Dr Chris Della Vedova

Program Director: Biosciences School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences

City East Campus (P4-11)
tel +61 8 830 22267

email Chris.DellaVedova@unisa.edu.au

Available for media comment
Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Dr Chris Della Vedova has a background in genetics with a focus on the genetic and physiological basis for complex neurobehavioural conditions. He received his PhD in Genetics from the University of Missouri (USA) in 2004 and undertook post-doctoral research in evolutionary developmental genetics at the University of Oxford (UK) before joining UniSA as a Lecturer in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences in 2008.

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Research

Research themes

Healthy futures

Research focus

Analytical Chemistry
Medical and Health Sciences
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Psychology
Public Health and Health Services

Highlights

My research focuses on the molecular and genetic basis of complex neurobehavioural conditions such as addiction, stress and fatigue. Some of my ongoing projects are:,Identifying biological markers of operator fatigue. In collaboration with the Defence, Science and Technology Organisation and the Centre for Sleep Research at UniSA, we are attempting to identify biological or genetic markers that can detect or predict the deterioration of performance that accompanies fatigue. The identification of such objective tools may help to prevent accidents and loss of life in industrial, medical or military settings.,Identification of novel genes that play a role in the development of addiction to methamphetamine. Methamphetamine addiction is...

Research

Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2018	Grant, CL, Coates, AM, Dorrian, J, Paech, GM, Pajcin, M, Della Vedova, C, Johnson, K, Kamimori, GH, Fidock, J, Aidman, E & Banks, S 2018, 'The impact of caffeine consumption during 50 hr of extended wakefulness on glucose metabolism, self-reported hunger and mood state', Journal of Sleep Research. 3
2018	Pajcin, M, White, JM, Banks, S, Dorrian, J, Paech, GM, Grant, CL, Johnson, K, Tooley, K, Aidman, E, Fidock, J, Kamimori, GH & Della Vedova, CB 2018, 'Effects of strategic early-morning caffeine gum administration on association between salivary alpha-amylase and neurobehavioural performance during 50 h of sleep deprivation', Accident analysis and prevention, in press. 2
2017	Grant, CL, Banks, S, Coates, AM, Dorrian, J, Kennaway, DJ, Wittert, GA, Heilbronn, LK, Pajcin, M, Della Vedova, C & Gupta, C 2017, 'Timing of food intake during simulated night shift impacts glucose metabolism: a controlled study', Chronobiology international, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 1003–1013. 2 34
2017	Grant, CL, Dorrian, J, Coates, AM, Pajcin, M, Kennaway, DJ, Wittert, GA, Heilbronn, LK, Della Vedova, C, Gupta, CC & Banks, S 2017, 'The impact of meal timing on performance, sleepiness, gastric upset, and hunger during simulated night shift', Industrial health, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 423-436. Open access 1 17
2017	Guinan, TM, Neldner, D, Stockham, P, Kobus, H, Della Vedova, CB & Voelcker, NH 2017, 'Porous silicon mass spectrometry as an alternative confirmatory assay for compliance testing of methadone', Drug testing and analysis, vol. 9, no, 5, pp. 769-777. 2 1 1
2017	Gupta, C, Dorrian, J, Grant, CL, Pajcin, M, Coates, AM, Kennaway, DJ, Wittert, GA, Heilbronn, LK, Della Vedova, CB & Banks, S 2017, 'It's not just what you eat but when: the impact of eating a meal during simulated shift work on driving performance', Chronobiology international, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 66-77. 3 3 32
2017	Pajcin, M, Banks, S, White, JM, Dorrian, J, Paech, GM, Grant, C, Johnson, K, Tooley, K, Fidock, J, Kamimori, GH & Della Vedova, CB 2017, 'Decreased salivary alpha-amylase levels are associated with performance deficits during sleep loss', Psychoneuroendocrinology, vol. 78, pp. 131-141. Open access 1 7
2016	Johnson, K, Aidman, E, Paech, GM, Pajcin, M, Grant, C, LaValle, C, Kamimori, G, Pearce, G, Della Vedova, C & Banks, S 2016, 'Early morning repeat-dose caffeine mitigates driving performance impairments during 50 hours of sleep deprivation', Road and transport research, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 3-15. 1 1
