By Associate Professor David James Heslop

Journal articles

MacIntyre CR; Costantino V; Heslop DJ, 2020, 'The potential impact of a recent measles epidemic on COVID-19 in Samoa', BMC Infectious Diseases, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05469-7

Heslop DJ, 2020, 'Disaster preparedness to exotic and emerging infections', Microbiology Australia, 41, pp. 123 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MA20032

Chen X; Bahl P; De Silva C; Heslop D; Doolan C; Lim S; MacIntyre CR, 2020, 'Systematic Review and Evaluation of Mathematical Attack Models of Human Inhalational Anthrax for Supporting Public Health Decision Making and Response', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 35, pp. 412 - 419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X20000734

Heslop DJ; Blain PG, 2020, 'Threat potential of pharmaceutical based agents', Intelligence and National Security, 35, pp. 539 - 555, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2020.1750158

MacIntyre CR; Heslop DJ, 2020, 'Public health, health systems and palliation planning for COVID-19 on an exponential timeline', Medical Journal of Australia, 212, pp. 440 - 442.e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50592

Harrison R; Hinchcliff RA; Manias E; Mears S; Heslop D; Walton V; Kwedza R, 2020, 'Can feedback approaches reduce unwarranted clinical variation? A systematic rapid evidence synthesis', BMC Health Services Research, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4860-0

Costantino V; Heslop DJ; MacIntyre CR, 2020, 'The effectiveness of full and partial travel bans against COVID-19 spread in Australia for travellers from China during and after the epidemic peak in China', Journal of Travel Medicine, 27, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/JTM/TAAA081

Vassil JC; Winn L; Heslop DJ, 2020, 'The Sun Herald Sydney City-2-Surf Fun Run - Historical Injury Patterns and Factors Influencing Injury Type and Frequency', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 35, pp. 189 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X20000175

Armstrong J; Adam D; Kunasekaran M; MacIntyre R; Nand D; Heslop D, 2019, 'Themes and correlations of participant experience and evaluation of an interactive bioterrorism release exercise – a mixed methods study', Journal of Global Biosecurity, 1, pp. 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.20

David H; MacIntyre R, 2019, 'Germ line genome editing and the emerging struggle for supremacy in the Chemical, Biological and Radiological (CBR) balance of power', Global Biosecurity, 1, pp. 169 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.18

Heslop D, 2019, 'Beyond traditional CBRN force protection – a future of CBRN hardened super-soldiers?', Global Biosecurity, 1, pp. 162 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.3

MacIntyre CR; Costantino V; Mohanty B; Nand D; Kunasekaran MP; Heslop D, 2019, 'Epidemic size, duration and vaccine stockpiling following a large-scale attack with smallpox', Global Biosecurity, 1, pp. 74 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.13

Heslop DJ, 2019, 'CBRN News: Waxing CBRNE, Waning humanity', Global Biosecurity, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.19

MacIntyre R; Heslop D; Nand D; Schramm C; Butel M; Rawlinson W; Baker M; Kiedrzynski T; Nelson C; Fotualii L; Yeo K; Elsgaard J; Fonua L; Lane M; Rosewell A, 2019, 'Exercise Mataika: White Paper on response to a smallpox bioterrorism release in the Pacific', Journal of Global Biosecurity, 1, pp. 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.31646/gbio.10

Heslop D; Westphalen N, 2019, 'Medical CBRN Defence in the Australian Defence Force', Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, 27, pp. 66 - 73, https://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=191235888839493;res=IELHEA

Heslop D; Vassil J; Winn L, 2019, 'The Sun Herald Sydney City-2-Surf Fun Run: Historical Injury Patterns and Development of a Predictive Model to Inform Health Service Planning', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 34, pp. s41 - s41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x19000992

Yew YY; Delgado RC; Heslop D; Gonzales PA, 2018, 'The Yew Disaster Severity Index: A New Tool in Disaster Metrics', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X18001115

Currie J; Heslop DJ, 2018, 'Operational systems evaluation of a large scale multi-agency decontamination exercise', International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 31, pp. 1054 - 1061, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.03.027

Ashraf MM; harrison ; Hinchcliff R; *Agaliotis M; Balasooriya C; Meyer L; Heslop D, 2018, 'Optimising the use of Technology Enhanced Learning And Teaching (TELT) in Health Services Management Education', Education for Health

Raina MacIntyre C; Engells TE; Scotch M; Heslop DJ; Gumel AB; Poste G; Chen X; Herche W; Steinhöfel K; Lim S; Broom A; MacIntyre R, 2018, 'Converging and emerging threats to health security', Environment Systems and Decisions, 38, pp. 198 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10669-017-9667-0

