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Chris PembertonResearch Professor

Email chris.pemberton@otago.ac.nz

Christchurch Heart Institute
Department of Medicine
University of Otago, Christchurch
PO Box 4345
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand

Current roles

  • Director, Translational Biodiscovery Laboratory, Christchurch Heart Institute
  • Named Investigator on the current Christchurch Heart Institute HRC Programme grant.
  • Principal Investigator on HRC, MBIE and WADA funded signal peptide projects
  • Research Professor, Department of Medicine

Research interests

  • Novel protein/peptide biomarker identification and measurement
  • Cardioendocrine signalling in the circulation and heart tissue
  • Ex vivo study of novel cardiovascular diagnostic and therapeutic agents
  • Commercialisation of biomedical technologies

Awards and professional memberships

  • 2012- Research Commercialisation – Strategic and Implementation Committee, Division of Health Sciences.
  • 2012- Corresponding Member, Canterbury, NZ Society of Endocrinology
  • 2011 Health Research Council of New Zealand Liley Medal
  • 2011- European Society for Cardiology, Working Group on Cellular Biology of the Heart
  • 2010- American Association of Clinical Chemistry
  • 2007-11 Health Research Council of New Zealand Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship
  • 2006-2009 Treasurer, Executive Committee Member, NZ Society of Endocrinology

Publications

Ocariza, M. G. C., Paton, L. N., Tang, W. H. W., Templeton, E. M., Pilbrow, A. P., Pemberton, C. J., & Appleby, S. (2024). CNDP2 is a potential modulator of heart failure outcomes. Proceedings of the 17th GeneMappers Conference. Retrieved from https://www.genemappersconference.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Pirker, T., Keys, T., Pham, T., Montecillo, J., Byers, M., Adamson, P., Richards, A. M., & Pemberton, C. (2024). The cardioprotective potential of soluble urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor (suPAR) in myocardial ischemia. European Heart Journal, 45(Suppl. 1), ehae666.3657. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae666.3657 Journal - Research Article

Pemberton, C. J., Lee, J. A., Wise, J., Raudsepp, S. D., Paton, L., Powell, J., … Troughton, R. W., Adamson, P. D., Richards, A. M., … Than, M., & Pickering, J. W. (2024). Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 (IGFBP-3) measurement in the detection of significant CAD in acute chest pain patients triaged using the No Objective Testing (NOT) rule. European Heart Journal, 45(Suppl. 1), ehae666.1572. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae666.1572 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ocariza, M. G. C., Paton, L. N., Templeton, E. M., Pemberton, C. J., Pilbrow, A. P., & Appleby, S. (2024). CNDP2: An enzyme linking metabolism and cardiovascular diseases? Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s12265-024-10560-4 Journal - Research Other

Paterson, M. A., Pilbrow, A. P., Frampton, C. M. A., Cameron, V. A., Troughton, R. W., Pemberton, C. J., … Richards, A. M., … Palmer, B. R. (2024). Plasma soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1, placental growth factor, and vascular endothelial growth factor system gene variants as predictors of survival in heart failure. European Journal of Heart Failure. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.3368 Journal - Research Article

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