2016	Paech, GM, Banks, S, Pajcin, M, Grant, C, Johnson, K, Kamimori, GH & Vedova, CBD 2016, 'Caffeine administration at night during extended wakefulness effectively mitigates performance impairment but not subjective assessments of fatigue and sleepiness', Pharmacology biochemistry and behavior, vol. 145, pp. 27-32. 5 5 3
2016	Paech, GM, Della Vedova, C, Pajcin, M, Grant, C, Kamimori, G & Banks, S 2016, 'Caffeine has minimal effects on daytime recovery sleep following severe sleep deprivation', Sleep and biological rhythms, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 149-156. 2 1 1
2016	Weeks, S, Boshoff, K, Stewart, H, Kelly, S & Della Vedova, CB 2016, 'Feasibility of a research protocol to investigate the effect of the TherapressureTM Program using salivary cortisol', The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol. 4, no. 2, article no. 6, pp. 1-15. Open access
2015	Guinan, TM, Kirkbride, P, Della Vedova, C, Kershaw, S, Kobus, H & Voelcker, N 2015, 'Direct detection of illicit drugs from biological fluids by desorption/ionization mass spectrometry with nanoporous silicon microparticles', Analyst, vol. 140, no. 23, pp. 7926-7933. 9 8 1
2015	Kershaw, SG, Della Vedova, CB, Majumder, I, Ward, MB, Farquharson, A, Williamson, PA & White, JM 2015, 'Acute opioid administration induces hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activation and is mediated by genetic variation in interleukin (Il)1B', Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, vol. 138, pp. 9-13. 1
2014	Guinan, T, Della Vedova, C, Kobus, H & Voelcker, N 2014, 'Mass spectrometry imaging of fingerprint sweat on nanostructured silicon', Chemical communications, vol. 51, no. 28, pp. 6088-6091. 16 15
2013	Cathcart, S, Vedova, CD, Immink, M, Proeve, M & Hayball, J 2013, 'Mindfulness training does not reduce inflammatory cytokine levels in chronic tension-type headache', Journal of pain management, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 235-238. 2
2013	Della Vedova, C, Cathcart, S, Dohnalek, AJ, Lee, V, Hutchinson, MR, Immink, MA & Hayball, J 2013, 'Peripheral interleukin-1ß levels are elevated in chronic tension-type headache patients', Pain research & management, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 301-306. Open access 11 6
2013	Todd, G, Noyes, C, Flavel, S, Della Vedova, CB, Spyropoulos, P, Chatterton, B, Berg, D & White, JM 2013, 'Illicit stimulant use is associated with abnormal substantia nigra morphology in humans', PLoS one, vol. 8, no. 2, article no. e56438. Open access 21 20
2012	Cathcart, S, Bhullar, N, Immink, MA, Della Vedova, C & Hayball, JD 2012, 'Pain sensitivity mediates the relationship between stress and headache intensity in chronic tension-type headache', Pain Research and Management, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 377-380. Open access 9 12

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Collaborations

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Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Department of Defence	AUSTRALIA
Drug and Alcohol Services SA	AUSTRALIA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Forensic Science SA	AUSTRALIA
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Royal Adelaide Hospital	AUSTRALIA
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Canberra	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Tubingen	GERMANY
University of Wollongong	AUSTRALIA
Walter Reed Army Institute for Research	UNITED STATES
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research	UNITED STATES
Washington State University	UNITED STATES
Women's and Children's Hospital	AUSTRALIA
XOMA Corporation	UNITED STATES

Teaching & student supervision

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Genetics
Physiology

Highlights

Dr Della Vedova has an interest in teaching genetics, physiology and pathophysiology.

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Investigation of peripheral biomarkers for assessing operator alertness and attention during sleep loss	Current
The impact of genetic predictors of opioid dependence on neuroimmune and endocrine markers in healthy adults	Completed

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