Rate My Professor Patrice Rosengrave

Dr. Patrice Rosengrave is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nursing at the University of Otago, Christchurch campus. She holds a Diploma in Nursing from Christchurch and a PhD in Zoology from the University of Canterbury, completed in 2010 with a thesis titled 'Ejaculate traits and ovarian fluid as a potential mechanism for cryptic female choice in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).' Prior to her academic career, Rosengrave spent approximately nine years in the aquaculture industry. She joined the University of Otago in 2010 within the Department of Anatomy to investigate the genetic basis of cryptic female choice in chinook salmon. From 2013 to 2016, she served as a Visiting Academic at the University of Canterbury's School of Biological Sciences. Currently, she is affiliated with the Nutrition in Medicine Research Group, the Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science, and the Centre for Postgraduate Nursing Studies. Rosengrave lectures pathophysiology in nursing science courses, including NURS444 and NURS427.

Rosengrave's research expertise encompasses evolutionary reproductive biology and clinical interventions in critical care. Her early work focused on post-copulation sexual selection, cryptic female choice, sperm competition, evolutionary reproductive biology, behavioural ecology, and evolutionary proteomics, particularly in salmon. This includes a Marsden Fast-Start funded project examining how male chinook salmon adjust sperm quality in response to social status. Key publications from this area are 'Cryptic female choice enhances fertilization success and embryo survival in chinook salmon' (2016), 'Patterns of sperm swimming behaviour depend on male mating tactic and spawning environment in chinook salmon' (Scientific Reports, 2024), and 'There and back again: A sperm's tale' (2020). More recently, she has contributed to clinical trials on intravenous vitamin C supplementation in septic shock and critically ill patients, supported by a 2017 CMRF grant investigating its effects on quality of life outcomes in sepsis survivors. Notable papers include 'Intravenous vitamin C administration to patients with septic shock: a pilot randomised controlled trial' (Critical Care, 2022), 'Critically ill septic patients have elevated oxidative stress biomarkers: Lack of attenuation by parenteral vitamin C' (Nutrition Research, 2022), 'Assessing the impact of physical, mental and cognitive impairments on health-related quality of life in sepsis survivors following intensive care admission in New Zealand' (New Zealand Medical Journal, 2024), and 'Effect of intravenous vitamin C on arterial blood gas analyser and Accu-Chek point-of-care glucose monitoring in critically ill patients' (Critical Care & Resuscitation, 2022). Her body of work has accumulated over 1,000 citations.