SPH School of Population Health Department of Public Health annual Report

2005

School of Population Health Annual Report 2005

Contents

School of Population Health Summary Report 1 Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology 25 Centre for Health and Society 31 Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society 35 Program Evaluation Unit 43 Centre for International Mental Health 57 Sexual Health Unit 61 Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre 65 Vaccine and Immunisation Research Group 69 2005 Publications Report 71 SPH School of Population Health Department of Public Health

summary Report 2005

 Our Vision Our Mission The School of Population Health vision is To conduct and enhance research that to inculcate a population health approach addresses issues of population health and in all areas of health care and in the health social sciences, and to educate community where opportunities for disease undergraduates and postgraduate and injury prevention exist. students, clinicians, scientists, professionals and public health leaders through the enrichment of our educational programs in public health.

Head of School Centre for the Promotion of a professorial appointment During 2006 we will continue Report Mental Health and Community with the Department of to implement initiatives to Wellbeing). Their appointments Psychology, Psychiatry and become the leading School of 2005 was a year of challenges commenced in 2006. Psychological Medicine. We Population Health in the region and achievements for the wish them well. and one of the best in the The amalgamation of the School. We were active world by: Centre of Genetic Epidemiology Our contribution to knowledge participants in the University’s and the Epidemiology and through our research activities • Developing strategies to strategic consultation process Biostatistics unit to the Centre continues to be recognised improve research quality and that resulted in “Growing for Molecular, Environmental, nationally and internationally. impact. Esteem”, a document that Genetic and Analytic (MEGA) We received many new outlines the University’s • Attracting more PhD Epidemiology was achieved research awards that are listed future goals. Three equal enrolments and during 2005 under the direction later in this report. These priority areas of activity were postgraduate coursework of Professor John Hopper. In again attest to the breadth and outlined – research, learning enrolments. addition there is opportunity to depth of quality research in and teaching and knowledge create another Centre from the the School. A Research Grant • Developing the coursework transfer that will assist in Program Evaluation Unit which Development Framework was programs to enhance the defining priorities beyond 2005 would focus on the evaluation introduced during 2005 to help student experience with for the School of Population and economics of population all our staff improve the quality the University and the Health. health systems, services and and competitiveness of their community both nationally This report is about policies. grant proposals. This operates and internationally. achievements in 2005 and at the Centre and Unit level Sadly, Professor Jeremy • Building additional links with demonstrates our capacity and is overseen by the School Neil Anderson, MSc, MD, the community, government to meet the challenges both Research Committee. FRANZCP, was diagnosed with and industry. internally and externally. colon cancer in May 2004, less The School’s major We hope you will find this Interviews for three very than a year after starting a new collaborations continue report on the activities of the important Chairs for the job. He continued academic with the Murdoch Children’s School in 2005 and the profile School were held during the and clinical work until Research Institute through of its staff of interest. year. The Chairs are: November 2004. He died five our Vaccine and Immunisation nd days after his 52 birthday. Research Group, with the – Professor Terry Nolan • The Chair in Epidemiology Centre for International Child and Biostatistics. Jeremy was appointed Highlights of 2005 Foundation Professor of Health, and with The Australian • The Chair in Health Epidemiology and Biostatistics International Health Institute. Review of the Key Centre Promotion and Director of for Women’s Health in at the University of Melbourne Through the Victorian PHERP the McCaughey Centre: in mid-2003. His vision Consortium, we collaborate Society VicHealth Centre for the was to create a program of with Deakin, La Trobe and In June, a team of five senior Promotion of Mental Health epidemiology teaching and Monash Universities to academics, from both within and Community Wellbeing. research skills that would be deliver the Master of Public and outside the university, internationally recognized, • The Chair in Social Research Health Program. Following spent two days interviewing particularly in the areas of in Alcohol. a major review by the staff and students and implementation of research Australian Government, this measuring the performance of We had superb national and in clinical settings, consumer funding has been renewed the Key Centre for Women’s international applicants for participation in health, and the for a further five years. The Health in Society (KCWHS) these Chairs and made offers influence of the information School receives generous in relation to its stated of appointment to the preferred revolution. He is missed by all support for several core aims and objectives. It was candidates in each. of us. activities and educational and an outstanding result for The appointments were At the end of 2005 Federation research programs from the Professor Doreen Rosenthal Professor Robin Room (Chair Fellow Professor Lenore Commonwealth Department and the staff of the KCWHS in Social Research in Alcohol), Manderson and her team of Dr of Health and Aging, from the as it was the view of the Professor Dallas English Milica Markovic, Dr Roseanne National Medical and Health review team that the Centre (Chair in Epidemiology and Misajon, Dr Bhensari (Poy) Research Council, from the will continue as a leader in Biostatistics) and Professor Naemiratch, Narelle Warren Victorian Department of education and research in John Wiseman (Chair in Health and Kathleen Nolan all moved Human Services, and from the women’s health nationally Promotion and Director of the to Monash University where Victorian Health Promotion as well as in the Asia Pacific McCaughey Centre: VicHealth Professor Manderson took up Foundation. region. The Centre held a  The School of Population significant life-threatening Health’s Head, Professor illnesses.” Terry Nolan, is driven by a A paediatrician whose passion and commitment research interests for achieving real health were epidemiology and outcomes in the community biostatistics, Professor Nolan through primary prevention is also head of the Vaccine of disease and injury, and and Immunisation Research the promotion of health and Group, which is a joint wellbeing. initiative of the University of The School’s Foundation Melbourne and the Murdoch Professor, Professor Children’s Research Institute, Nolan’s career reflects the located within the School of professional and personal Population Health. involvements that he has found most From children’s public health, the chance to rewarding; working with children and head the new School of Population Health in planning day late in 2005 to immunisation were key elements. “After 2001 was a logical next step. address recommendations of finishing my medical training, I was attracted “The School offered the opportunity to the Review and to consider to the opportunity to prevent illness and treat broaden these public health efforts,” he strategic directions for children at a young age who were suffering says. “Within one of the world’s leading research and teaching in 2006. from conditions that could lead to either medical faculties, we’re drawing together lifelong disability or complete loss of life. superb biomedical and social science Staff Promotions/ “And the immunisation work was because expertise, in a form that is multi-disciplinary, Appointments vaccines are the most powerful and cost- collaborative and harmonising. That’s what I am delighted to report that effective way to give protection from very the School is about.” three of our outstanding staff have recently been School of Population Health Management and Governance appointed to Associate Accountability for the implementation of the strategic and operational plans incorporated with the Professor. Jane Fisher School’s management and governance framework and reinforced through the performance devel- (Key Centre for Women’s opment framework. Health in Society), Dorota Gertig (Centre for Molecular, School of Population Health Principal Committees Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology) and Management and Resources chairperson Marilys Guillemin (Centre for Executive Professor Terry Nolan Health and Society) are all Strategic Planning Professor Terry Nolan to be congratulated on their wonderful achievement in Communication and Dissemination Leanne Taylor achieving this rank. Finance and Resources Professor Terry Nolan Information Technology Dr David Irving In addition, Shaun Ewen (Centre for Health and Society), School Managers Leanne Taylor Lyle Gurrin (Centre for MEGA EHS Professor Terry Nolan Epidemiology) and John Waller Social Affairs Jennifer Burchill (Centre for Health and Society) have all been confirmed in their continuing appointments. Academic chairperson Professor David Hill, Cancer Council Victoria, has been Higher Degree Research Dr Jane Fisher appointed as honorary Postgraduate Studies Dr Catherine Bennett Professorial Fellow to the Undergraduate Studies Dr Marilys Guillemin School of Population Health, Research Professor Terry Nolan and Professor Tony Scott from Health Ethics Advisory Group Professor Jeremy Anderson the Melbourne Institute has been appointed as an Adjunct Dr Lynette Gillam Professor to the School. The School Staff Profile A/Prof Peter Greenberg has been formally appointed Staff Numbers (excl casual) academic General total to the School (Centre for School Executive/Administration 2 11 13 MEGA Epidemiology) to Centre for Molecular, Environmental, continue his wonderful work Genetic & Analytic Epidemiology 36 10 46 in teaching and inspiring Centre for International Mental Health 3 3 6 our undergraduate medical students in evidence-based Centre for the Study of Health and Society 23 7 30 healthcare. In addition Peter Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre 0 2 2 has been appointed Chair of Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society 19 4 23 the NHMRC’s Health Advisory Program Evaluation Unit 21 2 23 Committee. Sexual Health Unit 3 0 3 Professor Janet McCalman VicHealth Centre for Promotion of (Centre for Health and Society) Mental Health and Social Wellbeing 3 0 3 has been elected to the Academy of Social Sciences. total 110 39 149 3 Enrolments 2001 – 2005 From second semester 2005 there were 300 continuing students within the SPH postgraduate coursework programs. There have been substantial reviews within the postgraduate teaching programs that have taken place in 2004-5 and a number of these changes will come into effect in 2006. Briefly the changes are:

COURSE LEVEL & Enrolments FACULTY/COURSE NAME

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

DPubHlth 3 6 7 7 4

MASTERS – RESEARCH

MPubHlth - 2 4 4

MSocHlth 2 4 5

MWomensHlth 4 3 2 3 5

MASTERS – COURSEWORK

MBioStat 10 16 20 29

MEpid 7 11 4 5 4

MHlthEth 5 6 2

MIMH 11 3 4

MMedAnthr 4 4

MPubHlth 74 85 118 125 169

MSocHlth 10 17 28

Mmed(Women’s Health) 2 1

MWomensHealth 5 7 11 13 8

PG DIPLOMAS

GDipHlthCareHist 3 2 1 1

GDipHlthEth 2 2 1

GDipHlthProm 2 3 1

GDipMedAnthr 1 2

GDipSocHlth 11 16 12

PGDipBioStat 10 17

GDipBioStat 3 5 2

PGDipEpid 9 19

GDipEpid&Biostat 42 41 27 8

PGDipWH - - 3 6

GDipWomHlth 15 16 3

PG CERTIFICATES

GCertHlthServRsrch&Eval 9 12 10 4 2

PGCertBioStat 7 7

GCertBioStat 2

PGCertPubHlth(SexHlth) 22 22

Note that shaded cells represent programs that are no longer offered.

4 Postgraduate Certificate subjects comprising 4 • Epidemiology in Career Special Commendation) in Public Health (Sexual hour contact sessions per Practice gave presentations on their Health) week) and teach foundation Specialty Subjects in innovative approaches at the statistical analysis skills as School Awards Seminar. Dr Hennie Williams joined Epidemiology integrated methods within the the School in 2005 and Last year’s Open Category two Epistemology and Analytic • Genetic Epidemiology we welcomed her as the in our Teaching and Learning Methods subjects. (classroom or new coordinator for the distance) Excellence Award was made Postgraduate Certificate, and The Centre provides two core to Lynn Gillam and Marilys • Molecular subject coordinator of the programs in Epidemiology Guillemin who went on to win Epidemiology sexual health subjects with and Biostatistics. The the University’s 2005 David Professor Christopher Fairley. program in Epidemiology, • Infectious Disease White Award. They were then The specialty sexual health including substantial applied Epidemiology nominated by the University for biostatistics, was redesigned subject for nurses (Clinical • Infectious Disease the Carrick Institute Australian during 2005 to provide a Sexual and Reproductive Epidemiology Awards for University solid but flexible core for a Health for Nurses) will be – special topics Teaching. new Master of Epidemiology re-established for the 2006 • Database Systems in teaching program. commencing 2006, and the Student Services core subjects for students Epidemiology New Graduates Master of Epidemiology enrolled in the Master of Social Health Degrees The end of 2005 marks With the closure of the Public Health, Doctor of The Social Health Postgraduate Diploma in the course completion for Public Health and PhD. postgraduate programs Epidemiology the Master many graduates across A specialist Biostatistics underwent major review of Epidemiology has been program (with a strong in 2004, and the changes SPH postgraduate teaching completely revised and mathematical foundation) is streams and subject offerings programs, and we were very no longer requires the offered in conjunction with are in the 2006 handbook, pleased to see the number Postgraduate Diploma for the Biostatistics Collaboration and include the introduction of students graduating entry into the program. The of Australia for those seeking of a new subject focusing with outstanding academic new Master of Epidemiology professional training in on community development records. A course completion incorporates a combination biostatistics. frameworks (Community: questionnaire has been of core methods subjects and New Subjects in Theory and Practice) being introduced and will be sent to coursework or research project Epidemiology jointly coordinated by Angela all our new graduands along options for specialization. The with a letter from the School These cover theory and Clarke and Shaun Ewen. degree is offered as a one congratulating them on the year full time or two years practice of epidemiology, Health Program successful completion of their part-time, and is open to local including its biostatistical Evaluation degree. We already have an and international medical underpinnings, have been The School no longer offers intensive student evaluation graduates, and graduates with developed for the core of our the Postgraduate Certificate program at the subject level, a relevant honours degree, PhD, DrPH, MEpi and MPH in Health Services Research programs, providing students but this survey is designed to postgraduate diploma in and Evaluation but has added with the essential theory tell the School more about how Epidemiology, or two or more a Health Program Evaluation and practical skills needed our graduates view the entire years of full-time equivalent stream to our offerings in the in quantitative epidemiology course, what attracted them work experience. Master of Public Health. The practice and research. These into the program in the first The epidemiology teaching new subjects include using subjects are now delivered place, whether the program revision developments Evaluation in Program Design in intensive mode over half a lived up to expectations, include the creation of core and Environmental Health semester or as 5 day blocks. what worked, and what could epidemiology and analytic Service Evaluation. These units include: work better. We are also methods subjects for the SPH Teaching and Master of Epidemiology that • Epidemiology & very interested in how the also form the heart of the Analytic Methods I Learning Excellence course has and/or will shape Awards our graduates professional Epidemiology and biostatistics • Epidemiology & development and career stream of the Master of Public Analytic Methods II A number of outstanding Health (MPH) and Doctor of staff were recognised in the opportunities. As with all our • Study Design in Public Health (DrPH) and PhD School’s Excellence Awards evaluations, we take these Epidemiology with coursework programs. for Teaching and Learning this very seriously and look forward The new methods subjects • Linear & Logistic year. Shaun Ewen (CHS; Early to continuing to evolve and are offered in a more flexible Regression Career Category) and Alison strengthen our programs with format (a combination of 5 • Survival Analysis & Morgan (Honorary School of the benefit of this additional day intensive and ½ semester Regression for Rates Population Health, AIHI; Early student input.  SPH Alumni • Heather Rowe (HP 3 co- ausMHLP (Australian in mental health (ranging We are also inviting our new ordination) – despite being Mental Health Leadership from former Federal Health graduates to keep in touch new to this, Heather has Program) Minister Brian Howe to risen to the challenge Executive Director of Orygen with us via an alumnus email In July 2005 the School hosted with great dedication and Youth Health Pat McGorry address sph-alumni@unimelb. the first seminar of a new enthusiasm. to veteran State Mental edu.au so that we can begin professional development Health Director Aaron Groves to grow an active network • John Waller (HP 2 co- program for Australian (currently Queensland, of graduates. We also invite ordination) – for his Psychiatrists – the Australian formerly WA); and personal past students to contact us at willingness to start the Mental Health Leadership leadership skills development this email address with their semester from scratch with a Program. current contact details so terrific outcome. through individual mentoring, Supported by Eli Lily Australia, that we can add these to our a leadership behaviour • Peter Greenberg (EBP co- the ausMHLP is run by the alumnus list.. ordination and teaching in HP assessment, and a workplace- Centre for International Mental based leadership project. Undergraduate News 2 and HP 3) – we are grateful Health in partnership with The program generated strong The School of Population to Peter for his expertise and the Department of Psychiatry interest from the psychiatrist Health has extensive enthusiasm in taking up the (University of Melbourne), community when first involvement in the Evidence Based Practice Barwon Health, the Brain advertised, indicating a clear undergraduate medical co-ordination on short notice, and Mind Research Institute need for such an initiative, and curriculum. This has been following the excellent lead of (University of Sydney), and the has been very well received by a particularly exciting and Jeremy Anderson. Queensland Centre for Mental challenging year in that we Advanced Medical Health Research (University of the 13 participants who have completed the roll out for Science Queensland). been accepted into this year’s intake. the revised Health Practice There have been a wide range ausMHLP is a part-time subject. The aim in revising of options from the various program run as a series of SPH Research Excellence the subject was to make it coursework and research 2-4 day residential seminars Awards more clinically relevant and units on offer from SPH. held around Australia across The School Research Award better aligned with the rest of Dr Lyn Gillam (AMS a period of 12 months aimed in the Open Category was the curriculum. Evaluations coordinator) and Anita Lucas at equipping early career and presented to A/Prof Rob indicate we have achieved our (AMS Administrator) have senior trainee psychiatrists Carter (Program Evaluation aim. We have also identified organised a program of to take on leadership roles Unit) Assessing Cost some areas that need more academic support and social within mental health in Effectiveness (ACE) work but we already have events, including work in Australia. Participants’ clinical in Prevention and a Special some great ideas on how to progress presentations and the training and experience is Commendation was made improve this. This revision has final conference that involves supplemented with: formal to the Project i Team led required an enormous amount all students. Students have teaching about the ‘bigger by Doreen Rosenthal and of work and dedication from: been very successful with picture’ of mental health in Shelley Mallet (Key Centre for • Katie Dumas (HP 1-5 many obtaining H1 results; Australia (system, policy and Women’s Health in Society). Administration) for all her some presenting their work political issues); exposure An Early Career Category, hard work, initiative and at academic conferences or to individuals who have Special Commendation was keeping us on track. published in academic journals. demonstrated leadership made to Tessa Keegel (CHS). Quality of Teaching and Learning SPH has continued to maintain excellent teaching evaluations in 2005. The evaluation focussed on three main areas as shown below

Forms Question Enrolments Mean STDEV Agree Neither Disagree returned

Question 2: “This subject was 661 545 4.45 0.54 92.7 1.5 5.7 well taught”

Question 7 : There was 651 546 3.94 0.64 69.7 7.0 23.1 effective use of computer- based teaching materials in this subject.

Question 9 : Overall, I was 753 596 4.37 0.56 91.6 2.1 6.7 satisfied with the quality of the learning experience in the subject

 Research and Research Training

Counts by Year Score by Year Publication Type 2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005

A1 - Books - Authored - Research 1 3 0 2.5 12.5 0.0

A2 - Edited Books 2 1 6 2.3 1.5 5.0

A5 - Textbooks 0 1 0 0.0 1.5 0.0

A6 - Authored Books - Other 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 2.0

B1 - Chapters in Research Books 17 7 11 13.2 5.7 8.5

B2 - Chapters in Books 6 5 11 3.0 1.4 3.5

C1 - Journal Articles - Refereed 73 102 162 32.2 45.7 62.4

C2 - Unrefereed Journal Articles 9 2 11 1.2 0.4 1.9

C3 - Unrefereed Letters or Notes 7 14 10 0.9 2.5 1.2

C5 - Other Refereed Contribu- 11 5 12 3.4 2.4 4.7 tions to Refereed Journals

D4 - Major Reference Works 0 2 4 0.0 3.0 5.0

F1 - Conference Publications 1 3 2 1.0 2.5 2.0 - Full written paper - refereed

F2 - Fully Written Unrefereed 2 2 5 0.3 0.1 1.2 Conference\Papers

G4 - Major Reports 14 14 34 5.3 5.6 12.3

G5 - Minor Reports/Working 4 0 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 Papers

G5 - Minor ReportslWorking 0 8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Papers

M5 - Computer Software 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Products

Q10 - Awards (Prizes, Medals etc) 0 2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Q8 - Research in Progress (RIP) 38 43 25 1.0 5.2 10.2

Q9 - Substantial Grants Received 25 23 10 1.9 1.0 1.0

R11 - Thesis Passed for Higher 8 9 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 Degrees

R12 - Thesis in Progress for 41 74 28 0.0 1.8 1.8 Higher Degrees

Total 259 320 338 68.2 92.8 122.7

 Research Training – PhD Completions – 2005

Student THESIS TITLE

Ms Shelley Louise Beer Chinese herbal medicine and the hot flush

Ms Suzanne Belton Borders of fertility: unwanted pregnancy and fertility management by Burmese women in Thailand

Ms Helen Suzanne Cox Tuberculosis treatment and control in Uzbekistan: DOTS and drug resistance

Ms Clare Maree Delany Informed consent: ethical theory, legal obligations and the physiotherapy clinical encounter

Ms Elizabeth Anne Donohue Postnatal debriefing did not improve health outcomes after operative birth: an investigation of possible explanatory factors

Ms Bella Ellwood-Clayton When the land breeze and sea breeze were married: young women’s lived sexualities in Kalibo,the Central Philippines

Ms Atika Farooqui Tobacco use during pregnancy and perinatal health in rural Kanataka, India

Ms Giuliana Fausta Fuscaldo Genetic ties: are they morally binding?

Ms Penelope Johnson Theoretical diasporas: a multicultural clinic and the experience of tuberculosis

Mr Sokrin Khun Community participation in the prevention and control of dengue fever in Cambodia

Mrs Johana Rosalina Kristyanti Understanding the dynamics of violence and exploring the potential application of logotherapy for women survivors of domestic violence in Indonesia

Mr Robert Jeffrey MacInnis A prospective study of body size and composition and the risk of cancer

Ms Rosemary Helen Mann Look wide - Searching for health in the borderlands: Experiences of disease prevention and health promotion in a Central Australian indigenous settlement

Dr Renee Louise Manser Screening for lung cancer with spiral CT: Costs, harms and expected health gains

Ms Susan Mary Peake Changing the subject: a sociology of the enacting self

Ms Margaret Patricia Staples A population-based family study of prostate cancer in an era of prostate-specific antigen testing

Dr Anonh Xeuatvongsa Public ignorance, silent killer: An ethnographic study of tuberculosis control in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

 Research Grants

% INTERNATIONAL OTHER$124,846 SCHOOL OF 20 FUNDING 1% (Local Gov: $20,837; Aust Donations POPULATION $2,544,078 & Bequests: $104,009)

HEALTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH INCOME % COMPETITIVE 2005 (UNAUDITED) 29 GRANTS - COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIAN SCHEMES GRANTS % $3,766,453 $563,181 4 AUSTRALIAN CONTRACTS 8% $1,066,187

COMMONWEALTH STATE GOVERNMENT (other) % % GOVERNMENT $3,127,535 24 14 $1,777,948

Explanation of Funding Sources

Category 2005

Australian Competitive Grants -Non-Commonwealth Schemes $0

Local Government $20,837

Australian Donations, Bequests and Foundations $104,009

Other - Local Gov: $20,837; Aust Donantions & Bequests: $104,009 $124,846

Australian Competitive Grants - Commonwealth Schemes $3,766,453

State Government $1,901,817

Commonwealth Government (other) $3,127,535

Australian Contracts $1,066,187

Australian Grants $563,181

International Funding $2,544,078

Grand Total $13,094,098

 Grants Commencing 2005

Title Scheme Grantor Name Period Amount Awarded 2005

Health risk screening of AHMC Australian Jane Pirkis 2005-2009 $37,810.00 adolescents in primary card: a Priority Driven Health cluster randomised controlled Research Minister’ trial Program Conference

Health Risk screening and Austalian Australian Jane Pirkis 2005-2007 $276,765.50 counselling of adolescents Primary Health National in Primary Care: A cluster Care Research University randomised Contolled Trial Institute Grant

Managing modernity: capitalism, Discovery Australian Martha MacIntyre 2005-2007 $107,205.00 globalisation and governance in Projects Research melanesia Council

A demographic and socio- Discovery Australian Ian Anderson 2005-2007 $51,050.00 medical history of the Aboriginal Projects Research people of Victoria 1800- Council 2000: reconstitutions and epidemiological analysis

Hazard identification, risk Linkage Australian Louis Flander 2005-2007 $30,912.00 assessment and decision Projects Research analysis for conservation and Council management of Australian marine parks

Science and citizenship: Linkage Australian Janet McCalman 2005-2007 $81,670.00 democracy in the age of science- Projects Research mediated risk Council

From colonisation to conciliation: Linkage Australian Angela Clarke 2005-2007 $43,110.00 A collaborative examination Projects Research of social work practice with Council Indigenous populations

Victorian Paediatric Cancer Grant in Aid Cancer John Hopper 2005-2006 $70,000.00 Family Study Council Victoria

10 Grants Commencing 2005

Title Scheme Grantor Name Period Amount Awarded 2005

Molecular spidemiology of Grant in Aid Cancer Dorota Gertig 2005-2007 $69,993.00 ovarian cancer: the Australian Council ovarian cancer study - clinical Victoria follow-up core

Evaluation of the continuing Australian National Health Jodie McVernon 2005-2008 $34,875.00 effectiveness of the United Part-time and Medical Kingdom’s Haemophilus Research Research Influenzae type b (Hib) National Fellowship Council Immunisation Programme

The risk of breast cancer: Australian National Health Louise Keogh 2005-2008 $33,000.00 translating ‘expert’ knowledge Part-time and Medical into everyday decision-making Research Research Fellowship Council

