Contact Details
| Organization: | Population Health |
| Position: | AUSTRALIA FELLOW |
| Email: | |
| Homepage: | www.epi.unimelb.edu.au |
| Work: | 8344 0697 |
| Mobile: | 0402 847 119 |
| Fax: | 9349 5815 |
| Room: | 1.31 |
| Level: | 01 |
| Building: | 723 Swanston St. |
| Campus: | Parkville |
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest | Key Words | Country of Expertise |
|---|---|---|
| genetic epidemiology, statistical analysis of twin & family data | breast cancer, colorectal cancer, melanoma, prostate cancer, asthma, mammogrphic density | Australia |
International Linkages
| Country | Establishment | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|
| United States | University of Southern California | Research |
| United States | Columbia University | Research |
| United States | University of California - Irvine | Research |
| United States | National Institutes of Health | Research |
| United Kingdom | University of Cambridge | Research |
| United Kingdom | London Research Institute - Cancer Research UK | Research |
| United States | Northern California Cancer Center | Research |
| Canada | Cancer Care Ontario | Research |
| United States | Fox Chase Cancer Center | Research |
| Canada | Huntsman Cancer Institute | Research |
| United States | Research Triangle Institute | Research |
| United States | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Research |
| United States | Mayo Clinic | Research |
| France | International Agency for Research on Cancer | Research |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Arts | University of Melbourne | 25-Sep-1991 | |
| Bachelor of Science | Monash University | 10-Mar-1971 | |
| Master of Science | Monash University | 01-Mar-1974 | |
| Doctor of Philosophy | La Trobe University | 01-Aug-1980 |
Other Awards
| Award Type | Awarding Body | Comments | Date Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other (Award) | NHMRC Trans Tasman Award | 25-Sep-2003 | |
| Medal | The University of Melbourne | 30-Jan-2001 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Mathematical Logic, Set Theory, Lattices and Combinatorics (MATHEMATICS) (230101)
- Statistical Theory (STATISTICS) (230203)
- Applied Statistics (STATISTICS) (230204)
- Analytical Biochemistry (BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY) (270101)
- Gene Expression (GENETICS) (270201)
- Genome Structure (GENETICS) (270202)
- Population and Ecological Genetics (GENETICS) (270203)
- Quantitative Genetics (GENETICS) (270207)
- Genetics not elsewhere classified (GENETICS) (270299)
- Physiology not elsewhere classified (PHYSIOLOGY) (270699)
- Computation Theory and Mathematics not elsewhere classified (COMPUTATION THEORY AND MATHEMATICS) (280499)
- Water and Sanitary Engineering (CIVIL ENGINEERING) (290802)
- Environmental Technologies (ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING) (291104)
- Sustainable Development (LAND, PARKS AND AGRICULTURE MANAGEMENT) (300903)
- Allergy (IMMUNOLOGY) (320201)
- Cellular Immunology (IMMUNOLOGY) (320202)
- Systems Physiology (MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY) (320603)
- Central Nervous System (NEUROSCIENCES) (320702)
- Cardiology (incl. Cardiovascular Diseases) (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321003)
- Endocrinology (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321004)
- Gastroenterology and Hepatology (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321006)
- Geriatrics and Gerontology (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321007)
- Haematology (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321008)
- Medical Genetics (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321011)
- Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321013)
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321014)
- Oncology and Carcinogenesis (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321015)
- Opthalmology and Vision Science (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321016)
- Orthopaedics (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321017)
- Paediatrics (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321019)
- Psychiatry (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321021)
- Radiology and Organ Imaging (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321022)
- Rehabilitation and Therapy: Occupational and Physical (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321024)
- Clinical Sciences not elsewhere classified (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321099)
- Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321201)
- Epidemiology (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321202)
- Mental Health (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321204)
- Nutrition and Dietetics (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321205)
- Preventive Medicine (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321206)
- Primary Health Care (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321208)
- Community Child Health (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321210)
- Health Promotion (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321216)
- Health Counselling (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321217)
- Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321299)
- Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified (HUMAN MOVEMENT AND SPORTS SCIENCE) (321499)
- Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified (OTHER MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES) (329999)
- Personality, Abilities and Assessment (PSYCHOLOGY) (380104)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
- Prevention - biologicals (e.g. vaccines) (HUMAN PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS) (670401)
- Waste management and recycling (PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF POLLUTION) (710702)
- Infectious diseases (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730101)
- Immune system and allergy (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730102)
- Blood disorders (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730103)
- Nervous system and disorders (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730104)
- Endocrine organs and diseases (incl. Diabetes) (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730105)
- Cardiovascular system and diseases (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730106)
- Inherited diseases (incl. Gene therapy) (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730107)
- Cancer and related disorders (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730108)
- Respiratory system and diseases (incl. Asthma) (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730110)
- Hearing, vision, speech and their disorders (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730111)
- Digestive system and disorders (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730113)
- Skeletal system and disorders (incl. Arthritis) (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730114)
- Reproductive system and disorders (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730116)
- Organs, diseases & abnormal conditions not elsewhere classified (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730118)
- Clin health not spec to partlar organs, diseases & condits (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730199)
- Women's health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730201)
- Men's health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730202)
- Health related to ageing (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730203)
- Child health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730204)
- Substance abuse (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730205)
- Health related to specific ethnic groups (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730207)
- Occupational health (excl. economic development aspects) (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730208)
- Environmental health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730210)
- Mental health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730211)
- Disease distribution and transmission (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730212)
- Preventive medicine (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730213)
- Dental health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730214)
- Nutrition (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730215)
- Behaviour and health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730219)
- Public health not elsewhere classified (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730299)
- Evaluation of health outcomes (HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES) (730306)
- Mathematical sciences (NON-ORIENTED RESEARCH) (780101)
- Behavioural and cognitive sciences (NON-ORIENTED RESEARCH) (780108)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIH AUSTRALIAN BREAST CANCER FAMILY REGISTRY SOUTHEY-HOPPER | Chief Investigator | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH | Research Project Grants | 01/01/2001 |
| Cancer family registries for colorectal cancer (colon CFRs) | Chief Investigator | NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH | Research Project Grants | 24/09/2002 |
| A large, population-based, case-control-family study of the relationship between cancers in childhood and cancers in adult relatives | Chief Investigator | CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA | Grants-in-Aid | 09/10/2002 |
| Australian melanoma family study | Chief Investigator | CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA | Grants-in-Aid | 09/10/2002 |
| PROGRAM GRANT: BEYOND BRCA1 AND BRCA2 | Chief Investigator | QUEENSLAND INSTIT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH | Program Grants (NHMRC) | 01/01/2003 |
| PLATYPUS | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Capacity Building Grants in Population Health Research | 01/01/2003 |
| Genetic and environmental determinants of volumetric mammographic density: A biomarker of breast cancer risk | Principal Supervisor | CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA | Postgraduate Research Scholarship | 01/01/2003 |
| THE FAMILIAL COLORECTAL NEOPLASIA COLLABORATIVE GROUP | Chief Investigator | MAYO CLINIC | Research Grant | 01/07/2003 |
| Australian Twin Registry | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Enabling Grant | 01/01/2004 |
| A paradigm of genomic discovery - an investigation of the allelic architecture of height | Chief Investigator | AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL | Discovery Projects | 01/01/2004 |
| Renewal of SPRF | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Research Fellowship | 01/01/2004 |
| EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASES: 35 YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF THE TASMANIAN ASTHMA STUDY | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Public Health Fellowship (Australia) | 01/01/2005 |
