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DR IRENE BLACKBERRY



Contact Details

Organization: General Practice
Position: RESEARCH FELLOW IN PRIMARY CARE
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Homepage: http://www.gp.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/academic_details.asp?ID=95
Work: (03)83443373
Fax: (03)93476136
Room: G68
Level: Ground
Building: 200 Berkeley St.
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
public health, chronic disease, primary care, geriatric medicine and clinical nutrition. Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
PhD in Medicine Monash University 15-Mar-2002
Bachelor of Medicine Atma Jaya University 30-Apr-1997
Grad Cert Health Services Research and Evaluation University of Melbourne 11-Aug-2006
Graduate Certificate in Geriatric Nutrition University of Indonesia 31-Jul-1997

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Council Asia Pacific Clinical Nutrition Society Secretary General 31-Jul-2005 30-Jun-2008

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Diabetes Australia 31-May-2006
Other (Award) Cambridge University 30-Apr-2006

Government Research Classifications

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
Stepping Up in Diabetes: A pilot implementation and evaluation of a program to enhance the way the primary care diabetes team works with patients to manage insulin treatment. Chief Investigator DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING Chronic Disease Self-Management/Lifestyle and Risk Modification Grants 25/06/2009

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

  • The emotional context of self-management in chronic illness: A qualitative study of the role of health professional support in the self-management of type 2 diabetes
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Health Services Research
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 214
    Page numbers: 1-9
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  • The reliability and predictive accuracy of the falls risk for older people in the community assessment (FROP-Com) tool
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Age and Ageing
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 634-639
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Patient Engagement and Coaching for Health. The PEACH study - A cluster randomised controlled trial using the telephone to coach people with type 2 diabetes to engage with their GPs to improve diabetes care: A study protocol
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMC Family Practice
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 20
    Page numbers: 1-9
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Falls Risk and Functional Decline in Older Fallers Discharged Directly from Emergeny Departments
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Gerontology Series A - Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
    Volume: 61
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1090-1095
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Does diet matter for survival in long-lived cultures?
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 2-6
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Legumes: the most important dietary predictor of survival in older people of different ethnicities
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 217-220
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Magnesium in human health.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Current Therapeutics
    Volume: June
    Page numbers: 35-38
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Selenium in human health
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Current Therapeutics
    Volume: June
    Page numbers: 58-62
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Age-fitness. How achievable with food?
    Year: 2001
    Event name: IUNS Conference - Vienna
    Conference Publication: 17th International Congress of Nutrition
    Volume: 45
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 413
    Publisher: Karger(Basel)
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