Skin Wise: A work place Dora Lush National Health Tessa Keegel 2005-2007 $20,837.00 intervention to reduce Biomedical and Medical occupational contact dermatitis Postgraduate Research in hairdressers Scholarship Council

A RCT in General Practices of a Project Grants National Health Lyle Cordell Gurrin, 2005-2006 $103,700.00 computer alert to promt GPs to and Medical Jane Hocking, discuss Chlamydia testing with Research Christopher Kincaid women aged 16-24 years Council Fairley, Robert Carter, John Hopper

Epidemiology of genital Public Health National Health Jane Hocking 2005-2008 $66,000.00 Chlamydia infection in Victoria Fellowship and Medical (Australia) Research Council

Genetic epidemiology of chronic Public Health National Health Melanie Matheson 2005-2008 $66,000.00 respiratory diseases Fellowship and Medical (Australia) Research Council

11 Grants Commencing 2005

Title Scheme Grantor Name Period Amount Awarded 2005

NHMRC Short Term Exchange/ Short Term National Health Paul Stewart 2005 $20,000.00 Study Funding Scheme Exchange/ and Medical Study Funding Research Scheme Council

Pneumonia in children Territory- Training National Health Kerry-Ann O’Grady, 2005-2007 $26,309.00 wide using radiological end- Scholarships and Medical Terence Nolan points (PICTURE) for Indigenous Research Health Council Research

Alternate means for providing Novartis Royal Christopher Fairley, 2005 $25,000.00 STI screening results to clients Scholarship for Australasian David Lee attending Melbourne Sexual Sexual Health College of Health Centre, a randomised Research Physicians control trial

Homeless, young, pregnant and Community Telstra Deborah Keys 2005 $60,000.00 parenting women project Development Foundation Fund

Using haplotypes to detect rare Melbourne University of Lyle Gurrin 2005 $18,808.00 high-risk genetic mutations Early Career Melbourne Researcher Grants Scheme

Microbial exposure and fungi U of Melb University of Shyamali Dharmage 2005 $11,789.00 in the home environment and Collaborative Melbourne asthma severity in children Research Grants

Genetic epidemiology of chronic Grant University of Shyamali Dharmage, 2005 $1,500.00 respiratory diseases Preparation Melbourne Melanie Matheson Support - Collaborative Scheme Research Program

Using the internet to enhance Victorian Victorian Christopher Fairley 2005 $10,130.00 Chlamydia partner notification for Department Department General Practitioners in Victoria of Human of Human Services Services Public Health Research Projects

12 Grants Commencing 2005

Title Scheme Grantor Name Period Amount Awarded 2005

Improving local areas to increase Victorian Victorian Anne Kavanagh 2005 $79,959.00 physical activity and healthy food Department Department choices of Human of Human Services Services Public Health Research Projects

Implementing chlamydia Victorian Victorian Christopher Fairley, 2005 $68,480.00 screening: attitudes of General Department Department Jane Hocking Practitioners and young women of Human of Human Services Services Public Health Research Projects

Australian women’s childbearing Public Health Victorian Jane Rosamond W 2005-2007 $20,837.00 decisions: the role of gender PhD Research Health Fisher,S ara Holton beliefs, psychosocial and health Scholarships Promotion factors Foundation

Intervening early: young people, Senior/Public Victorian Shelley Mallett 2005-2009 $100,000.00 families and community Health Health Research Promotion Fellowships Foundation

The Australian Health The Australian Victorian Anne Marie 2005-2009 $15,000.00 Inequities Program - a program Health Health Kavanagh addressing social and economic Inequities Promotion determinants of health (AHIP) Program Foundation

Aging in Indonesia III Health Wellcome Trust Marilys Guillemin 2005-2006 $43,215.00 Consequences of Population Change Programme

Grand Total $1,621,443.50

13 SCHOOL OF POPULATION HEALTH SEMINAR SERIES 2005 The School seminar series was well received throughout 2005 with increasing attendance levels. It provided opportunities for staff and visitors to showcase their research

Date Speaker Title/General topic

Feb 16 Professor Terry Nolan, Head, School of Population Preventing cervical cancer with a human papilloma Health, University of Melbourne virus vaccine

March 2 Professor Rob Moodie, Chief Executive Officer, The politics, economics, commerce and culture of VicHealth public health: why we need a “newer” public health?

March 9 Dr Alex Cohen, Assistant Professor, Department of Social inequalities in suicidality and response to Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School antidepressant treatment in older adults

March 16 Professor Andy Dawson, School of Anthropology, Embodied disembodiment: community and Geography and Environmental Studies, University of physiological ageing amongst the post-industrial Melbourne working class

March 30 Professor Terry Dwyer, Director, Murdoch Childrens The search for preventable causes of sudden infant Research Institute, Melbourne death syndrome and multiple sclerosis during epidemiological research in Tasmania

April 13 A/Professor Anne Kavanagh, Key Centre for Does where you live affect what you do? Insights Women’s Health, School of Population Health, from the Victorian Lifestyle and Neighbourhood University of Melbourne Environments Study

April 20 Professor Paul Dieppe, Director of Medical Research Can any of our research make any difference to Council, Health Services Research Collaboration, anything? University of Bristol

May 11 A/Professor Rob Carter, Deputy Director, Program GODS Analysis of Priority Setting in Health Care Evaluation Unit, School of Population Health, (Goals, Obstacles, Deficiencies, Solutions) - What University of Melbourne help from the Dismal Science?

May 18 Professor Ross Bailie, NHMRC Senior Research Improving Primary Care Services for the Prevention Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research and Management of Chronic Illness

May 25 A/Professor Dallas English, Associate Director, Diet and Cancer: have we learned anything at all? Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria

14 Date Speaker Title/General topic

June 8 Professor David Fox, Civil and Environmental Environmetrics - Beyond the p-value Engineering, University of Melbourne

June 22 Professor Sandy Gifford, Director, Refugee Health When worlds collide: applying ethno-epidemiology in Research Centre, La Trobe University researching the social determinants of refugee well- being and settlement

June 29 Dr Margaret Kelaher, Senior Research Fellow, Supply of PBS medicines to remote area Aboriginal Program Evaluation Unit, School of Population communities Health, University of Melbourne

July 13 Professor Melanie Wakefield, Director, Centre Media influences on smoking behaviour for Behavioural Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council, Victoria

July 27 A/Professor John Fitzgerald, Principal Research More than just evidence: public health policy makers Fellow, Centre for Health & Society, School of speak on the development of Australian needle and Population Health, University of Melbourne syringe policy

August 3 Dr Rob Hall, Director, Public Health, Chief Health New Directions in Public Health Officer, Department of Human Services

August 10 Professor Steve Harrap, Head, Department of Cardiovascular Genetics - The Devil is in the Details Physiology, University of Melbourne

August 17 Professor Anthony Scott, Melbourne Institute of Incentives in medical careers Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne

August 31 Dr Shyamali Dharmage, Senior Lecturer, Centre Chronic respiratory diseases in middle age for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne

Sept 14 Dr Mark Jenkins, Senior Lecturer, Centre for The Colorectal Cancer Family Study Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne

15 School of Population Health Seminar Series 2005 A Fair and Healthy Future: The Right to Health in Date Speaker Title/General topic Australia Sept 28 Dr John Waller, Lecturer in the Myth in the Time of Cholera: John A series of four public History of Science & Medicine, Snow’s removing of the pump handle seminars were arranged to Centre for Health and Society, and other legends in the history of bring together experts in School of Population Health, medicine health and human rights to University of Melbourne critically examine pressing health issues in Australia and their human rights dimensions. Oct 5 Professor Hugh Taylor, Head, Impact of Vision Loss The series was supported Department of Opthalmology, by the SPH, University of University of Melbourne Melbourne Law School’s Human Rights Program and Oct 12 SPH teaching and research awards VicHealth. It was attended by legal professionals, policy Oct 19 Dr Jane Freemantle, Post-doctoral Let the data speak! Stories from the makers, academic staff, Research Fellow, Telethon Institute Maternal and Child Health Research students, health consumers for Child Health Research, Database and interested members of the University of Western Australia public. The first two seminars were: Oct 26 Dr Dorota Gertig, Senior Research The molecular revolution and • Advertising Health Fellow, Centre for Molecular, epidemiology: promises and pitfalls Inequalities: the Victorian Environmental, Genetic and Governments Response Analytic Epidemiology, School of Chair: Fran Baum, Professor Population Health, University of and Head, Department Melbourne of Public Health Flinders University Nov 9 Dr Therese Riley, VicHealth Centre Looking Inside a Community Based Speakers: Bebe Loff, John for the Promotion of Mental Health Intervention Thwaites and Haydn Raysmith. and Social Wellbeing, School of • Violence Against Women: a Population Health, University of Health and Human Rights Melbourne Issue Chair: Jenny Morgan Nov 23 Professor Judith Lumley, Director, Preterm birth in 1st births: the Speakers: Dianne Otto, Rob Mother and Child Health Research, contribution of prior spontaneous and Moodie, Christine Nixon, Latrobe University induced abortion Andrew Demitrriou. Another two seminars are scheduled for 2006: Indigenous Australian’s Right to Health and The Mental Health of Refugees and Asylum Seekers.

16 Staff Professors Anne Kavanagh, MB BS Lecturers Dallas English, BSc Melb. MS Flinders PhD ANU FAFPHM *Lisa Amir, MB BS Monash School of Population Wash. PhD Wash. Steven Klimidis, BSc Monash MMed Melb. PhD LaTrobe Health Christopher Kincaid Fairley, MB PhD ANU IBCLC (on leave to 2008) Head of School and BS Melb. PhD Monash FRACP Harry Minas, MB BS Melb. Alison Brookes, BA Deakin PhD Associate Dean and FAFPHM FAChSHM BMedSc Melb. DPM FRANZCP Deakin Professor Helen Edith Herrmnan, BMedSc Jane Pirkis, BA Tas. MPsych Angela Clarke, BA VUT Terence Michael Nolan, MB BS Monash, MD Melb, Tas. MAppEpi ANU PhD Melb. MPublHlth Deakin BMedSc MB BS W.Aust. PhD FFPHUK FRANZCP FAFPHM Senior Lecturers Shaun Ewen, BAppSc S.Aust. McG. FRACP FAFPHM *Janet Susan McCalman, BA Catherine Marie Bennett, BSc Bill Genat, BSc W.Aust. PhD Deputy Head of School and Melb. PhD ANU FAHA LaTrobe MAppEpid ANU PhD W.Aust. Professor Robin Room, BA Princeton LaTrobe *Helen Jordan, BSc Melb. Ian Philip Anderson, MB BS MA(English) MA(Sociology) Ma Luz Casimiro-Querubin, GDipEd Melb. GDipEpi&Biostat Melb. MA LaTrobe PhD Berkeley (Chair of Social BA Ateneo de Manila MD Melb. Research in Alcohol) *Jennifer Anne Livingston, BSc Professional Staff Philippines FPPA John Richard Wiseman, BA *Steven Crowley, BAppSc Melb. MEd Melb. DipEd Melb. School Manager Melb. BSW Melb. PhD LaTrobe Curtin MSc York MBA Monash Heather Rowe, BA LaTrobe Leanne Taylor, BSc Deakin BHA (from 29 May 2006) GDipDietit Deakin PhD Melb. NSW PGDipDietetics Deakin Professorial Fellows Lynn Gilliam, BA Melb. MA Oxf. *John Waller, BA Oxf. MSc Oxf. AFACHSE CHE *John Brooke Carlin, BSc PhD Monash PhD Lond. (to 30 June 2006) IT Manager W.Aust. PhD Harv. Lyle Gurrin, BSc W.Aust. PhD Senior Tutor Nick Golovachenko John Hopper, BA Melb. BSc W.Aust. Ann Brothers, BA Melb. Academic Programs Monash MSc Monash PhD Mark Jenkins, BSc Monash Principal Research Fellows Manager LaTrobe (National Health and PhD Melb. John Lawrence Fitzgerald, PhD Elizabeth Lagias Medical Research Council Martha Adele MacIntyre, BA Monash PhD Melb. Finance and Resources Senior Principal Research PhD ANU CertSocAnth Camb. Anthony LaMontagne, MSc Officer Fellow) Martha Morrow, BA Kalamazoo Harv. MEd Mass. PhD Harv. Fiona Kostidis Associate Professors MA Harv. PhD LaTrobe (on Senior Research Fellows secondment to 2007) PA to Head of School Robert Carter, BA Macq. Elizabeth Sutherland Bennett, *Julie Simpson, BSc Melb. PhD Nora Li MAdmSt ANU PhD Monash MTropHlth Qld. PhD Melb. GDipEpi&PopH ANU Open Uni UK PGDip(MathStat) *Grant Blashki, MB BS Monash Public Health David Dunt, MB BS Melb. Cambridge UK MD Monash FRACGP RACGP Head of Department and MAPrelim LaTrobe PhD Monash *Jennifer Thomson, MB BS *Andrew Dalton, BEc Monash Professor FFPHM Monash MBiostats Melb. PhD MEc Monash DipEd Monash Terence Michael Nolan, Jane Rosamond Fisher, BSc Melb. GDipEpiBio Melb.(from GDipHEcEval Monash BMedSc MB BS W.Aust. PhD Qld. PhD Melb. 22 May 2006) Shyamali Dharmage, MB BS McG. FRACP FAFPHM *Dorota Gertig, MB BS Monash *Henrietta Williams, MB BS Colombo MSc Colombo MD Deputy Head of Department MHSc(ClinEpi) UBC ScD(Epi) Lond. MPH Monash DRCOGUK Colombo PhD Monash and Professor Harv. FAFPHM DCH MRCGP MFFP DipGUM Yuan Gao, BSc China PhD Ian Philip Anderson, MB BS *Peter Greenberg, MB BS Melb. FRACGP Monash (to 30 April 2006) Melb. MA LaTrobe MD Melb. PhD Melb. FRACP Joint Senior Lecturer With Margaret Kelaher, BSc(Psych) Marilys Guillemin, BAppSc Asia Institute NSW PhD NSW RMIT MEd Murd. PhD Melb. Andrea Whittaker, BA Qld. PhD Jodie McVernon, MB BS DipEd Qld. (on transfer to 2008) Monash BMedSc Monash PhD 17 *Catherine Mihalopoulos, Maggie Kirkman, BA Melb. PhD Lyndal Thomas, BSc Monash Deborah Moon, BA LaTrobe BBSc LaTrobe GDipEcSt LaTrobe *Michelle Williamson, BHlthSc DipEd Melb. PGDipHlthEc&Eval Monash *Fay Kohn, MA Deakin DEd LaTrobe *Carolyn Nickson, BA LaTrobe Priscilla Pyett, BA Monash PhD Melb. DipPT Deakin GDipTESOL NHMRC Postdoctoral GDipEpi&Biostat Melb. Deakin Deakin Research Fellows Bree Rankin, BCom Melb. Kevin Rowley, BAppl Sci RMIT Melanie Matheson, BSc Jane Simone Hocking, Amanda Richardson, RN *Janet Townsend, BA LaTrobe PhD Melb. GDipEpid Melb. Monash MAppSc RMIT PhD BAppSc(MLS) RMIT MPH Melb. MA(AppSocRes) Monash GDip Research Fellows Monash MHSc(PHP) LaTrobe PhD Melb. James Matthew McCaw, BSc WelfAdm Monash GDipEd Carmel Apicella, BSc Monash Michelle Kermode, BA Macq. Melb. PhD Melb. Deakin MSc Melb. GDipEpiBio Melb. MNS LaTrobe MPH Melb. *Rosemary McKenzie, Gael Trytell, BSc Monash BA PhD Melb. Maggie Kirkman, BA Melb. PhD BA Monash MPH Curtin Swinburne *Rebecca Bentley, BBSc LaTrobe PGDipHlthProm Curtin Christine Van Vliet, BSc NSW LaTrobe Cathy Segan, BA Melb. PhD Tania Nadalina Miletic, MB BS NSW MPH Syd. DipEd Graham Byrnes, BSc Syd. PhD LaTrobe BA Melb. PGrad Psych Melb. NSW Syd. PGDip(AppStats) Melb. MCertInterstudies ICU Tokyo R. Douglas Wright Research Marcus Chen, MB BS Melb. Honorary Appointments MPubAdmin ICU Tokyo Fellow PhD Syd. DipVen Monash Professorial Fellows Johanna Monk, BA Melb. MA Deborah Warr, BA Deakin MA MRCP UK FAChSHM FRACGP Warwick Hugh Anderson, MB Monash Monash PhD Monash DTM&H Lond. BS BMedSc MA MD Melb. PhD Marjorie Moodie, BA Monash VicHealth Public Health Penn. *Stephen Colgan, BNurs Deakin *Belinda Morley, BA Monash Research Fellow Clare Constantine, BSc W.Aust. Ross Bailie, MBChB *Lucio Naccarella, BSc Adel. Shelley Mallett, BAppSc CapeTown MPhil CapeTown PhD Murd. GDip(CompSci) GDipMHS(Transcult) Melb. LaTrobe BA LaTrobe PhD Murd. MD(CommHlth) CapeTown Nicholas Osborne, BSc Adel. LaTrobe MRNZCGP FCCH(SA) FAFPHM Kyllie Cripps, BA S.Aust. PhD BSc Flinders MAgSc Qld. PhD Monash Research Officers Stephen Bird, BSc Lancaster Qld. PhD Leicester PGCE ScEdu Gillian Dite, BSc Melb. PhD Christopher Thomas McCaw, *Michael Otim, BSc Makerere Sussex FIOB FBASES Melb. GDipEpiBiostat Melb. BA Melb. BSc Melb. Uni. Uganda MEcon Ron Borland, BSc Monash MSc James Dowty, BSc Melb. PhD Cathryn Whaton, BAppSc Monash GDipEc Newcastle Monash PhD Melb. MAPS Melb. Deakin PGDipHlthEc&Evln Monash John Nicholas Crofts, MB BS *Bircan Erbas, BSc Melb. MSc Gregory Phillips, BA Qld. Research Assistants Melb. MPH Monash FAFPHM Melb. PhD Melb. MMedSc Qld. Melanie Adams, BAppSci Graham Giles, BSc MSc Mich. *Peter Feldman, BA Tas. Therese Riley, BSocSci RMIT Deakin PhD Tas. Kate Rawson Johnston, MA RMIT PhD RMIT Paul Chang, BSc Auck. MSc Margaret Ann Hamilton, BA BA Melb. BComm Melb. *Ting Fang Shih, BS CMC Auck. PGDipSc Auck. MSW Mich. DipSocSt BAsianStudies ANU MPubPol Taiwan MPH Tulane USA DrPH *Claudine Chionh, BA Melb. Allan Kellehear, BA PhD GRIPS Tokyo Melb. *Jennifer Foord Lenore Hilda Manderson, *Louise Keogh, BSc W.Aust. Paul Stewart, GDipIndigSt Syd. *Alan Headey, BA Qld. BA(AsianSt) ANU PhD ANU MA Monash PhD LaTrobe *Theonie Tacticos, BBus Lucinda Johnson, BCom Melb. FASSA (Australian Research *Deborah Keys, BA Deakin PhD Monash GDipCommDevt RMIT BSc Melb. MPH Melb. Council Federation Fellow) LaTrobe *Kui-siang Tay-Teo, BPharm Lauren Matheson, BA Calg. John Mathews, AM, BSc Melb. Tania King, BA Melb. BSc Melb. Monash MPH(HlthEco) Melb. MWH Melb. MB BS Melb. MD Melb. PhD (on maternity leave to 30 June David Thomas, MB BS Syd. *Joan McPhee, BA Rutgers Melb. Hon DSc NT FRACP 2006) MMedSci Newcastle PhD NTU MNutr&Diet Deakin FRCPA FAFPHM 18 Alan Rob Moodie, MB BS Melb. Heath Kelly, BSc MB BS Michael Montalto, MB BS Melb. Jane Freemantle, PhD W.Aust. MPH Harv. FAFPHM FRACGP W.Aust. MPH W.Aust. FAFPHM PhD Melb. DipRACOG Melb. Craig Lindsay Matthew Fry, DRACOG DTM Paris FAIM Vikram Patel, MB BS Bom. FRACGP BSc Monash Robert Power, BSc Lond. PhD MSc Oxf. MRCPsych RCP (UK) Daniel Reidpath, BA Swinburne Jane Gibson Lond. PGCE Lond. PhD Lond. PhD W.Aust. DEdPsych Elizabeth Hoban, BA Edith Edward William Russell, Senior Fellows with the title Monash Cowan MTropHlth Qld PhD Mohammad Siahpush, BS Utah BA Melb. BEc Monash PhD Senior Lecturer Melb. MS Utah MBiostats Melb. PhD Monash DipArchSt Lond. FAIM James Francis Patrick Black, Sonja Hood, BA Melb. MSc Ohio Penn. FIPAA(Vic) MB BS Monash MCommH Julie Thacker, BSc W.Aust. PhD Cecily Hunter, BA Monash MSc Anthony Scott, BA Northumbria Liv. PhD Monash DTM&H Liv. ANU GDipEd Curtin UCLES/ Melb. PhD Melb. MSc York PhD Aberdeen FAFPHM RSA CLEFLA Lond. Marita Kefford, DipAppSc Julian Savulescu, MB BS John Carnie, MB BS Melb. Susan Treloar, BSocStud Syd. PhillipIT LaTrobe BMedSc LaTrobe PhD MMed Melb. MPH Harv. DipCH MSc Lond. MSW NSW PhD Ruth Lawrence, RN LaTrobe Ceylon DipCH Lond. MRCP(UK) Qld. David Michael Lee, Principal Fellows with the FRACMA FAFPHM Tarun Stephen Weeramanthri, BAppSc(UTS) DrPH Melb. title Associate Professor John Condon, MB BS Monash MB BS W.Aust. MPH Syd. GDip(CritCare) Syd. Donald Alexander Campbell, MPH Harv. CertHlthEcon DipTropMedHyg Lond. PhD FRCNA FCN MBBS Monash MMedSc(Clin Monash PhD Charles Darwin Syd. FRACP FAFPHM Stephanie Lenko, GDipOHP Epi) Newcastle MD Monash Jisheng Cui, BSc Shandong Godfrey Woelk, BSc(Soc) LaTrobe RN RM FRACP MMedBiostat Shanghai PhD MCommH PhD Wash. Tania Lewis, MB BS Otago BA Christopher John Clements, LaTrobe Fellows with the title Canterbury MA Canterbury PhD MB BS. Lond. MSc Manchester Louisa Flander, BA G.Wash. Lecturer Melb. DipChildHlth, RCP Lond. MA G.Wash. MA RMIT PhD Karyn Alexander, MBChB Betty Yar Yuan Lim, BNurs DipObst Auck. FAFPH MFPH Colorado Leicester MPH Monash Deakin RN MCCM LRCP MRCS Michelle Haby de Sosa, Laura Baglietto, BSc Italy Tamara Mackean, MB BS NSW Alex Cohen, BA NY MA NY PhD BAppSc S.Aust. MAppSc Syd. MSc Italy PhD Birmingham UK MB BS W.Aust. MPH Adel. UCLA PhD Syd. John Biviano, BAppSc RMIT Ethna Mary Macken, BA Joan Cunningham, BA Harv. Wendy Holmes, MB BS Lond. MBus RMIT GDipBus RMIT Swinburne DipAppSc PhillipIT PhD Harv. MSc Lond. Michelle Boglis, RN RN Peter William Deutschmann, Krishna Philip Hort, MB BS Syd. Janet Briggs, BAppSc LaTrobe Milica Markovic, BSoc Belgrade MB BS MPHC FRACS DRCOG Lond DTCH Liverpool DipAppSc LaTrobe RN RM MSoc Belgrade PhD Qld. William Hart, MB BS Monash MCH NSW FAFPHM Clare Teresa Brophy, RN Brian McCoy, BA Melb. MBScPrelim GDipCH LaTrobe James Kimberley Humphery, Heather Elizabeth Dawson, BTheol Melb. PhD Melb. GCert Fumi Horiguchi, BMed BA MA MPhil Camb. PhD BAppSci(Physio) Lincoln BEd CommMentalHlth Flinders TokyoWmMed-College PhD Robin Hyndman, BSc PhD LaTrobe PGDipHlthResMethods DipCrim Melb. Keio Rosemary Ann Lester, MB BS LaTrobe MPH Monash Elizabeth McGrath, BA Melb. Susan Hurley, BPharm Vic. Melb. MPH Monash MS(Epid) Richard Di Natale, MB BS Roger Laughlin Milne, BA Melb. Coll.Pharm. MPharm Vic. UCLA FAFPHM Monash MPH LaTrobe MHSc BSW Melb. BComm Melb. Coll.Pharm. MSc Wash. PhD Duncan MacGregor, MB BS LaTrobe FAFPHM FACRRM GDipClinEpi Monash Monash GAICD BMedSc PhD Melb. Ashley Fletcher, BSc Monash Penny Mitchell, BSc Psych Damien John Jolley, BSc Melb. Catherine Louise Mead, MEpi Melb. GDipEpiBio Melb. NSW MPH Syd. MSc Lond. MSc LaTrobe DipEd PSM MB BS Syd. DPH Syd. Susan Foxman-Feldman, BA Alison Morgan, MB BS Syd. SCVic. FRACMA FAFPHM LaTrobe MA DRANZCOG DTM&H Liverpool 19 Christopher John Morgan, Vanessa Wood, BAppSc Angela Clarke, BA VUT MD(CommHlth) CapeTown MB BS Syd. DTCH Liverpool Nsg LaTrobe GDip Mgmt VU MPublHlth Deakin MRNZCGP FCCH(SA) FAFPHM FRACP AdvSexualHealth Nurse Shaun Ewen, BAppSc S.Aust. Alan Rob Moodie, MB BS Melb. Paula Nathan, Tiam Yap BAppSc RMIT Bill Genat, BSc W.Aust. PhD MPH Harv. FAFPHM FRACGP AssDipMedLabSci RMIT W.Aust. DRACOG DTM Paris FAIM Kerry-Ann O’Grady, BScN JCU Adjunct Staff *John Waller, BA Oxf. MSc Oxf. Robert Power, BSc Lond. PhD MAppEpid ANU GDipPH Syd. Professors PhD Lond. (to 30 June 2006) Lond. PGCE Lond. Aleck Ostrey, BSc UBC MSc Sidney Bloch, MB ChB Senior Tutor Principal Fellows with the UBC MA Simon Fraser PhD CapeTown PhD ECFMG Ann Brothers, BA Melb. title Associate Professor UBC DipPsyMed Prinicipal Research Fellow Joan Cunningham, BA Harv. Phillip Patterson, RN IDCert Sioban Nelson, BA LaTrobe John Lawrence Fitzgerald, PhD MLibArts Harv. PhD Harv. Michaela Riddell, BAppSc RMIT PhD Griff. Monash PhD Melb. William Hart, MB BS Monash GDipEpiBio Melb. PhD Melb. Loane Skene, LLM Monash LLB MBScPrelim GDipCH LaTrobe Anthony LaMontagne, MSc (from 1 May 2006) Barrister & Solicitor Victoria Harv. MEd Mass. PhD Harv. Senior Fellows with the title Mary Rillstone, BA Otago MHS Senior Research Fellow Senior Lecturer Senior Research Fellows Otago DipTheoSt Otago Jenny Lewis, BSc MEnvSc John Condon, MB BS Monash Priscilla Pyett, BA Monash PhD Jane Ryrie, RN PhD Camb. GDipRecPling MPH Harv. CertHlthEcon Deakin Deborah Saunders, RN GDipPubPol Monash PhD Charles Darwin Kevin Rowley, BAppl Sci RMIT Gianluca Severi, BSc Genoa Senior Lecturer James Kimberley Humphery, PhD Melb. GDipEpid Melb. MSc Milan Italy PhD Milan Italy Tim Marjoribanks, PhD Harv. BA MA MPhil Camb. PhD PhD Birmingham UK Research Fellows Lecturer Duncan MacGregor, MB BS Serena Simms, RN Kyllie Cripps, BA S.Aust. PhD Rosemary Robins, BA PhD NSW BMedSc PhD Melb. Pamela Sinclair, DipAppSc RN Monash Tarun Stephen Weeramanthri, Richard John Sloman, MB BS Centre for Health and Johanna Monk, BA Melb. MA MB BS W.Aust. PhD Syd. Monash GDipEpid Melb. Society Monash DipTropMedHyg Lond. Gregory Phillips, BA Qld. Jacinta Sonego, BAppSc Director and Professor Fellows with the title MMed Sc Qld. LaTrobe RN Ian Philip Anderson, MB BS Lecturer Patricia Staig Melb. MA LaTrobe Therese Riley, BSocSci RMIT Susan Foxman-Feldman, BA MA RMIT PhD RMIT Yvonne Stolk, BA Melb. Professor LaTrobe MA Paul Stewart, GDipIndigSt Syd. MAResPsych Melb. MAClinical *Janet McCalman, BA PhD Jane Freemantle, PhD W.Aust. David Thomas, MB BS Syd. Psych Melb. PhD Melb. ANU FAHA Elizabeth Hoban, BA Edith Kirsty Maree Thompson, MMedSci Newcastle PhD NTU Associate Professor Cowan MTropHlth Qld PhD BAppSc(OT) Syd. R. Douglas Wright Research Marilys Guillemin, BAppSc Melb. Loretta Thorn MB BS Melb. Fellow RMIT MEd Murd. PhD Melb. Cecily Hunter, BA Monash MSc Diane Roslyn Tibbits, BSc PhD Deborah Warr, BA Deakin MA DipEd Melb. PhD Melb. Monash GDip LaTrobe Monash PhD Monash Tania Lewis, MB BS Otago BA Eve Urban, BN LaTrobe, MEd Senior Lecturers Honorary Appointments Canterbury MA Canterbury PhD Monash RN Lynn Gillam, BA Melb. MA Oxf. Melb. Sandra Walker, BA Swinburne PhD Monash Professorial Fellows Tamara Mackean, MB BS NSW GDipAppPsych VUT DPsych Martha Adele MacIntyre, BA Warwick Hugh Anderson, MB MB BS W.Aust. MPH Adel. Swinburne RN RM PhD ANU CertSocAnth Camb. BS BMedSc MA MD Melb. PhD Brian McCoy, BA Melb. Marie West, RN Lecturers Penn. BTheol Melb. PhD Melb. GCert Ann Felicity Westmore, BSc Alison Brookes, BA Deakin PhD Ross Bailie, MBChB CommMentalHlth Flinders MSc PhD Melb. Deakin CapeTown MPhil CapeTown DipCrim Melb. 20 Aleck Ostrey, BSc UBC MSc Centre for International Centre for Molecular, Melb. GDipEpiBio Melb. (from UBC MA Simon Fraser PhD Mental Health Environmental, Genetic 22 May 2006) UBC Director and Associate and Analytic (MEGA) Senior Research Fellow Mary Rillstone, BA Otago MHS Professor Epidemiology Shyamali Dharmage, MB BS Otago DipTheoSt Otago Harry Minas, MB BS Melb. Colombo MSc Colombo MD Richard John Sloman, MB BS Head of Centre and BMedSc Melb. DPM FRANZCP Colombo PhD Monash Monash GDipEpid Melb. Professorial Fellow Diane Roslyn Tibbits, BSc PhD Assistant Director and John Hopper, BA Melb. BSc Research Fellows Monash GDip LaTrobe Associate Professor Monash MSc Monash PhD Carmel Apicella, BSc Monash Ann Felicity Westmore, BSc Steven Klimidis, BSc Monash LaTrobe (National Health and MSc Melb. PhD Melb. MSc PhD Melb. PhD ANU Medical Research Council GDipEpiBio Melb. Senior Principal Research Graham Byrnes, BSc Syd. PhD Adjunct Staff Senior Lecturer Ma Luz Casimiro-Querubin, Fellow) Syd. PGDip(AppStats) Melb. Professors Clare Constantine, BSc W.Aust. BA Ateneo de Manila MD Incoming Director, Professor Sidney Bloch, MB ChB PhD Murd. GDip(CompSci) Philippines FPPA. and Chair of Epidemiology Capetown PhD ECFMG Murd. Research Fellows and Biostatistics (from 24 DipPsyMed Gillian Dite, BSc Melb. PhD Kate Rawson Johnston, April 2006) Sioban Nelson, BA LaTrobe Melb. GDipEpiBio Melb. BA Melb. BComm Melb. Dallas English, BSc Melb. MS PhD Griff. James Dowty, BSc Melb. PhD BAsianStudies ANU MPubPol Wash. PhD Wash. Loane Skene, LLM Monash LLB Melb. Barrister & Solicitor Victoria GRIPS Tokyo Professorial Fellow Tania Nadalina Miletic, Bircan Erbas, BSc Melb. MSc Senior Research Fellow *John Carlin, BSc W.Aust. PhD Melb. PhD Melb. BA Melb. PGrad Psych Melb. Harv. Jenny Lewis, BSc MEnvS MCertInterstudies ICU Tokyo Melanie Matheson, BSc PhD GDipRecPlng Canb. MPubAdmin ICU Tokyo Associate Professor and Monash MAppSc RMIT PhD GDipPubPol Principal Research Fellow Monash Honorary Appointments Senior Lecturer *Dorota Gertig, MB BS Monash Nicholas Osborne, BSc Adel. Tim Marjoribanks, PhD Harv. Principal Fellows with the MHSc(ClinEpi) UBC ScD(Epi) BSc Flinders MAgSc Qld. PhD title Associate Professor Harv. FAFPHM Qld. Lecturer Alex Cohen, BA NY MA NY PhD Rosemary Robins, BA PhD Associate Professor Research Officer UCLA NSW *Peter Greenberg, MB BS Melb. Cathryn Wharton, BAppSc Vikram Patel, MB BS Bom. MSc MD Melb. PhD Melb. FRACP Deakin General Staff Oxf. PhD Lond. MRCPsych Senior Lecturers Research Assistants Manager RCP(UK) Catherine Bennett, BSc Melanie Adams, BAppSci Doug Scobie, BA Deakin Fellow with the title Lecturer LaTrobe MAppEpid ANU PhD Deakin Yvonne Stolk, BA Melb. Co-ordinator, Centre for LaTrobe Paul Chang, BSc Auck. MSc MAResPsych Melb. MAClinical Excellence in Indigenous Lyle Gurrin, BSc W.Aust. PhD Auck. PGDipSc Auck. Psych Melb. PhD Melb. Tobacco Control W.Aust. *Jennifer Foord Viki Briggs, BA S.Aust. General Staff Mark Jenkins, BSc Monash Lucinda Johnson, BCom Melb. Publications Officer Centre Manager PhD Melb. BSc Melb. MPH Melb. Jane Yule, BA Monash MA Jennifer Burchill BA VU *Julie Simpson, BSc Melb. PhD *Joan McPhee, BA Rutgers Monash GDipRec PhillipIT Open Uni UK PGDip(MathStat) MNutr&Diet Deakin Cambridge UK Deborah Moon, BA LaTrobe *Jennifer Thomson, MB BS DipEd Melb. Monash MBiostats Melb. PhD Amanda Richardson, RN 21 *Janet Townsend, BA LaTrobe MSc Milan Italy PhD Milan Italy MA Harv. PhD LaTrobe (on Honorary Appointments MA(AppSocRes) Monash PhD Birmingham UK secondment to 2007) Professorial Fellow GDipWelfAdm Monash GDipEd General Staff Joint Senior Lecturer with Lenore Hilda Manderson, Deakin BA(AsianSt) ANU PhD ANU Centre Manager Asia Institute Gael Trytell, BSc Monash BA FASSA (Australian Research Maggie Lenaghan, BA Andrea Whittaker, BA Qld. PhD Swinburne Qld. (on transfer to 2008) Council Federation Fellow) Christine Van Vliet, BSc NSW Monash BA(FineArt) Prahran Principal Fellow with The MB BS NSW MPH Syd. DipEd GDipFA VCA GDipBusAdmin Lecturers title Associate Professor NSW RMIT *Lisa Amir, MB BS Monash Fumi Horiguchi, BMed Interviewer Coordinator MMed Melb. PhD LaTrobe Honorary Appointments TokyoWmMed-College PhD /Coordinator Of Family IBCLC (on leave to 2008) Keio Professorial Fellows Cancer Studies Heather Rowe, BA LaTrobe Ron Borland, BSc Monash MSc Judi Maskiell, BAppSc(Nurs) PhD Melb. Senior Fellows with the title Monash PhD Melb. MAPS Monash GDipBusSt(Mgt) Senior Research Fellow Senior Lecturer Graham Giles, BSc MSc Mich. Monash Elizabeth Sutherland Bennett, Wendy Holmes, MB BS Lond. PhD Tas. MTropHlth Qld. PhD Melb. MSc Lond. John Mathews, AM, BSc Melb. Diabetes Vaccine Julie Thacker, BSc W.Aust. PhD Research Fellows MB BS Melb. MD Melb. PhD Development Centre ANU GDipEd Curtin UCLES/ *Rebecca Bentley, BBSc Melb. Hon DSc NT FRACP General Staff RSA CLEFLA Lond. LaTrobe Godfrey Woelk, BSc(Soc) FRCPA FAFPHM Chief Executive Officer *Louise Keogh, BSc W.Aust. MCommH PhD Wash. Senior Fellows David Owen Irving, BSc MA Monash PhD LaTrobe Fellow with the title Lecturer Louisa Flander, BA G.Wash. JamesCook MSc ANU PhD Deborah Keys, BA Deakin PhD Milica Markovic, BSoc Belgrade MA G.Wash. MA RMIT PhD ANU GAICD LaTrobe MSoc Belgrade PhD Qld. Colorado Centre Liaison Manager Maggie Kirkman, BA Melb. PhD Mohammad Siahpush, BS Utah Mary Joy Gleeson, BBus VU LaTrobe General Staff MS Utah MBiostats Melb. PhD MEd Melb. Tania King, BA Melb. BSc Melb. Manager Ohio Key Centre for Women’s (on maternity leave to June Felice Rocca, BA Melb. Susan Treloar, BSocStud Syd. 2006) Health in Society VicHealth Centre for the MSc Lond. MSW NSW PhD Lyndal Thomas, BSc Monash Qld. Promotion of Mental World Health Organization VicHealth Public Health Fellows Collaborating Centre for Health and Social Research Fellow Wellbeing Laura Baglietto, BSc Italy Women’s Health Shelley Mallett, BAppSc MSc Italy PhD Birmingham UK Research Fellow – to June Director and Professor of LaTrobe BA LaTrobe PhD John Biviano, BAppSc RMIT 2005 Women’s Health LaTrobe MBus RMIT GDipBus RMIT Therese Riley, BSocSci RMIT Doreen Anne Rosenthal, AO BA Ashley Fletcher, BSc Monash Community Liaison Officer MA RMIT PhD RMIT Melb. PhD Melb. FASSA *Amanda Tattam, BA MEpi Melb. GDipEpiBio Melb. Research Assistant – to June Associate Professors (Journalism) Monash RN Roger Laughlin Milne, BA Melb. 2005 Jane Rosamond Fisher, BSc BSW Melb. BComm Melb. Research Assistants Bree Rankin, BCom Melb. GDipClinEpi Monash Qld. PhD Melb. *Claudine Chionh, BA Melb. Michaela Riddell, BAppSc RMIT Anne Kavanagh, MB BS Lauren Matheson, BA Calg. GDipEpiBio Melb. PhD Melb. Flinders PhD ANU FAFPHM MWH Melb. (from 1 May 2006) Senior Lecturer *Carolyn Nickson, BA LaTrobe Gianluca Severi, BSc Genoa Martha Morrow, BA Kalamazoo GDipEpi&Biostat Melb. 22 Recipients of the 2005 Research and Teaching Awards: Back Row (L to R) Professor Terry Nolan, Dr Alison Morgan, Dr Deborah Keys, Mr Shaun Ewen and Ms Tessa Keegal. Front Row (L to R) Associate Professor Rob Carter and Dr Shelley Mallet.

