DrLewan Parker

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

  • Senior Research Fellow
    Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • +61 3 924 68740 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research areas include: Exercise physiology, redox biology, glycaemic control, insulin resistance, bone metabolism, vascular health, and cardiometabolic disease.

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    VCCC Skilled Internship with Grampians Health.
    19 Feb 2024 - 22 Nov 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Keske M,
    • Parker L,
    • Wordie-Thompson EC
    VCCC Alliance Ltd - $36,000.00
  • GRANT
    Early detection of insulin-resistance with a mixed meal challenge - The REFINE study
    1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    MRFF Cardiovascular Health Grant - MRF2023991 - $1,498,740.60
  • GRANT
    Antioxidant deficiency screening and personalised antioxidant prescription as an accessible and cost-effective treatment for cardiovascular dysfunction and insulin resistance
    1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Parker L,
    • Keske M,
    • Marwick T,
    • Nikolaidis M
    HF Vanguard Grant - Heart Foundation of Australia - 105590 - $149,889.00
  • GRANT
    Does short-term high-calorie high-fat feeding impair skeletal muscle microvascular blood flow and increase the risk of pre-diabetes in humans?
    1 Jan 2022 - 30 Jun 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Diabetes Australia Research Program Grant - Y22G-KAUG - $52,720.00
  • GRANT
    Home-based vascular therapy for improving exercise tolerance and glycaemia in type 2 diabetes
    1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Diabetes Australia Research Program Grant - Y22G-KESM - $70,000.00
  • GRANT
    Oral glucose tolerance test causes acute skeletal muscle microvascular insulin resistance in healthy people: determining the gut-derived factors that underpin microvascular impairments
    1 Apr 2021 - 31 Mar 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Keske M,
    • Roberts-Thomson K,
    • Parker L
    Diabetes Australia Research Program Grant - Y21G-KESM - $45,010.00
  • GRANT
    Novel therapy for improving exercise tolerance and glycaemic regulation in type 2 diabetes associated HFpEF
    1 Jan 2020 - 31 Mar 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Keske M,
    • Parker L,
    • Maddison R,
    • Marwick T
    HF Vanguard Grant - Heart Foundation of Australia - 102754 - $149,778.00
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Exercise intolerance and impaired glycaemic control in heart failure patients: Identifying microvascular dysfunction as a novel mechanism
    1 Jul 2019 - 29 Feb 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lewan Parker
    NHMRC ECF - Early Career Fellowship - GNT1157930 - $327,192.00