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PROF GEOFFREY CHARLES NICHOLSON



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Organization: Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
Position: PROF NICHOLSON
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery The University of Western Australia 31-Dec-1974
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1998

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Royal College of Physicians of London 10-Aug-2004

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) 31-Dec-1984
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP) 31-Dec-2000

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Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Characterisation of human osteoclastogenesis Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2002
Primary care prevention of falls and fractures in the elderly by annual vitamin D supplementation Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2003
Bone size and bone turnover: relationship to fracture risk over ten years Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2003
Male osteoporosis: a population based study in geelong Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2004
Thyroid-associated ophtalmopathy subtypes and orbital antibodies Principal Supervisor NHMRC Medical & Dental Postgraduate Scholarships 01/01/2005
TITANIUM ALLOY SCAFFOLDS FOR OSSEOINTEGRATION IMPLANT MATERIALS Chief Investigator DEAKIN UNIVERSITY Discovery Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2007

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
VALIDATION OF MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH OSTEOPOROSIS Chief Investigator ROCHE INC 01/01/2004
THE RECRUITMENT OF OLDER WOMEN INTO AN EXISTING VITAMIN D STUDY- RELATED TO THE NATIONAL FALLS PREVENTION IN OLDER PEOPLE INITIATIVE Chief Investigator DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING 01/01/2005

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor use and bone mineral density in women with a history of depression
    Year: 2008
    Journal: International Clinical Psychopharmacology
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 84-87
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • High-sensitivity C-reactive protein test results predict fracture risk in elderly women.


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 5-6
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  • Depression and bone mineral density in a community sample of men: Geelong Osteoporosis Study
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Men's Health & Gender
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 292-297
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  • Fracture Risk (FRISK) Score (letter)
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Radiology
    Volume: 245
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 298
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  • Multiple Roles of M-CSF in Human Osteoclastogenesis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
    Volume: 102
    Page numbers: 759-768
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  • Self-reported depression and cardiovascular risk factors in a community sample of women
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Psychosomatics
    Volume: 48
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 54-59
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  • The metabolic syndromeand bone mineral density in a random sample of Australian men.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Men's Health & Gender
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 298-299
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  • The potential role of the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine in slowing bone resorption in early post-menopausal women: A pilot study.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Translational Research
    Volume: 150
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 215
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  • Weight gain may contribute to increased fracture risk in women treated with rosiglitazone.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Diabetic Medicine
    Volume: 24
    Page numbers: 1172-1178
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Antioxidant supplements & markers of bone turnover in a community sample of non-smoking women.

     


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Women's Health
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 295-300
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  • Association of Functionally Different RUNX2 P2 Promoter Alleles with BMD
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Bone & Mineral Research
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 265-73
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  • Fracture Risk (FRISK) Score: Geelong Osteoporosis Study
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Radiology
    Volume: 241
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 190-196
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  • Half the burden of fragility fractures in the community occur in women without osteoporosis.  When is fracture prevention cost-effective?
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Bone
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 694-700
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  • High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Fracture Risk in Elderly Women
    Year: 2006
    Journal: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
    Volume: 296
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1353-5
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  • The population burden of fractures originates in women with osteopenia, not osteoporosis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Osteoporosis International
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 2006
    Page numbers: 1404-1409
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  • Vitamin D Action & Regulation of BOne Remodeling: Supression of Osteoclatogenesis by the Mature Osteoblast
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Bone & Mineral Research
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1618-26
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Depression and bone mineral density in a community sample of perimenopausal women - The Geelong Osteopororis Study
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 88-91
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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  • Femoral neck geometry and hip fracture risk: the Geelong Osteoporosis Study
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Osteoporosis International
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 1299-1303
    Publisher: Springer-Verlag London(Godalming)
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  • NFAT expression in human osteoclasts
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
    Volume: 95
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 17-23
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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  • Risedronate prevents bone loss in early postmenopausal women: a prospective randomized, placebo-controlled trial
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Climacteric
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 251-262
    Publisher: Parthenon Publishing Group
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  • The human cost of fracture
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Osteoporosis International
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 2046-2052
    Publisher: Springer-Verlag London(Godalming)
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  • Ubiquitin-Associated Domain Mutations of SQSTM1 in Pagets Disease of Bone: Evidence for a Founder Effect in Patients of British Descent
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Bone & Mineral Research
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 227
    Publisher: American Society for Bone and Mineral Research(Washington DC)
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  • b-Blockers reduce bone resorption markers in early postmenopausal women: Geelong Osteoporosis Study
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Annals of Human Biology
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 738-745
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Adenoviral down-regulation of osteopontin inhibits human osteoclast differentiation in vitro
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
    Volume: 93
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 896-903
    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
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  • Beta-Adrenergic Blockers Reduce the Risk of Fracture Partly by Increasing Bone Mineral Density: Geelong Osteoporosis Study
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Bone & Mineral Research
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 19-24
    Publisher: American Society for Bone and Mineral Research(Washington DC)