Dr Suetonia Palmer, University of Otago
01 September 2012
Giving patients more control of their lives
Suetonia Palmer is challenging the status quo for kidney disease treatment and helping millions of people with chronic kidney disease take back control of their lives.
Her L’Oréal For Women in Science Fellowship allowed her to take her work further and help study what information people receive when their kidney disease worsens and they have to go on dialysis.
Qualifications
2010 PhD (Medicine), University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
1995 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
Career highlights, awards, fellowships, grants
2011-present Senior Lecturer, Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
2012 Best poster, 49th ERA-EDTA Congress, Paris, France, European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association
2011 Health Research Council of New Zealand Program Grant extension (years 4-6), “Neurohormonal and genetic prediction and protection in heart disease”
2009‐2010 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Renal Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
2009 & 2010 Don and Lorraine Jacquot Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
2008 Best Presentation, Annual Scientific Presentations, Health Research Society of Canterbury, New Zealand
2008 Travelling Scholarship to American Society of Nephrology Renal Week, Philadelphia, USA, Australia and New Zealand Society of Nephrology
2007-2008 National Heart Foundation of New Zealand grant, “Regional secretion and clearance of novel peptides in health and heart disease”
2006‐2008 PhD candidate and Health Research Council of New Zealand Clinical Research Training Fellow,Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
2006-2008 Canterbury Medical Research Foundation grant, “Renal impairment in decompensated heart failure”, awarded to Richards M., Palmer, S., Endre, Z., Yandle, T.
2006-2008 National Heart Foundation of New Zealand grant, “Renal impairment in decompensated heart failure”
2006 Jacquot Research Entry Scholarship, Royal Australasian College of Physicians [declined]
2006 Clinical Research Training Fellowship, Health Research Council of New Zealand
2005 Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
2004 Bruce Morrison Prize for best presentation, Annual Scientific Meeting, New Zealand Nephrology Group
2003 Dr Jack Kilpatrick Memorial Prize for Best Clinical Presentation at Medical Staff Rounds, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
2001‐2005 Royal Australasian College of Physicians Advanced Training Fellow, Departments of Nephrology at Christchurch and Dunedin Hospitals, New Zealand
1999‐2000 Royal Australasian College of Physicians Basic Training Fellow, Departments of Medicine, Christchurch and Dunedin Hospitals, New Zealand
1998 Senior House Officer, Accident and Emergency Department, Dryburn District General Hospital, Durham, United Kingdom
Top five publications
Palmer S.C., Hayen A., Macaskill P., Pellegrini F., Craig J.C., Elder G.J., Strippoli G.F.M. (2011) Serum levels of phosphorus, parathyroid hormone, and calcium and risks of cardiovascular death and cardiovascular disease in individuals with chronic kidney disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Journal of the American Medical Association 305(11):1119-1127. (Impact factor 30.0, 22 citations)
Palmer S.C., McGregor D.O., Macaskill P., Craig J.C., Elder G.J., Strippoli G.F. (2007) Meta-analysis: Vitamin D compounds in chronic kidney disease, Annals of Internal Medicine 147(12):840-53. (Impact factor 16.7, 96 citations)
Palmer S.C., Navaneethan S.D., Craig J.C., Johnson D.W., Tonelli M., Garg A., Pellegrini F., Ravani P., Jardine M., Perkovic V., Graziano G., McGee R., Nicolucci A., Tognoni G., Strippoli G.F.M. (2010) Meta-analysis: Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in people with chronic kidney disease, Annals of Internal Medicine 153(1):23-33. (Impact factor 16.7, 29 citations)
Palmer S.C., Di Micco L., Razavian M., Craig J.C., Perkovic V., Pellegrini F., Copetti M., Graziano G., Tognoni G., Jardine M., Webster A., Nicolucci A., Zoungas S., Strippoli G.F. (2012) Effects of antiplatelet therapy on mortality and cardiovascular and bleeding outcomes in persons with chronic kidney disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Annals of Internal Medicine 156(6):445-59. (Impact factor 16.7, 0 citations)
Palmer S.C., Yandle T.G., Frampton C.M., Troughton R.W., Nicholls M.G., Richards A.M. (2009) Renal and cardiac function for long term (10-year) risk stratification after myocardial infarction, European Heart Journal30(12):1486-94. (Impact factor 9.8, 2 citations)
