Professor Peter Howe

Professor Peter Howe is Director of the Nutritional Physiology Research Centre, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia. He subsequently founded the ATN Centre for Metabolic Fitness, a new national research partnership. He has a distinguished career spanning 35 years in university, CSIRO, hospital and pharmaceutical-industry based research. He was recently awarded Fellowship of the Nutrition Society of Australia.

An authority on cardiovascular and metabolic health benefits of bioactive nutrients, his research goal is the scientific substantiation and promotion of health benefits of functional foods through collaborative partnerships with industry. He established the Smart Foods Centre, an ARC Key Centre at the University of Wollongong, and built strategic alliances with both primary producers and food manufacturers to develop healthier foods.

Returning to Adelaide in 2002 as a joint research professor at the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia, he established the cross-institutional Nutritional Physiology Research Centre with its multidisciplinary focus on diet and physical activity interventions to optimise health. He retains an affiliation with the University of Adelaide as Adjunct Professor in the School of Molecular and Biomedical Science. He continues to attract substantial support from competitive grants and the private sector to foster local, interstate and international research collaboration.

Nutritional Physiology Research Centre

ATN Centre for Metabolic Fitness

• Post-graduate and post-doctoral supervision in cardiovascular physiology and nutrition research.

High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia

International Society of Hypertension

International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids & Lipids

American Oil Chemists’ Society (Australasian Chapter)

Nutrition Society of Australia

Nutrition Australia

BSc (Sydney) 1968

MSc (Oxford) 1972

PhD (Monash) 1976

R.Nutr (Nutrition Society of Australia) 2007

• Professor Howe has a track record of research (over 160 publications) in cardiovascular and autonomic physiology and nutrition addressing the pathogenesis, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
• Professor Howe's current research focuses on the role of diet and exercise in health optimisation: the impact on cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors, the elucidation of underlying mechanisms and the development of an integrated approach to cardiovascular risk management. It also considers food sources, bioavailability and intake recommendations for nutrients, esp. omega-3 fatty acids.

Tsiros, M.D., Olds, T., Buckley, J., Grimshaw, P., Brennan, L., Walkley, J., Hills, A.P., Howe, P.R.C., and Coates, A.M. (2009). Health-related quality of life in obese children and Adolescents. International Journal of Obesity advance online publication, 3 March 2009; doi:10.1038/ijo.2009.42.

Coates AM, Sioutis S, Buckley JD and Howe PRC. Regular consumption of n-3 fatty acid enriched pork modifies cardiovascular risk factors. Brit J Nutr (2009), 101 , 592–597 (IF 2.33)

Bendyk A, Marino V, Zilm PS, Howe P, Bartold PM .Effect of dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on experimental periodontitis in the mouse. Journal of Periodont Res 2009 Apr;44(2):211-6.(IF 2.146)

Buckley JD, Howe PRC. Anti-obesity effects of long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Obes Rev (accepted 10 Feb 09)

Buckley JD, Thomson RL, Coates AM, Howe PRC, DeNichilo M, Rowney MK. Supplementation with a whey protein hydrolysate enhances recovery of muscle force-generating capacity following eccentric exercise. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport (in press, accepted 20 June 2008)

Thorp A, Howe PRC, Mori T, Coates A, Buckley J, Hodgson J, Mansour J, Meyer B. Soy food consumption does not lower LDL-cholesterol in either equol or non-equol producers. AJCN (in press, accepted 23 April 2008)

Eslick GD, Howe PRC, Smith C, Priest R, Bensoussan A. Benefits of Fish Oil Supplementation in Hyperlipidemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int J Cardiol (in press, accepted 30 March 2008)

Sioutis S, Coates AM, Buckley JD, Murphy TW, Channon HA, Howe PRC. Omega-3 enrichment of pork with fishmeal: effects on production and consumer acceptability. Eur J Lipid Sci Tech (in press, accepted 27 March 2008)

Davison K, Coates AM, Buckley JD, Howe PRC. Effect of cocoa flavanols and exercise on cardio-metabolic risk factors in overweight and obese subjects. Int J Obesity (in press, accepted 24 March 2008)

Ninio DM, Hill AM, Howe PRC, Buckley JD, Saint DA. DHA-rich fish oil improves heart rate variability and heart rate responses to exercise in obese adults. Br J Nutr (in press, accepted 11 Feb 2008)