Program Evaluation Unit *Andrew Dalton, BEc Monash *Theonie Tacticos, BBus Sexual Health Unit Head and Associate MEc Monash DipEd Monash Monash GDipCommDevt RMIT Director and Professor Of Professor GDipHEcEval Monash *Kui-siang Tay-Teo, BPharm Sexual Health Margaret Kelaher, BSc(Psych) Monash MPH(HlthEco) Melb. David Dunt, MB BS Melb. Christopher Kincaid Fairley, MB NSW PhD NSW *Michelle Williamson, BHlthSc BS Melb. PhD Monash FRACP MAPrelim LaTrobe PhD Monash *Catherine Mihalopoulos, BBSc LaTrobe FAFPHM FAChSHM FFPHM GDipEcSt PGDipHlthEc&Eval NHMRC Postdoctoral Senior Lecturer Deputy Head and Associate Monash Research Fellow *Henrietta Williams, MB BS Professor Research Fellows Cathy Segan, BA Melb. PhD Lond. MPH Monash DRCOGUK Robert Carter, BA Macq. *Stephen Colgan, BNurs Deakin LaTrobe DCH MRCGP MFFP DipGUM MAdmSt ANU PhD Monash FRACGP *Peter Feldman, BA Tas. Research Assistants GDipEpi&PopH ANU Senior Research Fellow *Fay Kohn, MA Deakin *Alan Headey, BA Qld. (Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow) Associate Professor DED Melb. DipPT Deakin Bree Rankin, BCom Melb. Jane Pirkis, BA Tas. MPsych GDipTESOL Deakin Yuan Gao, BSc China PhD Tas. MAppEpi ANU PhD Melb. *Rosemary McKenzie, Honorary Appointments Monash (to 30 April 2006) Senior Lecturer BA Monash MPH Curtin Senior Fellow Research Fellow Marcus Chen, MB BS Melb. *Steven Crowley, BAppSc PGDipHlthProm Curtin Michelle Haby de Sosa, PhD Syd. DipVen Monash Curtin MSc York MBA Monash Marjorie Moodie, BA Melb. DPH BAppSc S.Aust. MAppSc Syd. Melb. DipEd Melb. DipTRP Melb. PhD Syd. MRCP UK FAChSHM FRACGP GDipDietit Deakin DTM&H Lond. *Belinda Morley, BA Monash Fellows Lecturers *Lucio Naccarella, BSc Adel. Sonja Hood, BA Melb. MSc Honorary Appointment *Helen Jordan, BSc Melb. GDipMHS(Transcult) Melb. Penn. Fellows GDipEd Melb. GDipEpi&Biostat *Michael Otim, BSc Makerere Penny Mitchell, BSc Psych David Michael Lee, Melb. Uni. Uganda MEcon NSW MPH Syd. BAppSc(UTS) DrPH Melb. *Jennifer Livingston, BSc Melb. Monash GDipEc Newcastle MPH Syd. GDip(CritCare) Syd, General Staff MEd Melb. DipEd Melb. PGDipHlthEc&Evln Monash FRCNA FCN Senior Research Fellows *Ting Fang Shih, BS CMC Manager Phillip Patterson, RN IDCert *Grant Blashki, MB BS Monash Taiwan MPH Tulane USA DrPH *Tracey Mayhew Vanessa Wood, BAppSc MD Monash FRACGP RACGP Melb. 23

MEGA Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology School of Population Health Department of Public Health annual Report 2005 In May 2005 the Centre for Molecular, Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic (MEGA) Professor James Angus, the new Centre’s Epidemiology was created by combining aim is to develop, promote and consolidate two of the School of Population Health’s key epidemiologic research and teaching. research and teaching sections – the former The Centre houses the Australian Twin Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and the Registry and has strong links to the Genetic former Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit. Epidemiology Laboratory in the Department Launched by the Dean of the Faculty of of Pathology, University of Melbourne.

The new name, Centre Vale including its biostatistical SPH postgraduate coursework for MEGA Epidemiology, underpinnings, have been teaching in that year. In Professor Jeremy Anderson, reflects the rapid developed for the core of our addition, the Centre teaches inaugural Chair, Epidemiology progression of science in PhD, DrPH, MEpi and MPH students from other Universities and Biostatistics, became the field of epidemiology programs, providing students who are enrolled in the Master seriously ill during 2004 but especially in relation to with the essential theory of Public Health Consortium, continued to teach and manage disentangling Molecular and practical skills needed which in effect increased the through to the end of second and Genetic mechanisms in quantitative epidemiology teaching load to approximately semester when he went on from Environmental co- practice and research. These 50 or 42% of School total. extended sick leave. Professor determinants of disease. subjects are now delivered Anderson died in February The term Analytic is code for in intensive mode over half a Research 2005. The enthusiasm and the biostatistical and other semester or as five-day blocks. For latest updates see www. drive he brought to this new mathematical methods that epi.unimelb.edu.au position is fully appreciated. • Epidemiology & Analytic underpin these developments. Methods I The Centre is research intensive Environmental epidemiology Professor Anderson is warmly • Epidemiology & Analytic and holds substantial grants includes communicable remembered. Methods II from the NHMRC and the US disease, social and clinical Learning and National Institutes of Health. • Study Design in epidemiology. Many of the programs are large Teaching Epidemiology The philosophy of the Centre is collaborations with researchers The Centre provides two core that 21st century epidemiology • Linear & Logistic from other states and countries. programs in Epidemiology is multi-disciplinary, utilises Regression Below we have summarized and Biostatistics. The molecular and genetic • Survival Analysis & four major research programs program in Epidemiology, technology as well as Regression for Rates coordinated by the Centre. Staff including substantial applied traditional approaches such in the Centre also coordinate biostatistics, was redesigned • Epidemiology in Practice as questionnaires, is built on other discrete research projects during 2005 to provide a Specialty Subjects in sound design principles, and not listed (e.g. infectious solid but flexible core for a can involve very large sample Epidemiology disease epidemiology). The new Master of Epidemiology sizes. • Genetic Epidemiology Centre also participates in commencing 2006, and the Also in May 2005 the Centre (classroom or distance) other collaborative projects core subjects for students gratefully received a University coordinated by researchers enrolled in the Master of • Molecular Epidemiology Joint & Capital Works grant elsewhere. Public Health, Doctor of • Infectious Disease which provided funds to Public Health and PhD. Epidemiology Major Research Programs refurbish three purpose-built A specialist Biostatistics teaching rooms into one • Infectious Disease Cancer program (with a strong large modular system work Epidemiology – special mathematical foundation) is This program involves more area, increasing occupancy topics offered in conjunction with than 10 research fellows, numbers; creating a • Database Systems in the Biostatistics Collaboration two PhD students and more designated work area for key Epidemiology of Australia for those seeking than 20 research support research groups, the Australian In 2005 the Centre’s staff based at The University Twin Registry and the PhD professional training in biostatistics. postgraduate coursework of Melbourne, as well as students. teaching load was the a number of researchers New Subjects equivalent of 39 students employed at other institutions New Subjects covering theory completing a full year of study. funded by NIH, NHMRC, and practice of epidemiology, This equated to 38% of total VBCRC, NBCF and TCCV. 26 Its acronym – MEGA 1990s and then launched large Epidemiology – sometimes scale cancer studies with raises eyebrows, but this key collaborator Professor new centre’s name reflects Graham Giles, from the the scale and breadth of its Cancer Council of Victoria, in mission. According to its response to then emerging inaugural Director, Professor DNA technology revolution. John Hopper, “it recognises They believed it was important that the future of epidemiology to establish resources in lies in applying if possible which blood was collected Molecular technology, taking so that future molecular and a broad perspective of the genetic studies could be roles of both the Environment conducted. “We didn’t know and Genes, and using the best when it would be needed, possible Analytic methods. we just had the expectation that it would be “And, as the name ‘MEGA’ indicates, you useful in the future – and we were right.” need to do studies on a large scale and in a So, too, he believes was the decision to bold fashion to definitively work out what is combine two of the School of Population going on.” Health’s key research and teaching sections Professor Hopper has based much of his into the Centre for MEGA Epidemiology in career’s achievements on having a “big May 2005. “The key was to pull together the picture” vision conducting studies with the epidemiology and biostatistics teaching and potential to contribute to the public’s health. research aspects of the Department to make it A mathematical statistician, he moved into much easier for people of different disciplines the field of epidemiology during the early to work together.”

