Rate My Professor Esko Wiltshire

Professor Wiltshire's research interests focus on the acute and chronic complications of diabetes in children, including their pathophysiology, early development, and treatment. He collaborates with Professor Jennifer Couper in South Australia to identify factors in the early pathogenesis of vascular complications, participates in the Australasian arm of TrialNet investigating treatments to prevent type 1 diabetes, and works with Professor Kim Donaghue in Sydney on autonomic dysfunction in children with diabetes. He also maintains interests in other areas of clinical paediatric endocrinology and metabolism, including paediatric bone and calcium homeostasis, adrenal function, and mitochondrial disease. His key publications include Peña et al. (2006) Vascular endothelial and smooth muscle function relates to body mass index and glucose in obese and nonobese children (Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism); MacKenzie et al. (2006) Folate and vitamin B6 rapidly normalize endothelial dysfunction in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (Pediatrics); Peña et al. (2007) Folic acid does not improve endothelial function in obese children and adolescents (Diabetes Care); Newton et al. (2009) Pedometers and text messaging to increase physical activity: Randomized controlled trial of adolescents with type 1 diabetes (Diabetes Care); and Calvo et al. (2010) High-throughput, pooled sequencing identifies mutations in NUBPL and FOXRED1 in human complex I deficiency (Nature Genetics).