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DR Carolyn NICKSON

Positions

Academic, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Cancer Screening, Reproductive Health

Overview

Has subject area

For 2008 6 Digit Code
- Epidemiology
Seo 2008 6 Digit Code
- Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified

Affiliation

Member of

Australasian Epidemiological Association. Member 2004 -
Public Health Association of Australasia. Member 2004 -

Publications

Selected publications

2012
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - A revision of sexual mixing matrices in models of sexually transmitted infection. Statistics in Medicine. 31:3419-3432. 2012
  - Expenditure and resource utilisation for cervical screening in Australia. BMC Health Services Research. 12. 2012
  - Mammographic Screening and Breast Cancer Mortality: A Case-Control Study and Meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 21:1479-1488. 2012
- Other Refereed Contribution to Refereed Journals
  - Screening and breast cancer mortality - Response. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 21:2276-2277. 2012
2011
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Prevention of cervical cancer in rural China: Evaluation of HPV vaccination and primary HPV screening strategies. Vaccine. 29:2487-2494. 2011
  - The predicted impact of HPV vaccination on male infections and male HPV-related cancers in Australia. Vaccine. 29:9112-9122. 2011
2010
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Variation in mammographic appearance between projections of small breast cancers compared with radial scars. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology. 54:415-420. 2010
2009
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Invasive breast cancers detected by screening mammography: a detailed comparison of computer-aided detection-assisted single reading and double reading. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology. 53:442-449. 2009
  - Tumour size at detection according to different measures of mammographic breast density. Journal of Medical Screening. 16:140-146. 2009
- Conference Papers Refereed
  - A microsimulation model of the BreastScreen Australia program. 164-170. 2009
2008
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Using mammographic density to improve breast cancer screening outcomes. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 17:2818-2824. 2008
2007
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - The feasability of routinely collecting detailed information about menopausal history and menopause therapy use from women participating in Australian State and Territory BreastScreen programs. Australasian Epidemiologist. 14:18-21. 2007
2006
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - "Indigenous Health: Is it every researcher's responsibility?". Australasian Epidemiologist. 13:2-5. 2006
  - Travel undertaken by women accessing private Victorian pregnancy termination services. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 30:329-333. 2006
2004
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Intention to claim a Medicare rebate among women receiving private Victorian pregnancy termination services. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 28:120-123. 2004
2002
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Use of interstate services for the termination of pregnancy in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 26:421-425. 2002

Research

Investigator on

Contract
- AUTODENSITY: AUTOMATED BREAST DENSITY MEASUREMENT FROM DIGITAL SCREENING MAMMOGRAMS awarded by CSIRO ICT CENTRE 2012 -
- AUTODENSITY: A TESTING PLATFORM FOR AUTOMATED BREAST DENSITY MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES awarded by CSIRO 2011 -
Grant
- Translation of mammographic density, a strong and heritable risk factor for breast cancer, into clinical practice. (Translational Breast Cancer Research Grants) awarded by VIC BREAST CANCER RESEARCH CONSORTIUM INC 2010 - 2012
- Translation of mammographic density, a strong and heritable risk factor for breast cancer, into clinical practice. (Translational Breast Cancer Research Grants) awarded by VIC BREAST CANCER RESEARCH CONSORTIUM INC 2010 - 2012
- Translation of mammographic density, a strong and heritable risk factor for breast cancer, into clinical practice. (Translational Breast Cancer Research Grants) awarded by VIC BREAST CANCER RESEARCH CONSORTIUM INC 2009 - 2013
- Translation of mammographic density, a strong and heritable risk factor for breast cancer, into clinical practice. (Translational Breast Cancer Research Grants) awarded by VIC BREAST CANCER RESEARCH CONSORTIUM INC 2009 - 2012
- Translation of mammographic density, a strong and heritable risk factor for breast cancer, into clinical practice. (Translational Breast Cancer Research Grants) awarded by VIC BREAST CANCER RESEARCH CONSORTIUM INC 2009 - 2012
- THE MORTALITY BENEFIT OF MAMMOGRAPHIC SCREENING IN AUSTRALIA (Project Grants) awarded by NHMRC 2008 - 2012
- Modelling the impact of targetted changes to screening intervals in Australian breast-screening programs (Postgraduate Research Scholarships) awarded by NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION 2004 - 2006
- AUTOMATED BREAST DENSITY MEASUREMENT AND ITS INTEGRATION INTO BREAST CANCER SCREENING (Collaborative Research Grants) awarded by UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

Awards

Education and training

PhD, University of Melbourne 2008
GradDip (EpiBiostat), University of Melbourne 2001
BA, La Trobe University 1999

Supervision

Available for supervision

Y

Contact Details
- cnickson@unimelb.edu.au
- 8344 0765
- fax: 9347 9824
- Location
  - Level: 03 Room: 356, 207-221 Bouverie St., Parkville
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