The Centre has pioneered • Immunohistochemistry in the 1968 Tasmanian group investigating early-life population-based family is the best method to Asthma Survey, their risk factors for asthma in studies of cancer that are determine which people parents and siblings. collaboration with Haraldsplass emerging as a standard for diagnosed with colorectal • A study investigating the Hospital, Bergen, Norway and genetic epidemiological cancer are likely to carry impact of air pollutants and Department of Public Health research. The Australian Breast specific genetic mutations pollen on asthma hospital Sciences, King's College Cancer Family Registry, the (see publication highlight). admissions in collaboration London. Australasian Colorectal Cancer • A new detection method, with the CSIRO, which Hereditary Family Registry, the Australian conversion analysis, can is providing air pollution Haemochromatosis Melanoma Family Study, the identify genetic mutations simulations for modelling. Victorian Paediatric Cancer The HealthIron project in colorectal cancer. • A clinical trial in Family Study, Australian involves five University of • A new high risk mutation collaboration with Monash Prostate Cancer Family Study Melbourne researchers and for breast cancer in a gene University examining the (in conjunction with The one PhD student, along with called CYP17. effect of dehumidification Cancer Council Victoria), and 10 researchers from other on levels of indoor fungi The Twins and Sisters Study • In colorectal cancer institutions. and symptoms of asthma of Mammographic Breast families without mutations HealthIron is a study to among atopic asthmatics. Density (in conjunction with the in mismatch repair genes, investigate the genetic (NIH University of Toronto and the there is no increased risk of • A prospective cohort funded) and environmental Queensland Institute of Medical other cancers. study, in collaboration (NHMRC funded) modifiers of Research) are large population- • Breast density and bone with the Royal Children’s hereditary haemochromatosis, based and clinic-based case- density are unrelated and Hospital, of the natural an iron overload disease. control family studies funded by unlikely to be caused by history and risk factors for It involves collaborators at the National Health and Medical the same genes. allergy in children who are several other institutions in genetically predisposed Research Council (NHMRC), Asthma, Allergy and Other Australia and the USA. Almost VicHealth, NSW Cancer Council to allergy (the Melbourne 1500 participants (n=1458) Respiratory Disease and the National Institutes of Atopic Cohort Study). This were selected and invited for Health (USA). The analysis This program involves three is a prospective study clinic attendance based on of genetic mutations and NHMRC-funded research conducted on a cohort of preliminary HFE genotyping of variants is a common thread fellows, four PhD students and 620 atopy-prone infants the 31,078 Northern European to all studies and much of approximately 10 research from birth to 10 years participants in the Melbourne this work is being conducted support staff. and is currently funded Collaborative Cohort Study, in the Genetic Epidemiology Studies in this area include: by the Victorian Asthma run by The Cancer Council Foundation and the Royal Laboratory in the Department • A study, in collaboration Victoria. This includes all Children Hospital. of Pathology at The University with Monash University and C282Y homoygotes who of Melbourne. The Australian the University of Tasmania, • A study of prognostic are at risk of developing iron Breast Cancer Family Registry of the natural history, indicators for occupational overload and random subsets and the Australasian Colorectal environmental and genetic contact dermatitis in of other genotypes. Cancer Family Registry both risk factors for asthma collaboration with the SNP discovery in candidate are parts of large international and chronic obstructive Occupational Dermatology genes involved in iron collaborations on the genetics pulmonary disease using Research & Education metabolism by resequencing of these diseases. a large population-based Centre (Skin Watch Study). of 94 random individuals In 2005, the key findings from prospective study of the The Centre is also part of has been completed for six these projects include: 1961 birth cohort enrolled an international working genes with another six genes 27 SELECTED LIST OF CURRENT 2005 RESEARCH PROJECTS and GRANTOR/S Asthma, Allergy and Other Respiratory Disease ANZ Charitable Trust ; Asthma Foundation Vic, Convoy for Kids; CSIRO; Dairy Australia; NHMRC; University of Melbourne Australasian Colorectal Cancer Family Registry National Institutes of Health, USA

Australian Breast Cancer Family Registry National Institutes of Health, USA

Australian Melanoma Family Study National Institutes of Health, USA

Australian Twin Registry NHMRC Enabling Grant

Epidemiology of Chronic Disease, Health Interventions and DNA studies (ECHIDNAS) NHMRC Program Grant

HealthIron USA Dept of Defense; NIH; NHMRC

Mammographic Density in Twins and Sisters NIH; NHMRC

Platform for Young Public Health Researchers To Upgrade Their Scientific Experience NHMRC Capacity Building grant And Independent Status (PLATYPUS)

Tasmanian Asthma Study NHMRC Project Grant

Using haplotypes to detect rare high-risk genetic mutations The University of Melbourne

Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium Victorian Government

Victorian Paediatric Cancer Family Study The Cancer Council Victoria due for completion shortly. on the development and mismatch repair gene testing Group have recommended Analysis of the sequencing refinement of methods in early-onset colorectal that all bowel cancer cases results comparing both allelic for genetic epidemiology. cancer. Journal of Clinical diagnosed before age 50 years frequencies and haplotypes These included methods Oncology. 23(27):6524-6532. have immunohistochemistry with published HapMap of clustering and data The paper reported a new testing caucasian population is reduction for extracting procedure for detecting This is a key example of being carried out. Selected relevant information from inherited bowel cancers that how population-based SNPs from both HealthIron pathology data, optimising has proven to be twice as epidemiological studies of resequencing and other data design of genome-wide scans effective as previous ones and new molecular and genetic sources including HapMap and methods for analysing could save many lives. The technologies can inform will be typed in all –1050 data from families, for both method has been labelled as government and clinicians participants using the Illumina continuous and binary the “Melbourne Criteria”. about how health dollars can GoldenGate platform in 2006. outcomes. These studies help The researchers looked for best be spent. Australian Twin Registry to understand the aetiology the loss of cancer-preventing of disease and provide Community Activities (ATR) chemicals called “mismatch Staff of the Centre have many opportunities for public repair proteins” in the The ATR supports numerous varied and influential external health interventions such as tumours of people who had research projects involving advisory roles related to targeted screening of high risk previously been diagnosed twins. It has been housed research policy, policy and individuals and families. with bowel cancer. The loss in the forerunners to the practice of public health and of mismatch repair proteins Centre for many years and Publication Highlights policy related to teaching of is an indication of whether is supported by a NHMRC Staff from the centre published public health. the cancer was caused by Enabling Grant. During 60 refereed publications during an inherited genetic fault in These include advising on 2005, the ATR reviewed its 2005 (see separate report the genes that code for the publication of informational operating and governance School of Population Health proteins – known as mismatch material for the National Asthma structures and constituted a 2005 Publications Report). repair genes. Individuals with Campaign, participating new Advisory Board to ensure The publication below is likely a faulty mismatch repair gene in panels reviewing grant it complies with NHMRC to lead to significant changes are at high risk of developing applications for the US National policies regarding access in the way that bowel cancers bowel cancer as well as some Institutes of Health, participating to Enabling Grant facilities. due to inherited faults are other cancers. Analysis of in boards and sub-committees It also implemented a new identified. the DNA of patients in the of national organisations such database system and website, as the National Breast Cancer • Southey MC, Jenkins MA, study showed that the new mailed a newsletter to 50,000 Foundation and National Breast Mead LJ, Whitty J, Trivett procedure identified all the households and convened two Cancer Council, participating as MK, Tesoriero AA, Smith bowel cancers caused by an symposia on twin research. members of Human Research L, Jennings K, Grubb G, inherited genetic fault. The Four new research projects Ethics Committees and Royce SG, Walsh MD, new method is quicker and were approved, adding to 29 representing the University in Barker MA, Young J, Jass much less expensive than the existing research projects. setting policy for public health J, St John DJB, Macrae FA, previous method of identifying education in Australia. Statistical methods Giles G & Hopper JL. 2005. mutations using patients’ DNA. Methodological research in Use of molecular tumour As a result of this work, The biostatistics has focused characteristics to prioritize Victorian Clinical Oncology 28 SELECTED LIST OF GRANTS THAT COMMENCED IN 2005

GRANTOR/S INVESTIGATOR SCHEME PROJECT TITLE Years AMOUNT

The University of Dharmage, S Collaborative Microbial exposure and fungi 05/06 $11,789 Melbourne Research Grant in the home environment and Scheme with asthma severity in children Massey University, NZ, Monash University, Melbourne

The University Erbas, B Collaborative Unravelling the joint adverse 05/06 $10,000 of Melbourne Research Support effects of air pollution and – CSIRO Scheme pollen on childhood asthma in Australia, Stage 1: Melbourne Study

The University of Gurrin, L Early Career Using haplotypes to detect rare 05/06 $18,808 Melbourne Research Grant high-risk genetic mutations

The University of Matheson, M Grant Preparation Microsatellite marker 05/06 $1,500 Melbourne Support Scheme genotyping (with Department of Physiology)

NHMRC Matheson, M Public Health Genetic and Environmental Risk 05/09 $264,000 Training Fellowship Factors for Chronic Obstructive over 4 years Pulmonary Disease

NHMRC Erbas, B Public Health Novel applications of statistical 05/09 $264,000 (Australia) methods to breast cancer data over 4 years Fellowship

NHMRC Dharmage, S Public Health Epidemiology of chronic 05/08 $294,000 (Australia) respiratory diseases: 35 year over 4 years Fellowship follow-up of the Tasmanian Asthma Study

NHMRC Hopper, J Equipment Grant Biospecimen repository for 05/06 $88,085 large prospective studies of molecular and genetic epidemiology

ANZ Charitable Erbas, B Medical Research The adverse effects of air 05/06 $11,500 Trusts & Technology in pollution and pollen on Victoria childhood asthma in Victoria

Asthma Victoria Erbas, B Convoy for Kids Unravelling the joint adverse 05/06 $20,000 effects of air pollution and pollen on childhood asthma in Australia

The Cancer Hopper, JL Grant in Aid Victorian Paediatric Cancer 05/07 $140,000 Council Victoria Family Study over 2 years

Research Name Topic Training John Burgess Risk factors for chronic respiratory diseases in middle age (2005 PhD students Jayantha Dassanyake Ethnicity and cardiovascular disease whose primary Allison Hodge Risk factors for type 2 diabetes supervisor’s University Adrian Lowe Allergies in children appointment is in the Robert MacInnis Obesity and risk of cancer (submitted December) Centre) Melissa Russell Risk of falls among the elderly Margaret Staples Genetic epidemiology of prostate cancer Jennifer Stone Determinants of mammographic breast density Christine van Vliet Family history and colorectal cancer 29 Staff 2005 DOWTY, DR JAMES, NISSELLE, AMY, HealthIron John Mathews AM ACESKA, BILLIE, Research Statistician Clinical Coordinator Principal Fellow Assistant, ABCFS ERBAS, DR BIRCAN, NHMRC O’BRIEN, KAREN, Dallas English, Cancer Council Administration Assistant ADAMS, MELANIE, Interviewer, Research Fellow Victoria Mammo Density Study FLANDER, DR LOUISA, Senior PRIOR, LEANNE, Senior Fellows Lecturer Administrative Assistant ALLEN, PENNY, Administration Mohammad Zahid Ansari, Officer FOORD, JENNIFER, RICHARDSON, AMANDA, University of Melbourne Interviewer, ACCFS Phlebotomist ANGELAKOS, MAGGIE, Mohammad Siahpush, Cancer ROCHE, SANDRA, Research Assistant Data Manager GERTIG, ASSOC PROF Council Victoria DOROTA, Principal Research Interviewer APICELLA, DR CARMEL, Susan Treloar, Queensland Fellow, Associate Professor RODAIS, HELEN, Interviewer Research Fellow Institute of Medical Research; ARBUCKLE, JACKIE, GURRIN, DR LYLE, Senior SIMPSON, DR JULIE, Senior and Deputy Director, Australian Research Assistant Lecturer Lecturer Twin Registry AUJARD, KELLY, Data HOPPER, PROF JOHN, TOWNSEND, JANET, Fellows NHMRC Senior Principal Interviewer Programmer Laura Baglietto, Cancer Research Fellow TRYTELL, GAEL, Research BENNETT, DR CATHERINE, Council Victoria Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics JENKINS, DR MARK, Senior Assistant Lecturer in Epidemiology John Biviano, VicHealth BOADLE, JENNY, Australian VAN VLIET, DR CHRISTINE, KING, VICKI, Finance and Research Assistant Clare Constantine, Walter & Twin Registry, Admin Asst Eliza Hall Institute Resources Officer VIZARD, MS KELLIE, Personal BYRNES, DR GRAHAM, Senior Roger Milne, National Cancer Research Fellow LENAGHAN, MAGGIE, Centre Assistant to the Director Manager Centre, Madrid, Spain CARLIN, PROF JOHN, WHARTON, MS CATHRYN, Gianluca Severi, Cancer Professorial Fellow MASKIELL, JUDI, Studies Research Officer Coordinator Council Victoria CHANG, JIUN-HORNG (Paul), Honorary Staff and Obioha Ukoumunne, Murdoch Statistician MATHESON, DR MELANIE, Visitors Children’s Research Institute DHARMAGE, DR SHYAMALI, NHMRC Public Health Fellow Professorial Fellows Visitors NHMRC Senior Research MCPHEE, JOAN , Interviewer Ron Borland, Cancer Council Fellow & Senior Lecturer MITCHELL, DR ANNE, Senior Victoria Nick Osborne, Cancer Council Victoria DITE, DR GILLIAN, Research Research Officer Mark Elwood, National Cancer Fellow MOON, DEBORAH, Interviewer Control Initiative DORRELL, KIM, Australian MURPHY, DR KERRY, Graham Giles, Cancer Council Twin Registry, Coordinator Interviewer Victoria 30 CHS Centre for Health and Society School of Population Health Department of Public Health annual Report 2005 The key focus for the Centre for Health The Centre brings perspectives from the and Society (CHS) is the interdisciplinary humanities and social sciences to the study study of health, illness and healthcare in of medical science, clinical and public local, national and international settings. health practice and health policy.

The Centre is administratively Within the CHS are a number Primary Care at La Trobe completed. Dr Kevin Rowley located in the Faculty of of key teaching and research University and the Menzies was appointed to the position Medicine, Dentistry and Health programs. These include the School of Health Research, of Senior Research Fellow. Sciences, but is also a Faculty Aboriginal Health, Medical on Aboriginal-related This will greatly enhance of Arts Centre. History and Social Health projects. It has also been the research capability and It is unique in its integration programs. In addition to these important for us to develop capacity development of the of a variety of humanities and are a number of developing but working relationships with Unit. Onemda, in collaboration social sciences perspectives significant programs in Work the key policy stakeholders with the Committee of on health, disease and and Health, led by Associate in Aboriginal health: Deans of Australian Medical health care delivery and Professor Tony LaMontagne, Koori Services Unit at the Schools (CDAMS), hosted uses disciplinary approaches and in Drugs and Addiction, Department of Human the Leaders in Indigenous Services; and the Office from the history of health led by Associate Professor Medical Education (LIME) for Aboriginal and Torres and medicine, medical John Fitzgerald. connection conference in Strait Islander Health in the anthropology, health ethics, Aboriginal Health Perth in June in order to Commonwealth Department sociology of health and illness, facilitate the implementation of Programs of Health and Ageing. The Unit and health policy analysis in agreed national framework for The VicHealth Koori Health has research themes in: its examination of health and Indigenous health. Research and Community health care. 1 Aboriginal health policy The Centre for Excellence in Development Unit was and systems. Tobacco Control (CEITC) was This cross-Faculty structure established in 1999 under has enabled the continuing 2 Aboriginal health research established in September the directorship of Professor and ethics. development of new initiatives Ian Anderson. In 2005 the 2003 and is led by Viki Briggs. 3 Aboriginal community in both teaching and research; unit had a change of name to CEITC is funded from the development and health. for example initiatives in the Onemda VicHealth Koori Commonwealth Department teaching include the Social Health Unit. The Unit has an 4 Aboriginal health and of Health and Aging. It seeks Health postgraduate program integrated research, teaching professional practice(s). to improve health outcomes and the Advanced Medical and community development 5 Aboriginal health needs related to tobacco smoking Science (AMS) medical program through which it and services in a social among Aboriginal and Torres undergraduate program that aims to bring together the context. Straight Islander people by incorporates a number of academy, the community and 6 The evaluation of building national capacity for Arts Faculty subjects; and for policy-makers around issues aboriginal health effective Indigenous tobacco example in research, the Social of Aboriginal health. The Unit is services, programs and control programs. The Centre Histories and Health Research organised within a community interventions. is working in a variety of Program draws from expertise framework, with collaborations 7 Capacity building for ways to boost the profile of in social history and the history and partnerships with Aboriginal health research. Indigenous tobacco control. The CEITC’s largest projects of medicine and healthcare. Victorian Aboriginal In 2005 Onemda completed focus on health worker training Community Controlled Health the strategic and research and resource development. Organisation (VACCHO), process until 2009. In In 2005 CEITC launched its with whom we have particular seven research website and published Galnya developed a Memorandum of themes were developed to Angin (Good Air). Understanding; the Victorian capture current research Aboriginal Health Service; activities and expand them, The Cooperative Research Koorie Cultural Heritage Trust; particularly with respect to Centre (CRC) for Aboriginal Institute of Koorie Education community development, Health is a partnership (Deakin University); and the service and program evaluation between Aboriginal Co-operative Research Centre and capacity building. In people, communities and for Aboriginal Health. Staff addition recruitment of new organisations, health policy of the Unit also work with a staff that was planned in the makers, planners and service number of non-Aboriginal original funding submission delivery organisations, and organisations, including for the second phase of educational and research the Australian Institute of Onemda’s development was institutions. It supports 32 Community partnerships are services to Aboriginal people.” fundamental to the success But he discovered that lack of the Centre for Health of evidence was a critical and Society, according to gap: “In order to effect long- its Director, Professor Ian term change, we needed Anderson. The end of 2005 the evidence that we could provided an opportunity to put on the table to really celebrate these partnerships drive policy and practice with a gathering to thank the development.” Centre’s many supporters of The Centre now generates the past five years. and disseminates that The end of this year marked evidence about Aboriginal another milestone: Professor health, work and health, Anderson’s first five years as social health and more. Director. It prompted him to briefly reflect on “What is really exciting about working in the what had motivated the former GP to change Centre is that it’s truly a multi-disciplinary career in the mid 1990s. He is still deeply environment in which we draw from areas involved in Aboriginal health but his hands- as diverse as history, moral philosophy, on work now involves policy, not patients. anthropology, sociology, as well as “My experiences of the difficulties of running epidemiology,” he says. an Aboriginal health organisation started me “And it provides potential to bring the best thinking about how we might have a policy of those disciplines to apply to contemporary framework that could improve the delivery of problems in public health.”

research that will improve and postgraduate students medical curriculum. The The CHS also offers a number Aboriginal health outcomes. in the history of health and Centre contributes to the of units, including Medical Professor Ian Anderson is medicine. It includes the teaching of ethics, Aboriginal Humanities and Social Health Research Director for the Medical History Museum with health, sociology of health units, as part of the Advanced CRCAH, and oversees the the university’s rich library and illness, the history of Medical Science research year CRC’s research direction holdings and rare books in medicine, health policy, and of the undergraduate medical and staff. Like all CRCs, the medical history, and digital medical anthropology in the course. As with previous CRCAH seeks to make links historical compendia of Health Practice subject of years, in 2005 a considerable between industry and research medical, dental, nursing and the undergraduate medical number of undergraduate and promotes research allied health history. curriculum. Key CHS staff have medical students worked with transfer – getting research Social Health Programs made a major contribution CHS supervisors on a variety findings into policy, practice to the revision of the Health of research projects, both The Social Health programs and service delivery. The Practice subject. This revised in Australia and overseas, are the key teaching University of Melbourne is one subject was rolled out in that covered the different programs of CHS. These are of the 12 core partners of the 2005 and has proved to be disciplinary approaches of the offered at undergraduate CRC for Aboriginal Health. successful in meeting its aims Centre. level through the Faculty’s of ensuring that the teaching Medical History Programs medical curriculum, and at Postgraduate of Health Practice is clinically The Centre for Health and postgraduate level through The Centre offers a relevant and fits coherently Society also includes the the School of Population comprehensive postgraduate into the curriculum. CHS Medical History Program. Health’s suite of postgraduate coursework program in staff continue to lead the This includes the Johnstone- programs. Although the Social Health that reflects development of the national Need Medical History Unit, Social Health programs focus the Centre’s unique framework for inclusion of the Medical History Museum, primarily on teaching, CHS interdisciplinary environment. Indigenous health into medical the Gateways to the History of staff have been successful in Within the Social Health curricula via the Committee Medicine, and the Australian achieving a teaching-research program, students can of Deans of Australian Witness to Science and nexus, that integrates key undertake a comprehensive Medical Schools (CDAMS) Medicine, a series of seminars components of their teaching interdisciplinary program, or project, which is examining aimed at contributing to within their research. This is choose streams in Ethics, and further developing the the public understanding of illustrated through a successful Medical Anthropology, inclusion of Aboriginal health science and medicine. The ARC Discovery Grant (Gillam, Aboriginal Health, or Health in the medical curricula of Medical History program Guillemin and Rosenthal) Care History. Following the Australian medical schools. is also responsible for the in 2005 that is focused on piloting of new curricula in CHS has the largest academic publication of the Health research ethics, and is drawn Aboriginal health through the program at the University in and History journal. The from teaching of research Public Health Education and Johnstone-Need Medical design and research ethics in Indigenous studies, and the Research Program (PHERP), History Unit (JNMHU), with the Social Health program. largest academic program in this curriculum has continued Professor Janet McCalman as medicine in Australia and over to be further developed. These its director, is the locus at the Undergraduate half the CHS is now focused innovations aim to fill gaps in University of Melbourne for the CHS staff members continue on our Indigenous program. the existing Master of Public study of the history of health, to play a major role in It is therefore well placed to Health curricula and draws disease, medicine, nursing, curriculum development, ensure that Aboriginal health broadly on social sciences/ and other areas of health care. subject coordination and is not only visible but is taught humanities theory and method It coordinates teaching and teaching in the University of as an integrated part of the to address issues in Aboriginal research for undergraduate Melbourne’s undergraduate curriculum. health. 33 CHS Higher Health Award for Excellence in CHS Staff Dr David Thomas Teaching and Learning. Degree Research Academic Staff Dr John Waller Marilys Guillemin and Lynn Dr Deborah Warr Completions 2005 Gillam received the prestigious Professor Ian Anderson PhD- University of Melbourne David – Director Professional Staff Clare Delany: Informed White Award for Excellence Dr Alison Brookes Viki Briggs consent: ethical theory, in Teaching and Learning, Ann Brothers Angela Clarke and were nominated for legal obligations, and the Dr Kyllie Cripps Sue Gielnik physiotherapy clinical the Australian Awards for Shaun Ewen Nicole McMillan encounter. University Teaching. Associate Professor John Judy Pryor – PA to CHS Rony Duncan: “Holding your Fitzgerald Director breath” predictive genetic testing in young people. Dr William Genat Doug Scobie – Manager, Centre for Health and Society Giuliana Fuscaldo: What is the Dr Lynn Gillam role of genes in determining Dr Marilys Guillemin – Deputy Helen Smallwood parenthood? Director Nicole Waddell Rosemary Mann: Look wide Dr Cecily Hunter Jane Yule – searching for health in the Tessa Keegel borderlands. Associate Professor Anthony Key Achievements LaMontagne Staff Dr Tania Lewis Marilys Guillemin was Dr Martha Macintyre promoted to Associate Professor Janet McCalman Professor. Johanna Monk John Waller was confirmed in Michael Otim his position as Lecturer Level B as recognition of his high Gregory Phillips achievements. Dr Priscilla Pyett Shaun Ewen was awarded Dr Therese Riley the School of Population Paul Stewart 34 KCWHS Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Women’s Health School of Population Health Department of Public Health annual Report 2005 The Key Centre for Women’s Health in education and advocacy in women’s health, Society, since its foundation in 1988, gender and society in Australia and the has been at the forefront of thinking, Asia-Pacific region. researching, teaching and disseminating The Key Centre’s work recognises that information about women’s health. women’s health and wellbeing is integral to The vision for the Key Centre is that it the health and wellbeing of their families will be the leading centre for research, and the whole community.

Overview staff had been members of Master of Public Health Doctor of Public Health 71 academic and professional (Coursework/Research A comprehensive Review Dorothy Akindele Depression committees. Report), 8 conducted in June 2005 and pathways to care: has confirmed that the Key The Review Team Master of Women’s Health Perceptions and experiences Centre for Women’s Health • Professor John Funder, (Coursework only), 8 of Australian mothers of in Society (KCWHS) is a Professorial Associate Master of Women’s Health young children in receipt of thriving hub of research and at the Centre for (Coursework, Japanese Government benefits. teaching excellence and Neuroscience, MDHS, The language), 8 Master of Women’s Health has undergone considerable University of Melbourne; Postgraduate Diploma of (Research Report) growth and change over the chair of team. Women’s Health, 6 past five years. The review • Associate Professor Susan Samia Baho Providing team, chaired by Professor Elliott, Associate Dean Undergraduate (12 month reproductive rights health John Funder, looked at the (Academic Programs) and enrolment spanning two promotion to resettling refugee performance of the centre Director, Faculty Education calendar years) women: An evaluation of the including: Unit, The University of Advanced Medical Science Family and Reproductive Rights Education Program • Academic activities and Melbourne. – University of Melbourne, 11 • Dr Cathy Mead, Executive (FARREP). interactions within the Officer of the Victorian Advanced Medical Science School of Population Theresia Citraningtyas Public Health Research – University of Indonesia, 7 Health; Educating young people and Education Council Research Students • The breadth and against sexual assault: A study • Professor Jenny Morgan, effectiveness of external completing Doctor of of the underlying ideas in Deputy Dean, Faculty of funding sources, and the Philosophy CASA’s educational sessions in Law, The University of financial management and secondary schools. Melbourne. Shelley Beer Chinese herbal viability of the Centre; Wahdini Hakim Psychological • Professor Sally Redman, medicine and the hot flush. • The Centre's collaborative health of international students Director of the Institute of Suzanne Belton Border of relationships with the in higher education: Factors Health Research, Sydney. fertility: unwanted pregnancy health professions, influencing Indonesian and fertility management by government, industry and Teaching and students at the University of Burmese women in Thailand. with local and international learning Melbourne. academic and other Lisa Donohue Postnatal Students Enrolled in Huong Thi Thu Tran Marital stakeholders; and debriefing did not relationship and emotional • The likely future direction KCWHS Courses improve health outcomes well being during pregnancy in and staffing of the Centre Postgraduate after operative birth: An Vietnam. investigation of possible as well as whether the Doctor of Philosophy, 35 Thi Kim Oanh Tran Listening Centre should continue to explanatory factors. Doctor of Public Health, 2 to female sex workers: operate as a Centre of The Bella Ellwood-Clayton When Understanding the factors Master of Women’s Health University of Melbourne. the land breeze and sea breeze that influence their safe sex (Research), 5 As part of the review process, were married: young women’s practices. Master of Medicine (Research), lived sexualities in Kalibo, the the Centre produced a report Master of Public Health which documented the visible 1 Central Philippines. and often invisible work of Master of Women’s Health Susan Peake Changing the (Research Report) staff. For example, in the (Coursework/Research subject: A sociology of the Caroline King Preconception period covered by the review, Report), 5 enacting self. counselling in general practice. 36 The Director of the Key worked for many years as a Centre for Women’s Health developmental psychologist in Society, Professor Doreen interested in various aspects Rosenthal, has always been of adolescence, I became vitally interested in issues aware of the real, potential linked to gender and health. risks to adolescents when of “The opportunity to direct the implications of this new a centre based on a social epidemic became clear,” model of women’s health was she says. “And that caused an extremely attractive one, me think about adolescent particularly at the University sexual behaviours and sexual of Melbourne and its newly practices, and their knowledge established School of about issues like HIV. I Population Health. became very concerned and “The School offered a great many immersed in the whole area.” possibilities because it provided “From this initial focus on HIV, I broadened opportunities to work with people from my work out into sexual health more different disciplines and areas of health that generally and became very concerned about I hadn’t worked with before.” ensuring that the outcomes of the research The HIV epidemic was the key impetus behind provided an evidence base for changing Professor Rosenthal’s career direction. “Having policy and practice.”

