Select Publications
Conference Presentations
2004, 'The use of hospitalisation and pharmaceutical prescribing data to compare the prevaccination burden of varicella and herpes zoster 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, 'The seroepidemiology of pertussis in Australia', presented at International Congress of Infectious Diseases meeting, Cancun, Mexico, 01 March 2004
,2003, 'Measles vaccination coverage among 5-year old children and implications for disease elimination in Australia', presented at Measles vaccination coverage among 5-year old children and implications for disease elimination in Australia. Communicable Diseases Control Conference Communicable diseases – a fight we can win?, Canberra, Australia, 01 April 2003
,2003, 'The impact of vaccination on the epidemiology of varicella zoster virus', presented at Communicable Diseases Control Conference Communicable diseases – a fight we can win?, Canberra, Australia, 01 April 2003
,2003, 'Cost-effectiveness of 7-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine in Australian infants', presented at Australian Society for Infectious Diseases Annual Meeting, Canberra, Australia, 10 March 2003 - 12 March 2003
,2003, 'Presentation by the recipient of the 2003 winner of the ASID/GSK award for advanced research in infectious diseases. The relationship of evidence, policy and practice and its impact on tuberculosis control in high-risk populations', presented at Australian Society for Infectious Diseases Annual Meeting, Canberra, Australia, 10 March 2003 - 12 March 2003
,2003, 'Averting a crisis: current issues for non-immunising parents in Australia', presented at MAE Conference, Canberra, Australia, 03 March 2003
,2002, 'Cost-effectiveness of universal vaccination of a birth cohort with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine', presented at Canberra Hospital, Annual Meeting, Canberra, Australia, 08 November 2002
,2002, 'Economic perspectives - Vaccines for the Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule', presented at National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance (NCIRS) Forum: Immunisation Research, Sydney, Australia, 01 November 2002
,2002, 'Predicting the future using modelling', presented at National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance (NCIRS) Forum: Immunisation Research – Today and Tomorrow, Sydney, Australia, 01 November 2002
,2002, 'Immunisation coverage in inner urban areas of Australian capital cities', presented at 8th National Public Health Association of Australia Immunisation Conference, A Boost for Immunisation, Melbourne, Australia, 01 May 2002
,2002, 'Immunisation uptake in children with Cerebral Palsy and Down Syndrome: good news?', presented at 8th National Public Health Association of Australia Immunisation Conference, A Boost for Immunisation, Melbourne, Australia, 01 May 2002
,2002, 'MMR vaccine coverage among 5-year-old children', presented at 8th National Public Health Association of Australia Immunisation Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 01 May 2002
,2002, 'Pertussis burden in children aged 5-14 years residing in Western Sydney', presented at 8th National Public Health Association of Australia Immunisation Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 01 May 2002
,2002, 'Plenary: The use of mathematical modelling to inform vaccination policy', presented at Public Health Association Immunisation Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 01 May 2002
,2002, 'The first national serosurvey of vaccine preventable diseases – an overview', presented at 8th National Public Health Association of Australia Immunisation Conference, A Boost for Immunisation, Melbourne, Australia, 01 May 2002
,2001, 'A Mathematical model for measles control', presented at Royal Australasian College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia, 01 May 2001
,2001, 'A mathematical model to measure the impact of the Measles Control Campaign on the transmission dynamics of measles in Australia', presented at Communicable Diseases Control Conference, Canberra, Australia, 02 April 2001
,2000, 'The epidemiological situation in Australia', presented at World Health Organization WHO (Department of Vaccines and Biologicals) Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 02 October 2000
,2000, 'No evidence for multiple drug prophylaxis for TB compared to isoniazid alone.', presented at Australian Society for Infectious Diseases Annual Meeting, Sydney, Australia, 07 April 2000
,2000, 'Plenary: Tuberculosis in prisons', presented at Department of Corrective Services, Corrections Health Services Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 01 March 2000
,1999, 'Plenary: Resurgence of tuberculosis', presented at Cultural Diversity and Clinical Tribes Combined 1999 Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 13 October 1999
,1999, 'Models of Hospital drug costs', presented at Models of Hospital drug costs. Health Services Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 08 August 1999 - 11 August 1999