Sinn N, Howe P. Mental health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids may be mediated by improvements in cerebral vascular function. Bioscience Hypotheses, (in press, accepted 26 Feb 2008)

Buckley JD, Burgess S, Murphy KM, Howe PRC. DHA-rich fish oil lowers heart rate during submaximal exercise in elite Australian Rules footballers. J Sci Med Sport (in press, accepted 25 January 2008)

Mukaro VR, Costabile M, Murphy K, Howe PRC, Hii C, Ferrante A. Leukocyte numbers and function in subjects eating n-3 enriched foods: selective depression of natural killer cell levels1-3. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008;10:R57

Tsiros M, Sinn N, Brennan L, Coates A, Walkely J, Petkov J, Howe PRC, Buckley J. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy improves diet and body composition in overweight and obese adolescents. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2008; 87:1134-1140

Murphy KJ, Saint DA, Howe PRC. Lack of effect of sugar cane and sunflower seed policosanols on plasma cholesterol in rabbits. JACN (in press, accepted 11 Nov 2007)

Buckley JD, Coates AM, Howe, PRC. Alpha-cyclodextrin. In: Handbook of Fiber Ingredients: Health Benefits, Food Applications, and Analysis, Cho S (Ed), Taylor & Francis, CRC Press (in press, accepted 11 February 2007)

Tsiros M, Sinn N, Coates A, Howe P, Buckley J. Treatment of adolescent obesity. Eur J Paediatics 2007;167: 9-16

Howe P, Buckley J, Meyer B. Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids in red meat. Nutr Diet 2007;64:Suppl 4, S135-S139

Milte CM, Coates AM, Buckley JD, Hill AM, Howe PR. Dose-dependent effects of docosahexaenoic acid-rich fish oil on erythrocyte docosahexaenoic acid and blood lipid levels. Br J Nutr. 2007 Oct 31:1-6

Hill AM, Coates AM, Buckley JD, Ross R, Thielecke F, Howe PRC. Can EGCG Reduce Abdominal Fat in Obese Subjects? JACN 2007;26:396S–402S

Grenyer B, Crowe T, Meyer B, Owen A, Grigonis-Deane E, Caputi P, Howe P. Fish oil supplementation in the treatment of major depression: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Progr in Neuro-Psychopharmacol & Biol Psychiatry 2007;31:1393-6

Hill A, Worthley C, Murphy K, Buckley J, Ferrante A, Howe P. Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation and regular moderate exercise: differential effects of a combined intervention on neutrophil function. Br J Nutr 2007;98:300-309

Hill AM, JD Buckley, KJ Murphy, PRC Howe. Combining fish-oil supplements with regular aerobic exercise improves body composition and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;85:1267-74

Meyer B, Hammervold T, Rustan A, Howe PRC. Dose-dependent effects of docosahexaenoic acid supplementation on blood lipids in statin-treated hyperlipidaemic subjects.Lipids 2007;42:109-15

Murphy K, J Mansour, C Patch, T Mori, B Meyer, L Tapsell, M Noakes, P Clifton, I Puddey, L Beilin, P Howe. Impact of foods enriched with n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids on erythrocyte n-3 levels and cardiovascular risk factors. Br J Nutr. 2007;97:749-57

Hill AM, LaForgia J, Coates AM, Buckley JD & Howe PRC. Estimating abdominal adipose tissue with DXA and anthropometry. Obesity 2007;15:504-10.

Coates AM & Howe PRC. Edible nuts and metabolic health. Curr Opin Lipidol 2007;18:25-30

Buckley J, Hill A, Coates A, Howe P. Simpler diet and exercise solutions for managing obesity. In: Physical Activity and Obesity, Hills A, Byrne N, King N (eds), Smith-Gordon & Co, London. 2006.

Buckley JD, Thorp AJ, Murphy KJ, Howe PR. Dose-dependent inhibition of the post-prandial glycaemic response to a standard carbohydrate meal following incorporation of a-cyclodextrin. Ann Nutr Metab 2006;50:108-114

Howe PRC, BJ Meyer, S Record, K Baghurst: Dietary intake of long chain ù-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: contribution of meat sources. Nutrition 2006;22:47-53