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Dr. Joanna Tarr

Dr. Joanna Tarr

Senior Lecturer (E&S)

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Overview

Dr Joanna Tarr is a Senior Lecturer based in the Medical School and the Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. She has a teaching focused role and is the Academic Deputy Director of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS) degree. Joanna is a graduate of the University of Exeter and began her lecturing role in 2011. She is also the academic lead for the BMBS Life Science Resource Centre and the chair of the Medical Sciences Integrated Learning Group. Joanna also sits on Senate for the university who are responsible for academic strategy, as well as scrutinise plans and raise issues of major strategic importance to the University. Joanna is also the academic lead for the INSPIRE which is a initiative funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences to involve medical students in research activities with a view to them pursuing a clinical academic career. 

Qualifications

2022 Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

2022 Senior Fellow of ASPIRE

2013 Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice

2013 Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

2004-2009 PhD in Biomedical and Clinical Science at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD), Universities of Exeter and Plymouth

2002-2004 MSc. Biological Research Methods at the University of Exeter

1999-2002 BSc. Hons. (2.i) in Biological Sciences at the University of Exeter

Research

Publications

Key publications | Publications by category | Publications by year

Publications by category


Journal articles

Ahmed U, Anwar A, Savage RS, Costa ML, Mackay N, Filer A, Raza K, Watts RA, Winyard PG, Tarr J, et al (2015). Biomarkers of early stage osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and musculoskeletal health. Sci Rep, 5 Abstract.  Author URL.
Holley JE, Bremer E, Kendall AC, de Bruyn M, Helfrich W, Tarr JM, Newcombe J, Gutowski NJ, Eggleton P (2013). CD20+inflammatory T-cells are present in blood and brain of multiple sclerosis patients and can be selectively targeted for apoptotic elimination. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
Ellis TP, Choudhury RH, Kaul K, Chopra M, Kohner EM, Tarr JM, Chibber R (2013). Diabetic retinopathy and atherosclerosis: is there a link?. Curr Diabetes Rev, 9(2), 146-160. Abstract.  Author URL.
Tarr JM, Kaul K, Chopra M, Kohner EM, Chibber R (2013). Pathophysiology of diabetic retinopathy. ISRN Ophthalmol, 2013 Abstract.  Author URL.
Tarr JM, Ding N, Kaul K, Antonell A, Pérez-Jurado LA, Chibber R (2012). Cellular crosstalk between TNF-α, NADPH oxidase, PKCβ2, and C2GNT in human leukocytes. Cell Signal, 24(4), 873-878. Abstract.  Author URL.
Kaul K, Tarr JM, Ahmad SI, Kohner EM, Chibber R (2012). Introduction to diabetes mellitus. Adv Exp Med Biol, 771, 1-11. Abstract.  Author URL.
Szabó-Taylor K, Eggleton P, Turner CAL, Lo Faro ML, Tarr JM, Tóth S, Whiteman M, Haigh RC, Littlechild JA, Winyard PG, et al (2012). Lymphocytes from rheumatoid arthritis patients have elevated levels of intracellular peroxiredoxin 2, and a greater frequency of cells with exofacial peroxiredoxin 2, compared with healthy human lymphocytes. The International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 44(8), 1223-1231. Abstract.
Stamp LK, Khalilova I, Tarr JM, Senthilmohan R, Turner R, Haigh RC, Winyard PG, Kettle AJ (2012). Myeloperoxidase and oxidative stress in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford), 51(10), 1796-1803. Abstract.  Author URL.
Chopra M, Kaul K, Tarr J, Choudhury R, Kohner EM, Chibber R (2012). Oxidative stress in diabetic neuropathy: source of reactive oxygen species. Endocrinology Studies, 2(2).
Tarr JM, Kaul K, Wolanska K, Kohner EM, Chibber R (2012). Retinopathy in diabetes. Adv Exp Med Biol, 771, 88-106. Abstract.  Author URL.
Tarr JM, Kaul K, Kohner EM, Chibber R (2011). Diabetic retinopathy: major unmet medical challenge. Endocrinology Studies, 1(1).
Eggleton P, Bremer E, Tarr J, De Bruyn M, Helfrich W, Kendall K, Haigh R, Viner N, Winyard PG (2011). Frequency of Th17 CD20+ cells in the peripheral blood of rheumatoid arthritis patients is higher compared to healthy subjects. Arthritis research and therapy
Tarr JM, Young PJ, Morse R, Shaw DJ, Haigh R, Petrov PG, Johnson SJ, Winyard PG, Eggleton P (2010). A mechanism of release of calreticulin from cells during apoptosis. J Mol Biol, 401(5), 799-812. Abstract.
Whiteman M, Haigh R, Tarr JM, Gooding KM, Shore AC, Winyard PG (2010). Detection of hydrogen sulfide in plasma and knee-joint synovial fluid from rheumatoid arthritis patients: relation to clinical and laboratory measures of inflammation. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1203, 146-150. Abstract.  Author URL.
Tarr JM, Winyard PG, Haigh R, Viner N, Eggleton P (2010). Extracellular calreticulin accumulates in the joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients and inhibits FasL (CD95L) mediated apoptosis of T cells. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 62(10), 2919-2929.
Kaul K, Hodgkinson A, Tarr JM, Kohner EM, Chibber R (2010). Is inflammation a common retinal-renal-nerve pathogenic link in diabetes?. Curr Diabetes Rev, 6(5), 294-303. Abstract.  Author URL.
Chibber R, Mustapha NM, Tarr J, Kohner EM (2010). NADPH oxidase versus mitochondria derived ROS in glucose induced apoptosis of pericytes in early diabetic retinopathy. Journal of Opthalmology
Bailey SJ, Winyard P, Vanhatalo A, Blackwell JR, Dimenna FJ, Wilkerson DP, Tarr J, Benjamin N, Jones AM (2009). Dietary nitrate supplementation reduces the O2 cost of low-intensity exercise and enhances tolerance to high-intensity exercise in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985), 107(4), 1144-1155. Abstract.  Author URL.
Tarr JM, Eggleton P, Winyard PG (2006). Nitric oxide and the regulation of apoptosis in tumour cells. Curr Pharm Des, 12(34), 4445-4468. Abstract.  Author URL.
Tarr J, Eggleton P (2005). Immune function of C1q and its modulators CD91 and CD93. Crit Rev Immunol, 25(4), 305-330. Abstract.  Author URL.