Dr Jamila Ali Mohamed The commercial sex workers with Advance Medical Science more than 10 years ago as a effects of programs against STD-related symptoms in Enrolments Graduate Diploma in Women’s Female Genital Mutilation in Makassar, Indonesia. Health for health professionals In July 2005, 14 AMS the Sudan: A literature review. and has evolved to provide a Raelene West Social students began studying at qualification at Master’s level. Angela Steele Maternal-fetal hierarchies of compensable KCWHS. This AMS cohort emotional attachment: A and non-compensable included seven students from The course was previously run comparison of teenage and disability: an ecological Universitas Indonesia who are by KCWHS in collaboration with adult women. perspective. enrolled in an international Melbourne University Private, Research Students Student Scholarships stream and are taught in and will continue in partnership with the School of Enterprise. commencing (external) & Awards English. The Centre offers a range of research options for Doctor of Philosophy Short Courses Adams, Karen Koori kids AMS students who are in the Riana Nugrahani Risk and otitis media prevention final year of the Bachelor of Harnessing the power of management of Tuberculosis in Victoria. NH&MRC 2004- Medical Science degree at the camera in the work place (transferred 2006 (transferred from Latrobe the University of Melbourne. Using film can unleash endless to Monash Dec 2005 with University). Students chose to study opportunities for researchers Federation Fellowship Project). Holton, Sarah To have or not topics from one of the five and teachers, and this theme Badri Panta Examining the to have? A study of Australian research themes: Chronic was explored at a one-day access and utilization of women’s childbearing disease & disability; Health & workshop (5 August 2005) with maternal health services: decisions. VicHealth 2005- welfare services; Mental health acclaimed Australian Filmmaker Attributes and determinants. 2006. & wellbeing; Reproductive Debra Kingsland. The workshop & sexual health; and Social Lukar Thornton Geographical Team, Victoria Care- “Using Film in Development, & economic inequalities in influences of health. giving experiences of Advocacy and Evaluation”, Russian-speaking women health. explained how to integrate the Anthony Williams Disability migrants. Doctor of Public Japanese Master of use of film into social action in Post-Secondary Education Health candidate: three projects and research. (converted from MPH Women’s Health year Postgraduate Equity Research August 2005). The first students to complete Unpacking narrative Scholarship. theory Sappaporn Wirattanapokin the Japanese-based Master’s Warren, Narelle together with Health promotion in diabetes Degree in Women’s Health How can narrative theory be Kate Bourne (Melbourne IVF), graduated in April in Oyama, type 2 patients. successfully applied to social Nicole Oke (Melbourne IVF), Japan, where the course was science research? This intriguing Doctor of Public Health were awarded the Counsellor’s taught in April by Associate question was explored and Victoria Team Care-giving prize at the 2005 Fertility Professor Jane Fisher, and in debated by over 50 participants experiences of Russian- Society of Australia Annual August by Drs Heather Rowe in a two-day workshop speaking women migrants. Meeting in Christchurch for the and Deborah Keys. (9-10 August 2005) run by Dr paper, ‘ “Wanted: woman who This course, taught by KCWHS Arthur Frank, an internationally Master of Women’s Health cares”: advertising for oocyte (Research) academics is unique in that it renowned author and academic donors.’ allows Japanese students to from the University of Calgary. Kuniko Ishihara What are the Williams, Anthony Disability be taught in English, via an Narrative is a highly valuable future needs of older Japanese in Post-Secondary Education. interpreter, in intensive blocks research tool, because it tells us war brides in Australia? Department of Human using teaching materials that about events and people both Sudirman Nasir The health Services Disability Plan have been translated into in qualitative and quantitative seeking behaviour of female Scholarship 2005-2007. Japanese. The program began ways. 37 Exploring social study of the provision of risk the government’s National Associate Professor Jane determinants of health management information to Committee for Population Fisher, as part of professional women at high genetic risk of Families and Children and by collaboration, visited the Community health managers, breast cancer & A qualitative UNICEF. This was followed in Department of Psychiatry, the policy makers and researchers study of screening practices June by a visit by Associate Chinese University of Hong were among the 24 people and breast cancer risk. Professor Fisher and Professor Kong, and the Department of who attended the social National Health and Medical Psychiatry, the University of determinants of health short Doreen Rosenthal to Hanoi to Reading, UK. She then spent course held at KCWHS. The Research Council Research contribute to the first technical two weeks at WHO Geneva on course (6-10 June 2005) was Training Fellowship, 2005-2008 workshop on mental health of facilitated by internationally $132,000. mothers and young children. collaborative maternal mental renowned academics Keys, D. Motherhood and As a result, the University health activities. Professor Ichiro Kawachi homelessness: Homeless, of Melbourne now has a In August Drs Heather Rowe and Associate Professor young, pregnant and parenting formal partnership with the and Deborah Keys presented S V Subramanian from the women. Telstra Foundation Training Centre for Community papers at a Japan-Australia Harvard School of Public 2005-2006 $60,000. Development in Hanoi for Women’s Health Symposium improving primary mental Health, as well as Associate Mallett, S. Intervening early: held at the Tokyo Women’s health care among mothers Professor Anne Kavanagh and Vulnerable young people, Medical University Japan. and very young children. Dr Milica Markovic, School of families and community. Ms Lynne Norazit, a lecturer Population Health. Participants VicHealth Public Health Professor Doreen Rosenthal and linguist in the Department were able to glean a deeper Research Fellowship. 2005- was in Geneva Switzerland in of English Language at the understanding of the social 2009 - $500,000. April-May to meet with senior University of Malaya, visited and economic circumstances WHO officials regarding ongoing Manderson, L. Extending KCWHS from August to influencing health and take collaboration, and to attend the Emotional and Lifestyle November. She has a special part in hands-on workshops the Board of the Bertarelli Impact of Type 2 Diabetes interest in communication in exploring multilevel and Foundation, to discuss research Pilot Project: Exploring the health and is working with qualitative research methods. in infertility and reproductive association between diabetes Professor Lenore Manderson health education. Solving Breastfeeding and depression in rural Italians, on the language of coping in Problems Asians and Anglo-Australians. In April-May Professor the RESILIENCE project. Lenore Manderson visited Sixty participants attended beyondblue: the national Visiting from Khon Kaen Myanmar and Malaysia to this jointly run half-day depression initiative. 2005- University, Thailand, during further Federation fellowship seminar presented by Dr Lisa 2006 $58,868. September to December to collaborations. Amir, Key Centre Lecturer, Rosenthal, D. & Mallett, S. work with the Federation and Dr Jenny James from Project i follow-on research Dr Lorraine Greaves, Fellowship Project on research the Royal Women’s Hospital analysis. Office of Housing, British Columbia Centre for and training activities were: (8 September 2005). Topics Department of Human Excellence in Women’s Health Professor Siriporn Chirawatkul included breast infections, Services. 2005, $40,000 Canada, visited KCWHS Dr Nuttaset Manimmanakorn clinical guidelines for in April 2005 to discuss Ms Pranee Pongrua breastfeeding problems and Major international common areas of interest and Ms Pensri Rukwong tongue tie. exchanges collaboration. Ms Boonsurb Sosome. Research In January Professor Lenore Following Dr Shelley Ms Siman Shelley, MA Manderson visited Vietnam, Mallett’s visit to Los Angeles candidate from the University New Grants received Myanmar and Laos to teach USA in February, Project i of Denver, USA, spent Fisher, JRW, Rowe, H. and to further Federation collaborators at UCLA, Center September-November working Mothers, fathers and fellowship collaborations. for Community Health, Mary with the Federation Fellowship Jane Rotheram-Borus and project. newborns: Preventing distress In February 2005 Dr Judith Norweeta G Milburn, also and promoting confidence. Fitzpatrick from the University In September Professor Lenore visited the Centre in June. Australian Government of California USA arrived Manderson was an invited Department of Family and to spend two weeks on Dr Elizabeth Bennett travelled speaker on disability and Community Services, 2005- collaborative work with to Thailand and Laos in chronic illness at the Global 2008, $481,000. Professor Manderson. Dr June to carry out Federation Forum for Health Research, Fisher JRW, Rosenthal DA. Fitzpatrick has worked Fellowship research training Mumbai, India. Improving maternal mental previously in Australia at the and collaborative activities. Dr Bhensri Naemiratch health in Vietnam. The Myer University of Queensland, Professor Ichiro Kawachi travelled to Canada and Foundation Beyond Australia specialising in medical & Assistant Professor SV Thailand during September- Scheme, 2005-2006 $34,000. anthropology research in the Subramanian from Harvard November to participate in Kavanagh, A. Local Torres Strait Islands. University spent five days at various research activities environments, physical activity In March Professor Lenore the Centre in June, presenting for the Federation fellowship and diet: A research translation Manderson visited University at two short courses and program. project involving local of Witswatersrand South working on joint projects In April-May Professor government. Department of Africa as visiting professor at with Associate Professor Lenore Manderson visited Human Services grant, 2005- the School of Public Health, Anne Kavanagh, including Myanmar and Malaysia to 2006, $79,959. to conduct PhD & research participation in the launch further Federation fellowship Kavanagh, A. The Australian supervision and to develop of the Australian Health collaborations. Inequalities Program. Health Inequities Program. research protocols. In September a delegation of NHMRC Population Health Associate Professor Jane In July Professor Lenore eight high-level government Capacity Building Grant, (with Fisher visited Hanoi Vietnam Manderson was the invited health officials from the Flinders University) 2005-2009, in March to present at the keynote speaker to the Sexo People’s Republic of Korea $658,501 share (total grant country’s first conference on conference, Montreal Canada. (North) visited KCWHS for a $2,444,000). the mental health of mothers From August to September two-hour seminar presenting Keogh, L. A qualitative and children organized by while on long study leave, Key Centre research on 38 Mr Li Jinfeng, Deputy Director General, Anhui Provincial Public Health Department, People’s Republic of China, is pictured with Professor Doreen Rosenthal (centre) and Associate Professor Jane Fisher during a workshop at the Key Centre.

women’s health issues, as longitudinal study of young National Women’s Health • What happens to women part of a reproductive health homeless people in Melbourne Conference who seek medical attention study tour organised by Marie and Los Angeles. Twelve centre staff and for painful periods and Stopes International. The booklet was reprinted students presented at the heavy bleeding? Dr Milica Markovic and Ms with assistance from the 5th National Women’s Health Australian Health Narelle Warren travelled Department of Human Conference in Melbourne in Inequities Program to Malaysia in November Services Office of Housing and April. for workshops, research the Besen Family Foundation. One of KCWHS’s largest Topics covered in the 12 research projects – the collaborations and to Getting Out is available at different presentations rd five-year Australian Health attend the 3 Asia & Pacific www.kcwhs.unimelb.edu.au/ included: Conference for Sexual & Inequities Program (AHIP) news/Getting%20out.pdf • Do women adapt differently – had its Melbourne launch Reproductive Health. to having a chronic illness Maternal Mental Health in June 2005 at VicHealth by In December a delegation or disability? Professor Ichiro Kawachi, from of 18 high-level government report • How does gender affect the Harvard School of Public health officials from Anhui A longstanding partnership diagnosis, access to care, Health. Province, the People’s between KCWHS and Tweddle treatment and adaptation Republic of China, visited Child and Family Services to chronic health problems AHIP is a five-year, $2.4 KCWHS for a two-hour in Footscray was further and depression? million NHMRC funded seminar presenting Key Centre strengthened with release • Are new mothers who have project addressing social and research on women’s health of the report “Building an had fertility treatment more economic determinants of issues, as part of a family evidence base for practice in likely to have parenting health. The joint University of planning and sexual health early parenting centres” in problems? Melbourne/Flinders University study tour organised by Besco April 2005. • What are the project comprises a Melbourne Enterprises. Written by KCWHS unacknowledged and Adelaide team. Two new psychosocial aspects staff, Rebecca Bentley and Community activities researchers, Drs Jane Fisher and Heather Rowe, the report of donor-assisted Lyndal Thomas, have been Getting Out – young includes a systematic review of conception? appointed to the Melbourne people’s true stories the literature and a follow-up • Do women really give team. They, along with informed consent for chief investigator Associate Getting Out – a moving study of 79 women admitted prenatal genetic testing? Professor Anne Kavanagh, collection of true stories by to residential programs at • How do women cope with will work in collaboration with eight young homeless people Tweddle. Their work reveals hospitalisation for serious Flinders University colleagues was launched in March 2005 generally poor physical and pregnancy complications? mental health among mothers Professor Fran Baum, at the Council to Homeless • Do men who are caring for People. Welfare agencies, with unsettled babies. Professor Andrew Beer and sick or disabled loved ones Professor Sue Richardson. youth workers and school The report’s publication also have a different approach For more information about nurses are among the scores generated considerable media to women carers? AHIP go to http://www. of professionals and groups interest with national and • Antenatal care for within Australia and overseas international coverage. A copy immigrant women: is kcwhs.unimelb.edu.au/AHIP_ who have welcomed its of the executive summary shared care a better summary.jpg publication. is available on our website, option? Or read the feature on AHIP in The booklet draws on http://www.kcwhs.unimelb. • What are young women’s Uninews at http://uninews. qualitative data from edu.au/news/tweddle_ pathways in and out of unimelb.edu.au/articleid_ Project i, the international executive.pdf homelessness? 2582.html 39 Staff Joint Lecturer with Bhensri Naemiratch, BSc Fumi Horiguchi, BMed Tokyo Melbourne Institute of Asian KMITL (Thailand) PhD UQ WmMed-College PhD Keio Director and Professor of Languages and Society Lyndal Thomas, BSc Monash Women’s Health Senior Fellows with the title Andrea Whittaker, BA Qld. Doreen Rosenthal, AO BA VicHealth Public Health Senior Lecturer PhD Qld. (maternity leave) Melb. PhD Melb. FASSA Research Fellow Wendy Holmes, MB BS Lond. Senior Research Fellow Shelley Mallett, BAppSc MSc Lond. Professor Elizabeth Bennett, MTropHlth LaTrobe BA LaTrobe PhD Julie Pallant, BA JCU PhD Lenore Manderson, Qld. PhD Melb. LaTrobe Monash GCertAppSc BA(AsianSt) ANU PhD ANU Swinburne FASSA (Australian Research Research Fellows Community Liaison Officer Julie Thacker, BSc W.Aust. Council Federation Fellow) Sari Andajani-Sutjahjo, BA Amanda Tattam, BA UGM MA SFSU PhD Melb. (Journalism) Monash RN PhD ANU GDipEd Curtin Associate Professors *Rebecca Bentley, BBSc UCLES/RSA CLEFLA Lond. Research Assistants Jane Fisher, BSc Qld. PhD LaTrobe Godfrey Woelk, BSc(Soc) Claudine Chionh, BA Melb. Melb. Louise Keogh, BSc W.Aust. MCommH PhD Wash. Lauren Matheson, BA Calg. Anne Kavanagh, MB BS MA Monash PhD LaTrobe Fellow with the title Lecturer MWH Melb. Flinders PhD ANU FAFPHM Deborah Keys, BA Deakin PhD Adele Murdolo, BA LaTrobe Carolyn Nickson, BA LaTrobe Lecturers LaTrobe PhD LaTrobe GDipEpi&Biostat Melb. Lisa Amir, MB BS Monash Tania King, BA Melb. BSc Narelle Warren, BA (Hons) / General Staff MMed Melb. IBCLC Melb. BSc ANU PhD Candidate Melb Mridula Bandyopadhyay, Maggie Kirkman, BA Melb. Manager BSc Calc. MSc Poona MPhil PhD LaTrobe Honorary Appointments Felice Rocca, BA Melb. IIPSBombay PhD CityHK CPS Milica Markovic, BSoc Belgrade Principal Fellows with the Postgraduate Programs IIPSBombay MSoc Belgrade PhD Qld. title Associate Professor Administrator Heather Rowe, BA LaTrobe RoseAnne Misajon, BA BSc Julie Cwikel, BSW Hebrew Jennifer Sievers, BInfMan PhD Melb. Deakin PhD Deakin MSW Mich. PhD Mich. Monash

Health resource for Staff farewells Journal. This on-line, peer re-elected as secretary of review journal with BioMed the Australian Society of homeless young people Federation Fellow and former Central can be found at www. Psychosocial Obstetrics and Young homeless people have Director of KCWHS, Professor internationalbreastfeeding Gynaecology and has been a new resource to help with Lenore Manderson and journal.com. Dr Amir has also appointed a member of the surviving on the street. her project team moved to been awarded an NHMRC International Breastfeeding ‘674 – A pocket guide to Monash University at the end Health Professional Fellowship Journal editorial board. keeping well on the street’ was of 2005. Dr Milica Markovic, and will be taking extended launched by VicHealth CEO Dr Roseanne Misajon, Dr leave from the centre to take Conference & public Dr Rob Moodie in October. Bhensri Naemiratch, Ms up the fellowship at LaTrobe presentations 2005 Kathleen Nolan and Ms The pocket guide contains University; her study will focus Narelle Warren are now in the KAVANAGH AM, Agius P. In or up to date information on on breastfeeding. safe use of injecting drugs, Department of Psychology, out of shape: Weight, fitness Hepatitis C, mental health, Psychiatry and Psychological Dr Jane Fisher has been and weight control practices of sexually transmitted infections, Medicine where Professor promoted to Associate lesbian and bisexual Australian contraception and pregnancy, Manderson has taken up a Professor. She was also women. Health in Difference plus a list of places where new position, heading the elected President of the Conference, Melbourne, young people can get help. Social Sciences and Health Australasian Marcé Society for January. Designed for use by services Research Unit. the period 2007-09. MANDERSON L. Chronic who come into contact with One member of the team, Dr Associate Professor Anne illness and disability in homeless young people, ‘674’ Sari Andajani-Sutjahjo left in Kavanagh is a member of the Southeast Asia and Australia, has been distributed to key November 2005 to return to Commonwealth Government Exploring issues of health and locations in Melbourne and Indonesia. Australian Screening Advisory well-being of older people and beyond. Committee Working Group their families in resource-poor Dr Mridula Bandyopadhyay on Monitoring and Evaluation settings, Invited paper, Burnet The production of the booklet resigned from the teaching staff and Chair of the BreastScreen Institute, Monash University, was made possible with a in June 2005 to take up a new Victoria Research and 10 February. grant from the Ian Potter position in Darwin. Foundation and, due to Evaluation Committee. MARKOVIC M. Immigrant Ms Brooke Roach, the former popular demand, the State Dr Maggie Kirkman edited women and antenatal care. Personal Assistant to Professor Department of Human (with Heather Grace Jones) Transcultural nursing: Caring Rosenthal, left in February Services, Office of Housing, ‘Sperm wars’ (2005) The rights for people of diverse cultural 2005 to take up a position in assisted with a reprint. and wrongs of reproduction and linguistic backgrounds, the State Government Public ABC Books; Sydney Royal Melbourne Institute of As part of a commitment by Service. Key Centre researchers to paperback, 316pp, 2005. Technology, 10 February. Ms Jan Watson, the former involve and engage services Professor Doreen Rosenthal AMIR, L. Nasal carriage of Community Liaison/Research that assist young people at and Dr Shelley Mallett Staphylococcus aureus in Translation Officer, also left risk of homelessness, the (leading the Melbourne women with mastitis: A case- in February for a position in launch was held at Frontyard, research team) received a control study. Perinatal Society the State Government Public a service for young people in SPH special commendation of Australia and New Zealand, Service. central Melbourne. for excellence in research Adelaide, March. For more information, go to Staff achievements achievement for Project i KEYS, D. Making a Place www.kcwhs.unimelb.edu.au/ Dr Lisa Amir has been – a study of homelessness in to Belong: Homeless news/reports/674.pdf appointed Editor-in-Chief of Melbourne and Los Angeles. young people, support, International Breastfeeding Dr Heather Rowe has been accommodation and 40 Personal Assistant to the Claudine Chionh joined Katie Symes is Personal studies. She previously Director KCWHS in October to work Assistant to the Director, worked in adolescent health Katie Symes, BA Melb with Associate Professor Professor Doreen Rosenthal. and as a statistical consultant Personal Assistant to the Anne Kavanagh on the Katie completed her Bachelor in medical and other areas of Federation Fellow VicLanes project – a project of Dramatic Art (Sound research. Kathleen Nolan Dip T Melb. that aims to explore the Design) at the Victorian Amanda Tattam is the Grad Dip Ed NMIT impact of the neighbourhood College of the Arts (University Centre’s Community Liaison/ environment on physical of Melbourne) in 2000. As New Staff Research Translation Officer activity and food purchasing. well as working extensively (0.5 EFT) with responsibility Rebecca Bentley is a She is also completing a as a Sound Designer, Katie for the public and media Research Fellow with the Master of Public Health at the has worked as a Project profile of KCWHS and Australian Health Inequities University of Melbourne. Manager and Administrative ensuring that research Program. Rebecca is working Lauren Matheson is the Assistant within various arts findings are distributed widely on her PhD on socio-cultural Research Co-ordinator with organisations. to key audiences. Amanda determinants of contraception the research trial of the early Lyndal Thomas is a Research has worked as a news use, supervised by Associate parenting program ‘Mothers, Fellow with the Australian reporter and editor for 18 Professor Anne Kavanagh and Fathers and Newborns: Health Inequities Program. years in Australia and the UK, Professor Anthony Smith of the preventing distress and She also works on the covering health, education Australian Research Centre in promoting confidence’, Adolescent Health and Social and industrial relations. Her Sex, Health and Society. Before known as PEPP. Lauren’s Environments Program, at the work has been published joining the Centre, Rebecca background includes working Centre for Adolescent Health, in numerous general and worked at the Australian with NGOs in sexual health Royal Children’s Hospital. specialist newspapers, Institute of Health and Welfare education, reproductive Lyndal is working on her PhD magazines and books. in the Disease Registers Unit. health research and resource- on handling missing data in poor settings. longitudinal epidemiological exclusion. Invited presentation. KAVANAGH AM. Gender and Women’s Health Conference: perspectives of chronic Homelessness and Exclusion social disadvantage. Fifth Reflecting on Gender, disease and disability, Forum, Council to Homeless Australian Women’s Health Melbourne, April. Rehabilitation session, Persons, Victoria, Melbourne, Conference: Reflecting on WARREN N. Being believed: International Conference on March. Gender, Melbourne, April. Gender and the search for Health Sciences: Partnership MANDERSON L. The absent KIRKMAN M. Branches on diagnosis; Chronic disease, in Health Care: Lessons learnt breast: how women speak the family tree: A method for disability, and gender session. and future challenges, Petaling of their bodies after surgery. conceptualising relationships Fifth Australian Women’s Jaya, Malaysia, 7 May. Public lecture, School of Public for parties to donor-assisted Health Conference: Reflecting MANDERSON L. Resilience Health, Faculty of Health conception, confronting the on Gender, Melbourne, April. and social support in Sciences, and Department evidence, Fifth Australian AMIR L. Nipple and Malaysian communities, of Surgery, University of the Women’s Health Conference: breast pain: Candida or Rehabilitation session, Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Reflecting on Gender, staphylococcal infection? New International Conference on South Africa, 16 March. Melbourne, April. Zealand Lactation Consultants Health Sciences: Partnership KEYS, D. Making a Place to MALLETT S, ROSENTHAL D. Annual Conference, Auckland in Health Care: Lessons belong: Practice Issues. Invited Young women’s pathways into 12-15 May. learnt and future challenges, presentation. Victorian Youth and out of homelessness. Fifth AMIR L. Into the mouths Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, Refuge Forum, Melbourne Australian Women’s Health of babes: the influence of 7 May. April. Conference: Reflecting on the baby’s oral anatomy on MARKOVIC M. Motherhood BENNETT E. Through the Gender, Melbourne, April. breastfeeding. New Zealand interrupted: Pregnancy Gender Lens: Women, Men MANDERSON L, ANDAJANI- Lactation Consultants Annual complications among and Degenerative Disease. SUTJAHJO S In sickness and Conference, Auckland 12-15 Australian women. Fifth Australian Women’s health: The gendered work of May. Reproductive Disruptions Health Conference: Reflecting care. Fifth Australian Women’s AMIR L. Does smoking Conference, Michigan on Gender, Melbourne, April. Health Conference: Reflecting interfere with breastfeeding? University, USA, Ann Arbor, on Gender, Melbourne, April. 19–22 May. Hammarberg K, FISHER A review of the evidence. New JRW & ROWE H. The impact MARKOVIC M. Gynaecological Zealand Lactation Consultants AMIR L. Reliability of the of infertility and assisted cancer and immigrant women. Annual Conference, Auckland Hazelbaker Assessment conception on postpartum Fifth Australian Women’s 12-15 May. Tool International Lactation psychological functioning at Health Conference: Reflecting FISHER JRW. Burnout in Consultant Association Annual 3 months. Fifth Australian on Gender, Melbourne, April. health professionals. Invited Conference, Chicago USA, Women’s Health Conference: ROSENTHAL D, MALLETT S. Public Lecture. Japanese July. Reflecting on Gender, Young women, homelessness Women’s Medical University MANDERSON L. Social and Melbourne, April. and sexual health: Trajectories Hospital, 2 May. cultural perspectives on female FISHER JRW, Hammarberg over time. Fifth Australian FISHER JRW. Perinatal mental sexual dysfunction. Invited K, Baker HWG. Assisted Women’s Health Conference: health and the effectiveness of plenary paper, World Sexology conception: a risk factor Reflecting on Gender, early parenting interventions. Congress, Montreal, Canada, for admission to a private Melbourne, April. Invited Public Lecture. 15-21 July. hospital mother-baby unit? , ROWE HJ, FISHER JRW, School of Midwifery, Kitosato MANDERSON L. Quality of life Confronting the Evidence. Fifth Quinlivan J. Psychological University, Tokyo, 6 May. and wellbeing, the Australian Australian Women’s Health implications of informed MANDERSON L. Extending Social Policy Conference, Conference: Reflecting on decisions in prenatal genetic research partnerships for University of New South Gender, Melbourne, April. screening. Fifth Australian health: Social science Wales, Sydney, 20-22 July. 41 Mapping social determinants of health: Researchers on the Australian Health Inequities Program and VicLANES, the Victorian Lifestyle and Neighbourhood Environment Study, Associate Professor Anne Kavanagh (left), Tania King, Lyndal Thomas and Rebecca Bentley. Picture: Uni News

