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A/PROF JULIE PASCO



Contact Details

Organization: Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
Position: HONORARY SUPERVISOR
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Work: 03 52267393
Fax: 03 52465165
Level: Ground
Building: No Building
Campus: Barwon Health

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science with Honours Monash University
Diploma of Education Monash University
Doctor of Philosophy Deakin University

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS) General member 01-Jan-1993
Member American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) General member 01-Jan-1999
Member International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS) General member 01-Mar-2007

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Prize Smart Geelong Network Population Health and Well-Being Award - St John of God Pathology 19-Aug-2006
Prize Smart Geelong Network Highly Commended Award - CSIRO Textiles & Fibre Technology 19-Aug-2006
Prize Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS) Kaye Ibbertson Award in Metabolic Bone Disease 25-Oct-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
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
Fracture Register: Geelong Osteoporosis Study Chief Investigator ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION OF VIC Grants in Aid (ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION OF AUST) 01/01/2005
Thioredoxin, oxidative stress and osteporosis in women Chief Investigator ANZ EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEE COMPANY LTD Medical Research and Technology Grants (ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS) 01/01/2005
Diet and exercise for the primary prevention of depression Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2007
BREAKING THE FRACTURE BURDEN: IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS WITH MODEST BONE DEFICITS WHO ARE AT GREATEST RISK FOR FRACTURE (HUMAN STUDY) Chief Investigator AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR BONE & MINERAL RESEARCH ASBMR Bridge Funding Research Grant Award 01/01/2007
The link between depression and osteoporosis. Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2008
Fracture risk prediction Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2010

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 2009

Journal Articles

  • Maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and offspring birth size: effect modification by infant VDR genotype
    Year: 2009
    Journal: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    Volume: 63
    Page numbers: 802-804
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  • Vitamin D: is it relevant to psychiatry?
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Acta Neuropsychiatrica
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 205-206
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Future health implications of prenatal and early-life vitamin D status

     


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Nutrition Reviews
    Volume: 66
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 710-720
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  • Application of Epidemiology to Change Health Policy: Defining Age-Related Thresholds of Bone Mineral Density for Primary Prevention of Fracture
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Densitometry
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 494-497
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  • Is this D vitamin to worry about? Vitamin D insufficiency in an inpatient sample
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 874-878
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  • Leptin in depressed women: Cross-sectional and longitudinal data from an epidemiologic study
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Affective Disorders
    Volume: 107
    Page numbers: 221-225
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  • Maternal vitamin D in pregnancy may influence not only offspring bone mass but other aspects of musculoskeletal health and adiposity
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Medical Hypotheses
    Volume: 71
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 266-269
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  • Oxidative stress may be a common mechanism linking major depression and osteoporosis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Acta Neuropathologica
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 112-116
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  • 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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  • Tobacco smoking as a risk factor for major depressive disorder: a population-based study.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: British Journal of Psychiatry
    Volume: 193
    Page numbers: 322-326
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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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  • Vitamin D deficiency may play a role in depression


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Medical Hypotheses
    Volume: 69
    Page numbers: 1316-1319
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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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  • Mycobacterium ulcerans infection - factors influencing diagnostic delay
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 187
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 561-3
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  • Risk factors for Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in south-eastern Australia:  a case-control study.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1661-6
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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 High Prevalence of Vitamin D Insufficiency across Australian Populations Is Only Partly Explained by Season and Latitude
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Environmental Health Perspectives
    Volume: 115
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1132-1139
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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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  • 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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  • Depression and pain: an overview
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Acta Neuropsychiatrica
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 79-87
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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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  • Maternal 25-hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone concentrations and offspring birth size.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
    Volume: 91
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 906-912
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  • Prevention & treatment of paediatric Vitamin D deficiency in Australia and New Zealand: a consensus statement
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 185
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 268-272
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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
    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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  • 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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  • 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

  • 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)
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  • Dietary omega-3 fatty acids and depression in a community sample.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Nutritional Neuroscience
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 101-106
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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  • Hormone therapy and risk of non-vertebral fracture. Geelong Osteoporosis Study
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Osteoporosis International
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 434-438
    Publisher: Springer-Verlag London(Godalming)
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  • Reference ranges for bone densitometers adopted Australia-wide: GOS
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australasian Radiology
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 473-475
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia
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  • Seasonal periodicity of serum vitamin D and parathyroid hormone, bone resorption, and fractures: The Geelong Osteoporosis study
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Bone & Mineral Research
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 752-758
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  • Vitamin D in Australia: Issues and recommendations
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 133-138
    Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Alleles of RUNX2/CBFA1 gene are associated with differences in bone mineral density and risk of fracture.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Bone & Mineral Research
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 1527-1534
    Publisher: American Society for Bone and Mineral Research(Washington DC)
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  • Falls and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Archives of Internal Medicine
    Volume: 162
    Page numbers: 2381
    Publisher: American Medical Association(Illinois)
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  • Fracture rates lower in rural than urban communities: the Geelong Osteoporosis Study.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
    Volume: 56
    Page numbers: 466-470
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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  • Fracture thresholds revisited. Geelong Osteoporosis Study.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 642-646
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Impact of changing the criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes in Australia.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 176
    Page numbers: 353-354
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • Statin use and fracture risk
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Archives of Internal Medicine
    Volume: 162
    Page numbers: 2379-2380
    Publisher: American Medical Association(Illinois)
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  • Statin use, bone mineral density and fracture risk: Geelong Osteoporosis Study.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Archives of Internal Medicine
    Volume: 162
    Page numbers: 537-540
    Publisher: American Medical Association(Illinois)
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  • Vitamin D in pregnant women.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
    Volume: 86
    Page numbers: 16-19
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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