Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 21 0825 1122
- sonya.fenton@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Dunedin Colorectal Cohort: Assistant Research Fellow
- Department
- Department of Surgical Sciences (Dunedin)
- Qualifications
- BBiomedSci(Hons)
- Research summary
- Dunedin Colorectal Cohort: Collaboratively facilitating clinically-relevant research
- Memberships
- Gut Health Network
- Clinical
- Dunedin Colorectal Cohort (DNCRC)
Research
The Dunedin Colorectal Cohort comprises samples and data from approximately 2000 individuals. These are available for research projects based in New Zealand. Requests for access to biospecimens and/or clinical information can be made via our blog:
Dunedin Colorectal Cohort
My role within the Dunedin Colorectal Cohort involves:
- Patient consent into the DNCRC study
- Biospecimen collection and processing
- Clinical data interpretation and collation
- Liaising with University of Otago researchers
- Liaising with Te Whatu Ora Southern clinical staff
- Liaising with Southern Community Laboratories
The cohort was established in the 1990s to facilitate research into the development and spread of cancer. Biospecimens and clinical information are gifted to the cohort by people with colorectal cancer.
Publications
Costello, R. M., Fenton, S., McGuire, H., Lim, L., Howell, D., Raza, Q., … Kemp, R. (2024). Predicting colorectal patient prognoses by functional characterisation of heterogeneous cell types and their spatial interaction using a new technique: Whole slide imaging mass cytometry. Cancer Research, 84(6, Suppl.), 67. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.AM2024-67 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ghosh, N., Fenton, S., Chatterjee, A., Schwenke, D., & Katare, R. (2022). In vivo knockdown of pro-apoptotic miR-320 restores cardiac function and angiogenesis in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes. Circulation, 146(Suppl. 1), 13062. doi: 10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.13062 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Fenton, S., Augustine, R., Katare, R., & Schwenke, D. O. (2022, August-September). miRNA-138 drives tau protein dysfunction in diabetic cardiac autonomic neuropathy. Verbal presentation at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Chau, A., Fenton, S., Pearson, J., Katare, R., & Schwenke, D. O. (2022, August-September). miRNA-138 as a novel therapeutic target for cardiac autonomic neuropathy in diabetes. Verbal presentation at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Roberts, E., Tohu, P., Fenton, S., Katare, R., & Schwenke, D. (2022, August-September). Can loss of a 'hunger' hormone increase cardiovascular disease in Pacific people? Verbal presentation at the 16th New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci), Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs