As a Teaching-focused academic in the School of Biomedical Science and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), I am deeply committed to ensuring students grasp and employ biomedical principles across various facets of their education and life journey. I champion the cause of ensuring education is both safe and accessible, and I continually strive to foster a diverse and welcoming learning environment. My research delves into the intricacies of student learning, focusing on the individual and collective obstacles they face in their academic and professional pursuits. I'm enthusiastic about exploring students' self-perceptions, academic journeys, and dynamics with peers, faculty, and the larger academic community, including the university's resources and procedures. A key aspect of my advocacy is supporting neurodiverse students driving forward an inclusive higher education landscape where everyone feels valued and understood.
Journal Article: Sowing the seeds of stress: maternal exposure to synthetic glucocorticoids impacts sperm miRNA for generations
Burgess, D. J. and Cuffe, J. S. M. (2024). Sowing the seeds of stress: maternal exposure to synthetic glucocorticoids impacts sperm miRNA for generations. The Journal of Physiology, 602 (9), 1875-1876. doi: 10.1113/jp286280
Journal Article: The impacts of periconceptional alcohol on neonatal ovaries and subsequent adult fertility in the rat
Steane, Sarah E., Burgess, Danielle J., Moritz, Karen M. and Akison, Lisa K. (2024). The impacts of periconceptional alcohol on neonatal ovaries and subsequent adult fertility in the rat. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25 (5) 2471, 2471. doi: 10.3390/ijms25052471
Gibbs, Mitchell T., Morrison, Natalie M. V., Jones, Matthew D., Burgess, Danielle and Marshall, Paul W. (2022). Reductions in movement‐associated fear are dependent upon graded exposure in chronic low back pain: An exploratory analysis of a modified 3‐item fear hierarchy. Musculoskeletal Care, 21 (1), 25-34. doi: 10.1002/msc.1661
Burgess, D. J. and Cuffe, J. S. M. (2024). Sowing the seeds of stress: maternal exposure to synthetic glucocorticoids impacts sperm miRNA for generations. The Journal of Physiology, 602 (9), 1875-1876. doi: 10.1113/jp286280
Steane, Sarah E., Burgess, Danielle J., Moritz, Karen M. and Akison, Lisa K. (2024). The impacts of periconceptional alcohol on neonatal ovaries and subsequent adult fertility in the rat. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25 (5) 2471, 2471. doi: 10.3390/ijms25052471
Gibbs, Mitchell T., Morrison, Natalie M. V., Jones, Matthew D., Burgess, Danielle and Marshall, Paul W. (2022). Reductions in movement‐associated fear are dependent upon graded exposure in chronic low back pain: An exploratory analysis of a modified 3‐item fear hierarchy. Musculoskeletal Care, 21 (1), 25-34. doi: 10.1002/msc.1661
Burgess, Danielle J., Lucia, Diana, Cuffe, James S. M. and Moritz, Karen M. (2020). Periconceptional ethanol exposure alters hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function, signalling elements and associated behaviours in a rodent model. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 122 104901, 104901. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104901
Prenatal alcohol exposure and developmental programming of mental illness
Burgess, Danielle J. and Moritz, Karen M. (2020). Prenatal alcohol exposure and developmental programming of mental illness. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 11 (3) PII S2040174420000082, 211-221. doi: 10.1017/s2040174420000082
Lucia, D., Burgess, D., Cullen, C. L., Dorey, E. S., Rawashdeh, O. and Moritz, K. M. (2019). Periconceptional maternal alcohol consumption leads to behavioural changes in adult and aged offspring and alters the expression of hippocampal genes associated with learning and memory and regulators of the epigenome. Behavioural Brain Research, 362, 249-257. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.01.009
Periconceptional ethanol exposure alters the stress axis in adult female but not male rat offspring
Burgess, Danielle J., Dorey, Emily S., Gardebjer, Emelie M., Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle, Moritz, Karen M. and Cuffe, James S. M. (2019). Periconceptional ethanol exposure alters the stress axis in adult female but not male rat offspring. Stress, 22 (3), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/10253890.2018.1563068
Cuffe, James S. M., Burgess, Danielle J., O'Sullivan, Lee, Singh, Reetu R. and Moritz, Karen M. (2016). Maternal corticosterone exposure in the mouse programs sex-specific renal adaptations in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in 6-month offspring. Physiological Reports, 4 (8) e12754, e12754. doi: 10.14814/phy2.12754
Akison, Lisa K., Gallo, Linda A., Barclay, Johanna L., Burgess, Danielle, Keshvari, Sahar, Fotheringham, Amelia K. and Moritz, Karen M. (2018). Body composition to estimate percentage fat mass: comparisons between common clinical methods and gold-standard air displacement plethysmography (BODPOD) in a cohort of university students. Joint Annual Scientific Meetings of Endocrine Society of Australia (ESA) and Society for Reproductive Biology (SRB), Perth, Australia, 27-30 August 2017. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
Lucia, D., Burgess, D. J., Cullen, C. L., Rawashdeh, O. and Moritz, K. M. (2018). Maternal alcohol consumption around conception leads to sex specific behavioural changes in rat offspring. 41st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Diego, CA, United States, 16-20 June 2018. Malden, MA, United States: Wiley-Blackwell.
Wing, Michael J. E., Burgess, Danielle, Zanfirache, Diana, Rawashdeh, Oliver and Moritz, Karen (2018). Periconceptional alcohol exposure results in sex-specific alterations to circadian rhythms of blood glucose and plasma corticosterone in rat offspring. Joint Annual Scientific Meetings of the Endocrine Society of Australia and the Society for Reproductive Biology 2017, Perth, WA, Australia, 27-30 August 2017. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/cen.13727
Periconceptional ethanol alters the social and depressive-like phenotypes in rat offspring
Burgess, D. J., Lucia, D., Cuffe, J. S. M. and Moritz, K. M. (2018). Periconceptional ethanol alters the social and depressive-like phenotypes in rat offspring. 41st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Diego, California, 16-20 June 2018 . Malden, MA, United States: Wiley-Blackwell.
Burgess, D. J., Lucia, D., Cuffe, J. S. M. and Moritz, K. M. (2018). Periconceptional ethanol programs a decrease in plasma corticosterone and altered hippocampal gene regulation of stress pathways in rat offspring. 41st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, San Diego, CA, United States, 16-20 June 2018. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley.
Periconceptional ethanol exposure alters maternal adrenal steroidogenesis and corticosterone levels
Burgess, Danielle, Cuffe, James and Moritz, Karen (2017). Periconceptional ethanol exposure alters maternal adrenal steroidogenesis and corticosterone levels. The Endocrine Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 21-24 August 2016. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing . doi: 10.1111/cen.13259
Burgess, Danielle Jay (2019). The impact of periconceptional ethanol exposure on maternal and offspring hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function and associated behaviours in a rat model. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.972