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DR JAMES DOWTY



Contact Details

Organization: Population Health
Position: STATISTICIAN (MEGA)
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Work: 8344 0803
Fax: 9349 5815
Room: 118
Level: 01
Building: 723 Swanston St.
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
genetic epidemiology, breast cancer, colon cancer Australia
population genetics Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (honours) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1993
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2000

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
Cancer and low-dose radiation - possible effects of CT scans in childhood Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2008
How do your genes affect your risk of melanoma, and what can you do about it? Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009

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 RAD51D E233G variant and breast cancer risk: population-based and clinic-based family studies of Australian women


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
    Volume: 112
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 35-39
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  • Association of a common AKAP9 variant with breast cancer risk: A collaborative analysis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of the National Cancer Institute
    Volume: 100
    Page numbers: 437-442
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  • Penetrance analysis of the PALB2 c.1592delT founder mutation
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Clinical Cancer Research
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 14
    Page numbers: 4667-4671
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  • The clinical phenotype of Lynch Syndrome due to germ-line PMS2 mutations
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Gastroenterology
    Volume: 135
    Page numbers: 419-428
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  • Towards more effective and equitable genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Medical Genetics
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 409-410
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Pathology featues in Bethesda guidelines predict colorectal cancer microsatellite instability: A population-based study


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Gastroenterology
    Volume: 133
    Issue: 48
    Page numbers: 48-56
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  • Association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms in hormone metabolism and DNA repair genes and epithelial ovarian cancer: results from two Australian studies and an additional validation set
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 2557-2565
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  • Predicting BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation carriers: comparison of LAMBDA, BRCAPRO, Myriad II, and modified Couch models
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Familial Cancer
    Volume: 6
    Page numbers: 473-482
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  • Validation study of the LAMBDA model for predicting the BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carrier status of North American Ashkenazi Jewish women
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Clinical Genetics
    Volume: 72
    Page numbers: 87-97
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Cancer risks for mismatch repair gene mutation carriers: a population-based early onset case-family study.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Volume: 4
    Page numbers: 489-498
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Publication policy or publication bias?
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1363
    Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research(Alabama)
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