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 Dr
Jeff Trahair
BMus (Hons)(University of Melbourne), BSc (Hons)(University of Melbourne),
BNurs (University of South Australia), Grad Certificate Bioethics (Curtin University),
Grad Certificate Palliative and Bereavement Counselling (Univeristy of Adelaide),
PhD (University of Melbourne), RN
Senior Lecturer
Contact Jeff: jeff.trahair@adelaide.edu.au
Jeff graduated from the University
of Melbourne with the degrees of BSc(Hons), BMus (Performance Honours)
and PhD over the years 1980-85. In 1986-7 he was the Sir Colin & Lady
MacKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow in Comparative Anatomy. 1988-9 was spent
at Harvard University Medical School, Department of Anatomy on a CJ Martin
Postdoctoral Fellowship (NH & MRC). In 1990 he returned to Monash
University, Department of Physiology to complete this Fellowship. During
1991-2 he was a RD Wright Fellow (NH & MRC) at the Child Health Research
Institute, Adelaide. He joined the department of Anatomical Sciences in
1993, continuing his tenure of the RDW award until 1994. In 1995 he was
appointed a Lecturer, and then in 1997, Senior Lecturer. His research
centres on the development of the developing small intestine, with a particular
focus on the cell biology of the epithelium.
In teaching, his interests
are in the stimulation of context specific,independent learning, particularly
through the rich opportunities afforded in the discipline of Anatomy.
In the subjects Jeff teaches and coordinates, students are encouraged
to explore their own learning styles via the requirements to integrate
data from traditional sources and the additional anatomy-specific specimens
and tools of examination. A wide range of teaching and learning activities
are undertaken, and many modes of assessment are offered. Funding was
gained over 1994-6 for the department to develop an impressive collection
of digital image atlases to assist teaching in anatomy. In 1997 a new
mentor scheme for Honours students was a major initiative.
Recent Publications
- Sangild P, Silver M, Trahair JF, Loftager M-K and Fowden AL (1999)
Intestinal macromolecule absorption in the fetal pig after infusion
of colostrum in utero. Ped Res 45: 595-602
- Trahair JF (2000) Digestive system: Structural and functional
development. In: Harding R and Bocking AD (eds) Fetal development. Cambridge
Uni Press. pp 137-153
- Sangild PT, Fowden AL and Trahair JF (2000) How does the foetal
gastrointestinal tract develop in preparation for enteral nutrition
after birth? Livest Prod Sci 66: 141-150
- Trahair JF and Sangild PT (2000) Fetal organ growth in response
to oesophageal infusion of amniotic fluid, colostrum, milk, or gastrin-releasing
peptide: a study in fetal sheep. Repr Fertil Dev 12: 87-95
Other Publications of Interest
- Trahair JF, and Sangild PT (2001) Fetal gut development. In:
Zabielski R, Lesniewska V, Gregory PC, and Weström B (eds) Biology
of the Intestine in Growing Animals. Elsevier Press (in press).
- Sangild PT, Trahair JF, Elnif J, Petersen M and Schmidt C (2001)
Nutritional transition at the time of birth. In: Zabielski, R , Lesniewska,
V,. Gregory PC, and B. Weström (eds) Biology of the Intestine in
Growing Animals. Elsevier Press (in press)
- Trahair J F and Sangild P (1997) Systemic and luminal influences
on the perinatal development of the gut. Equine Vet J 24(S):40-50
- Trahair J F, Wing S J, Quinn K J and Owens P C (1997) Regulation
of gastrointestinal growth in fetal sheep by luminally administered
insulin-like growth factor-I. J Endocrinol 152:29-38.
- Trahair J F, DeBarro T M, Robinson J S and Owens J A (1997)
Restriction of nutrition in utero selectively inhibits gastrointestinal
growth in fetal sheep. J Nutr 127:637-641
- Sangild P, Trahair JF, Silver M and Fowden AL (1997) Luminal
fluids affect intestinal enzyme activities in prenatal pigs. Eur Assoc
Anim Prod 88: 637-641
Contact Jeff: jeff.trahair@adelaide.edu.au
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