Rate My Professor Jenny Gunton

Gunton's research investigates the effects of vitamin D on skeletal muscle function, the regulation of transcription factors by nutrients, and areas including diabetes, obesity, nutrition, metabolism, vitamin D, and musculoskeletal diseases. Notable publications include "Vitamin D receptor-mediated stromal reprogramming suppresses pancreatitis and enhances pancreatic cancer therapy" (2014), "The roles of vitamin D in skeletal muscle: form, function, and metabolism" (2013), "A vitamin D receptor/SMAD genomic circuit gates hepatic fibrotic response" (2013), "Loss of ARNT/HIF1β mediates altered gene expression and pancreatic-islet dysfunction in human type 2 diabetes" (2005), and "Metformin rapidly increases insulin receptor activation in human liver and signals preferentially through insulin-receptor substrate-2" (2003). She has received the Australian Diabetes Society Wikramanayake Mid-Career Award in 2019 and the Bruce Hunt Medal and Oration in 2013. Gunton has held prominent roles such as President of the Australian Diabetes Society from 2012 to 2014, Vice-President from 2010 to 2012, Treasurer of the Endocrine Society of Australia since 2023, and board member of Diabetes Australia from 2008 to 2015. Her laboratory has obtained funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grants and the NSW Office of Health and Medical Research.