Conferences

Szabo-Taylor KE, Lo Faro ML, Eggleton P, Turner CAL, Tarr JM, Haigh RC, Littlechild JA, Whiteman M, Winyard PG (2010). Peroxiredoxin 2 in Human Inflammatory Joint Disease.  Author URL.

Publications by year


2015

Ahmed U, Anwar A, Savage RS, Costa ML, Mackay N, Filer A, Raza K, Watts RA, Winyard PG, Tarr J, et al (2015). Biomarkers of early stage osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and musculoskeletal health. Sci Rep, 5 Abstract.  Author URL.

2013

Holley JE, Bremer E, Kendall AC, de Bruyn M, Helfrich W, Tarr JM, Newcombe J, Gutowski NJ, Eggleton P (2013). CD20+inflammatory T-cells are present in blood and brain of multiple sclerosis patients and can be selectively targeted for apoptotic elimination. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
Ellis TP, Choudhury RH, Kaul K, Chopra M, Kohner EM, Tarr JM, Chibber R (2013). Diabetic retinopathy and atherosclerosis: is there a link?. Curr Diabetes Rev, 9(2), 146-160. Abstract.  Author URL.
Tarr JM, Kaul K, Chopra M, Kohner EM, Chibber R (2013). Pathophysiology of diabetic retinopathy. ISRN Ophthalmol, 2013 Abstract.  Author URL.

