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

1. 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
2. Trahair JF (2000) Digestive system: Structural and functional development. In: Harding R and Bocking AD (eds) Fetal development. Cambridge Uni Press. pp 137-153
3. 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
4. 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

1. 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).
2. 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)
3. 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
4. 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.
5. 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
6. 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