Rate My Professor Joanna Whitlow

Joanna Whitlow serves as a Research Technician in the Department of Medicine at the University of Otago, Christchurch campus. She is affiliated with the Christchurch Heart Institute and provides technical support for research involving cardiovascular biomarkers and hormone assays. Her contributions span biochemical analyses essential for clinical studies on natriuretic peptides and steroid hormones.

Whitlow has co-authored several peer-reviewed publications. Notable works include 'Assays Specific for BNP1-32 and NT-proBNP Exhibit a Similar Diagnostic Performance in Screening for Heart Failure' published in Clinical Chemistry in 2022, where she contributed to evaluating assay specificity for heart failure diagnosis. She offered technical expertise in hormone assays for 'C-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Complicated Pregnancy' in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism in 2014. Additional contributions appear in 'Development of a BNP1-32 Immunoassay That Does Not Cross-React with proBNP,' 'ProBNP That Is Not Glycosylated at Threonine 71 Is Decreased with Obesity in Patients with Heart Failure,' 'Circulating Forms of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Very Preterm Infants,' 'Plasma free cortisol fraction reflects levels of functioning sex steroid binding globulin' in Steroids, 'Plasma Variation of Corticosteroid-binding Globulin and Sex Hormone-binding Globulin,' 'Effect of Ginkgo biloba Extract on Plasma Steroid Concentrations in Healthy Volunteers: A Pilot Study,' 'The effect of isoflavone extract ingestion, as Trinovin, on plasma steroids in normal men,' and 'Prolonged exercise increases peripheral plasma ACTH, CRH and AVP in male athletes.' Her ResearchGate profile lists 4 research works with 196 citations, highlighting her role in advancing assay technologies for endocrine and cardiac research.