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Dr Hannah Walden

Assistant Professor

School: Geography and Natural Sciences

Dr Hannah Walden is a Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences who joined 51�� in May 2011. She holds a degree in Biomedical Sciences (BSc Hons) from the University of Durham and a PhD from the University of Newcastle. Her PhD investigating the potential for xenobiotic incorporation to trigger autoimmunity in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis was conducted in the laboratory of Professor David E J Jones.

Key Publications

Annealing 1,2,4-triazine to iridium (III) complexes induces luminogenic behaviour in bioorthogonal reactions with strained alkynes, Cooke, L., Gristwood, K., Adamson, K., Sims, M., Deary, M., Bruce, D., Antoniou, A., Walden, H., Knight, J., Antoine-Brunet, T., Joly, M., Goyard, D., Lanoe, P., Berthet, N., Kozhevnikov, V. 7 Oct 2024, In: Dalton Transactions
Profiling inflammation and tissue injury markers in perfusate and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid during human ex vivo lung perfusion, Andreasson, A., Karamanou, D., Gillespie, C., Özalp, F., Butt, T., Hill, P., Jiwa, K., Walden, H., Green, N., Borthwick, L., Clark, S., Pauli, H., Gould, K., Corris, P., Ali, S., Dark, J., Fisher, A. 7 Dec 2016, In: European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery
The effects of being in a "new relationship" on levels of testosterone in men, Farrelly, D., Owens, R., Elliott, H., Walden, H., Wetherell, M. 17 Mar 2015, In: Evolutionary Psychology : An international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior
The effect of ex vivo lung perfusion on microbial load in human donor lungs, Andreasson, A., Karamanou, D., Perry, J., Perry, A., Ӧzalp, F., Butt, T., Morley, K., Walden, H., Clark, S., Prabhu, M., Corris, P., Gould, K., Fisher, A., Dark, J. 13 Jan 2014, In: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
A small molecule agonist of the chemokine receptor CXCR3 prevents experimental graft-versus-host disease, O'Boyle, G., Barker, C., Mavin, E., Wang, X., Fox, C., Walden, H., Willet, J., Hine, D., Palmer, J., Lamb, C., Douglass, S., Ali, S., Kirby, J. 2013, In: Immunology
Competitors who choose to be red have higher testosterone levels, Farrelly, D., Slater, R., Elliot, H., Walden, H., Wetherell, M. Oct 2013, In: Psychological Science
Chemokine receptor CXCR3 agonist prevents human T-cell migration in a humanized model of arthritic inflammation, O'Boyle, G., Fox, C., Walden, H., Willet, J., Mavin, E., Hine, D., Palmer, J., Barker, C., Lamb, C., Ali, S., Kirby, J. 2012, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Erratum: Chemokine receptor CXCR3 agonist prevents human T-cell migration in a humanized model of arthritic inflammation (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2012) 109, 12, (4598-4603) DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1118104109), O'Boyle, G., Fox, C., Walden, H., Willet, J., Mavin, E., Hine, D., Palmer, J., Barker, C., Lamb, C., Ali, S., Kirby, J. 15 May 2012, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
The Effect of Ex-Vivo Perfusion on the Inflammatory Cytokine Profile of the Donor Lung, Karamanou, D., Walden, H., Bean, S., Pauli, H., Clark, S., Simpson, A., Corris, P., Fisher, A., Dark, J. Mar 2010, Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting
The Effect of Ex-Vivo Perfusion on the Inflammatory Profile of the Donor Lung, Karamanou, D., Walden, H., Bean, S., Prabhu, M., Clark, S., Simpson, A., Corris, P., Dark, J., Fisher, A. Apr 2010, ISHLT 30th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions

Qualifications

Biomedical Science PhD May 01 2005
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2014

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