| Victorian Paediatric Cancer Family Study | Chief Investigator | CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA | Grants-in-Aid | 01/01/2005 |
| VICTORIAN PAEDIATRIC CANCER FAMILY STUDY | Chief Investigator | CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA | Grants-in-Aid | 01/01/2005 |
| THE ROLE OF THE ATM GENE IN FAMILIAL BREAST CANCER | Chief Investigator | QUEENSLAND INSTIT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH | Research Project Grants (NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH) | 09/09/2005 |
| GENETIC STUDIES OF MAMMOGRAPHIC DENSITY | Chief Investigator | THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN | Research Project Grants (NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH) | 23/09/2005 |
| MUTATIONS IN STEROID HORMONE METABOLISM GENES AND RISK OF BREAST CANCER | Chief Investigator | NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION | Kathleen Cunningham Research Grant | 01/01/2006 |
| kConFab - The Kathleen Cuningham Foundation Consortium for Research into Familial Breast Cancer | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Enabling Grant | 01/01/2006 |
| Genetic modifiers of environmental risk factors for longitudinal changes in asthma | Chief Investigator | L.E.W. CARTY CHARITABLE FUND | Research Grants | 01/05/2006 |
| GENOME WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY OF COLORECTAL CANCER | Chief Investigator | THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION | Research Project Grants (NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH) | 27/09/2006 |
| GENOMEWIDE ASSOCIATION IN EARLY-ONSET BREAST CANCER | Chief Investigator | UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO | Research Project Grants (NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH) | 01/12/2006 |
| Expert judgment of environmental health risks from exposures to contaminants in urban water systems | Chief Investigator | AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL | Discovery Projects | 01/01/2007 |
| PREDICTORS AND CONSEQUENCES OF ALLERGIES THAT IMPACT ON CHILDREN GETTING A HEALTHY START TO LIFE: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | NHMRC Strategic Award - (A Healthy Start to Life for all Australians) | 01/01/2007 |
| What are the breast cancer risks for an Australian women who carries a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes? | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Project Grants | 01/01/2007 |
| WHAT GENES AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS CAUSE CHANGE IN CHRONIC RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD? | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Project Grants | 01/01/2007 |
| How can the risk of breast cancer be reduced in those with a strong family history of the disease? | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Project Grants | 01/01/2007 |
| Is early life growth related to breast density in middle-age women? | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Project Grants | 01/01/2007 |
| A TWINS AND SISTERS STUDY OF MAMMOGRAPHIC DENSITY, A STRONG AND HERITABLE RISK FACTOR FOR BREAST CANCER | Principal Supervisor | CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA | Postdoctoral Research Fellowships | 05/06/2007 |
| Australia Fellowship - Professor John Hopper | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Australia Fellowship | 01/10/2007 |
| COMMON AND RARE VARIANTS IN BREAST CANCER RISK | Chief Investigator | INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER | Research Project Grants (NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH) | 12/12/2007 |
| Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia - equipment grant | Chief Investigator | PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION OF AUST | Equipment Grant | 01/01/2008 |
| HOW DOES A PERSONAL OR FAMILY HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER INFLUENCE WHAT WOMEN DO TO TRY TO DETECT BREAST CANCER? | Chief Investigator | CANCER AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION |
Priority-Driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme (CANCER AUSTRALIA) | 05/02/2008 |
| WHICH GENES EXPLAIN WHY WOMEN DIFFER SO MUCH IN THE BRIGHTNESS OF THEIR MAMMOGRAMS, AND HENCE THEIR BREAST CANCER RISK? | Chief Investigator | CANCER AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION |
Priority-Driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme (CANCER AUSTRALIA) | 01/04/2008 |
| New methods for analysing twin data | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Project Grants | 01/01/2009 |
| Genetic profiling of the kConFab BRCAX cohort. | Chief Investigator | CANCER AUSTRALIA | Priority-Driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme | 30/01/2009 |
| Translation of mammographic density, a strong and heritable risk factor for breast cancer, into clinical practice. | Chief Investigator | VIC BREAST CANCER RESEARCH CONSORTIUM INC | Translational Breast Cancer Research Grants | 01/07/2009 |
Contracts
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium | Chief Investigator | VIC BREAST CANCER RESEARCH CONSORTIUM INC | 01/01/2007 |
| BREAST CANCER LINKAGE STUDY | Chief Investigator | TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (TGEN) | 06/10/2008 |
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.