Gudrun Dieberg
Senior Lecturer, School of Science and Technology
Qualifications
MScBiology (University of Bonn, Germany), PhD Physiology (Auburn University, U.S.A.), GradCertHighEd (UNE)
Contact
| Email: | gdieberg@une.edu.au |
| Room: | McClymont Building 347 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2321 (or +61 2 6773 2321 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3267 |
Additional:
Chair, School Equity Committee
UNE Equal Opportunity adviser and Ally
Area Radiation Safety Officer
Gudrun Dieberg has been at the University of New England since 1995. Gudrun received a MSc degree in biology, majoring in physiology from the University of Bonn, Germany, in 1982. She was awarded a Rotary Foundation Educational Award to study and perform her PhD research in endocrinology at Auburn University in Alabama, USA. Gudrun has been involved in teaching anatomy and physiology to nursing, pre-med, medical, pharmacology and science students in Germany, the USA, New Zealand and Australia for the last 25 years. She is also a problem-based learning tutor in the Joint Medical Program at UNE.
Research interests
My current interests include endocrinology (glucose metabolism and diabetes mellitus), complementary therapies and science education for health professionals.
Teaching
Over the last few years, I have been responsible for coordination, lectures, practical sessions, tutorials and assessment in Human Health Science units, teaching various modules of anatomy and physiology, in the internal and/or external mode.
HBIO110 Human Biology 1
Coordination and teaching modules - Digestive, respiratory, urinary, and musculoskeletal systems
HHSC146 Fundamentals of Health Science 1 (previously HHSC136)
Coordination and teaching module - Body Fluids
HHSC202 Survival and Continuation of Life
Coordination and teaching module - Endocrine System
HHSC233 Homeostasis - The Dynamic Balance of Health
Teaching modules - Endocrine and metabolic homeostasis, fluid-, electrolyte- and acid-base balance
HHSC246 Health Science 1 (previously HHSC237)
Teaching module - Gastrointestinal system and metabolism, fluid-, electrolyte- and acid-base balance
HHSC383/583 Stress and Stress Management Physiology
Coordination and all teaching
HS403 Current Issues in Skin Biology
Coordination and all teaching
Most recently I have participated in extensive Problem-Based Learning (PBL) training and am currently a PBL tutor for first and second year medical students in the Joint Medical Program at UNE.
Selected publications
Hestermann I., Dieberg G. and Humphries J.H., Prescription patterns of phyto-oestrogens by complementary and alternative medicine practitioners in the Australian Capital Territory and region, Evidence-Based Complementary Medicine Conference, 13-15 March 2009.
Oliver E.H., Sartin J.L., Dieberg G., Rahe C.H., Marple D.N. and Kemppainen R.J., Effects of acute insulin deficiency on catecholamine and indoleamine content and catecholamine turnover in microdissected hypothalamic nuclei in streptozotocin-diabetic rats, Acta Endocrinologica, 120: 343-350, 1989.
Sartin J.L., Bartol F.F., Kemppainen R.J., Dieberg G., Buxton D. and Soyoola E., Modulation of growth hormone-releasing factor stimulated growth hormone secretion by plasma glucose and free fatty acid concentrations in sheep, Neuroendocrinology, 48: 627-633, 1988.
Sartin J.L., Kemppainen R.J., Marple D.N., Carnes R., Dieberg G. and Oliver E.H., Effects of para-chlorophenylalanine, quipazine and cyproheptadine on growth hormone and adrenocorticotropin secretion in steers, Domest. Anim. Endocrin., 4: 33-41, 1987.
Dieberg, G., Sartin, J.L., Kemppainen, R.J. and Oliver, E.H., Effect of fasting and dexamethasone on binding characteristics of canine erythrocyte insulin receptors, Res. Vet. Sci., 40: 347-351, 1986.
Dieberg G., Bryan G.S., Sartin J.L., Williams J.C., Prince T.J. and Kemppainen R.J., Binding characteristics of swine erythrocyte insulin receptors, Am. J. Vet. Res., 46: 1929-1933, 1985.
Dieberg G. and Sedlmeier, D., Properties of crayfish abdominal muscle adenylate cyclase, Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 77B: 687-691, 1984.
Sedlmeier D. and Dieberg G., Crayfish abdominal muscle adenylate cyclase, studies on the stimulation by a Ca2+-binding protein, Biochem. J., 211: 319-322, 1983.
Sedlmeier D. and Dieberg G., Action of the crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) on adenylate cyclase and phosphodiesterase in crayfish abdominal muscle, Gen. Comp. Endocrinology, 46: 384, 1982.