Dr Julie Whitehouse
T: 020 7911 5000 ext 64592
F: 020 7911 5087
E: J.Whitehouse01@westminster.ac.uk
Background
Julie Whitehouse is a Principal Lecturer in the School of Life Sciences and the Course Leader for the MSci Herbal Medicine /and the BSc Honours Health Sciences: Herbal Medicine degrees.
She has worked as a practising medical herbalist for 18 years.
Current Research / Ongoing Projects
Current research interests include:
Effectiveness and efficacy of herbal medicines in the treatment of mood affected disorders
Efficacy of Skullcap extracts in reducing anxiety and promoting wellbeing supervising Director of studies PhD student (Scholarship Westminster Institute of Wellbeing and Health)
Effects of Caffeine and herbal extracts on Heart Rate and Blood pressureSelected Publications
Full listing available at http://westminsterresearch.wmin.ac.uk/view/people/Whitehouse=3AJulie=3A=3A.html
McMullen, M,K., Shine, G., Whitehouse, J.M, Towell, A. (2010). The Finometer can function as a stand alone instrument in blood pressure variability studies and does not require support equipment to determine breathing frequency. Journal of Blood Pressure Monitoring, 15(4), 220-224
Brock C, Whitehouse J, Tewfik I, Towell T (2010) American skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora): an ancient remedy for today’s anxiety, British Journal of Wellbeing 1 (4), 25-30.
Whitton, Peter and Lau, Andrew and Salisbury, Alicia , Whitehouse, Julie and Evans, Christine S. (2003) Kava Lactones and the kava-kava controversy. Phytochemistry, 64 (3). pp. 673-679. ISSN 0031-9422
Denham A, McIntyre M & Whitehouse J , 2002, Safety and Toxicity of Piper mythisticum,Kavakava J Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Conference Presentations or/and Other Publications
Herbal treatment of Autoimmune disease, College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy, 2007
Herbal medicine for Treatment of Prostate Cancer, Prostate charity annual conference London, 2007
Research Groups / Key Appointments
- Member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (www.nimh.org.uk/)
