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= Professor Minoti Vivek Apte, OAM =

Professor Minoti Vivek Apte (born 25 August 1958) is an Indian born Australian, Professor of Medicine at the South Western Sydney Clinical School of the University of New South Wales. She is a recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia, for service to medicine, to tertiary education, and to the Indian community of Sydney.

Her broad research is in the area of Gastrointestinal Diseases, Cell Biology and Gene Regulation, Cancer, Inflammation, Drug Related Harm / Addiction, with specific interests in the pathogenesis and treatment of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.

Personal life
Minoti Vivek Apte was born in the city of Aurangabad in Maharashtra State, India to Lt Col (retd) Vijaykumar Raghunath Phadake, a former officer of the Indian Army and Dr (Mrs) Sunanda Phadake, Professor of Chemistry at Wadia College, Pune. Minoti and her sister Madhavi Gore studied at St Anne’s Convent School in Pune. Minoti graduated with an MBBS (Hons) from the BJ Medical College,Pune,India.

Minoti Vivek Apte is married to Dr Vivek Apte, a Chemical Engineer, specialising in Fire Safety. She has one son, Tushar.

Educational
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery [MBBS (Hons)], BJ Medical College, University of Poona, India Master of Medical Science (MMedSci), university of Newcastle, Australia Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of New South Wales, Auastralia

Current Positions:
Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales. Director, Pancreatic Research Group, South Western Sydney Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales. Editor-in-Chief, Pancreatology.

Research : Professor Apte is internationally acknowledged as a leading researcher in the fields of alcohol-induced pancreatic injury, and is particularly recognised for her pioneering work in pancreatic fibrogenesis and stromal-tumour interactions in pancreatic cancer. She was the first in the world to develop a method to isolate and culture pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs), a technique which provided a much needed research tool for studying the pathogenesis of pancreatic fibrosis. For the past 15 years, the Pancreatic Research Group has been at the forefront of studies on the biology of PSCs and their critical roles in chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. Professor Apte’s publications have received over 3200 citations and she is regularly invited to speak at national and international scientific meetings. She has received several awards and honours in recognition of her work over the years including being named the 2011 Comfort Memorial Visiting Professor of the Year by the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA and being made a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association in the same year. She was awarded the prestigious Frank Brooks Memorial lectureship by the American Pancreatic Association in 2012 and the Distinguished Research Prize in 2013 by the SWS Clinical School, UNSW. Most recently, in June 2014, she was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for her services to medical research, tertiary education and the Indian Community.

Professor Apte plays an active role in research training through her supervision of PhD, Masters and Honours students. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Pancreatology and serves on the Editorial Boards of several prominent gastroenterology journals. She regularly reviews manuscripts for numerous biomedical journals and grant applications for major national and international granting bodies and has also served as a member of Grant Review Panels of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and the Health Research Council of New Zealand.

Professor Apte is a founding member and Past President of the Australasian Pancreatic Club (established in 2002 to provide a forum for clinicians and scientists with research interests in pancreatic pathobiology), a founding member of the Asian Oceanic Pancreatic Association (an organisation committed to fostering research and education on the pancreas in the Asia-Oceanic region), a member of the Biological Subcommittee of the Australian Gastrointestinal Trials Group (AGITG) and the Research Committee of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia. She has been a member and Deputy President of the Animal Care and Ethics Committee of UNSW. She has actively contributed her services to the University in her positions (2008-2011) as Presiding Member of the Faculty of Medicine, Chair of the Faculty Board, Chair of the Faculty Standing Committee, Chair of the Higher Degree Committee and member of the UNSW Academic Board and continues to serve as Postgraduate Research Coordinator for the South Western Sydney Clinical School of UNSW.

Current work
Society Memberships & Professional Activities

Member, Gastroenterological Society of Australia, Member, Australian Society for Medical Research, Member, Australian Society for Experimental Pathology, Member, American Gastroenterological Association, Member, American Pancreatic Association, Member, International Association of Pancreatology, Founding Member and Past President, Australasian Pancreatic Club, Founding Member, Asian Oceanic Pancreatic Association, Member, Editorial Board, Editor-in-Chief, Pancreatology, Member, Editorial Board, World Journal of Gastroenterology, Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Member, Editorial Board, American Journal of Physiology

Journal articles
•	Ramsay EE; Decollogne S; Joshi S; Corti A; Apte M; Pompella A; Hogg PJ; Dilda PJ, 2014, ' Employing Pancreatic Tumor ?-Glutamyltransferase for Therapeutic Delivery', Molecular Pharmaceutics, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 1500 - 1511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/mp400664t •	•	Wilson JS; Pirola RC; Apte MV, 2014, ' Stars and stripes in pancreatic cancer: role of stellate cells and stroma in cancer progression', Frontiers in Physiology, vol. 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2014.00052 •	Sze KCP; Pirola RC; Apte MV; Wilson JS, 2014, ' Current options for the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis',Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics: new diagnostic technologies are set to revolutionise healthcare, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 199 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1586/14737159.2014.883277

•	Apte M; Simeone DM, 2013, ' Introduction for the IAP/APA symposium papers', Pancreatology, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 101 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pan.2013.03.005 •	Apte MV; Yang L; Phillips PA; Xu Z; Pirola RC; Wilson JS; Kaplan W; Cowley M, 2013, 'Extracellular matrix composition significantly influences pancreatic stellate cell gene expression pattern: Role of transgelin in PSC function', American Journal of Physiology: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, vol. 305, no. 6,http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00016.2013

Book Chapters
•	Apte MV; Pirola RM; Wilson JS, 2012, 'Stellate Cells and the Pancreas', in Nageshwar Reddy D (ed.),Recent Advances in the Pancreas, edn. 1st, Reed Elsevier, India, pp. 54 - 87

•	Apte MV; Pirola RC; Wilson JS, 2008, 'Etiopathogenesis and epidemiology of alcohol-induced acute pancreatitis', in Beger H-G; Buchler M; Kozarek R; Lerch M; Neoptolemos J; Warshaw A; Whitcomb D; Shiratori K (ed.), Pancreas : An integrated textbook of basic science, medicine and surgery, edn. 2, Blackwell Publishing, pp. 145 - 153

•	Apte MV, 2005, 'Gut', in, pp. 1358 - 1359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gut.2005.070953

•	Apte MV; Wilson JS, 2003, 'Chronic pancreatitis: How and why is fibrosis initiated?', in Permert J; Herrington M; Te A (ed.), Controversies in Pancreatology, edn. 1, Carlsson Communications, Stockholm, AB, pp. 80 - 92

•	Apte MV; Wilson JS, 2001, 'Experimental models of Pancreatic fibrogenesis and the role of stellate cell', in Buchler M; Friess H; Uhl W; Malfertheiner P (ed.), Experimental models of Pancreatic fibrogenesis and the role of stellate cell, edn. 1, Blackwell Science, Heidelberg, pp. 113 - 133

Conference Papers
•	Pothula S; Xu Z; Arun S; Goldstein D; Biankin A; Pirola R; Wilson J; Apte M, 2013, 'Hepatocyte Growth Factor Inhibition: A Therapeutic Approach Superior to Gemcitabine in Pancreatic Cancer?', in Pancreas, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, pp. 1377 - 1377, presented at American Pancreatic Association, Miami, 31 October - 2 November 2013