FISHER JRW. When parenting ROWE HJ. Dilemmas in Lee D, FISHER JRW. Ritualised of multiple gestation and goes wrong. Invited keynote prenatal genetic screening postpartum care and maternal birth. Invited presentation presentation. Australian as routine pregnancy care. mental health. Biennial to the Bertarelli Foundation Society for Psychosocial Sixth Meeting of the Japanese Conference of the Australasian sponsored Meeting on Obstetrics and Gynaecology Society of Women’s Health. Marcé Society, Melbourne, Multiple Gestation, Melbourne, Annual Conference, Japanese and Australian September. November. Melbourne, August. Symposium of Women’s MANDERSON L, Omar MANDERSON L, Chou, FISHER JRW. Health and Health. Tokyo Women’s Z. Social and structural WARREN N. Social and social circumstances of Medical University, 21 August. dimensions of dependency, medical predictors of mothers and infants admitted Lam M, Quinlivan J and ROWE participation and social adaptation to amputation: to Masada Private Hospital HJ. Can Teenage Mothers exclusion among people A qualitative exploration, Mother Baby Unit: effects Make an Informed Decision with mobility impairments, International Society of of admission on mother and Regarding Down Syndrome Peninsular Malaysia, prosthetics and Othotics infant. Invited academic lecture Screening? Australian society Conference of the Global Annual Conference, Sydney, Department of Psychiatry, for Psychosocial Obstetrics Forum for Health Research, 2-5 November. Chinese University of Hong and Gynaecology. Annual Mumbai, India, 15-22 MANDERSON L. My September. Kong, 26 August. Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, experience is fairly typical: FISHER JRW. Is assisted August. AMIR, L. Nasal carriage disruptive gynaecological conception associated with Hammarberg K, FISHER J and of Staphylococcus aureus symptoms and women’s early parenting difficulties? ROWE HJ. The Experience in women with mastitis: A search for diagnosis, 3rd Invited academic lecture of Childbirth after Assisted case-control study Academy Asia Pacific Conference on Department of Obstetrics Conception. Australian Society of Breastfeeding Medicine, Reproductive and Sexual and Gynaecology, Chinese for Psychosocial Obstetrics Annual Meeting, Denver, USA, Health, Petaling Jaya, University of Hong Kong, 19 and Gynaecology. Annual October. Malaysia, 17 November. August. Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, MANDERSON L. KIRKMAN, M. A response KEYS, D. Young Women August. Sociodemographic, cultural to the Victorian Law Reform and HIV/Aids in Japan. Sixth FISHER JRW, Hammarberg K, and linguistic factors Commission position paper Meeting of the Japanese Baker G. Assisted conception: influencing access to services on Surrogacy. Community Society of Women’s Health. a risk factor for admission to for women’s health, Diversity in forum, Access to Surrogacy in Japanese and Australian a private mother baby unit. Health Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, convened by the Love Symposium on Women’s Biennial Conference of the 19 October. Makes A Family campaign Health, Tokyo Medical Australasian Marcé Society, FISHER JRW. Psychological (Fertility Access Rights Lobby), University, Tokyo, August. Melbourne, September. and social implications South Yarra, 14 December. 42 PEU Program Evaluation Unit School of Population Health Department of Public Health annual Report 2005 The Program Evaluation Unit is a health of the community through multidisciplinary organisation, the research and evaluation activities core business of which is health that advance knowledge about services research. Its staff have health programs and address expertise in program evaluation, relevant issues productively health economics, economic and flexibly, and to improve the evaluation, epidemiology, community’s ability to evaluate social sciences and research health programs through methodology, and many have methodological development, clinical backgrounds. The mission exemplary practice and a varied of the PEU is to contribute to the program of teaching and training.

2005 highlights • The two short courses GDipHEcEval Monash Michael Otim, in Health Program Margaret Kelaher, BSc(Psych) GDipEc Newcastle, • PEU’s externally earned Evaluation continue to NSW PhD NSW PGradDipHlthEc&Evln Monash, income in 2005 was $3.6 attract enrolments from Cathrine Mihalopoulos, BBSc BSc (Hons) Makerere University, million ($1.9M to PEU). health professionals. Monash GDipEcSt Monash Uganda, MEcon Monash These figures represent a Each course ran three 50% increase on 2004 and a PGDipHlthEc&Eval Monash Cathy Segan, BA (Hons) workshops during 2005 Melbourne. PhD LaTrobe 100% increase on 2003. with 38 and 29 participants Senior Lecturer Andrew Stewart, BA respectively. The short Steve Crowley, BAppSc • Publication numbers in Swinburne 2005 were very good with course in Environmental Curtin MSc York MBA Monash Theonie Tacticos, BBus 27 articles published and Health Services evaluation GDipDietit Deakin was held twice in 2005. Monash GDipCommDevt RMIT one book chapter plus 25 Research Fellow, PhD technical or other reports. The two-day short course Tay, Kuisiang, BPharm (Hons) Student Refereed publications rose in Program Evaluation for Monash. MPubHlth (HlthEco) Susan Day, BA Deakin, BSW by 50% compared with 2004. DoHA policy makers and Melbourne program managers in the Melbourne, GradDipEval. Ting-Fang, Sophy (Shih), BS • Four NHMRC project Commonwealth Department Melbourne, MA Monash CMC (Taiwan), MPH Tulane applications were successful. of Health and Ageing is Research Fellows (USA), DrPH Melbourne • A/Prof Rob Carter was coordinated and taught by Stephen Colgan, BNurs Deakin awarded the School of Lecturers Helen Jordan and ran four Hons Monash Population research award times in 2005. Helen Jordan, BSc Melbourne. (open category). Peter Feldman, BA (Hons) Uni GDipEd Melbourne. GDipEpi & of Tasmania • Rosemary McKenzie and Staff Biostat Melbourne Alan Headey, BA (Hons), Lucio Naccarella were Jenni Livingston, BSc Associate Professor and Head (Double Major Psychology), short-listed finalist in the David Dunt, MB BS Melbourne. MEd Melbourne. 2005 Victorian Public Uni of Queensland Melbourne. MAPrelim LaTrobe DipEd Melbourne Health Awards, receiving a Sally Kingsland, BAS, ANU. Research Assistant certificate of achievement FFPHM PhD Monash BSc (Hons) ANU. MPH for the Evaluation of the Well Associate Professor and (Ongoing) Melbourne Sarity Dodson, BSc (Hons for Life Initiative, 2005. Deputy Head Fay Kohn, Dip Primary Teaching Psychology) Melbourne • Very large numbers (200) Rob Carter, BA (Hons) Macq. (Deakin) Grad Dip TESOL Deakin Bree Rankin, BCom Melbourne Michelle Williamson, BHlthSc of MPH students from both MAdmSt ANU GDipEpi&PopH MA Deakin DED Melbourne (Hons) LaTrobe The University of Melbourne ANU PhD Monash Rosemary McKenzie, and other universities BA Monash MPH Curtin PEU Manager Associate Professor and in the Consortium of PGDipHlthProm Curtin Tracey Mayhew Victorian universities take Assistant Head Marjory Moodie, BA (Hon) Administrative Officer our postgraduates units Jane Pirkis, BA (Hons) Melbourne. DipEd Melbourne. in program evaluation and Joy Yeadon Uni of Tas, MPsych Uni of DipTRP Melbourne. DrPH health economics. Fifteen Administrative Assistant Tas, MAppEpi ANU, PhD Melbourne. MPH students completed Melbourne Elizabeth Gwynne their research reports in Belinda Morley, BA Monash Honorary Appointments program evaluation and Senior Research Fellows Lucio Naccarella, BSc (Hon) health economics. There are Andrew Dalton, BEc Monash Adel. GDipMHS(Transcult) Honorary Fellow & PhD 21 Higher Degree students. MEc Monash DipEd Monash Melbourne Student 44 The Director of the Program But it’s about making a Evaluation Unit, Associate difference, it’s about getting Professor David Dunt, the products of research into has always been deeply the delivery of services.” interested in the health Pursuing these goals services area. “Going back to takes him into potentially medical school when I found challenging territory: “I that there was a complete work in that area between absence of thinking about university and governments.” public health and an equally The unit’s work includes great need to be thinking public health epidemiology, about how services perform health law, and health and function. economics. The latter “That has long changed translates to “getting the regarding public health but it has only more most value for the public health dollar”. recently changed in the health services “We are spending almost 10 percent of our area, so that’s why I have a passionate level of GDP on health services, but we spend an interest in how health services perform,” absolutely tiny amount on the R&D of it,” he says. he says. “And that really is my fundamental “Ultimately it’s not just about doing ‘clever’ focus – researching the delivery of public research. Clever research is very important. health programs and services.”

Sonja Hood, BA Melbourne teaching and research training Evaluation in Program Design ACE obesity: Laparoscopic MSc, MSc Pennsylvania State opportunities within the Master taught by Jenni Livingston Adjustable Gastric Banding University of Public Health, the Doctor of attracted eight MPH and Surgery for the management Penny Mitchell, BSc (Hons 1) Public Health and the Doctor two doctoral students in its of obese adolescents of Philosophy degrees the PEU first offering in semester 2. (Supervisor: M Moodie). Psych UNSW, MPH USyd provides specialised short This subject was developed Claire Boardman, Cost- Honorary Fellow courses for clients outside the through funding from the Effectiveness Analysis of Michelle Haby, BAppSc university. Highlights from the Public Health Education and Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis (Exercise & Sports Sciences) 2005 year include: Research Program Innovations in Selected Orthopaedic Uni of SA MAppSc (Exercise & Master of Public Health Grant (Supervisor: A Dalton). Sports Sciences) Uni of Syd. The number of students in Our subject provided for the Chien Shern Jonathan Chew, Margaret Kelaher’s Methods PhD (Medicine) Uni of Syd Victorian Consortium of Public An economic analysis of the in Evaluating Health Services Health, Health Economics Singaporean Health System as Learning and increased to 8 students whilst and Program Evaluation a model for developing East Health Program Evaluation 1 Teaching introduces health economics Asian Nations (Supervisor: S (Jenni Livingston) attracted The PEU offers graduate health and economic evaluation and Crowley) 29 students, Health Program professionals the opportunity health program evaluation Evaluation 2 (David Dunt, Susan Garner, Evaluation to pursue further study for students from Deakin Margaret Kelaher and Protocol for a South Australian through both course work or University, La Trobe University, Rosemary McKenzie) had 12 Chronic Disease Management research higher degrees, and Monash University and the students, and Health Services Program (Supervisor: D Dunt). professional short courses. University of Melbourne. Research (David Dunt) had 4 Anggia Ismaini, Needs Many of the subjects offered Rob Carter and Cathy Segan students. assessment for an Oral Health coordinated each section, with by the PEU in these courses Program for Indonesian David Dunt, Margaret Kelaher, In the health economics/ are now available in both on- adolescents (Supervisor: J Rosemary McKenzie, Cathy economic evaluation field, campus mode and off-campus Livingston). distance mode, with students Mihalopoulos, Steve Crowley, Health Economics (Cathy able to choose traditional Marj Moodie, Lucio Naccarella, Mihalopoulos) attracted 8 Andrea Jasper, Evaluation semester length format or Michael Otim and Andrew students, Economic Evaluation of the inpatient diabetes care block mode of two to three Dalton providing lectures 1 (Steve Crowley) had 11 coordinator component of the days as their preferred study and tutorials. There were 94 students, and Economic North East Diabetes Service mode as well. students enrolled in this class. Evaluation 2 (Steve Crowley (Supervisor: J Livingston). and Rob Carter) had 6 These subjects have been Second only to the Ana Jerak, An economic students. developed for health epidemiology and biostatistics evaluation of drug-eluting professionals working specialisation in numbers During 2005 15 students stents (Supervisor: A Dalton). in government, health within the Master of Public completed their two semester Joanne Jordan, Capturing services and health support Health, the PEU offers a range Research Project in either the impact of chronic disease organisations who want to take of subjects, with largely stable Health Economics/Economic self management programs: a leadership role in the fields numbers in the established Evaluation or Health Program Does the transition question of economic evaluation, health subjects and growing numbers Evaluation. reflect the classical pre-post economics, health program in the newly introduced These students completed assessment? (Supervisor: R evaluation or health services subjects. their studies in the following Osborne). research. In the health program topics: Natalia Elisabeth Machava, In addition to specialist evaluation field in 2005, Using Jaithri Ananthapavan, An Evaluation Protocol for an 45 AIDS program in Mozambique have all since taken up new Environmental Health Health and Ageing (Supervisor: J Livingston). positions of employment. Services Evaluation Postgraduate Studies Program Margaret MacDonald, One new student was The short course in Intensive family therapy welcomed to the program. Environmental Health Services The Health and Ageing intervention for obese children: Periodic meetings of the Evaluation incorporates a Postgraduate Studies Assessing cost effectiveness in students were held to allow summary of the material Program (HAPS) was a course obesity project (Supervisor: M opportunities for networking contained within the module developed for employees of Moodie). and discussion. The review in Environmental Health the Australian Department Robyn Minty, Juice bars of the Doctor of Public Health Services Evaluation developed of Health and Ageing in schools, healthy or not? program has been put on by Helen Jordan of the PEU (DoHA). The Program, in A proactive evaluation of a hold pending the outcome of in collaboration with other its final year in 2005, was possible health promotion the university-wide Growing institutions across Victoria, and delivered by a consortium of program (Supervisor: J Esteem review of its courses funded by the Public Health Universities across Australia. Livingston). and subjects. Education and Research PEU offered three subjects Program. within the Health and Ageing Rebecca Smithers, The Short Courses Postgraduate Program: Investigation of factors Two short courses were held Health Program Program Evaluation (biennially) influencing the success of in 2005, both in Brisbane. The Evaluation and Health Economics and Pulmonary Rehabilitation first was held in collaboration The two short courses in Economic Evaluation and programs in Australia with Queensland Institute Health Program Evaluation a more advanced subject (Supervisors: M Kelaher and A of Technology, and the (SC1 and SC2) continue to Economic Evaluation II. The Holland). second as a post-conference attract enrolments from health two-day workshop/short latter two subjects were Kiu-siang Tay, Sibutramine professionals working in a course for participants of offered in 2005 with a total of therapy in Australian adults: variety of areas. The short the 2005 Australian Institute 33 students enrolled in the two A cost-utility analysis courses provide an opportunity of Environmental Health subjects. The subjects within (Supervisor: M Moodie). for very practical, workplace Queensland State Conference. the Corporate Postgraduate Anni Haji Mohamad Tuah, An oriented learning about program Studies Program are delivered Commonwealth Evaluation of an Anti-smoking evaluation, with students also by a combination of distance Program in Brunei (Supervisor: valuing access to evaluation Department of Health education and direct teaching M Kelaher) expertise and making the and Ageing Short Course modes. The direct teaching Michelle Vu, Protocol for an most of opportunities to in Health Program component involves 2-3 two- economic evaluation of an network. Each course ran three Evaluation day sessions of seminars and Asthma Self Management workshops during 2005 with The Department of Health and tutorials in Canberra. Short Course 1 on Planning, Program (Supervisors: C Ageing (DoHA) commissioned Higher Degree Mihalopoulos & M Otim). Negotiation, Evaluation the PEU to deliver a two- Approaches, Criteria Selection Completions Doctor of Public Health day short course in Program and Program Logic Modelling Evaluation for DoHA policy Christopher Milne Bolton, There were eight students attracting 38 participants makers and program managers Evaluation of the quality enrolled in the DrPH program and Short Course 2 on Data across Australia. This two-day of different forms of early in 2005. This included one in Collection, Analysis & Reporting short course is coordinated postoperative care in children first year coursework, 4 in the in Health Program Evaluation and taught by Helen Jordan. following tonsillectomy (Co- research year, and 3 in the final attracting 29 participants. Four short courses were run Supervisor: R Carter). year work placement. These shorts courses were in 2005, twice in Canberra, Renee Louise Manser, Three students, Dorothy taught by Helen Jordan, Jenni and one each in the Perth and Screening for lung cancer with Akindele, Hanny Calache Livingston, Theonie Tacticos, Queensland DoHA state based spiral CT: Costs, harms and and David Lee successfully Michelle Williamson and offices. More are planned in expected health gains (Co- completed the program and Margaret Kelaher in 2005. 2006. Supervisor: R Carter) 46 Research The PEU undertakes evalu- National Health and Medical directly to the PEU with the three work streams: Primary ations of health programs at Research Council (NHMRC) remaining funds shared with Care and Health Promotion; national, state and local levels. and from organisations such as collaborating agencies. PEU’s Health Economics; and Mental Since its establishment, the Commonwealth and state/ter- research income for 2005 was Health. Details of new and PEU has attracted over $25 ritory health departments that in excess of $1.4 million existing research activities are million in funding from key fund contract research. Over Since 2004, the PEU has set out in the following tables. granting bodies such as the half of this funding has come focussed its research around Primary Care & Health Promotion New research activities (includes Major Grants awarded)

Title Funding body Chief Investigator(s) Description Funding

Review of Department Urbis Keys Young, Margaret This project involves a $510,000 Indigenous use of Health and Kelaher. review of MBS utilisation by of MBS-funded Ageing. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Medical Islander people, with a view to Services policy formulation.

Evaluation of VicHealth. Lindy Joubert (Faculty of This project involves an $300,000 the VicHealth Architecture, Building and evaluation of the VicHealth Community Planning), Margaret Kelaher, Community Arts Development Arts David Dunt. Scheme on participants, Development audiences and the Scheme community.

Public Health National Health C Segan. This research program aims $264,000 Training and Medical to develop and test models Fellowship Research of integrating quitline services – Helping Council. and health care services people with so that smoking cessation concurrent treatment can begin to be medical institutionalised into the conditions quit health care system. Models smoking under investigation include 1) health professional fax-referral of patients to the quitline and 2) doctor-quitline coordinated treatment for patients with comorbidities that interact with smoking cessation treatment.

Existing research activities carried over from 2003/2004. • Evaluation of the Best Start Program. Human Services Well for Life Initiative. • Career Development Award – Strengthening the relationship • Evaluation of the NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research between policy and epidemiology in addressing social Excellence in Neurosciences. determinants of health. • Workforce Development Evaluation (Local Diabetes Service • Support and Evaluation Component of the Department of Development (LDSD) Program) 47 Health Economics New research activities (includes Major Grants awarded)

Title Funding body Chief Investigator(s) Description Funding

Assessing National Health Rob Carter, Ian Anderson This project applies the $3,200,000 Cost and Medical (Centre for the Study of ‘ACE’ approach to priority Effectiveness Research Health and Society, University setting to the prevention of (ACE) in Council. of Melbourne), Theo Vos non-communicable diseases Prevention (University of Queensland), in Australia, including the Alan Lopez (University of implications for Indigenous Queensland), Chris Doran Australians and the most (University of Queensland), efficient ways of implementing Andrew Wilson (University of priority interventions in Queensland). primary care.

Computer Alert National Health Christopher Fairley Chlamydia trachomatis in $180,125 to Increase and Medical (Melbourne Sexual Health young women is an increasing Chlamydia Research Centre, University of public health problem. The Screening Council. Melbourne), Jane Hocking burden of subfertility has of High Risk (Macfarlane Burnett Institute high economic costs as well Women in for Medical Research and as personal costs for those General Public Health), Jane Gunn affected. This project involves Practice: An (Department of General a randomised controlled trial RCT Practice, University of based in general practice Melbourne), Lyle Gurrin, and includes an economic Epidemiology and evaluation. Biostatistics Unit, University of Melbourne), Rob Carter.

Priority Setting The CRC for M Otim. This PhD project applies the $81,000 in Aboriginal Aboriginal ‘ACE’ approach to priority Health: Health. setting to the prevention of Planning for non-communicable diseases the Prevention in Indigenous Australian of Non- and how to contextualise communicable Indigenous health. diseases in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities

Exploring the National Heart Rob Carter. Undertake literature review $81,000 Economic Foundation of and economic analysis to Implications Australia. develop an economic case for Arising from the National Heart Foundation the Proposed proposed model of coronary National heart disease management in Coronary general practice. Heart Disease Initiative in General Practice

48 Health Economics

Title Funding body Chief Investigator(s) Description Funding

Economic Australian J Gun (Department of The aim of this project was $79,845 Evaluation of Primary Health General Practice University to conduct some preliminary Primary Mental Care Research of Melbourne) Grant Blashki economic analyses in three Health Care Institute. (Department of General primary mental health care Pathways Practice, Monash University), projects currently being Graham Meadows (School undertaken in Victoria, namely of Psychology, Psychiatry the DIAMOND study (a cohort and Psychological Medicine, study of depression in general Monash University), C practice), the PANIC-Online Mihalopoulos. study (a randomised trial of online psychological therapy for panic disorder) and the PEP project (a randomised trial of cognitive behavioural therapy training [called SPHERE CBT] for general practitioners).

The economics Australian R Carter, S Colgan. The aim of the project was $22,052 of Celiac and New to undertake initial research Disease Zealand Celiac to describe the current Research Fund health burden attributable Committee. to celiac disease, to assess the potential for the development of an economic model of the disease, and to suggest options for a future collaborative work program to further develop the economics of the disease.

The economic Occupational R Carter, S Colgan. The aim of the project was $17,206 impact of Dermatology to undertake initial research Occupational Research and to describe the current contact Education health burden attributable dermatitis Centre. to celiac disease, to assess the potential for the development of an economic model of the disease, and to suggest options for a future collaborative work program to further develop the economics of the disease.

Initial The Gutsy R Carter, S Colgan. The aim of the project $13,025 scoping and Group. was to undertake initial development research to describe the of a work health burden attributable to plan to inflammatory bowel disease, investigate the to assess the potential to economics of develop an economic model inflammatory and to suggest options for a bowel disease future work program. (IBD)

Existing Projects carried over from 2003/2004. • Burden of Disease and a Cost-Effectiveness of Intervention • The Construction and Validation of the Assessment of Mental Options: Informing Policy Choices and Health System Reform Health Related Quality of Life (PsyQoL) Instrument. in Thailand. • Career Development Award: Priority setting in population • Assessing Cost Effectiveness (ACE) in Prevention. health: past experience and future directions. • The Pacific OPIC Study: A Four Country Study of Obesity Pre- • Referral of Newly Diagnosed Prostate and Colorectal Cancer vention in Communities. Patients to a Telephone-based Support Program. • Australasian Cystic Fibrosis BAL Study: Economic Evaluation. • Assessing Cost Effectiveness (ACE) in Obesity.

