Dr Anna-Marie Babey

Biography

Anna-Marie obtained her PhD from McGill University in Montreal under the supervision of Prof Roberta Palmour on the time-dependent development of cellular tolerance to methylxanthines (theophylline and caffeine).  She undertook post-doctoral research with Prof Gavril Pasternak at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, investigating the ability of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors to prevent analgesic tolerance to morphine.  Anna-Marie then moved to Minneapolis for a research position with Prof Ping-Yee Law to investigate the contribution of different parts of the opioid receptor molecule to agonist efficacy. She then migrated to Australia to join the Discipline of Physiology & Pharmacology at James Cook University (JCU) in Townsville QLD, where she contributed to the creation of several new degree programs include the medical, veterinary, dentistry, and distance-mode nursing programmes.  Additionally, she taught pharmacology, pathophysiology, physiology and neuroscience to pharmacy, medicine, nursing, biomedical science, science, veterinary medicine, physiotherapy and dentistry students. Anna-Marie joined the University of New England (UNE) to contribute to the establishment of the first national mixed-mode Pharmacy programme in Australia, and has since transitioned into the School of Science & Technology.  In addition to her teaching and research responsibilities, Anna-Marie is the UNE Science & Scholarship Theme Co-Lead in the UNE / University of Newcastle Joint Medical Program.