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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

Pearson, A. G., Pearson, J. F., Lewis, L. K., Fa'atoese, A., Poppe, K. K., Pemberton, C., … Richards, A. M., Troughton, R., & Doughty, R. N. (2025). Lower NT-proBNP plasma concentrations in Pacific peoples with heart failure. ESC Heart Failure. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.15314 Journal - Research Article

Lee, J. A., Wise, J., Raudsepp, S. D., Paton, L. N., Powell, J., Jina, K., Aldous, S., Troughton, R. W., Adamson, P. D., Richards, A. M., … Than, M. P., Pickering, J. W., & Pemberton, C. J. (2025). Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3): A biomarker of coronary artery disease induced myocardial ischaemia. European Heart Journal Open, 5, oeaf028. doi: 10.1093/ehjopen/oeaf028 Journal - Research Article

Lim, E. T. A., Jardine, D., Frampton, C., Pemberton, C. J., Troughton, R., Roake, J., & Khanafer, A. (2024). Sympathetic nerve activity following acute type B aortic dissection: A pilot study. Journal of Vascular Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1159/000543340 Journal - Research Article

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 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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