Select Publications
Conference Presentations
2011, 'Review of Australian epidemiology data (varicella)', presented at Varivax & MMR Thought Leaders' Forum, Sydney, Australia, 16 February 2011
,2010, 'Introduction to modelling of infectious diseases', presented at 2nd International workshop on "Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases", Chennai, India, 05 December 2010 - 10 December 2010
,2010, 'To determine how he outputs of the Hubs over the next 12 month can be used to maximise their utilisation and policy impact within the development community', presented at Ausaid Health Knowledge HUBs Annual work-plan forum, Brisbane, Australia, 29 November 2010 - 01 December 2010
,2010, 'N95 respirators versus surgical masks in hospital health workers.', presented at Australian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Annual Scientific Meeting, Darwin, Australia, 26 May 2010 - 30 May 2010
,2010, 'Health research: concepts, techniques and methods', presented at World Health Organization (WHO) SEA Regional Conference on Epidemiology, New Delhi, India, 08 March 2010 - 10 March 2010
,2010, 'Evidence to Policy & Action through Partnership', presented at World Health Organization (WHO) SEA Regional Conference on Epidemiology, New Delhi, India, 04 March 2010 - 12 March 2010
,2009, 'Do masks work?', presented at Seminar on Pandemic Influenza: (CIDM-PH), ICPMR, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 25 November 2009
,2009, 'Mask in prevention of respiratory infection in health workers', presented at 49th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, San Francisco, USA, 12 September 2009 - 15 September 2009
,2009, 'Preventing Influenza Transmission with Personal Protective Equipment: Clinical and Community Studies.', presented at Institute of Medicine Committee on Personal Protective Equipment for Healthcare Workers in the Workplace Against Novel H1N1 Influenza A, Washington, USA, 11 August 2009 - 14 August 2009
,2009, 'What can we learn from the Australian pertussis outbreak?', presented at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Conference: Vaccine Availability for All Children in Asia, Manila, The Philippines, 09 August 2009
,2009, 'Pneumococcal vaccines in adults - Conjugate vaccines in the frail elderly', presented at National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance(NCIRS) Pneumococcal Vaccines Workshop, Sydney, Australia, 30 July 2009 - 31 July 2009
,2009, 'HPV vaccination and the immune compromised', presented at Sydney HPV Vaccination Forum, Sydney, 17 July 2009
,2009, 'Applications and Overviews of clinical research in modeling', presented at Murramarang CBG Workshop, Australia, 02 March 2009
,2009, 'HPV clinical research in Immunosuppressed in Australia', presented at Sydney CCRE/HPV Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 13 February 2009
,2008, 'Policy considerations for adult vaccines in Australia', presented at World Vaccine Congress, Sydney, Australia, 14 October 2008
,2008, 'Masks and health workers', presented at Beijing Centre for Disease Control Meeting, Beijing, China, 03 October 2008
,2008, 'Herpes Zoster Burden of Illness in Australians Aged 50 years and older', presented at Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) Annual Conference, Goldcoast, Australia, 17 September 2008
,2008, 'The immunogenicity of 7-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV7) Compared to 23-Valent Polysaccharide Vaccine (23vPPV) in Frail, Hospitalized Elderly – a long term follow-up study', presented at 11th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD), 17 April 2008, https://isppd.kenes.com/2018#.XJF6SOgzaUk
,2007, 'Population prevalence of exposure to human papillomavirus types 6, 11, 16, and 18 in men, women and children in Australia', presented at 24th International Papillomavirus Conference and Clinical Workshop, Beijing, China, 02 November 2007
,2007, 'The burden of vitamin deficiency in newly arrived refugee children in Sydney', presented at Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) 38th Annual Conference, Alice Springs, Australia, 23 September 2007 - 26 September 2007
,2007, 'Active surveillance, rapid diagnosis and use of oseltamivir to control an outbreak of influenza A in an aged-care facility', presented at Australia New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, Australia, 03 September 2007
,2007, 'A cluster-randomised household study of mask use in control of respiratory virus transmission', presented at Royal Australasian College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 01 May 2007
,2007, 'Active surveillance, point-of-care testing and oseltamivir to control an outbreak of influenza A in an ACF', presented at Joint Conference of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational Medicine (AFOM) and Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM), Melbourne, Australia, 01 May 2007
,2007, 'An outbreak of influenza A in an aged care facility detected through active surveillance.', presented at Communicable Diseases Control Conference 2007, Canberra, Australia, 14 March 2007 - 15 March 2007
,2007, 'Understanding health care workers and their potential vulnerability in an influenza pandemic', presented at Communicable Diseases Control Conference 2007: From outbreaks to pandemics in the region – building our capacity to respond, Canberra, Australia, 14 March 2007 - 15 March 2007
,2007, 'A cluster randomised household study of mask use in control of respiratory virus transmission during the Australian winter of 2006', presented at IX International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections, Hong Kong, 05 March 2007
,2007, 'A cluster-randomised household study of mask use in control of respiratory virus transmission', presented at Communicable Diseases Network of Australia Conference, Canberra, Australia, 01 March 2007
,2006, 'A new method of assessing frailty in older patients recruited into randomised controlled trials', presented at Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Christchurch, New Zealand, 07 September 2006
