Dr Alison Coates

I joined the University of South Australia in 2004 after completing a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Denver, Colorado.

I am a lecturer and researcher with the Nutritional Physiology Research Centre. My research investigates the role of nutrients and activity on health.

Nutrition Society of Australia

Australian Society for Medical Research

Healthy Ageing Research Cluster

ATN Centre For Metabolic Fitness

Research Leadership Program, University of South Australia

peanut symposium presentation 2006

Fish food the key to lower fat in pork

Nuts for A Healthy Heart

DHA Index symposium- a milestone in functional food research

Going nuts a must for healthy hearts

• Human Nutrition
• Physiology

Visiting Research Fellow with the Discipline of Physiology at the University of Adelaide

Australian Society for the Study of Obesity (ASSO)

Nutrition Society of Australia (Treasurer and committee member of the South Australian Division)

Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR)

B.Sc University of Adelaide, 1995

B.Sc (Honours) University of Adelaide, 1996

Ph.D. University of Adelaide, 2001

• Nutritional physiology
• Omega-3 Fatty Acids
• Inflammation associated with obesity
• Fat metabolism

Selected Publications for Alison Coates (nee Morris)

Tsiros MD, Olds T, Buckley JD, Grimshaw P, Brennan L, Walkley J, Hills AP, Howe PRC, Coates AM. Health-related quality of life in obese children and adolescents. Int J Obesity (accepted 4 Feb 09).

Davison K, Coates AM, Buckley JD, Howe PRC. Cocoa polyphenols and exercise improve cardio-metabolic risk factors in overweight and obese subjects. International Journal of Obesity, 2008, 32(8): 1289-96.

Thorp A, Meyer B, Mori TA, Coates AM, Hodgson J, Buckley JD, Howe PRC. Soy food consumption does not lower LDL-cholesterol in equol or non-equol producers. Am J Clin Nutr 2008, 88:298-04.

Pettman TL, Misan GMH, Owen K, Warren K, Coates AM Buckley JD, Howe PRC. Self-management for obesity and cardiometabolic fitness: Description and evaluation of the lifestyle modification program of a randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2008, 5(1): 53

Coates AM, Sioutis S, Buckley JD, Howe PRC. Health benefits from regular consumption of omega-3 enriched pork. Br J Nutr 2008: 1-6

Milte CM, Coates AM, Buckley JD, Hill AM, Howe PRC. Dose dependent effects of DHA-rich tuna oil on erythrocyte DHA and blood lipid levels. British Journal of Nutrition Oct 31;:1-6 [Epub ahead of print] [IF =2.708]

Tsiros MD, Sinn N, Coates AM, Howe PRC, Buckley JD. Treatment of adolescent overweight and obesity. European Journal of Pediatrics 2007 Nov 1; [Epub ahead of print]

Coates AM and Howe PRC. Edible nuts and metabolic health. Current Opinion in Lipidology. 2007;18(1):25-30. IF= 5.314

Coates AM. Adipose tissue, cardiovascular and metabolic disease: Adipopharmacology of disease. Biomedical Reviews (In press, accepted Nov 06).

Pulawa LK, Jensen DR, Coates AM, Eckel RH. Dose-dependent decrease of hypertriglyceridemia in human apolipoprotein CII transgenic mice with skeletal muscle specific overexpression of human lipoprotein lipase. J Lipid Res 2007;48(1):145-51. IF=3.909.

Hill AM, LaForgia J, Coates AM, Buckley JD, Howe PRC. Estimating abdominal adipose tissue with Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry and anthropometry. Obesity 2007;15: 504-510. IF= 3.972.

Buckley JD, Hill AM, Coates AM, Howe PRC. Simpler diet and exercise strategies for managing obesity in “Physical activity and obesity”. Editors Hills AP, Bryne NM and King NA. Smith-Gordon and Co, London (Published August 2006).

Morris AM, Poirier P, Eckel RH. Obesity and Cardiovascular disease in “Adipose tissue and adipokines in health and disease”. Editors Fantuzzi G and Mazzone T, Humana Press (Nutrition and Health series). Published December 2006.

Morris AM, Sennello JA, Fayad RA, Eckel RH, Dinarello CA, Fantuzzi G. T-cell mediated hepatic inflammation modulates adiponectin levels in mice: role of tumor necrosis factor- alpha. Metabolism 2006;55(4):55-9

Sennello JA, Fayad R, Morris AM, Eckel RH, Asilmaz E, Montez J, Friedman JM, Dinarello CA, Fantuzzi G. Regulation of T-cell mediated hepatic inflammation by adiponectin and leptin. Endocrinology.2005; 146(5):2157-64

Morris AM, Calsbeek DJ, and Eckel RH. Lipid Metabolism and Nutrient Partitioning Strategies Current Drug Targets - CNS & Neurological Disorders, 2004, 3, 411-430.

Morris AM, Noakes M and PM Clifton. In Vitro mononuclear cell production of tumour necrosis factor-a and weight loss. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2004;63(3): 179-184.

Morris AM, Heilbronn LK, Noakes M, Kind KL, Clifton PM. -308 Nco I polymorphism of tumour necrosis factor-a in overweight Caucasians. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2003;62(3):197-201.

Morris AM, Clifton PM and Noakes M. The Role of n-6 polyunsaturated fat in stable asthmatics. Journal of Asthma, 2001;38(4):385-393.

Heilbronn LK, Noakes M, Morris AM, Kind KL, Clifton PM. 360His polymorphism of the apolipoproteinA-IV gene and plasma lipid response to energy restriction diets in overweight subjects. Atherosclerosis, 2000;150(1):187-92.