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Career Summary
Qualifications
- PhD (Medicine), Flinders University, 18/12/1981
- Bachelor of Science (Honours), Flinders University, 27/04/1977
- Diploma in Education, Flinders University, 23/12/1975
- Bachelor of Science, Flinders University, 02/07/1975
Research
Research keywords
- Anxiety & Depression
- Clinical Sciences
- Neurobiology of Stress
- Neurosciences
Research expertise
- Neurobiology of Stress
- Anxiety & Depression
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 170199 | Psychology Not Elsewhere Classified | 50 |
| 110900 | Neurosciences | 30 |
| 110300 | Clinical Sciences | 20 |
Memberships
Editorial Board.
- Member - Stress (international journal)
NHMRC Committee
- Panel Member - NHMRC Group Research Panel 4b Autonomic, peripheral & sensory nervous system
Appointments
| CJ Martin Biomedical Fellowships (Overseas) National Health & Medical Research Council (Australia) | 01/11/2006 - 01/12/2008 |
| Chair of Anatomy University of Newcastle (Australia) | 01/01/2003 |
Awards
Recognition.
| 2006 | Work has > 2400 citations, 10 papers>50 citations, 5 papers>100 citations, h-index 29. Web of Science (Australia) |
|---|
Invitations
| Cortical modulation of stress: relationship to psychiatric pathology. 25th Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum Congress, United States (Conference Presentation - non published.) | 2006 |
| Neuroendocrinology of stress 9th American Neuroendocrine Society Meeting, United States (Conference Presentation - non published.) | 2005 |
Collaboration
- Neurobiology of Stress
- Anxiety & Depression
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- Indicates that the researcher may be seeking students for this project.BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter: 3 laser 10-colour Flow Cytometer$150,000
Establishing the effectiveness of anti-neuroinflammatory agents in the fight against depression$15,000
IBNS 20th Annual Meeting, Sheraton Steamboat Resort, Steamboat Springs, Colorado USA, 24/05/11 - 29/05/11$2,000
Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$350,000
Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$215,000
ABI 7500 Real Time PCR System
$34,000
How chronic stress and depression harm the heart$357,925
Dopamine mechanisms conferring resilience to depression: A new antidepressant target$538,500
How regular exercise protects the heart from psychological stresses$285,500
HMRI Senior Research Fellow$160,000
Heart and Mind Conference (The Baker Heart Research Institute Psychogenic Cardiovascular Disease Conference), Prato, Tuscany, 3/9/2008 - 5/9/2008$2,500
HMRI Centre for brain and mental health research program$894,467
Characterisation of the brain mechanisms linking vulnerability to stress and vulnerability to drug addiction$20,000
Vulnerability to depression: the role of dopamine pathways$20,000
PRC - Priority Research Centre for Brain & Mental Health Research (CBMHR)$524,282
Descending control of pain pathways$423,950
Neural links between drug addiction and stress$134,500
The neurobiological basis of individual differences in susceptibility to the consequences of stress$576,000
Scholarship - Matching - Semester 2, 2005$29,326
Genomics workstation for single cell, molecular investigations off nervous system disorders$28,793
Descending control of pain processing pathways in the spinal cord$10,000
Defining New Targets for New Antidepressant Drugs$8,000
Neurobiological mechanisms contributing to obesity$15,000
Indentification of brain pathways that control our responses to psychosocial stress$16,000
Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 24 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $4,810,743 |
For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
2012 (1 grants)
BD FACSAria III Cell Sorter: 3 laser 10-colour Flow Cytometer$150,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Paul Foster, Professor Trevor Day, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Rodney Scott | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Equipment Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $150,000 | 2012 | 2012 |
| GNo:G1100744 | ||
2011 (2 grants)
Establishing the effectiveness of anti-neuroinflammatory agents in the fight against depression$15,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Frederick Walker, Professor Trevor Day | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $15,000 | 2011 | 2011 |
| GNo:G1001007 | ||
IBNS 20th Annual Meeting, Sheraton Steamboat Resort, Steamboat Springs, Colorado USA, 24/05/11 - 29/05/11$2,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Health
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Trevor Day | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,000 | 2011 | 2012 |
| GNo:G1100453 | ||
2010 (3 grants)
Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$350,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Doug Smith, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Christopher Grof, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Doctor Brett Graham, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Paul Foster, Professor Trevor Day, Professor Robert Callister | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $350,000 | 2010 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0190369 | ||
Laser microdissection microscopy system for cell and development biology$215,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Eileen McLaughlin, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Laureate Professor John Aitken, Associate Professor Brett Nixon, Doctor Shaun Roman, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Doug Smith, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Professor Christopher Grof, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor Gordon Burns, Doctor Brett Graham, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Roger Smith, Professor Paul Foster, Professor Trevor Day, Professor Robert Callister | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Equipment Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $215,000 | 2010 | 2010 |
| GNo:G1000874 | ||
ABI 7500 Real Time PCR System
$34,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Doctor Murray Cairns, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Doctor Doug Smith, Professor Gordon Burns, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Doctor Charles De Bock, Doctor Chris Dayas, Doctor Brett Graham, Doctor Martin Horan, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Larisa Bobrovskaya, Doctor Kathryn Skelding, Doctor Frederick Walker, Doctor Jude Weidenhofer, Associate Professor Philip Bolton, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Callister, Professor Trevor Day, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Professor Manohar Garg, Doctor Phil Jobling, Associate Professor Derek Laver, Associate Professor Eugene Nalivaiko, Professor John Rostas | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Equipment Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $34,000 | 2010 | 2010 |
| GNo:G1000055 | ||
2009 (1 grants)
How chronic stress and depression harm the heart$357,925
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Eugene Nalivaiko, Professor Trevor Day, Professor Prashanthan Sanders, Assoc. Prof David Saint | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $357,925 | 2009 | 2011 |
| GNo:G0188907 | ||
2008 (4 grants)
Dopamine mechanisms conferring resilience to depression: A new antidepressant target$538,500