,1999, 'Plenary: Tuberculosis in prisons', presented at Public Health Association of Australia. Minimising Harm: Health in Prisons, Sydney, Australia, 16 February 1999
,1998, 'Predictors of length of stay for transurethral prostatectomy in Victoria', presented at Royal Australasian College of Physicians Joint Scientific Meeting, Australia, 01 May 1998
,1998, 'The cost effectiveness of contact screening for tuberculosis', presented at Royal Australasian College of Physicians Joint Scientific Meeting, Australia, 01 May 1998
,1998, 'Quality matters: a researcher's perspective', presented at National Centre for Classification in Health seminar - Quality Matters: Coding and Data Quality, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, 23 January 1998
,1997, 'Cost effectiveness of contact screening for TB; Preventability of TB in refugees; Preventability of TB in contacts', presented at 2nd National Australian Tuberculosis Conference, Sydney, Australia, 01 November 1997
,1997, 'Keynote address related to Screening for TB', presented at 2nd National Tuberculosis Conference, Sydney, Australia, 01 November 1997
,1997, 'Exposure to TB in skin test converters in Maryland prisons', presented at American Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 01 May 1997
,1996, 'Missed opportunities for prevention of tuberculosis in Victoria', presented at Public Health Association of Australia annual scientific meeting, Perth, Australia, 02 September 1996
,1996, 'Impact of crowding and tuberculosis control measures on incidence of tuberculosis infection in Maryland prisons', presented at American Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting, New ORleans, USA, 10 May 1996 - 15 May 1996
,1995, 'Impact of crowding and tuberculosis control measures on incidence of tuberculosis infection in Maryland prisons', presented at Australian Epidemiological Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Cairns, Australia, 01 September 1995
,1995, 'Impact of crowding and tuberculosis control measures on incidence of tuberculosis infection in Maryland prisons', presented at Commonwealth Fund Of New York, Harkness Seminar, Chicago, Australia, 01 June 1995
,1994, 'An outbreak of influenza A at a Melbourne nursing home', presented at 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) and Field Epidemiology in Training Program (FETP),, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 03 January 1994
,1994, 'An outbreak of tuberculosis at a Melbourne office', presented at 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) and Field Epidemiology in Training Program (FETP), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 03 January 1994
,1994, 'An outbreak of tuberculosis at an office in Melbourne', presented at 1st International Conference on HIV, Bombay, India, 03 January 1994
,1994, 'Attitudes of Victorian immunisation providers to the pertussis component of the triple antigen vaccine', presented at 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) and Field Epidemiology in Training Program (FETP), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 03 January 1994
,1994, 'The epidemiology of tuberculosis in Victoria', presented at 1st International Conference on HIV, Bombay, India, 03 January 1994
,1993, 'Influenza immunisation in Victoria', presented at International Epidemiology Association 13th scientific meeting, Sydney, Australia, 01 September 1993
,1993, 'The epidemiology of tuberculosis in Victoria', presented at International Epidemiology Association 13th scientific meeting, Sydney, Australia, 01 September 1993
,1993, 'Tuberculosis in Victoria', presented at Medical Officers of Health Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 11 August 1993
,1993, 'The epidemiology of tuberculosis in Victoria', presented at Tuberculosis seminar for Dr Arati Kochi (Programme manager, WHO tuberculosis programme), Melbourne, Australia, 04 August 1993
,1993, 'The epidemiology of tuberculosis in Victoria', presented at The Royal Australasian College of Physicians Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia, 28 April 1993 - 30 April 1993
,1993, 'Attitudes of health professionals to the pertussis component of DTP vaccine', presented at 3rd National Immunisation Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 01 April 1993
,1993, 'Influenza immunisation in Victoria', presented at 3rd National Immunisation Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 01 April 1993
,1993, 'Influenza immunisation in Victoria 1992', presented at Royal Australasian College of Physicians Advanced Trainees Presentations, Sydney, Australia, 01 March 1993
,1992, 'The epidemiology of tuberculosis in Victoria', presented at John Forbes Week, Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 02 November 1992
,1992, 'Influenza surveillance in Victoria', presented at Medical Officers of Health Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 01 August 1992
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