Canada
  2012 - ongoing	Member	Society for Reproductive Investigation	—
  2011 - ongoing	Member	Society for the Study of Reproduction	—
  2007 - ongoing	Member	Society for Reproductive Biology, Australia	—

• Position: NHMRC CJ Martin Fellow
• Phone: 83131504
• Email: alison.care@adelaide.edu.au
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences, floor 6
• Room: WS6071.12
• Org Unit: Paediatrics and Reproductive Health