Contact Details
| Organization: | Population Health |
| Position: | SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW (MEGA) |
| Email: | |
| Work: | 8344 0633 |
| Room: | 546 |
| Level: | 05 |
| Building: | 207 Bouverie St. |
| Campus: | Parkville |
Biography
Jodie McVernon studied Medicine at Monash University and trained in paediatrics in Melbourne before commencing her PhD in 2002 at the University of Oxford (Paediatrics, Zoology) and Health Protection Agency, London. The work investigated an increase in invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b infections, using both standard epidemiologic analyses and dynamic mathematical models. She commenced an NHMRC post-doctoral fellowship at the Melbourne School of Population Health in 2005, within the Vaccine & Immunisation Research Group and a national modelling consortium funded by an NHMRC Capacity Building Grant. She received a Level 1 Career Development Award from the the NHMRC, commencing in 2009. Her main interests are social and biological determinants of viral and bacterial transmission and evaluation of immunisation programs that influence infection spread.
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest | Key Words | Country of Expertise |
|---|---|---|
| Epidemiology | Mathematical Modelling, Vaccine Preventable Disease | Australia, United Kingdom, Netherlands |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery | Monash University | 01-Dec-1994 | |
| Bachelor of Medical Science | Monash University | 01-Dec-1994 | |
| Doctor of Philosophy | The Open University | 01-Dec-2004 | |
| Vaccinologist | Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board | 11-Sep-2008 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Applied Statistics (STATISTICS) (230204)
- Infectious Agents (MICROBIOLOGY) (270304)
- Medical Virology (MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY) (320402)
- Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES) (320503)
- Infectious Diseases (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321010)
- Paediatrics (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321019)
- Epidemiology (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321202)
- Preventive Medicine (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321206)
- Community Child Health (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321210)
- Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321299)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
- Prevention - biologicals (e.g. vaccines) (HUMAN PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS) (670401)
- Treatments (e.g. chemicals, anntibiotics) (HUMAN PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS) (670403)
- Infectious diseases (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730101)
- PUBLIC HEALTH (730200)
- Child health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730204)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730206)
- Environmental health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730210)
- Disease distribution and transmission (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730212)
- Preventive medicine (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730213)
- Public health not elsewhere classified (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730299)
- Diagnostic methods (HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES) (730305)
- Health policy evaluation (HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES) (730307)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of the continuing effectiveness of the United Kingdom's Haemophilus Influenzae type b (Hib) National Immunisation Programme | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Australian Part-time Research Fellowship | 01/01/2005 |
| Modelling the biology & transmission of influenza virus - learning from 1918-19 and other outbreaks | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Potential Avian Influenza-Induced Pandemic Research Grants | 01/01/2006 |
| How can we explain and best control the spread of influenza and pandemic influenza between people? | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Project Grants | 01/01/2007 |
| Understanding how infections spread in families and the wider community to improve vaccine policy. | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Career Development Awards | 01/01/2009 |
| H1N1 - related Victorian School Closures: quarantine compliance and impact of parents' precarious employment. | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | H1N1 Influenza | 01/01/2009 |
| Determining optimal strategies for use of antiviral agents in the 2009/10 A(H1N1) swl influenza epidemic in Australia | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | H1N1 Influenza | 01/01/2009 |
| Immunity to novel H1N1 influenza prior to and after immunization with seasonal TIV in children aged 6 months to 9 years | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | H1N1 Influenza | 01/01/2009 |
| Discovery of Novel Respiratory Viruses Causing Influenza-Like Illness in Healthy Australian Adults Aged 18 to 64 Years | Chief Investigator | CSL LIMITED, AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL, QLD PAEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES LAB |
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) |
Contracts
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATHEMATICAL MODELLING TO INFORM RESPONSE TO THE H1N1 INFLUENZA 09 | Chief Investigator | DEPT OF HEALTH & AGEING | 22/05/2009 |
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.