Harrison R; Manias E; Mears S; Heslop D; Hinchcliff R; Haye L, 2018, 'Addressing unwarranted clinical variation: A rapid review of current evidence', Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 25, pp. 53 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jep.12930

Heslop DJ; Chughtai AA; Bui CM; MacIntyre CR, 2017, 'Publicly available software tools for decision-makers during an emergent epidemic—Systematic evaluation of utility and usability', Epidemics, 21, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2017.04.002

Awadh A; Chughtai AA; Dyda A; Sheikh M; Heslop DJ; MacIntyre CR, 2017, '[OBK-17-0008] Does Zika Virus Cause Microcephaly - Applying the Bradford Hill Viewpoints', PLOS Currents, 9, pp. ecurrents.outbreaks.2fced6e886074f6db162a00d4940133b, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/currents.outbreaks.2fced6e886074f6db162a00d4940133b

Muscatello DJ; Chughtai AA; Heywood A; Gardner LM; Heslop DJ; MacIntyre CR, 2017, 'Translation of Real-Time Infectious Disease Modeling into Routine Public Health Practice.', Emerg Infect Dis, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2305.161720

Currie AJ; Heslop DJ; Winter SM, 2011, 'H1N1 in the field: The impact on Australian Defence Force Field Exercise Talisman Sabre 09', Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 14, pp. 103 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aenj.2011.03.002

Heslop DJ; Bandler R; Keay KA, 2004, 'Haemorrhage-evoked decompensation and recompensation mediated by distinct projections from rostral and caudal midline medulla in the rat', European Journal of Neuroscience, 20, pp. 2096 - 2110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03660.x

Troy BP; Heslop DJ; Bandler R; Keay KA, 2003, 'Haemodynamic response to haemorrhage: Distinct contributions of midbrain and forebrain structures', Autonomic Neuroscience Basic and Clinical, 108, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1566-0702(03)00152-8

Keay KA; Clement CI; Matar WM; Heslop DJ; Henderson LA; Bandler R, 2002, 'Noxious activation of spinal or vagal afferents evokes distinct patterns of fos-like immunoreactivity in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray of unanaesthetised rats', Brain Research, 948, pp. 122 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02959-1

Heslop DJ; Keay KA; Bandler R, 2002, 'Haemorrhage-evoked compensation and decompensation are mediated by distinct caudal midline medullary regions in the urethane-anaesthetised rat', Neuroscience, 113, pp. 555 - 567, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00161-6

Keay KA; Henderson LA; Heslop DJ; Potas JR; Bandler R, 2000, 'The caudal midline medulla mediates state dependent cardiovascular responses', EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 12, pp. 419 - 419, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000088236602394&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Shepherd VA; Beilby MJ; Heslop DJ, 1999, 'Ecophysiology of the hypotonic response in the salt-tolerant charophyte alga Lamprothamnium papulosum', Plant Cell and Environment, 22, pp. 333 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00414.x

Conference Papers

Khaokaew Y; Kong R; Züfle A; Xue H; Anderson T; Macintyre CR; Scotch M; Salim FD; Heslop DJ, 2026, 'An Infectious Disease Spread Simulation Based on Large Language Model Decision Making', in Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, pp. 11248 - 11259, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3770855.3818983

Stone H; Du J; Xue H; Scotch M; Heslop D; Zufle A; Macintyre CR; Salim F, 2025, 'A Probabilistic Framework for Imputing Genetic Distances in Spatiotemporal Pathogen Models', in 33rd ACM Sigspatial International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems ACM Sigspatial 2025, pp. 646 - 655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3748636.3762779

Kong R; Anderson T; Heslop DJ; Scotch M; Salim FD; Macintyre CR; Zufle A, 2025, 'EpiScale: Large-Scale Simulation of Infectious Disease Based on Human Mobility', in 33rd ACM Sigspatial International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems ACM Sigspatial 2025, pp. 828 - 831, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3748636.3762791

Kong R; Anderson T; Scotch M; Heslop DJ; Khaokaew Y; Xue H; Xiong L; Macintyre CR; Salim FD; Züfle A, 2025, 'Simulated Infectious Diseases Datasets with Controlled Data Bias', in Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, pp. 5551 - 5559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3711896.3737401

Kong R; Anderson T; Heslop D; Zufle A, 2024, 'An Infectious Disease Spread Simulation to Control Data Bias', in 32nd ACM Sigspatial International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems ACM Sigspatial 2024, pp. 681 - 684, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3678717.3691293

Conference Posters

MacIntyre CR; Kirk M; Clements A; Komesaroff P; Heslop DJ; Wang Q; Sakar S; Rawlinson W; de Barro P; Baker M, (ed.), 2016, 'The NHMRC CRE for Integrated Systems for Epidemic Response (ISER)', Melbourne, Australia, Vol. 24, pp. 67 - 68, presented at Australasian Military Medicine Conference 2016, Melbourne, Australia, 14 October 2016 - 16 October 2016, http://amma.asn.au/amma2016/

