Prof. Dan Ramdath

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University of the West Indies
Basic Health Sciences
Preclinical Sciences
Biochemistry Unit
ProfessorAppointed: 2006

Mailing Address

Department of Preclinical Sciences
Faculty of Medical Sciences, EWMSC
Champs Fleurs. Mt. Hope
Trinidad and Tobago
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago

Contact Information

dan.ramdath@sta.uwi.edu

Qualifications

University of the West Indies, Clinical Biochemistry, 1991.
Ph.D., University of the West Indies, Nutrition and Metabolism, 1989.

Expertise and Research Interests

Nutritional risk factors for chronic disease.

Infantile malnutrition; free radical damage and antioxidant insufficiency in human disease.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Antioxidants, Health and Medicine, Infants, Nutrition or Dietetics.

Previous Positions

Lecturer, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Pre-Clinical Sciences

Publications

  • Carrington C., Vaughan D., Ramdath D., Kondeatis E., P.J. Norman and H.A. Stephens, A comparison of molecular HLA-Dr and DQ allele profiles forming DR51, DR52 and DR53 related haplotypes in three ethnic groups in Trinidad, Human Immunology, 63, 1045-1054, 2002
  • Wolever T.M.S., Isaacs R.L.C. & Ramdath D, Lower diet glycaemic index in African rather than South Asian men in Trinidad and Tobago, International Journal of Food Science Nutrition, 53, 297-303, 2002
  • Norman P.J., Carrington C.,Byng M., curran M.D., Stephens H.A., Chandanayingyong D., Verity D.H., Hameed K., Ramdath D. & Vaughan R, Natural killer cell immunoglobulin -like receptor (KIR) locus profiles in African and South Asian populations, Journal Genes and Immunity, 3(86-95), 2002
  • Hegele R. A., Ban M.R., Carrington C. & Ramdath D, Allele frequencies for candidate genes in atherosclerosis and diabetes among Trinidadian neonates, Human Biology, 73(4), 525-31, 2001
  • Hegele R.A., Ramdath D., Ban M.R., Carruthers M.N., Carrington C. & Cao H, Polymorphisms in PNLP, encoding pancreatic lipase, and associations with metabolic traits, Journal of Human Genetics, 46(6), 320-4, 2001
  • Brouwer D.J.A., Mulder H., Fokkens B., Ramsewak S., Muskiet F.A. & Ramdath D, Apoliprotein E genotype distribution and plasma lipid indices in newborns of different ethnicity, Annals of Human Biology, 27, 367-75, 2000
  • Ramdath D., Busch C.P., Ramsewak S.& Hegele R.A, Association of PON2 variation with birth weight in Trinidadian neonates of South Asian ancestry, Pharmocogenetics, 9, 351-356, 1999
  • Ramdath D. et al, Lipoprotein-genotype associations in Trinidadian Neonates, Clinical Biochemistry, 32, 1999
  • Ramdath D. et al, Zinc supplementation: The effects on growth and morbidity of undernourished Jamaican children, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 52(1), 34-39, Jan 1998
  • Cooper E.S., Ramdath D., Whyte-Alleng C., Howell S. and Sargeant B, Plasmaproteins in children with Trichuris dynsentery syndrome, Journal of Clinical Pathology, 50(3), 236-240, March 1997
  • Ramdath D. et al, The Use of Caribbean Foods in the Management of Diabetes mellitus, Cajanus, 30(2), 101-105, 1997
  • Ramesar C. & Ramdath D, Increased levels of Malondialdehyde in Urine and Plasma from Diabetic patients and smokers, West Indian Medical Journal, 46, 33, 1997
  • Carter T., Ramdath D. and Coore H, Suppression B-oxidation restores pyruvate inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase in starved rat heart, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 162, 127-131, 1996
  • Ramdath D., Simeon D., Wong M.S. & Grantham-McGregor S, The Iron Status of Schoolchildren with varying intensities of Trichuris trichiura infection, Parasitology, 110, 347-351, April 1995
  • Ramdath D. & Golden M.H, Glyoxalase I activity in Erythrocytes from severely malnourished children, West Indian Medical Journal, 44, 24-27, 1995
  • Howell S., Ramdath D., White-Alleng C. & Cooper E, Plasma protein response in children with Trichiuris dysentery syndrome, West Indian Medical Journal, 44, 32, 1995
  • Simeon D., Callender J., Wong M., Grantham-McGregor S. & Ramdath D, School Performance, Nutritional Status and Trichuriasis in Jamaican Schoolchildren, Acta Paediatrica, 83, 1188-93, 1994
  • Ramdath D, Diet and Disease Relationships: An Update, Caribbean Medical Journal, 55, 5, 1994
  • Ramdath D., Simeon D., Wong M.S. & Granthan-McGregor S, The iron status of schoolchildren with varying intensities of Trichuris trichiura infection, West Indian Medical Journal, 43, 26, 1994
  • Ramdath D. & Golden M.H, Elevated Glutathione s-transferase activity in Erythrocytes from Malnourished Children, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 47(9), 658-665, September 1993

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