49 Mental Health New research activities (includes Major Grants awarded)

Title Funding body Chief Investigator(s) Description Funding

Re-orientating Victorian Centre L Sanci, K Hegarty This project involves a $50,000 general of Excellence (Department of General randomised controlled practice in Depression Practice University of trial of an opportunistic toward and Related Melbourne), E Patterson, health-risk screening and preventative Disorders (School of Nursing, Griffith counseling intervention for mental health University) J Pirkis, S Sawyer, youth presenting to general care for G Patton (Department of practitioners. It includes an adolescents, Paediatrics University of economic evaluation and utilizing the Melbourne) an additional, stand-alone practice nurse: component that involves A pilot study. designing and piloting a general practice nurse-led intervention for improving pathways to care for youth at risk of depression and related disorders

Health risk Australian L Sanci, (Department of See description for $499,750 screening of Primary Health General Practice University Re-orientating general adolescents Care Research of Melbourne) A Shiell, practice toward preventive in primary Institute: (Centre for Health Economics, mental health care for care: A cluster Monash University) G Patton, adolescents, utilising the randomized (Department of Paediatrics practice nurse: A pilot study. controlled trial. University of Melbourne) J Pirkis, K Hegarty (Department of General Practice University of Melbourne), E Patterson, (School of Nursing, Griffith University) P Chondra, (Department of General Practice University of Melbourne) S Sawyer (Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne)

Priority Driven Australian L Sanci, (Department of See description for $499,750 Research Health General Practice University Re-orientating general Program: Ministers’ of Melbourne) J Pirkis, S practice toward preventive Health risk Conference Sawyer, G Patton (Department mental health care for screening of of Paediatrics, University of adolescents, utilising the adolescents Melbourne) practice nurse: A pilot study. in primary care: A cluster randomized controlled trial.

50 Mental Health

Title Funding body Chief Investigator(s) Description Funding

Reducing National Health Osvaldo Almeida (University This project involves a $753,275 Depression and Medical of Western Australia), Jon randomised controlled and Suicide Research Pfaff (University of Western trial examining whether an amongst Older Council Australia), Ngaire Kerse educational intervention Australians: (University of Auckland), targeting Australian general A Cluster John Snowdon (University practitioners (GPs) can reduce Randomised of Sydney), Robert Goldney the prevalence of depression, Clinical Trial in (University of Adelaide), suicide ideation and self-harm Primary Health A/Prof Jane Pirkis. Other behaviour in older patients Care Investigators: Michelle Williamson

The ‘Learning’s Auseinet Jane Pirkis, Alan Headey. This project involves an $78,464 From Suicide Other Investigators: Penny analysis of the project and Prevention Mitchell, Jo Robinson evaluation reports from 156 Initiatives’ (ORYGEN Youth Health), suicide prevention projects Project Philip Burgess (University of funded under the National Queensland) Suicide Prevention Strategy.

Existing Projects carried over from 2003/2004.

• Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network • Journalistic news values, and medical, health professional and – Analysis and Reporting Component. lay discourses on suicide and mental illness. • A national evaluation strategy framework for the Better Out- • An evaluation of the introduction of Case Conferences for comes in Mental Health Care initiative. Consultant Psychiatrists as new item numbers on the Medicare • Career Development Award: Preventing suicidal behaviours Benefits Schedule. - Ecological studies of systemic protective factors.

51 Major Grants awarded in 2005

Grantor Investigators Scheme Title Period Amount

NHMRC Rob Carter, Ian Health Assessing Cost 2005-2009 $3,200,000 Anderson (Centre for Services Effectiveness (ACE) in the Study of Health Program Prevention and Society, UoM), Grant Theo Vos (UQ), Alan Lopez (UQ), Chris Doran (UQ), Andrew Wilson (UQ)

NHMRC Osvaldo Almeida Project Grant Reducing Depression 2005-2007 $753,275 (UWA), Jon Pfaff and Suicide amongst (UWA), Ngaire Older Australians: A Kerse (University Cluster Randomised of Auckland), John Clinical Trial in Primary Snowdon (University Health Care of Sydney), Robert Goldney, Jane Pirkis

NHMRC Dr Cathy Segan Public Health Helping people with 2005-2008 $264,000 Training concurrent medical Fellowship conditions quit smoking

Victorian Lena Sanci, Kelsey Re-orientating 2005-2006 $50,000 Centre of Hegarty (Dept. of general practice Excellence General Practice toward preventive in UoM), Elizabeth mental health care for Depression Patterson, (School adolescents, utilising and Related of Nursing, Griffith the practice nurse: A Disorders University) Jane Pirkis, pilot study. Susan Sawyer, George Patton (Dept of Paediatrics UoM)

Australian Lena Sanci, (Dept. of Health risk screening 2005 –2008 :$499,750 Primary General Practice UoM) of adolescents in Health Care Alan Shiell, (Centre primary care: A cluster Research for Health Economics, randomized controlled Institute Monash University) trial. George Patton, (Dept. of Paediatrics UoM) Jane Pirkis, Kelsey Hegarty (Dept. of General Practice UoM), Elizabeth Patterson, (School of Nursing, Griffith University) Patty Chondra, (Dept. of General Practice UoM) Susan Sawyer (Dept. of Paediatrics, UoM).

52 Major Grants awarded in 2005

Grantor Investigators Scheme Title Period Amount Australian Jane Gun (Dept of Stream 1 Economic Evaluation 2005 $79,845 Primary General Practice UoM) of Primary Mental Health Care Grant Blashki (Dept. Health Care Pathways Research of General Practice, Institute Monash University), Graham Meadows (School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University), Cathy Mihalopoulos

Australian Lena Sanci, (Dept. Priority Driven 2005 - 2010 $499,750 Health of General Practice Research Program: Ministers’ UoM) Jane Pirkis, Health risk screening Conference Susan Sawyer, George of adolescents in Patton (Dept. of primary care: A cluster Paediatrics, UoM). randomized controlled trial

CRC for Michael Otim Studentship Priority Setting in 2005-2007 $81,000 Aboriginal Aboriginal Health: : Health planning for the Prevention of Non- communicable diseases in Aboriginal and Torres Strait (Islander Communities

Victorian Lindy Joubert (Faculty Contract Evaluation of the 2005-2007 $300,000 Health of Architecture, Research VicHealth Community Promotion Building and Arts Development Foundation Planning), Margaret Scheme Funding Kelaher, David Dunt Body: VicHealth

Australian, Jane Pirkis, Alan Auseinet The ‘Learning’s From 2005-2006 $78,464 Govt., Headey - Contract Suicide Prevention Industry and Research Initiatives’ Project Professional Associations

Australian, Rob Carter National Exploring the 2005-2006 $81,000 Govt., Heart Economic Implications Industry and Foundation Arising from the Professional of Australia Proposed National Associations – Contract Coronary Heart Research Disease Initiative in General Practice

53 PEU Seminar Presentations Presentation published in Pirkis J, Gask L, Burns J. Australasian Evaluation Society Improving the quality of mental Staff presented at a number Program International Conference health care: The challenge of international and national Once again the Unit’s lunch Proceedings, 2005 at www. for primary care. First Alumni conferences, as well as time Seminar Series which aes.asn.au. Health Policy Conference (The is open to all colleagues and presenting at external seminars McKenzie R, Naccarella Commonwealth Fund, The the general public proved to and workshops. L, Stewart A, T. Blackwell Nuffield Trust and The Health be extremely successful. The International Conferences and C. Thompson, (DHS) Foundation), Bagshot, 17-19 seminar topics are chosen Cadilhac D, Moodie M, Targeting what matters in July. to highlight current and key Dewey H, Mihalopoulos C, health promotion evaluation Swinburn B, Haby M, Marwick aspects of the Unit’s Research Thrift A, Donnan G, Carter - using the RE-AIM approach A, Magnus A, Carter R, Moodie Program R. Development, application to identify success in ‘real M. Childhood obesity – modeling Indigenous Health Assessment, and appraisal of MORUCOS: world’ settings. Australasian the solutions? Centre for Disease Margaret Kelaher, 10 May. an economic model of stroke Evaluation Society Control and Prevention, United Implementing evidence based care for Australia. International International Conference 2005. States, December. heart failure guidelines in the Health Economics Association Brisbane, October Paper Swinburn BA, Carter R, 5th World Congress: Investing treatment of heart failure, published in Australasian Haby M, Moodie M, Bell AC. in Health, Barcelona, Spain, Evaluation Society Sonja Hood, 10 May. Childhood Obesity – Where are 10-13 July. International Conference the Solutions? Nutrition Safari Economics of Mental Health, Dunt D, The impact of two Proceedings, 2005 at www. 2005. 18th International Union of Cathy Mihalopoulos, 7 June. after-hours model of GP aes.asn.au. Nutrition Sciences Conference, Economics of obesity , services on patient satisfaction Moodie M, Haby M, Swinburn Durban, South Africa. 19-23 Marjory Moodie, 7 June. and access to care at a B, Vos T, Markwick A, Magnus September Health Care & Health whole population level World A, Carter R. ACE (Assessing Invited Presentation Promotion Stream, David Dunt, Congress of Epidemiology Cost-Effectiveness )Obesity 5 July. Bangkok, Thailand, August. – Priority setting for obesity. Dunt D, Measurement approaches: Evaluation Piloting a Novel Statewide Harris M, Burgess P, Chant D, International Health Economics Association 5th World Congress: Knowledge utilization Smaller Hospital Nosocomial Pirkis J, McGorry P. Suicide Investing in Health, Barcelona, 05 (KU05) Melbourne Infection Surveillance Program and other unnatural deaths Spain, 10-13 July. (International conference) Noleen Bennett, 5 July. following initial presentation 28–30 September. to mental health services Moodie, M, Carter R. Mental Health Stream, Jane for treatment of psychotic Measurement of costs of National Conferences Pirkis, 2 August. disorders. International community-based interventions Burgess P, Pirkis J, Coombs Evaluation of the Better Association for Suicide for the prevention of obesity T, Clarke A. Routine outcome Outcomes in Mental Health Prevention XIII World in adolescents: OPIC project. and casemix measurement Care Program, Belinda Morley, Congress, Durban, 13-16 Pasifika Medical Association in Australia’s mental health 2 August. September. 7th Annual Conference, The services: Clinician and Plight of Modern Pacificans, consumer perspectives. ACE prevention, Michael Otim/ McKenzie R, Naccarella Nuku’alofa, kingdom of Tonga, Paper presented to the World Sophie Shih, 4 October. L, Stewart A, T. Blackwell and C. Thompson, (DHS) 21-24 August. Psychiatric Association Economics of Obesity, Using a capacity building Pirkis J, Blood RW. Guidelines Section of Epidemiology Kiusiang Tay Teo, 4 October. model for health program for media reporting of suicide. and Public Health Meeting, evaluation and development... International Association for Brisbane, 5-7 July. Australasian Evaluation Society Suicide Prevention XIII World Coombs T, Burgess P, International Conference Congress, Durban, 13-16 Pirkis J, Clarke A. The 2005 Brisbane October September. challenge of routine outcome 54 measurement in mental Naccarella L, A Conceptual Association (TASA) annual Australia. (Attendance health: The need for service Schema for Building an conference, Hobart, December. supported by the Menzies and workforce development. Integrated Primary Health Warr.D, Kelaher M, Tacticos Research Institute, UTAS). World Psychiatric Association Care System. General Practice T, A good and sincere Pirkis J, Goldfeld S, Peacock Section of Epidemiology & Primary Health Care conversation: working S, Dodson S, Haas M, and Public Health Meeting, Conference, Adelaide, July. with peer-interviewers for Cumming J, Hall J, Boulton Brisbane, 5-7 July. Pirkis J, Headey A, research in culturally diverse A. The capacity of the health Dalton A, Economic Evaluation Burgess P, White J, Francis neighbourhoods, Centre for services research community of the reintroduction of School C. Remunerating private Culture, Ethnicity & Health in Australia and New Zealand. Milk Programs, Nutrition psychiatrists for participating in (CEH) conference Consumer 4th Health Services and Society of Australia Scientific case conferences. 4th Health Participation and Culturally Policy Research Conference, Meeting at Hilton Hotel, Services and Policy Research and Linguistically Diverse Canberra, 13-16 November. Melbourne, December. Conference, Canberra, 13-16 Communities: Working Together Seminar Presentations November. Towards Good Practice, Dunt D, The impact of Morley B, Evaluating the Access Melbourne, September. standalone call centres and Pirkis J, Headey A, to Allied Psychological Services GP cooperatives on access to Burgess P, White J, Francis Tacticos T, Warr D, Kelaher component of the BOiMHC after hours GP care: a before C. Remunerating private M, Klein H, & Knowles program: Minimum Dataset and after study adjusted for psychiatrists for participating T. Insights into the health DoHA, Canberra, December. secular trend Health Services in case conferences. World of disadvantaged groups: Livingston J, Hepatitis C Research Association of Psychiatric Association selected results from Educators’ Forum: Why do we Australia and New Zealand Section of Epidemiology Neighbourhood Renewal Self evaluate, Hepatitis C Council Canberra, ACT, November. and Public Health Meeting, Reported Health Data, 36th of Victoria, June. Jordan H, Environmental Brisbane, 5-7 July. Public Health Association of Invited Presentations Health Services Evaluation, Pirkis J. Access to allied Australia annual conference Australian Institute of psychological services: (PHAA) Perth, September. Naccarella L, General Practice Environmental Health, 2005 Divisional service provision. Wainwright CE, Carlin JB, Primary Health Care Research Qld State Conference, Primary Mental Health Cooper P, Byrnes C, Martin Evaluation & Development: Brisbane, 24th-25th November. Care Conference, Perth, 3 J, Grimwood K, Armstrong D, Putting Evaluation into Practice Melbourne Division of General Markwick AJ, Moodie M, November. Francis P, Dakin C, Whitehead Practice, February. Carter R, Magnus A, Haby Segan C, Can extended B, Carter R, Vidmar S, Cheney M. ACE-Obesity: Cost- telephone counselling reduce J and Roberts C on behalf of Naccarella L, General Practice effectiveness of a school-based longer-term relapse among the ACFBAL study group.(2005) Primary Health Care Research nutrition education intervention Quitline callers?, 3rd Australian “Australian Cystic Fibrosis BAL Evaluation & Development: to reduce the consumption Tobacco Control Conference Study ~ Interim Analysis”, 6th Putting Evaluation into of sweetened carbonated The Sydney Convention and Australian and New Zealand Practice, Whitehorse Division beverages. In Sansoni, J. ad Exhibition Centre, Darling Cystic Fibrosis Conference, of General Practice, August. Tilley, L. (Eds) 2005 Conference Harbour, Sydney, Australia Adelaide, 20-23 August. Tay-Teo K, Sibutraminie Proceedings: Health Outcomes 23-25 November. Poster presentations therapy in Obese Australian 2005: Making a Difference, Tacticos T, Warr D, Kelaher Jordan H, Venn A, Bruinsma adults, ACE-Obesity Working Canberra: Australian Health M, Klein H & Knowles T, F, .Werther G Adolescent Group Department of Human Outcomes Collaboration. Insights into the health of exposure to high dose Services, 31 March. Moodie M. Big Brothers Big disadvantaged groups: estrogens and subsequent Tay-Teo K, Orlistat therapy in Sisters – Building an evidence selected results from breast disease.14th Annual Obese Australian Adolescents, base to practice. Invited Neighbourhood Renewal Self Meeting of the Australasian ACE-Obesity Working Group paper, Launch, Monash Law Reported Health Data, The Epidemiological Association Department of Human Chambers, 29 June. Australasian Sociological 6-7th October, Newcastle, Services, 2 September. 55 Community and • EVALTALK - American Referee and Assessor Awards Evaluation Association (AEA) Services for Grant Both Rosemary McKenzie Professional Discussion List. http://www. Applications and Journals and Lucio Naccarella were Involvement eval.org Grant Bodies short-listed finalist in the During 2005 PEU staff • Social Network Analysis 2005 Victorian Public Health R Carter, S Crowley and M continued to be active in Association. Awards, receiving a certificate Moodie have all reviewed the wider community as of achievement for the J Pirkis National Health & Medical members of important advisory Evaluation of the Well for Life • Chair, Suicide and the Media Research Council (NHMRC) committees, reviewers of Initiative, 2005. potential articles for a variety of Task Force, International grants. R Carter was awarded the referred journals and assessors Association for Suicide R Carter was also a reviewer School of Population research of grant applications. Prevention. of Public Health Committee award (open category). Committee Memberships • Member, International of the New Zealand Health Association for Suicide Research Council grants. Conference R Carter Prevention. Journals proceedings and • Member of the Victorian • Executive Member, A Dalton, Policy Advisory Committee Health Services Research published conference on Clinical Practice and Association of Australia and • Reviewer – Medical Journal papers Technology (Ministerial of Australia. New Zealand. McKenzie, R., Naccarella, Appointment). • Member, Australian C Segan, L., Stewart, A., Blackwell, • Member of the Steering Psychological Society. • Reviewer – Health T., Thompson, C. 2005, Committee for the • Member, Local Scientific Education Research & ‘Targeting what matters in Population Health & Use Program Committee, World Health Promotion Journal of health promotion evaluation of Medicines Unit at St Psychiatric Association Australia. – Using the RE-AIM approach Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. Congress. J Pirkis to identify success in ‘real • Member of the Australian world’ settings’, Presented at • Member, Organising Screening Advisory • Member, Editorial Board, the Australasian Evaluation Committee, World Committee (Ministerial Crisis. Society International Psychiatric Association appointment) and Member • Member, Editorial Board, Conference, 9-11 October Section of Epidemiology of the Evaluation Sub- Australian Journal of Primary 2005, Brisbane, Australia. and Public Health Meeting. Committee. Health – Interchange. (Editor: J. Cooney). C Segan • Member, Advisory • Reviewer, Australian and New Markwick, A., Moodie, M., Committee for the Clinical • Coordinator, Cessation Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Carter, R., Magnus, A, Haby, Epidemiology and Health Tobacco Strategy Group at Crisis, Psychological M. 2005 ‘Cost-effectiveness Service Evaluation Unit, The Cancer Council Victoria. Medicine, Journal of of a school-based nutrition Royal Melbourne Hospital. M Williamson Abnormal Psychology, Journal education intervention to of Adolescent Health, Social • The National Institute of • Treasurer, Australian Health reduce the consumption Psychiatry and Psychiatric Clinical Studies (NICS) Prom9otion Association of sweetened carbonated Epidemiology, Australian Clinical Evidence Project (AHPA) Vic Branch). beverages’, Presented at the Advisory Group. Family Physician, Journal of Health Outcomes Conference • General Committee member, Psychosomatic Research, “Making a Difference” R McKenzie AHPA (Vic Branch). Australian Journal of Primary Conference, Canberra, • Member of the Council on • Convener, Victorian Young Health – Interchange. Australia. the Ageing (COTA) Advisory Health Promotion Network. Committee for the Evaluation • Local Organising committee, of the Living Longer Living National Men’s Health Stronger Evaluation of Conference. Strength Training Programs. • Local organising committee, L Naccarella National Men’s Shed • Health Service Research Conference. Association of Australia & New Zealand (HSRAANZ). • AAAGP participated in AAAGP Annual Research Meeting. 56 CIMH Centre for International Mental Health School of Population Health Department of Public Health annual Report 2005 The Centre for International Mental Health of activity are capacity development for (CIMH) is dedicated to research, teaching, mental health in low-income and post- and policy and service development in conflict societies, and development of the field of mental health, in Australia culturally appropriate mental health and internationally. The two broad areas services for multicultural societies.

In the international mental Teaching and is delivered in mixed mode, Research health arena CIMH works including intensive on-campus in close partnership with Academic Activities seminars and workshops, Research Training Grants the Department of Social The Centre for International supported by on-line teaching 1. beyondblue Victorian Medicine, Harvard Medical Mental Health has developed and supervision and by senior School. In the area of new curriculum in the fields of colleagues who act as mentors Centre for Excellence in transcultural psychiatry international mental health and in the students’ own countries. Depression and Related transcultural psychiatry, and Disorders CIMH works closely with CIMH is offering an increasing offers programs in a variety the Victorian transcultural number of intensive workshops Professor L Manderson, of teaching modes, including Psychiatry Unit (VTPU) with a in the countries of the Asia- School of Psychology, traditional on-campus teaching, number of the senior academic Pacific region, and beyond. Psychiatry and Psychological intensive block seminars, staff of CIMH having joint Academic staff have lectured Medicine, Monash University; on-line programs (such as the appointments in the VTPU. and taught in many countries, Dr R Kokanovic, Department fully on-line course Transcultural As part of the School of including Cambodia, China, of General Practice, A/Prof S Mental Health for Clinicians), Population Health within the Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Klimidis, CIMH and is increasingly developing University of Melbourne’s Korea, Malaysia, Singapore Extending the Emotional and NewMedia approaches to Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Vietnam. Lifestyle Impact of teaching and learning. Type 2 Diabetes: Exploring and Health Sciences, CIMH CIMH offers a two-year CIMH staff – in collaboration the association between provides world-class teaching full-time research degree, with colleagues from the diabetes and depression. and research facilities fostering the Master of Mental Health Department of Social $58,868, 2005-2006 a multidisciplinary and cross- Science (Transcultural Mental Medicine, Harvard Medical cultural understanding of Health) and a PhD program. 2. Mayne Pharma mental health and wellbeing. School, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Through the Victorian C Ng, S Kiimidis, I Schweitzer, CIMH is a World Health Medicine, and the Universities Transcultural Psychiatry Unit, I., Nguyen, T. & Pratt, C. Organization Collaborating of Queensland and Western CIMH academic staff are Attitudes to psychotropic Centre in Mental Health and is Australia – have developed involved in delivering medications and adherence to working in close collaboration an internationally unique an extensive array of treatment. with WHO as part of the qualification in international in-service training programs $10,000, 2006 Mental Health Global Action mental health, the University for mental health clinicians of Program (mhGAP). of Melbourne Master of all disciplines. International Mental Health The Centre for International program. Graduates with Mental Health offers appropriate qualifications an exciting intellectual in a relevant mental health environment for Advanced discipline can complete Medical Science, Masters the Master of International and Doctoral students, with Mental Health in the School opportunities to carry out of Population Health over one research in Australia and year of full-time study or two throughout the Asia-Pacific years part-time. The program region.

58 If the Centre for International income and post-conflict Mental Health’s Director, societies, where such services Associate Professor Harry are very poorly developed, Minas, needed any reminder of is one of the Centre’s major what motivates his work, the areas of activity. 2004 Boxing Day tsunami was “In the Asia Pacific region, a powerful prompt. there are many countries in In 2005, the Centre devoted which there is systematic considerable resources to neglect and serious abuse helping Sri Lanka and the of the rights of mentally ill Indonesian province of Aceh. people,” he says. “The tsunami created “The key motivation is to an opportunity to develop improve the quality of mental community-based mental health care for people in Asia health services where there were none before. and in other regions. “That has been exciting because it’s actually “It really is a response to the needs of one of going very well. People are getting access to the most vulnerable groups in any society but treatment and care for the first time.” particularly in those societies where mental Developing mental health systems in low health is not a high priority.”