Conference Presentations

Heslop DJ, 2017, 'A Review of Civil-Military Cooperation and Response During Epidemic and Pandemic Events', presented at Australasian Military Medicine Conference 2017, Brisbane, Australia, 06 October 2017 - 08 October 2017, http://www.amma.asn.au/amma2017/

Heslop DJ, 2016, 'ADF Forward CBRN Medical Capabilities - Preparing for Black Swans', presented at Australasian Military Medical Association 2016, Melbourne, Australia, 14 October 2016 - 16 October 2016, http://amma.asn.au/amma2016/

Conference Abstracts

Bhattacharjee S; Bahl P; de Silva C; Doolan C; Chughtai AA; Heslop D; MacIntyre R, 2022, 'A blueprint for well-designed, high-performing cloth masks that can outperform a 3-layered surgical mask', in Safety and Health at Work, Elsevier, Vol. 13, pp. s164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2021.12.1264

Heslop DJ, (ed.), 2017, 'A Review of Civil-Military Cooperation and Response During Epidemic and Pandemic Events', in Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, Australasian Military Medicine Association, Brisbane, Australia, Vol. 25, pp. 9 - 9, presented at Australasian Military Medicine Conference 2017, Brisbane, Australia, 06 October 2017 - 08 October 2017, http://www.amma.asn.au/amma2017/

Ashraf MM; Harrison R; Hinchcliff R; Agaliotis M; Balasooriya C; Meyer L; Heslop D, (ed.), 2017, 'Optimising the use of Technology Enhanced Learning And Teaching (TELT) in Health Services Management Education', in SHAPE Symposium 2017, University of New England, Parramatta Future Campus, 232 Church Street Parramatta, Sydney Australia, presented at SHAPE of Healthcare: Outcomes, Research, Actions, Curriculum, University of New England, Parramatta Future Campus, 232 Church Street Parramatta, Sydney Australia, 19 July 2017 - 21 July 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26270

Ashraf MM; Hinchcliff R; Agaliotis M; Narasimhan P; Pardosi J; Asante A; Harrison R; Heslop D; Meyer L; Balasooriya C, 2016, 'The role of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Health Management education: a global perspective', Sydney, presented at 10th annual Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Global Health Program Workshop, Sydney, 28 October 2016 - 01 October 2016

Heslop DJ, (ed.), 2016, 'ADF Forward CBRN Medical Capabilities – Preparing for Black Swans', in Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, Australasian Military Medicine Association, Melbourne, Australia, Vol. 24, pp. 10 - 11, presented at Australasian Military Medical Conference 2016, Melbourne, Australia, 14 October 2016 - 16 October 2016, http://amma.asn.au/amma2016/

MacIntyre CR; Kirk M; Clements A; Komesaroff P; Heslop DJ; Wang Q; Sakar S; Rawlinson W; de Barro P; Baker M, (ed.), 2016, 'The NHMRC CRE for Integrated Systems for Epidemic Response (ISER)', in Journal of Military and Veterans' Health, Australasian Military Medicine Association, Melbourne, Australia, Vol. 24, pp. 68 - 69, presented at Australian Military Medicine Conference 2016, Melbourne, Australia, 14 October 2016 - 16 October 2016, http://amma.asn.au/amma2016/

Reports

Dawson P; Lau TWM; Heslop D; Unsworth N, 2018, Outcomes from a Q Fever Biological Attack Scenario Exercise, from the 6th Annual CBRN International Symposium, Defence Science and Technology Group - Australia, Fisherman's Bend, Victoria, Australia, DST-Group-GD-1025

Honeyman D; Keep J; Heslop DJ; Lim S; Gurdasani D; Macintyre CR, The history of chemical warfare: a systematic review, INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2024.3.0016, https://doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2024.3.0016

Preprints

Khaokaew Y; Kong R; Zufle A; Xue H; Anderson T; MacIntyre CR; Scotch M; Salim FD; Heslop DJ, 2026, An Infectious Disease Spread Simulation Based on Large Language Model Decision Making, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2606.06360

Stone H; MacIntyre CR; Kunasekaran M; Poulos C; Heslop D, 2026, Generating a Contact Matrix for Aged Care Settings in Australia: an agent-based model study, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2512.03866

Stone H; Du J; Yang Y; Desai A; Dawson R; Xue H; Heslop D; Scotch M; Züfle A; MacIntyre CR; Salim F, 2026, From Ecological Connectivity to Outbreak Risk: A Heterogeneous Graph Network for Epidemiological Reasoning under Sparse Spatiotemporal Data, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2601.09738

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