Sonya Fenton

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
Ghosh, N., Fenton, S., van Hout, I., Jones, G. T., Coffey, S., Williams, M. J. A., Sugunesegran, R., Parry, D., … Schwenke, D. O., Chatterjee, A., & Katare, R. (2022). Therapeutic knockdown of miR-320 improves deteriorated cardiac function in a pre-clinical model of non-ischemic diabetic heart disease. Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, 29, 330-342. doi: 10.1016/j.omtn.2022.07.007
Ghosh, N., Fenton, S., van Hout, I., Jones, G. T., Coffey, S., Williams, M. J. A., Sugunesegran, R., Parry, D., … Schwenke, D. O., Chatterjee, A., & Katare, R. (2022). Therapeutic knockdown of miR-320 improves deteriorated cardiac function in a pre-clinical model of non-ischemic diabetic heart disease. Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, 29, 330-342. doi: 10.1016/j.omtn.2022.07.007
Journal - Research Article