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Trevor Day, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor David Pow, Doctor Doug Smith | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $538,500 | 2008 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0187604 | ||
How regular exercise protects the heart from psychological stresses$285,500
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Eugene Nalivaiko, Professor Trevor Day, Professor Robin Callister | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $285,500 | 2008 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0189125 | ||
HMRI Senior Research Fellow$160,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor John Attia, Emeritus Professor Maree Gleeson, Professor Rodney Scott, Conjoint Professor Vaughan Carr, Conjoint Professor Stephen Ackland, Professor Michael Hazelton, Professor Trevor Day | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Senior Fellowship | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $160,000 | 2008 | 2009 |
| GNo:G0188558 | ||
Heart and Mind Conference (The Baker Heart Research Institute Psychogenic Cardiovascular Disease Conference), Prato, Tuscany, 3/9/2008 - 5/9/2008$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Trevor Day | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,500 | 2008 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0189490 | ||
2007 (3 grants)
HMRI Centre for brain and mental health research program$894,467
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conjoint Professor Vaughan Carr, Professor Trevor Day | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| MRSP Infrastructure Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $894,467 | 2007 | 2009 |
| GNo:G0188019 | ||
Characterisation of the brain mechanisms linking vulnerability to stress and vulnerability to drug addiction$20,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Trevor Day, Doctor Chris Dayas, Doctor Doug Smith | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $20,000 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0187255 | ||
Vulnerability to depression: the role of dopamine pathways$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Trevor Day, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Doctor Doug Smith, Professor David Pow | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Near Miss Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $20,000 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0187196 | ||
2006 (3 grants)
PRC - Priority Research Centre for Brain & Mental Health Research (CBMHR)$524,282
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conjoint Professor Chris Levi, Professor Amanda Baker, Professor Mike Calford, Professor Trevor Day, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor Michael Hazelton, Professor Andrew Heathcote, Professor Brian Kelly, Conjoint Professor Vaughan Carr, Emeritus Professor Patricia Michie, Professor David Pow, Professor John Rostas, Professor Ulli Schall, Professor Alistair Sim, Professor Mike Startup | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Priority Research Centre | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $524,282 | 2006 | 2013 |
| GNo:G0186947 | ||
Descending control of pain pathways$423,950
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Robert Callister, Professor Trevor Day, Associate Professor Alan Brichta | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $423,950 | 2006 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0185184 | ||
Neural links between drug addiction and stress$134,500
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Chris Dayas, Professor Trevor Day | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Training (Postdoctoral) Fellowships - C.J. Martin Biomedical Fellowships (Overseas) | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $134,500 | 2006 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0187071 | ||
2005 (5 grants)
The neurobiological basis of individual differences in susceptibility to the consequences of stress$576,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Trevor Day, Dr Robert Dielenberg | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $576,000 | 2005 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0184208 | ||
Scholarship - Matching - Semester 2, 2005$29,326
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Trevor Day | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Multi-Year Project Grant Scholarship | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $29,326 | 2005 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0185753 | ||
Genomics workstation for single cell, molecular investigations off nervous system disorders$28,793
Funding Body: Ramaciotti Foundations
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Trevor Day | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Major Equipment Award | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $28,793 | 2005 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0184467 | ||
Descending control of pain processing pathways in the spinal cord$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Robert Callister, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Trevor Day | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $10,000 | 2005 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0184748 | ||
Defining New Targets for New Antidepressant Drugs$8,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Trevor Day | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $8,000 | 2005 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0184717 | ||
2004 (1 grants)
Neurobiological mechanisms contributing to obesity$15,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Trevor Day | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $15,000 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0183473 | ||
2003 (1 grants)
Indentification of brain pathways that control our responses to psychosocial stress$16,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Trevor Day | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $16,000 | 2003 | 2003 |
| GNo:G0183753 | ||
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Research Supervision
| Number of current supervisions | 1 |
|---|---|
| Total current UoN PhD EFTSL | 0.5 |
For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Proposed Completion | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2012 | PhD (Anatomy) | Co-Supervisor | The Impact of Stress on Glia: A Characterisation of the Chronic Stress-Induced Density and Morphological Alterations Observed in Astrocytes and Microglia |
Past Supervision
| Year | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | PhD (Anatomy) | Co-Supervisor | Neurobiological Alterations in the Rat Medial Prefrontal Cortex following Exposure to Chronic Psychological Stress |
| 2012 | PhD (Anatomy) | Co-Supervisor | Molecular Correlates of Dopamine Signalling in Addiction Vulnerability |
| 2010 | M Philosophy (Anatomy) | Sole Supervisor | Individual Differences in Coping Style Influence Acute Endocrine and Neurobiological Responses to Psychosocial Stress |
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Professor Trevor Day
| Work Phone | (02) 492 15629 |
|---|---|
| Fax | (02) 492 17403 |
| Trevor.Day@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Position | Conjoint Professor School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy Faculty of Health and Medicine |
| Focus Area | Anatomy |
| Office | MS605, Medical Sciences, Callaghan University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia |
| URL: | www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/trevor-day |
