Biography summary
Gunveen is a Senior Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences at Deakin University. Her teaching interests include physiology, nutrition and lifestyle diseases. Gunveen is also a member of Deakin’s Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN). Her research is aimed at exploring the role of dietary fat in the prevention and management of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease at a clinical and molecular level.
Research interests
Role of dietary fat in the prevention and management of chronic diseases such as insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Teaching interests
Nutrition, metabolism and lifestyle diseases
Knowledge areas
Nutrition
Lipid metabolism
Insulin resistance
Cardiovascular disease
Skeletal muscle
Research groups
Biology of cardiovascular and metabolic health
Redox regulation of health and disease
Publications
B Brayner, A Perez-Cornago, G Kaur, M Keske, C Piernas, K Livingstone
(2023), Vol. 33, pp. 797-808, Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Barbara Brayner, Gunveen Kaur, Michelle Keske, Laura Marchese, Katherine Livingstone
(2023), Vol. 10, pp. 1-11, Frontiers in Nutrition, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1
B Brayner, M Keske, G Kaur, S Shariful Islam, A Perez-Cornago, C Piernas, K Livingstone
(2022), Vol. 11, Journal of the American Heart Association, England, C1
Is vascular insulin resistance an early step in diet-induced whole-body insulin resistance?
L Carmichael, M Keske, A Betik, L Parker, B Brayner, K Roberts-Thomson, G Wadley, D Hamilton, G Kaur
(2022), Vol. 12, Nutrition and Diabetes, England, C1
K Roberts-Thomson, D Hu, R Russell, T Greenaway, A Betik, L Parker, G Kaur, S Richards, D Premilovac, G Wadley, M Keske
(2022), Vol. 323, pp. E418-E427, American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology, United States, C1
Whole-body vibration stimulates microvascular blood flow in skeletal muscle
Andrew Betik, Lewan Parker, Gunveen Kaur, Glenn Wadley, Michelle Keske
(2021), Vol. 53, pp. 375-383, Medicine & science in sports & exercise, Philadelphia, Pa., C1
L Parker, D Morrison, G Wadley, C Shaw, A Betik, K Roberts-Thomson, G Kaur, M Keske
(2021), Vol. 599, pp. 83-102, Journal of Physiology, England, C1
E Yaghubi, S Carboni, R Snipe, C Shaw, J Fyfe, C Smith, G Kaur, S Tan, D Hamilton
(2021), Vol. 13, Nutrients, Switzerland, C1
Barbara Brayner, Barbara Brayner, Gunveen Kaur, Gunveen Kaur, Michelle Keske, Michelle Keske, Aurora Perez-Cornago, Aurora Perez-Cornago, Carmen Piernas, Carmen Piernas, Katherine Livingstone, Katherine Livingstone
(2021), Vol. 151, pp. 3570-3578, JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, C1
K Roberts-Thomson, A Betik, D Premilovac, S Rattigan, S Richards, R Ross, R Russell, G Kaur, L Parker, M Keske
(2020), Vol. 47, pp. 725-737, Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, London, Eng., C1
L Parker, D Morrison, A Betik, K Roberts-Thomson, G Kaur, G Wadle, C Sha, M Kesk
(2020), Vol. 318, pp. E1014-E1021, American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism, United States, C1
A Selathurai, G Kowalski, S Mason, D Callahan, V Foletta, P Della Gatta, A Lindsay, S Hamley, G Kaur, A Curtis, M Burch, T Ang, S McGee, C Bruce
(2019), Vol. 27, pp. 33-46, Molecular metabolism, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Mussel Consumption as a "Food First" Approach to Improve Omega-3 Status
S Carboni, G Kaur, A Pryce, K McKee, A Desbois, J Dick, S Galloway, D Lee Hamilton
(2019), Vol. 11, Nutrients, Switzerland, C1
S Hamley, D Kloosterman, T Duthie, C Dalla Man, R Visentin, S Mason, T Ang, A Selathurai, G Kaur, M Morales-Scholz, K Howlett, G Kowalski, C Shaw, C Bruce
(2019), Vol. 62, pp. 2310-2324, Diabetologia, Berlin, Germany, C1
Differential effects of EPA, DPA and DHA on cardio-metabolic risk factors in high-fat diet fed mice
X-F Guo, A Sinclair, G Kaur, D Li
(2018), Vol. 136, pp. 47-55, Prostaglandins, leukotrienes and essential fatty acids, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
FADS polymorphism, omega-3 fatty acids and diabetes risk: A systematic review
B Brayner, G Kaur, M Keske, K Livingstone
(2018), Vol. 10, Nutrients, Switzerland, C1
Short update on docosapentaenoic acid: A bioactive long-chain n-3 fatty acid
G Kaur, X Guo, A Sinclair
(2016), Vol. 19, pp. 88-91, Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, England, C1
J Markworth, G Kaur, E Miller, A Larsen, A Sinclair, K Maddipati, D Cameron-Smith
(2016), Vol. 30, pp. 3714-3725, FASEB journal, Bethesda, M.D., C1
Micronutrient supplement use and diet quality in university students
A Wiltgren, A Booth, G Kaur, S Cicerale, K Lacy, M Thorpe, R Keast, L Riddell
(2015), Vol. 7, pp. 1094-1107, Nutrients, Basel, Switzerland, C1
Dietary sources, current intakes, and nutritional role of omega-3 docosapentaenoic acid.
