Rebecca O'Rielly

Health and Medical Sciences Faculty Office

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Rebecca O'Rielly is a PhD candidate in the Vagal Afferent Research Group, part of the Lifelong Health Theme at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institution. She completed her Bachelor of Health Sciences (Hons) at the University of Adelaide in 2016. She was awarded a Department of Health Sciences Divisional Scholarship in 2017 to continue her studies in a Higher Degree by Research with the Adelaide Medical School.

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Rebecca has a wide research interest in health and metabolic disease. She has a background in public health promotion and human nutrition and is currently undertaking a PhD in health sciences. Rebecca aims to investigate novel dietary, lifestyle and pharmaceutical strategies for treating major metabolic diseases, such as obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes.

Awards and Achievements

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount

2017 Award Faculty of Health Sciences Divisional Scholarship University of Adelaide

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2017	Award	Faculty of Health Sciences Divisional Scholarship	University of Adelaide

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2016 - 2016	University of Adelaide, Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Health Sciences- Honours
2012 - 2015	University of Adelaide, Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Health Sciences

Research Interests

Endocrinology & Metabolism Food Nutritional Balance Medical Biochemistry: Amino Acids and Metabolites Metabolic Medicine Nutritional Physiology Nutrition and Metabolic Health

Journals

Year	Citation
2021	Lim, S. M., Choo, J. M., Li, H., O'Rielly, R., Carragher, J., Rogers, G. B., . . . Muhlhausler, B. (2021). A high amylose wheat diet improves gastrointestinal health parameters and gut microbiota in male and female mice. Foods, 10(2), 1-18. DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2020	Christie, S., O'Reilly, R., Li, H., Wittert, G. A., & Page, A. J. (2020). Biphasic effects of methanandamide on murine gastric vagal afferent mechanosensitivity. The Journal of Physiology, 598(1), 139-150. DOI Scopus9 WoS11 Europe PMC6
2020	Christie, S., O'Rielly, R., Li, H., Nunez-Salces, M., Wittert, G. A., & Page, A. J. (2020). Modulatory effect of methanandamide on gastric vagal afferent satiety signals depends on nutritional status. The Journal of Physiology, 598(11), 2169-2182. DOI Scopus7 WoS6 Europe PMC4
2020	Christie, S., O'Rielly, R., Li, H., Wittert, G., & Page, A. (2020). High fat diet induced obesity alters endocannabinoid and ghrelin mediated regulation of components of the endocannabinoid system in nodose ganglia. Peptides, 131, 170371-1-170371-7. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2020	O'Rielly, R., Li, H., Lim, S. M., Yazbeck, R., Kritas, S., Ullrich, S. S., . . . Page, A. J. (2020). The effect of isoleucine supplementation on body weight gain and blood glucose response in lean and obese mice. Nutrients, 12(8), 1-12. DOI Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC2
2018	Christie, S., Vincent, A., Li, H., Frisby, C., Kentish, S., O'Rielly, R., . . . Page, A. (2018). A rotating light cycle promotes weight gain and hepatic lipid storage in mice. American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, 315(6), 932-941. DOI Scopus16 WoS18 Europe PMC10

Committee Memberships

Date Role Committee Institution Country

2020 - ongoing Member Australian Society for Medical Research Australian Society for Medical Research Australia

Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
2020 - ongoing	Member	Australian Society for Medical Research	Australian Society for Medical Research	Australia

Email: rebecca.orielly@adelaide.edu.au

Rebecca O'Rielly

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