Dr Karin Ried

Biography/ Background

Dr Karin Ried is Research Fellow and Program Manager of the PHCRED (Primary Health Care Research Evaluation & Development) program at The University of Adelaide since 2006.

Karin has been working with the Research Capacity Building Initiative PHCRED since 2003, both as State Coordinator and as PHCRED Program Manager at Flinders University which included the management of the research network SARNet.

Karin has over 15 years experience in medical and public health research. She completed her PhD in Molecular Biology/Human Genetics at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, and came to Australia in 1997 to undertake post-doctoral research on cancer genes at the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide. Karin extended her knowledge in health sciences with a Graduate Diploma in Public Health at the University of Adelaide. Karin has an extended interest in nutritional health and integrative medicine and has worked on research projects in public health nutrition and epidemiology, infant nutrition, gastrointestinal health, cardiovascular health, bone health, and women's health.

In her current role as PHCRED Program Manager, Karin is responsible for mentoring PHCRED funded researchers and manageing and developing capacity building activities, including workshops on research methods. Karin has expertise in quantitative research, in particular in systematic reviews and meta-analyses, questionnaire design and survey methods, as well as in various aspects of qualitative research.

Qualifications

PhD, MSc, GDPH

Research Interests

Integrative medicine

2007 RACGP project grant in integrative medicine: "Plant-based omega-3 fatty acid supplementation, acceptability and efficacy on bone health: a pilot randomised controlled trial" Investigators: Dr Simon Vanlint, Dr Karin Ried

2007 Faculty of Health Establishment Grant & PHCRED Seeding Grant : "Menstrual and emotional health of women with unexplained infertility seeking Traditional Chinese Medicine herbal treatment: an exploratory cohort study" Investigators: Dr Karin Ried, Dr Caroline Smith, Dr Nicole Moulding

2006 RACGP project grant in cardiovascular research: "Dietary supplementation and cardiovascular health" Investigators: Dr Oliver Frank, Dr Karin Ried, Prof Nigel Stocks

2006 RACGP project grant in integrative medicine: "Literature review in dietary supplementation and cardiovascular health" Investigators: Dr Oliver Frank, Dr Karin Ried, Prof Nigel Stocks

Other research interests:
Nutritional health, cardiovascular health, women's health, bone health, gastrointestinal health, capacity building in primary health care research

Principal or Co-Supervisor of HDR students:

2007 Masters Medical Science student Toby Kelly: "Effect of nutritional supplementation and meditation practice on cognitive function of recovering stroke patients"

2007 Honours student Kelly Muraya:
"Experiences of domestic violence amongst African refugee women in South Australia"

Publications

Peer reviewed journal articles

2009 Ried K, Frank OR, Stocks NP: Dark chocolate or tomato extract for prehypertension: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Complement Altern Med 9:22.

2008 Ried K, Frank OR, Stocks NP, Fakler P, Sullivan T: Effect of garlic on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Cardiovasc Dis 8:13.

2008 Ried K, Montgomery BD, Stocks NP, Farmer EA: General practice research training: impact of the Australian Registrar Workshop on research skills, confidence, interest and involvement of participants, 2002-06. Fam Pract, 25: 119-126.

2007 Ried K, Farmer EA, Weston KM: Bursaries, writing grants and fellowships: a strategy to develop capacity in primary health care. BMC Family Practice 8:19.

2006 Neill J, Belan I, Ried K: Effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions on fatigue in adults with multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, or systemic lupus erythematosus; a systematic review. J Adv Nursing, 56(6): 617-635.

2006 Ried K: Interpreting and understanding meta-analysis graphs. A practical guide. Aust Fam Phys 35 (8): 635-637.

2006 Ried K, Farmer EA, Weston KM: Setting directions for research capacity building in primary health care: a survey of a research network. BMC Family Practice 7:8.

2005 Finnis M, Dayan S, Hobson L, Chenevix-Trench G, Friend K, Ried K, Venter D, Woollatt E, Baker E, Richard RI: Common chromosomal fragile site FRA16D mutation in cancer cells. Hum Mol Genetics 14 (10), 1341-1349.

2005 Makrides M, Gibson RA, Udell T, Ried K & the International LCPUFA Investigators: Supplementation of infant formula with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids does not influence the growth of term infants; a meta-analysis. Am J Clinical Nutrition 81, 1094-1101.

2005 Ried K & Fuller J: Building a culture of research dissemination in primary health care: the South Australian experience of supporting the novice researcher. Aust Health Review, 29 (10), 6-11.

2004 Ried K: Gastrointestinal Health: The role of pro- and prebiotics in standard foods. Aust Fam Phys 33 (4), 253-255.

2004 Cameron S, Ried K, Worsley A, Topping D: Consumption of foods by young children with diagnosed Campylobacter infection: A pilot case control study. Public Health Nutrition 7(1), 85-89.

2000 Ried K, Finnis M, Hobson L, Mangelsdorf M, Dayan S, Nancarrow J, Woollatt E, Kremmidiotis G, Gardner A, Venter D, Baker E, Richards RI: Common fragile site FRA16D: identification of the FOR gene spanning FRA16D and homozygous deletions and translocations breakpoints in cancer cell. Human Molecular Genetics 9 (11), 1651-1663.

2000 Mangelsdorf M, Ried K, Woollatt E (equal contribution), Dayan S, Eyre H, Finnis M, Hobson L, Nancarrow J, Venter D, Baker E, Richards RI: Chromosomal fragile site FRA16D and DNA instability in cancer. Cancer Research 60, 1683-1689.

1998 Ried K et al.: Gene duplications as a recurrent theme in the evolution of the pseudoautosomal region 1: isolation of the gene ASMTL. Human Molecular Genetics 7, 1771-1778.

1996 Klein S, Zenvirth D, Sherman A, Ried K, Rappold G, Simchen G: Double-strand breaks on YACs during meiosis reflect meiotic recombination in the human genome. Nature Genetics 13, 481-484.

1995 Ried K et al.: Characterization of a YAC contig spanning the pseudoautosomal region. Genomics 29, 787-792.

Entry last updated: Monday, 27 Jul 2009