Education Community Activities Conferences Centre Staff Unrestricted Educational CIMH staff serve on a The 4th International Mental A/Prof Harry Minas Grants numerous national and Health Development Director international committees and Conference was held in A/Prof Steven Klimidis Eli Lilly Australia advisory groups, and have Melbourne on 5 December Research Co-ordinator been members of Scientific 2005. The one-day conference A one-year unrestricted Ms Jenny Burchill Program Committees for focused on mental health educational grant of Assistant to the Director and a number of international in Aceh and featured $A250,000 has been obtained Centre Manager from Eli Lilly Australia for the conferences. presentations from six Ms Tania Miletic delivery of a second year A/Prof Minas is a member of Indonesian mental health Research Fellow (2006-07) of the Australian the Immigration Detention specialists who have been Mental Health Leadership Advisory Group, advising the working to provide and Honorary Staff Program (ausMHLP) after a Minister for Immigration and improve mental health services Dr Alex Cohen successful pilot in 2005-06. Multicultural Affairs and is on to Aceh in the wake of the Harvard Medical School, USA This program is a modification the Editorial Boards of: December 2004 tsunami. of the International Mental • Transcultural Psychiatry Speakers included Dr Pandu Prof. R Kantrowitz Health Leadership Program (Sage Publications). Setiawan, Director of Mental Westfield State College, USA for Australian psychiatrists • Anthropology and Medicine Health in Indonesia’s national A/Prof Vikram Patel and is run in collaboration (Carfax Publishing). ministry of health, and Dr London School of Hygiene & Irmansyah, Head of the with Barwon Health, the Brain A/Prof Harry Minas is a Tropical Medicine, UK Department of Psychiatry at and Mind Research Institute member of the following Ms Erminia Colucci the University of Indonesia. (University of Sydney), the international organisations University of Queensland Queensland Centre for Mental The Australian Mental Health • Member of the Executive Dr Anura Jayasinghe Health Research (University Leadership Program was Committee (Treasurer) of the Ministry of Health Care & of Queensland) and the World Association for Social showcased at two afternoon st Nutrition, Sri Lanka Department of Psychiatry Psychiatry. sessions at the 41 Royal Dr Yutaro Setoya (University of Melbourne). • Member of the Committee and Australian College of National Institute of Mental of the World Psychiatric Psychiatrists Congress Health, Japan Association Conflict held in Perth in May 2006. Management and Resolution Presenters included CIMH Dr Yvonne Stolk Section. staff A/Prof Harry Minas and Victorian Transcultural • Chairman, Section of Social Ms Kate Johnston, along with Psychiatry Unit and Cultural Psychiatry, participants in ausMHLP Dr Je Chun Yu Royal Australian and 2005-06. Chonqing University of Medical New Zealand College of Sciences, PR China Psychiatrists. Dr Yu Chen Eulji University, RO Korea

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SHU Sexual Health Unit School of Population Health Department of Public Health annual Report 2005 The University of Melbourne’s Sexual and prevention of Sexually Transmitted Health Unit (SHU) is situated at the Infections (STIs) and its mission is to Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) maximise sexual health through innovation which is also a division of the Bayside and excellence in public health, education, Health Network. The vision of the MSHC clinical care and research. is to be a leader in the management

MSHC STATISTICS The MSHC has been in operation for more than 85 2005: CONSULTATIONS years. It is the only centre that Clinic Type Total Male Female Transgender Unknown provides full-time, free sexual health services to the people of General Clinic 21,130 11,399 9,695 35 1 Victoria. The services include general clinics for the detection HIV (Referral) 2,063 1,868 187 8 0 and management of Sexually Outreach 617 499 110 0 0 Transmissible Infections (STIs), a variety of specialist Counseling 1,078 816 262 0 0 clinics in HIV/AIDS medicine, Vaccination 668 435 232 1 0 dermatology and colposcopy. An on-site laboratory service is Total 25,556 15,017 10,486 44 1 provided by the Public Health Laboratory-Microbiology NOTE: One visit can include consultations with several services provided by MSHC Diagnostic Unit (PHL-MDU), 2005: SERVICES University of Melbourne which provides assistance Clinic Type Total Male Female Transgender Unknown to clinicians in making rapid diagnoses to provide the most General Clinic 11,707 6,670 5,019 17 1 appropriate treatment at the HIV Clinic 547 489 56 2 0 initial visit. Outreach 358 305 52 0 0 Qualified counsellors are available for individuals or Counseling 444 303 141 0 0 couples with concerns about Sexual Health and STIs Vaccination 532 339 192 1 0 including HIV. In addition to Total 13,588 8,106 5,460 20 1 the doctors providing services, sexual health nurses play an These statistics represent the number of individuals seen through each service at MSHC instrumental role in the daily NOTE: If an individual has accessed more than one service during a visit then they are counted in functioning of the clinical both services. Individuals who have accessed the service more than once are only counted once services, including screening for STIs, preventative 2005: DIAGNOSES education, counseling, Diagnosis TOTAL Male Female Transgender providing results and follow-up of all positive and abnormal Dermatosis 1,039 687 352 - results, and contact tracing. Chlamydia 907 583 324 - As the service has become Bacterial Vaginosis 490 - 490 - increasingly sophisticated, Gonorrhoea 294 270 23 1 so too has the challenge to remain easily accessible, Herpes 598 307 291 - not only to users of the NGU * 844 841 3 - service, but also to healthcare Post Coital Intervention 110 - 110 - professionals. The MSHC website, which is frequently Warts 1,623 1,053 570 - updated, provides a variety of HIV 23 23 - - sexual health education and other useful information for * Non-gonococcal urethritis both healthcare professionals and the general population. To address concerns that users may have with the service, an annual client satisfaction survey is conducted. 62 For Professor Christopher a critically important area Fairley, being head of the because the rates of sexually Melbourne Sexual Health transmitted diseases are Centre, which houses the rising rapidly, including HIV.” Sexual Health Unit, is his ideal “So it was an enormous job. “I find combining clinical challenge to recreate a medicine with epidemiological Centre that had been research provides the absolute neglected for many years perfect balance between the and turn it into one that was ability to innovate in clinical vibrant, thriving, enthusiastic medicine and to make a and, more importantly, difference to the services we was delivering its sponsor, provide,” he says. which is the government, “I find it enormously services that were innovative satisfying because it provided me with the and highly efficient. opportunity to make a difference. “That means that we end up with improved “The area of sexual health and the delivery STI control, principally through the more of sexual health services has had limited clever use of resources, rather than an support for research in the past but it is increase in resources.”

Teaching and Undergraduate Teaching after treatment with Invited Presentations metronidazole over a 12 Learning Activities • Semester 5 – public health 1 Why Australia needs a month period. Catriona control of STIs Chlamydia screening The Centre has continued to Bradshaw, PhD maintain strong research and • Semester 8 – clinical aspects program and how it might Efficacy of current strategies education activities through of STIs work. 2005 Scientific and the role of newer Meeting – AChSHM NSW The University of Melbourne’s • Semesters 6 and 7 technology in partner Regional Committee. School of Population Health. – Advanced Medical Science notification. Jane Tomnay, Sydney, Australia. 2005. In collaboration with the (AMS) – clinical research PhD School of Population Health projects 2 Sexual Health – i) How to the Centre has developed HIV/AIDS prevention and maximise the efficiency of • Clinical attachments to a number of short courses management. Moshin Sidat, a clinic session ii) Bacterial Melbourne Sexual Health and subjects in sexual and PhD Vaginosis – the most Centre reproductive health. These Screening programs for important STI of all iii) why The research projects of have been extremely well- men who have sex with men has Chlamydia screening higher degree candidates attended and will provide the (MSM) in male-only saunas not been more effective in enrolled through the School of Victorian community with a and a specialist clinic in reducing its prevalence. Population Health are aimed highly trained workforce that Melbourne. Nicky Lister, PhD Keynote Speaker – Sexual improves the quality of sexual at enhancing the services and Health Conference – New health services outside the promotion of sexual health Using computers to improve Zealand Venereology Centre. offered at MSHC. sexual history. Robin Society, Wellington, New Tideman, PhD Master of Public Health Research Zealand. 2005. An investigation of STI Update/Vaginal • Development of Public Postgraduate Courses 3 interventions aimed Discharge. Winter Women’s Health control of STIs Completed: at enhancing sexual (subject) Health Conference Risk factors for sexually satisfaction in women. – Women’s Health Postgraduate courses / transmitted infections (STI) Richard Hayes, PhD Education and Research subjects under among clients attending the Clinical Projects: Society Inc in association development The University of Melbourne Sexual Health Clarifying the clinically Queensland, The University • Graduate Diploma in Sexual Centre. David M Lee, DPH heterogeneous condition of Melbourne & Bond Health (for medical and Chlamydia screening. Jane of non-specific uretheritis. University, Port Douglas, nursing practitioners) Hocking, PhD Peter Iser (2002-2003) - Semester 1 – Control Queensland, Australia. 2005. Knowledge and behaviour of Sexually Transmissible In progress: 4 An effective clinical and for acquiring sexually Infections 505-431/531 Development of public health program against transmitted infections - Semester 1 – Sexually questionnaire to provide Chlamydia. Queensland Transmissible Infections the greatest sensitivity and through oral sex. Sarah Sexual Health Society. 505-432/532 specificity in detecting non- Hancock (2003-2004) Brisbane, Australia. 2005. - Semester 2 – Sexual & adherence to antiretroviral Audit of the adherence to 5 Why has Chlamydia Reproductive Health therapy used in the antiretroviral data collected Screening not had a Greater 505-433/533 management of HIV. Asiye at the Melbourne Sexual Effect on the Prevalence • Short course series on Doxanakis, MPH Health Centre. Angga of Infection? 9th IUSTI clinical aspects of STI Recurrence rate of Permana (2003-2004) World Congress. Bangkok, control. Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) Thailand. Nov 2005 63 Research Grants notification for General into the MSHC website and Staff List Practitioners in Victoria. launched in November 2005 1 Hellard ME, Fairley CK, Christopher Fairley DHS Public Health Research to encourage people to be Hocking JS, Aitken CK. Professor of Sexual Health Grant 2004-2005. $10,130 proactive about their sexual Project Grant. The impact Hennie Williams 5 Fairley CK, Gunn J, Parker health. ‘Check your risk’ allows of text & email messaging Senior Lecturer on the sexual risk behaviour R, Hocking J. Implementing users to enter data about Yuan Gao of young men & women: a Chlamydia Screening: their sexual behaviour, and by Vice Chancellors Fellow randomised controlled trial. attitudes of General using a specially developed – based in Beijing 2005. AHMAC - SCRIF. Practitioners and young algorithm, generates printer- 2005-2008. $192,735 women. DHS Public Health friendly recommendations on Darren Russell Research Grant 2004-2005. sexual health tests based on the Senior Lecturer (moved to 2 Hellard M, Kelly H, Fairley $68,480 responses of users to a series Cairns as Director of Sexual CK, Guy R, Leslie D, of questions complete with Health Service Clothier H, Hocking J. The 6 Fairley CK, Chen M, Gunn technical advice to show to Development, Implementation J, Hocking J, Bourke S, Jane Hocking their GP and Evaluation of a Sentinel Willis M, Sanci L. Chlamydia Postdoc Fellow Surveillance System for Prevalence & Testing Project. Students Chlamydia, HIV and Hepatitis Department of Human Services. 2005-2006. Catriona Bradshaw C in Victoria T- 3081. PhD student Department of Human $351,493 Services. 2005. 2005-2007. Marcus Chen Major National/ PhD student completed $415,651 International 3 Mijch A, Hellard M, Ellen David Lee S, Read T, Fairley CK, Exchanges DPH student completed Gibbie T. A prospective Community Activities Moshin Sidat PhD student study examining the There are considerable barriers association between risk such as embarrassment and Robin Tideman taking behaviour for HIV/STI stigma, which often prevent PhD student transmission and mental people from seeking sexual Jane Tomnay illness and drug and/or health advice and this coupled PhD student alcohol use in men who have with the fact that many General sex with men. Department of Samitha Ginige Practitioners (GPs) are not Overseas Postdoc Human Services. 2004-2005. comfortable dealing with sexual $72,653 health, a novel online service Thiloma Manasinge 4 Fairley CK, Tomnay J. ‘Check your risk’ was developed Overseas Postdoc Using the Internet to by researchers at MSHC. John Marrone enhance Chlamydia partner This service was incorporated DPH 64 DVDC Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre School of Population Health Department of Public Health annual Report 2005 The Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre within the School of Population Health at (DVDC) is a joint initiative of the Australian the University of Melbourne, this $10 million Government’s National Health and Medical dollar initiative, which commenced in mid- Research Council (NHMRC) and the New York- 2003, is part of a global coordinated effort to based Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation develop a vaccine to prevent the development International (JDRF). Administratively based of type 1 diabetes.

Type 1 or juvenile onset the NHMRC. One outcome (i) INIT II the immune system and is not diabetes is one of the most of this review was a The principal investigators absorbed into the body. Insulin costly and chronic of the strong endorsement of the for INIT II are Professor Len given in this way does not childhood diseases. To stay procedures put in place by Harrison (Walter and Eliza Hall affect blood glucose and will alive, people with type 1 DVDC for carrying out its Institute of Medical Research) not cause hypoglycaemia. diabetes must test their blood mission. A further outcome and Dr Peter Colman (Royal Previous studies in mice sugar levels and take multiple was a recommendation that Melbourne Hospital). Towards that spontaneously develop injections of insulin daily. an independent Administrative the end of 2004, results from type 1 diabetes showed that Even with insulin, this form of Review of DVDC be carried studies of relevance to the exposure of their mucous diabetes usually results in a out, to investigate the previously proposed INIT II membranes to insulin resulted drastic reduction in quality of governance arrangements trial protocol were released. in a vaccine-like effect life and shortens the average of the DVDC and to make In light of these results, the whereby protective immune life span. recommendations to the DVDC Board recommended cells were activated. These Type 1 diabetes occurs when NHMRC’s Review Committee that the entire project be protective or regulatory cells the immune system attacks on the future of the DVDC. reviewed again, taking into counteract the “bad” immune and destroys the insulin- This was scheduled to take account these results, with cells that damage beta cells. place during the first quarter of producing beta cells in the the possibility that, although In a recently-completed trial calendar year 2006. pancreas resulting in a lack approved in principle by an in children and young adults of insulin in the body. Without Staff ethics committee, the study at risk of type 1 diabetes (the the hormone insulin, cells of might need to be redesigned. INIT I trial), insulin given via Chief Executive Officer the body are unable to use Thus, Professor Harrison an intranasal spray was found David O. Irving, PhD, GAICD glucose, the level of glucose was asked to present again to be safe and to result in in the blood increases and Centre Liaison Manager at the DVDC project reviews immune changes similar to symptoms of diabetes result. Mary Joy Gleeson held in Melbourne during those seen in the mice that Outcomes from a number of Scientific program April, 2005. DVDC assisted were protected from getting laboratory model systems in the development of the diabetes. It is now important Following extensive global and some preliminary clinical revised proposal by working to prove that along with these searches for projects data have been sufficiently with Professor Harrison immune changes we can applicable to DVDC’s encouraging for there to and appropriate opinion preserve beta-cell function and mission and their subsequent be a real hope that it may leaders and consultants such stop progression to diabetes in reviews, several exciting be possible to prevent the that a clinical trial protocol people. projects were identified. development of type 1 sufficiently robust to be Throughout 2005, DVDC Genes (DNA) play a significant diabetes using therapies acceptable to subsequent focused on the initiation role in type 1 diabetes. People analogous to vaccination vaccine developers and of two of those projects. with a close family member programs traditionally used to regulatory authorities was The one furthest down the (blood relative) with type 1 prevent the development of a developed. The DVDC Board development path (INIT II) diabetes have a 10-15 times number of infectious diseases. approved the modified originated at the Walter and greater risk of developing the Thus, DVDC’s mission protocol and provisional Eliza Hall Institute of Medical disease than those without. is to identify the leading Research, Melbourne. This approval to commence the trial The immune damage to prospects for type 1 diabetes project involves a large was received from the Royal the beta cells that results in vaccines and to facilitate their Phase II clinical trial to test Melbourne Hospital Ethics type 1 diabetes is thought development through early the efficacy of delivering Committee at its meeting in to begin months to years stages of clinical trialling. insulin via an intranasal route December, 2005. before the lack of insulin DVDC bridges the gap to individuals identified as As mentioned above, the INIT causes symptoms. This is the between research and being at risk of developing II Trial is designed to determine pre-clinical phase in which commercial product type 1 diabetes. The if exposure of the immune symptoms are not yet present. development. second (PI Peptide Vaccine) system to insulin delivered A significant feature of INIT II During 2005, apart from is a peptide vaccine as a spray to the mucous is the recruitment of people significant technical advances approach proposed membranes of nasal passages at risk for type 1 diabetes. In (as outlined below) DVDC by investigators at the will prevent immune attack order to find nearly 300 high- successfully underwent University of Bristol and on the insulin-producing beta risk participants for the trial, a review of its progress King’s College, London, UK. cells of the pancreas. The key over 13,000 first and second- commissioned by the This is a Phase I safety and aspect of this treatment is that degree relatives of people Research Committee of immunogenicity study. intranasal insulin acts only on with type 1 diabetes need to 66 The Diabetes Vaccine incidence has been increasing Development Centre is at the rate of around 2.5 to 3 a translational research percent per year. organisation – helping to A research scientist in turn scientific promise into biochemistry and cell and commercial product. molecular biology, Dr Irving The Centre’s CEO, Dr David made what he saw as a Irving, says, “Our role is to natural progression into facilitate the translation of the biotechnology industry late-stage research from the during the early 1990s. He research bench into early- notes the major difference stage product development between working at the and through to clinical trial. research bench and product “It’s our raison d’être. development. For type 1 diabetes, there is a lot of really “Genuine inquisitive, curiosity-driven exciting work being carried out at the research will obviously often go off on different research bench, but it often stops there. tangents, but from a commercialisation point On the ‘D’ side of R&D you need to remain of view, once you’ve decided to head down focused on the milestones you’re trying to that path, you really have to stay focused and achieve and keep on that track.” minimise the distractions. There are about 140,000 Australians with “Your ultimate aim is to produce that type 1 diabetes, some of whom are as young product and see it on the shelf. You must as just a few months old. Since the 1950s, its keep focused on that endgame.”

be screened for antibodies intranasal vaccine to see if it binding peptides that have monitored closely by DVDC against components of the prevents type 1 diabetes. It been implicated in the onset through 2005. The US project beta cells. This is because only involves self-administering of type 1 diabetes. T cell aims to assess whether about two percent of family treatment with a nasal spray assays are then used to combinatorial treatment members will have a high every day for seven days and monitor the outcome of the with an immunosuppressing enough risk of diabetes to be then once a week for one year. immunotherapy. The first antibody coupled with a eligible to enter the trial. Follow-up visits to the nearest phase of this project is a diabetes autoantigen vaccine The INIT II Trial is divided participating clinic will be safety study using a single will be more efficacious than into three phases: Screening required every three months peptide. Assuming this proves each entity (the antibody Phase, Staging Phase and in the first year and every six to be safe and generates an or antigen) alone, when Clinical Trial Phase. months for four years after that appropriate immune response, administered to recent-onset to monitor the effects of the other peptides are proposed to diabetics. The outcomes During the Screening Phase vaccine. be used in combination. from that work are due to be a person will be eligible to enter the trial if they: have a During the Clinical Trial Phase The principal investigators for presented to the DVDC Board first-degree relative (mother two doses of treatment will this trial are Dr Colin Dayan in April 2006 with an aim or father, brother or sister, be tested against a placebo (Bristol University) and Dr Mark for DVDC to become more son or daughter) or a second- (inactive dummy spray). During Peakman (King’s College). directly involved as the project degree relative (grandmother the trial neither the participants This project advanced progresses into human clinical or grandfather, aunt or nor the researchers will be significantly through 2005. trials. uncle, niece or nephew, half- aware of which treatment Clinical trial grade peptide Community and sister or half-brother) with is being used. INIT II is a was manufactured by a Swiss type 1 diabetes; are aged three-arm trial in which two company and provided to professional between 4 and 30 years; different doses of insulin will the investigators at Bristol involvement be compared with a placebo. and have a positive blood University for use in a Dr Irving has continued as a Participants will be randomly test for antibodies against preclinical transgenic mouse Director of AusBiotech Ltd, assigned to one of three components of the beta cells study where doses and being re-elected to the Board arms. Treatments of either known as autoantigens. dosing regimes proposed for in November 2005. 1.6mg insulin, 16mg insulin or use in the human trial were The Staging Phase will Dr Irving attended various local placebo will be administered. tested. This was successfully commence if a participant and international meetings All new conventional completed with no adverse is found to have antibodies and conferences through the medicines and drugs are events recorded. The data to a number of beta cell reporting period, including tested in this way before generated from the mouse autoantigens. The small FOCIS 2005 (the Federation they can be approved by trial was forwarded (along proportion of people who of Clinical Immunological Government regulatory bodies. with the proposed clinical trial are eligible for this phase will Societies) in Boston in May receive further blood tests to Anyone wishing to find out protocol) to the hospital ethics more about this trial (or who committee for review. The trial 2005; BIO2005 in Philadelphia see how their body handles in June 2005, and AusBiotech glucose and how much insulin are interested in participating) was subsequently approved can phone 1300 138 712 for commencement in early 2005, the National Conference they make. These tests will of the Australian biotechnology refine the level of risk which or go to https://studies. 2006. thegeorgeinstitute.org/init/. industry, which was held in the person has of developing (iii) Other projects Perth in November 2005. type 1 diabetes. (ii) PI Peptide vaccine trial Several other projects, The Clinical Trial Phase will This proposal involves the including a collaborative Major Collaborations test the treatment of the administration of T cell project based in the US, were As per Scientific Program. 67

VIRG Vaccine and Immunisation Research Group School of Population Health Department of Public Health annual Report 2005 The Vaccine and Immunisation viral diseases, and the evaluation of Research Group operates as a research immunisation programs. VIRG contributes collaboration with the Murdoch Childrens to the NHMRC National Capacity Building Research Institute with our staff based Program in Mathematical Modelling in in the School of Population Health. Infectious Diseases, and works closely Research focuses on clinical trials of with the NHMRC Centre for Clinical new vaccines, mathematical modelling Research Excellence in Immunisation of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs), (MCRI and University of Melbourne the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable consortium).

Professor Terry Nolan, Group Leader Research epidemics is used to gain hospital admissions due Tiam Yap insights into potential public to community-acquired Erin Hill Vaccine clinical trials health interventions ranging pneumonia. Deb Gercovich 1: Phase I clinical trial of a from vaccines to community Charan Sandhu Pandemic influenza (H5N1) interventions such as border Staff Deb Saunders candidate vaccine. The control measures and school Group leader Study doctors purpose of this research and business closures. Professor Terry Nolan Dr Karyn Alexander study is to identify a vaccine Contributing to an NHMRC- Researchers Dr Aleya Begum that may prevent the funded national infectious Professor John Matthews Dr Ian Chao spread of “bird” (or avian) disease modelling network of Dr Jodie McVernon Dr Gabi Dabscheck flu in the event of a human scientists from mathematics, Dr James McCaw Dr Lana Horng pandemic and to determine medicine, public health and Dr Jane Hocking Dr Benjamin Namdarian which of the four different health policy backgrounds, Dr Loretta Thorn Dr Shane O’Dea formulations produces the our studies have focussed on Dr Stephen Lambert Dr Briony Price best immune response. The pandemic influenza as well as Kerry-Ann O’Grady Dr Cameron Roberts results of this study will be common bacterial infections. Dr Nicole Rose integral to the production Field studies coordinator Dr Claire Veith of the vaccine that could Epidemiologic research Marita Kefford PhD students protect the Australian In collaboration with the Research assistants Dr Susan Skull population in the event of a University of Queensland, Leonie Baker Kerry-Ann O’Grady human influenza pandemic. our studies continue on a John Bashour Dr Stephen Lambert 2: Phase II clinical trial community sample of families Michelle Boglis of a combined Hib looking at the incidence of Janet Briggs Major presentations Clare Brophy meningococcal serogroup common and newly discovered Dr Jodie McVernon: Modelling Elizabeth Christie C and Y conjugate vaccine. respiratory viruses, including for Influenza Pandemics. The purpose of this study Lucy Cosentino a novel human coronavirus, Inaugural Nossal Institute is to provide data on the Monique Decortis bocavirus and human for Global Health Forum, immunogenicity (immune Debbie Gercovich metapneumovirus. Melbourne, December 2005. response), reactogenicity Evaluation of Jane Gibson (local reactions) and safety Ruth Lawrence Professor Terry Nolan: immunisation and of a primary vaccination Stephanie Lenko Prophylactic quadrivalent course with this new screening programs Betty Lim human papillomavirus virus- vaccine. This program of research Ethna Macken like particle (VLP) vaccine in male and female adolescents 3: Phase IV clinical trial of includes studies to evaluate AnnMarie McEvoy and young adult women. inactivated influenza vaccine the effectiveness of screening Liz McGrath Presented at the European for use in children. for chlamydia infection; Paula Nathan evaluation of the prevention Jacinta O’Sullivan Society for Paediatric 4: Phase II clinical trial of a new by conjugate pneumococcal Jane Ryrie Infectious Diseases Annual vaccine to prevent herpes vaccine of severe pneumonia Kate Scott Scientific Conference, simplex virus Type 2 (HSV2) in Australian Aboriginal Barbra Sherry Valencia, Spain, May 2005. infections, given in early children in the Northern adolescence. Serena Sims Dr Jane Hocking: Associations Territory; and studies Jacinta Sonego between condom use and Mathematical modelling of the effectiveness of Patricia Staig rectal and urethral chlamydia in Mathematical modelling polysaccharide pneumococcal Eve Urban men. Proceedings, IUSTI World of the spread of infectious vaccine and inactivated Sandra Walker Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, disease and possible influenza vaccine in preventing Marie West November 2005. 70 2005 Publications Report School of Population Health Department of Public Health School of Population • Becker NG, Li Z, Hsu E, • Fry CL, Ritter AJ, Baldwin S, of Paediatrics and Child Health. Andrews R & Lambert SB. 2005. Bowen KJ, Gardiner P, Holt T, 41:125-129. Monitoring measles elimination Health Jenkinson R & Johnston J. 2005. • Lee DM, Binger A, Hocking JS & in Victoria. Australian and New Paying research participants: Fairley CK. 2005. 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