,2006, 'The cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in Australia.', presented at 10th National Immunisation/2nd Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) Asia Pacific Vaccine Preventable Diseases Conference - Successes in Immunisation, Sydney, Australia, 31 July 2006 - 01 August 2006
,2006, 'A national “pre-immunisation” serosurvey of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C antibody', presented at 10th National Immunisation/2nd PHAA Asia Pacific Vaccine Preventable Diseases Conference - Successes in Immunisat, Sydney, Australia, 30 July 2006 - 01 August 2006
,2006, 'Herpes zoster and associated health care use in general practice in Australia', presented at 10th National Immunisation/2nd PHAA Asia Pacific Vaccine Preventable Diseases Conference - Successes in Immunisation, Sydney, Australia, 30 July 2006 - 01 August 2006
,2006, 'Investigation into an outbreak of influenza at a Sydney Hospital', presented at 10th National Immunisation/2nd PHAA Asia Pacific Vaccine Preventable Disease Conference - Successes in Immunisation, Sydney , Australia, 30 July 2006 - 01 August 2006
,2006, 'Pneumococcal immunity and carriage in hospitalised geriatric patients - preliminary results from a vaccine trial', presented at 10th National Immunisation/2nd Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) Asia Pacific Vaccine Preventable Diseases Conference, Sydney, Australia, 30 July 2006 - 01 August 2006
,2006, 'The effects of internal travel restrictions on the geographic spread of a pandemic', presented at 10th National Immunisation/2nd PHAA Asia Pacific Vaccine Preventable Diseases Conference - Successes in Immunisation, Sydney, Australia, 30 July 2006 - 01 August 2006
,2006, 'The epidemiology of cytomegalovirus in Australia', presented at 10th National Immunisation/2nd PHAA Asia Pacific Vaccine Preventable Diseases Conference - Successes in Immunisation, Sydney, Australia, 30 July 2006 - 01 August 2006
,2006, 'Vaccination uptake in hospitalised geriatric patients 4–6 months after commencement of a funded national pneumococcal vaccination program for >65’s', presented at 10th National Immunisation/2nd Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) Asia Pacific Vaccine Preventable Diseases Conference, Sydney, Australia, 30 July 2006 - 01 August 2006
,2006, 'The community impact of hepatitis A in Australia', presented at 10th National Immunisation/2nd Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) Asia Pacific Vaccine Preventable Diseases Conference, Sydney, Australia, 03 July 2006
,2006, 'Vaccination uptake in hospitalised geriatric patients within the first year after commencement of a funded national pneumococcal vaccination program for >65's', presented at Westmead Association Hospital Week Research Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 01 June 2006
,2006, 'Plenary: Herpes zoster in Australasia', presented at International Herpes Management Forum meeting, Washington, USA, 01 May 2006
,2005, 'Vaccination uptake in hospitalised geriatric patients 4–6 months after commencement of a funded national pneumococcal vaccination program for >65's.', presented at ERA 2005 - 4th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing, Brisbane, Australia, 01 November 2005
,2005, 'A vaccination for Indigenous children', presented at Australian Society for Infectious Diseases annual scientific meeting, Western Australia, 10 May 2005 - 12 May 2005
,2005, 'Development of a risk priority score for category A bioterroism agents', presented at Australian Society for Infectious Diseases annual scientific meeting, MArgaret River, Western Australia, 10 May 2005 - 12 May 2005
,2005, 'Plenary: Mathematical modelling of infectious Diseases', presented at Australian Society for Infectious Diseases annual scientific meeting, Western Australia, 10 May 2005 - 12 May 2005
,2005, 'Hepatitis A vaccination for Indigenous children', presented at Communicable Diseases Network of Australia Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia, 01 March 2005
,2005, 'The burden of rotavirus in Australia', presented at Communicable Diseases Network of Australia Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia, 01 March 2005
,2004, 'Plenary: Vaccines for the future', presented at Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Tasmanian Chapter, Annual Scientific Meeting, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 01 October 2004
,2004, 'Comparative cost-utility of meningococcal C conjugate and pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in Australia', presented at 9th National Public Health Association of Australia Immunisation Conference/1st PHAA Asia Pacific Vaccine Preventable Diseases Conference, Cairns, Australia, 19 August 2004 - 20 August 2004
,2004, 'Disease burden and potential cost-effectiveness of universal hepatitis A vaccination in Australia', presented at 9th National Public Health Association of Australia Immunisation Conference/1st PHAA Asia Pacific Vaccine Preventable Diseases Conference, Immunisation at the crossroads – challenges and strategies, Cairns, Australia, 19 August 2004 - 20 August 2004
,2004, 'Recent vaccination schedule change leads to decreased Hib disease in Australia and New Zealand', presented at 9th National Public Health Association of Australia Immunisation Conference/1st PHAA Asia Pacific Vaccine Preventable Diseases Conference, Immunisation at the crossroads – challenges and strategies, Cairns, Australia, 19 August 2004 - 20 August 2004
,2004, 'The epidemiology of severe CMV infection in Australia', presented at 9th National Public Health Association of Australia Immunisation Conference/1st PHAA Asia Pacific Vaccine Preventable Diseases Conference, Immunisation at the crossroads – challenges and strategies, Cairns, Australia, 19 August 2004 - 20 August 2004
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