Dist Prof Jane Elizabeth Harding
BSc, MBChB, FRACP, DPhil
Biography
Professor Harding obtained her medical degree at The University of Auckland. She then trained in fetal physiology on a Rhodes Scholarship, completing her Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. After specialist training as a Paediatrician in New Zealand, she completed her FRACP in neonatology. Her postdoctoral training was as a Fogarty Fellow at the University of California at San Francisco.
Professor Harding was appointed to the faculty of The University of Auckland in 1989 and was appointed Professor of Neonatology in 1997. She was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) for The University of Auckland from 2008-2015, and is a member of the LiFePATH research group of the University’s Liggins Institute.
Professor Harding’s research activities include clinical as well as basic physiological studies. Her main interests concern the interaction of nutrients and growth factors in the regulation of growth before and after birth, perinatal glucose regulation and the long-term consequences of treatments given around the time of birth.
Research | Current
- Fetal and neonatal care
- Growth, development and fetal physiology
- Nutrition and growth factors
- Clinical trials
- Long-term follow-up
Major grant funding:
- Principal Investigator, HRC Programme Grant "Assessing the impact of maternal and perinatal interventions on life-long health"
- Principal Investigator, NIH Award “Children with Hypoglycemia and their Later Development” (the CHYLD Study)
- Principal Investigator, HRC Project Grant "Preventing neonatal hypoglycaemia with oral dextrose gel"
- Principal Investigator, HRC Project Grant "Does preventing neonatal hypoglycaemia improve outcome at two years of age?"
- Principal Investigator, HRC Project Grant "Mid-Childhood outcomes of children born at risk of neonatal hypoglycaemia"
- Co-Investigator, HRC Programme Grant “Feeding preterm babies for life-long health”
Distinctions/Honours
- ONZM
- FRSNZ
Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)
- Crowther, C. A., Ashwood, P., Andersen, C. C., Middleton, P. F., Tran, T., Doyle, L. W., ... ASTEROID Study Group (2019). Maternal intramuscular dexamethasone versus betamethasone before preterm birth (ASTEROID): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. Child & adolescent health, 3 (11), 769-780. 10.1016/s2352-4642(19)30292-5
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/48983
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Caroline Crowther, Katie Groom, Jane Alsweiler - Asadi, S., Bloomfield, F. H., & Harding, J. E. (2019). Nutrition in late preterm infants. Seminars in perinatology, 43 (7)10.1053/j.semperi.2019.06.008
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/47919
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Frank Bloomfield - Lin, L., Amissah, E., Gamble, G. D., Crowther, C. A., & Harding, J. E. (2019). Impact of macronutrient supplements for children born preterm or small for gestational age on developmental and metabolic outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS medicine, 16 (10)10.1371/journal.pmed.1002952
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Greg Gamble, Caroline Crowther - Cumberpatch, A. R., Weston, P. J., Harding, J. E., & Harris, D. L. (2019). Parents of babies who participated in an invasive clinical study report a positive experience: the Glucose in Well Babies (GLOW) study. Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition10.1136/archdischild-2019-317417
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Deborah Harris - Amissah, E., Lin, L., Gamble, G. D., Crowther, C. A., Bloomfield, F. H., & Harding, J. E. (2019). Macronutrient Supplements in Preterm and Small-for-Gestational-Age Animals: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Scientific reports, 9 (1)10.1038/s41598-019-51295-6
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Frank Bloomfield, Greg Gamble, Caroline Crowther - Harris, D. L., Weston, P. J., & Harding, J. E. (2019). Point-of-care measurements of blood ketones in newborns. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 104 (5), F544-F546. 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316293
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Deborah Harris - Tottman, A. C., Alsweiler, J. M., Bloomfield, F. H., Gamble, G. D., Jiang, Y., Leung, M., ... Harding, J. E. (2019). Relationships Between Early Neonatal Nutrition and Neurodevelopment at School Age in Children Born Very Preterm. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition10.1097/mpg.0000000000002471
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Anna Tottman, Jane Alsweiler, Frank Bloomfield, Benjamin Thompson, Yannan Jiang, Greg Gamble, Trecia Wouldes, Myra Leung - Muelbert, M., Lin, L., Bloomfield, F. H., & Harding, J. E. (2019). Exposure to the smell and taste of milk to accelerate feeding in preterm infants. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 710.1002/14651858.cd013038.pub2
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/47679
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Frank Bloomfield
Identifiers
Contact details
Alternative contact
Linda Paul
Liggins Institute
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