2012

Tarr JM, Ding N, Kaul K, Antonell A, Pérez-Jurado LA, Chibber R (2012). Cellular crosstalk between TNF-α, NADPH oxidase, PKCβ2, and C2GNT in human leukocytes. Cell Signal, 24(4), 873-878. Abstract.  Author URL.
Kaul K, Tarr JM, Ahmad SI, Kohner EM, Chibber R (2012). Introduction to diabetes mellitus. Adv Exp Med Biol, 771, 1-11. Abstract.  Author URL.
Szabó-Taylor K, Eggleton P, Turner CAL, Lo Faro ML, Tarr JM, Tóth S, Whiteman M, Haigh RC, Littlechild JA, Winyard PG, et al (2012). Lymphocytes from rheumatoid arthritis patients have elevated levels of intracellular peroxiredoxin 2, and a greater frequency of cells with exofacial peroxiredoxin 2, compared with healthy human lymphocytes. The International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 44(8), 1223-1231. Abstract.
Stamp LK, Khalilova I, Tarr JM, Senthilmohan R, Turner R, Haigh RC, Winyard PG, Kettle AJ (2012). Myeloperoxidase and oxidative stress in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford), 51(10), 1796-1803. Abstract.  Author URL.
Chopra M, Kaul K, Tarr J, Choudhury R, Kohner EM, Chibber R (2012). Oxidative stress in diabetic neuropathy: source of reactive oxygen species. Endocrinology Studies, 2(2).
Tarr JM, Kaul K, Wolanska K, Kohner EM, Chibber R (2012). Retinopathy in diabetes. Adv Exp Med Biol, 771, 88-106. Abstract.  Author URL.

2011

Tarr JM, Kaul K, Kohner EM, Chibber R (2011). Diabetic retinopathy: major unmet medical challenge. Endocrinology Studies, 1(1).
Eggleton P, Bremer E, Tarr J, De Bruyn M, Helfrich W, Kendall K, Haigh R, Viner N, Winyard PG (2011). Frequency of Th17 CD20+ cells in the peripheral blood of rheumatoid arthritis patients is higher compared to healthy subjects. Arthritis research and therapy

2010

Tarr JM, Young PJ, Morse R, Shaw DJ, Haigh R, Petrov PG, Johnson SJ, Winyard PG, Eggleton P (2010). A mechanism of release of calreticulin from cells during apoptosis. J Mol Biol, 401(5), 799-812. Abstract.
Whiteman M, Haigh R, Tarr JM, Gooding KM, Shore AC, Winyard PG (2010). Detection of hydrogen sulfide in plasma and knee-joint synovial fluid from rheumatoid arthritis patients: relation to clinical and laboratory measures of inflammation. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1203, 146-150. Abstract.  Author URL.
Tarr JM, Winyard PG, Haigh R, Viner N, Eggleton P (2010). Extracellular calreticulin accumulates in the joints of rheumatoid arthritis patients and inhibits FasL (CD95L) mediated apoptosis of T cells. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 62(10), 2919-2929.
Kaul K, Hodgkinson A, Tarr JM, Kohner EM, Chibber R (2010). Is inflammation a common retinal-renal-nerve pathogenic link in diabetes?. Curr Diabetes Rev, 6(5), 294-303. Abstract.  Author URL.
Chibber R, Mustapha NM, Tarr J, Kohner EM (2010). NADPH oxidase versus mitochondria derived ROS in glucose induced apoptosis of pericytes in early diabetic retinopathy. Journal of Opthalmology
Szabo-Taylor KE, Lo Faro ML, Eggleton P, Turner CAL, Tarr JM, Haigh RC, Littlechild JA, Whiteman M, Winyard PG (2010). Peroxiredoxin 2 in Human Inflammatory Joint Disease.  Author URL.

2009

Bailey SJ, Winyard P, Vanhatalo A, Blackwell JR, Dimenna FJ, Wilkerson DP, Tarr J, Benjamin N, Jones AM (2009). Dietary nitrate supplementation reduces the O2 cost of low-intensity exercise and enhances tolerance to high-intensity exercise in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985), 107(4), 1144-1155. Abstract.  Author URL.

2006

Tarr JM, Eggleton P, Winyard PG (2006). Nitric oxide and the regulation of apoptosis in tumour cells. Curr Pharm Des, 12(34), 4445-4468. Abstract.  Author URL.

2005

Tarr J, Eggleton P (2005). Immune function of C1q and its modulators CD91 and CD93. Crit Rev Immunol, 25(4), 305-330. Abstract.  Author URL.

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