O Byelashov, A Sinclair, G Kaur
(2015), Vol. 27, pp. 79-82, Lipid technology, London, Eng., C1
S Ghasemifard, A Sinclair, G Kaur, P Lewandowski, G Turchini
(2015), Vol. 7, pp. 5628-5645, Nutrients, Basel, Switzerland, C1
Acute exercise increases insulin sensitivity in adult sheep: a new preclinical model
G McConell, G Kaur, F Falcão-Tebas, Y Hong, K Gatford
(2015), Vol. 308, pp. R500-R506, American journal of physiology: regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, Bethesda, Md., C1-1
Rapid development of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in Psammomys obesus (Israeli Sand Rat)
B Spolding, T Connor, C Wittmer, L Abreu, A Kaspi, M Ziemann, G Kaur, A Cooper, S Morrison, S Lee, A Sinclair, Y Gibert, J Trevaskis, J Roth, A El-Osta, R Standish, K Walder
(2014), Vol. 9, pp. 1-7, PLoS one, San Francisco, Calif., C1
M Pascoe, D Howells, D Crewther, N Constantinou, L Carey, S Rewell, G Turchini, G Kaur, S Crewther
(2014), Vol. 5, pp. 1-15, Frontiers in Neurology, Lausanne, Switzerland, C1
Exercise as an intervention to improve metabolic outcomes after intrauterine growth restriction
K Gatford, G Kaur, F Falcão-Tebas, G Wadley, M Wlodek, R Laker, P Ebeling, G McConell
(2014), Vol. 306, pp. E999-E1012, American journal of physiology - endocrinology and metabolism, Bethesda, MD, C1
A short-term n-3 DPA supplementation study in humans
E Miller, G Kaur, A Larsen, S Loh, K Linderborg, H Weisinger, G Turchini, D Cameron-Smith, A Sinclair
(2013), Vol. 52, pp. 895-904, European journal of nutrition, Heidelberg, Germany, C1
Orally administered [14C]DPA and [14C]DHA are metabolised differently to [14C]EPA in rats
G Kaur, J Molero, H Weisinger, A Sinclair
(2013), Vol. 109, pp. 441-448, British journal of nutrition, Cambridge, England, C1
K Linderborg, G Kaur, E Miller, P Meikle, A Larsen, J Weir, A Nuora, C Barlow, H Kallio, D Cameron-Smith, A Sinclair
(2013), Vol. 88, pp. 313-319, Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, London, UK, C1
Docosapentaenoic acid (22:5n-3) : a review of its biological effects
G Kaur, D Cameron-Smith, M Garg, A Sinclair
(2011), Vol. 50, pp. 28-34, Progress in lipid research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
G Kaur, A Sinclair, D Cameron-Smith, D Barr, J Molero-Navajas, N Konstantopoulos
(2011), Vol. 85, pp. 155-161, Prostaglandins, leukotrienes and essential fatty acids, Kidlington, U. K., C1
G Kaur, D Begg, D Barr, M Garg, D Cameron-Smith, A Sinclair
(2010), Vol. 103, pp. 32-37, British journal of nutrition, Cambridge, England, C1
The role of eicosanoids in the brain
D Tassoni, G Kaur, R Weisinger, A Sinclair
(2008), Vol. 17, pp. 220-228, Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition, McKinnon, Vic., C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Does mitochondrial dysfunction impair muscle glucose metabolism?
Prof Clinton Bruce, Dr Greg Kowalski, Dr Gunveen Kaur
DART Grant - Research - Diabetes Australia - Victoria (Research Trust)
- 2015: $60,000
Home-based vascular therapy for improving exercise tolerance and glycaemia in type 2 diabetes
Prof Michelle Keske, Prof Glenn Wadley, Dr Andrew Betik, Dr Lewan Parker, Dr Gunveen Kaur
Diabetes Australia Research Program Grant
- 2022: $70,000
Does short-term high-calorie high-fat feeding impair skeletal muscle microvascular blood flow and increase the risk of pre-diabetes in humans?
Dr Gunveen Kaur, Prof Michelle Keske, Dr Andrew Betik, Dr Lewan Parker, Mrs Barbara Vitorino Alencar Brayner
Diabetes Australia Research Program Grant
- 2022: $52,720
Supervisions
Barbara Vitorino Alencar Brayner
Thesis entitled: Dietary Patterns Based on Fat Type and Cardiometabolic Health
Doctor of Philosophy (Nutrition & Exercise) (Low Cost), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences