Morag Young Australian Diabetes Society and the Australian Diabetes Educators Association Annual Scientific Meeting 2014

Morag Young

Associate Professor Morag Young is a leading authority on the role of hormones in cardiovascular disease, with a particular focus on mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) pathophysiology. This includes the study of the heart’s circadian clock and how disrupted circadian rhythms, and activation of the MR could damage our hearts. More broadly, she is interested in the intersection between cardiovascular disease and endocrinology, and how cellular mechanisms lead to cardiac fibrosis and inflammation, and ultimately, heart failure. Her discovery research program has identified novel mechanisms of MR action in cardiovascular disease that include cell-selective pathways in macrophages, cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells. Most recently, her work has identified a highly novel interaction of the MR with the molecular clock in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease. Morag has authored over 110 peer-reviewed scientific papers and book chapters and serves as a senior editor for The Journal of Endocrinology, The Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, and The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.