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DR JAMES FRANCIS BLACK



Contact Details

Organization: Nossal Institute for Global Health
Position: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
BACHELOR OF MEDICINE, BACHELOR OF SURGERY Monash University 31-Dec-1982
DIPLOMA OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 31-Dec-1986
MASTERS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 31-Dec-1992
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Monash University 31-Dec-2002

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.

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
SERVICES AGREEMENT - SANOFI PASTEUR - STUDY TO DETERMINE SEROPREVALENCE OF RESPIRATORY TRACT AND ARBOVIRAL INFECTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL TRAVELLERS Chief Investigator SANOFI PASTEUR S.A 01/03/2007
CELL PHONE APPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC THERAPEUTIC AND PUBLIC HEALTH USE BY FRONT LINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS Chief Investigator MICROSOFT RESEARCH 07/01/2008

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.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Empiric antibiotic prescribing for patients with community-acquired pneumonia: where can we improve?


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 174-177
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  • Electronic antibiotic stewardship--reduced consumption of broad-spectrum antibiotics using a computerized antimicrobial approval system in a hospital setting
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
    Volume: 62
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 608-616
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  • Gastrointestinal infection among international travelers globally
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Travel Medicine
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 221-228
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  • Improving antibiotic prescribing for adults with community acquired pneumonia: does a computerised decision support system achieve more than academic detailing alone? a time series analysis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 35
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • A community-based, time-matched, case-control study of respiratory viruses and exacerbations of COPD
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Respiratory Medicine
    Volume: 101
    Page numbers: 2472-2481
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  • A longitudinal study of Acinetobacter in three Australian hospitals
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Hospital Infection
    Volume: 67
    Page numbers: 245-252
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  • Health services : knowledge, use and satisfaction of Afghan, Iranian and Iraqi settlers in Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Diversity in Health and Social Care
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 267-276
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • A prospective comparison of severity scores for identifying patients with severe community acquired pneumonia: reconsidering what is meant by severe pneumonia.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Thorax
    Volume: 61
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 419-424
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  • Illness in travelers visiting friends and relatives: a review of the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 43
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 1185-1193
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  • Models developed by three techniques did not achieve acceptable prediction of binary trauma outcomes
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
    Volume: 59
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 26-35
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Predicting gastroenteritis rates and detecting waterborne outbreaks
    Year: 2005
    Book: Artificial Neural Networks in water supply engineering
    Publisher: ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers(Virginia)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Artificial neural networks and job-specific modules to assess occupational exposure


    Year: 2004
    Journal: Annals of Occupational Hygiene
    Volume: 48
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 595-600
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  • Malaria in travelers: a review of the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 1104-1112
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  • Research ethics committees: what is their contribution?
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 181
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 440-441
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Case-Control Studies
    Year: 2003
    Book: Drinking Water and Infectious DiseaseEstablishing the Links
    Publisher: CRC Press(Florida)
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  • Early detection of water-related disease outbreaks
    Year: 2003
    Book: Drinking Water and Infectious DiseaseEstablishing the Links
    Publisher: CRC Press(Florida)
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Journal Articles

  • Principles for public health action on infectious diseases


    Year: 2003
    Journal: Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 4
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • The burden of disease in Maputo City, Mozambique: registered and autopsied deaths in 1994


    Year: 2001
    Journal: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    Volume: 79
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 546-552
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  • Coxsackie virus A24 infection presenting as acute floccid paralysis
    Year: 2001
    Journal: The Lancet
    Volume: 357
    Page numbers: 605
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