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DR SUE SKULL



Contact Details

Organization: Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Expertise in immunisation, public health, epidemiology, paediatrics Immunisation, public health interventions and refugee health Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery Adelaide University 31-Dec-1988
Applied Epidemiology The Australian National University 31-Dec-1998

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member National Working Party for Varicella Vaccine Expert group advising ATAGI (Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation) 01-Jan-2000
Member National Working Party for Meningococcal Vaccine Expert group advising ATAGI 01-Jan-2000
Member The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Fellowship in Clinical Epidemiology 01-Jan-1998
Member University of Melbourne, Department of General Medicine Honorary Academic Fellow 01-Jan-2000

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FAFPHM) 31-Dec-1999
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) 31-Dec-1995

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH) Masters of Applied Epidemiology Scholarship, 1996 - 1997 01-Jan-1996
Prize University of Adelaide Paediatrics Prize,Top ranked student 01-Jan-1988

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
Understanding influenza mortality and the effects of vaccination in the elderly 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 2009

Journal Articles

  • Cost of treating otitis media in Australia
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Expert Review in Proteomics
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 133-141
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  • Hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: an Australian case-cohort study
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Epidemiology and Infection
    Volume: 137
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 194-202
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • ICD-10 codes are a valid tool for identification of pneumonia in hospitalized patients aged ≥65 years


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Epidemiology and Infection
    Volume: 136
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 232-240
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  • Australia needs an expanded immunisation register - in reply
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 188
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 263
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  • Incomplete Immunity and Missed Vaccination Opportunities in East African Immigrants Settling in Australia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 263-268
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Australia needs an expanded immunisation register for further improvements in vaccine delivery and program evaluation
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 187
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 504-505
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  • Equitable access to dental care for an at-risk group: a review of services for Australian refugees
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 73-80
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  • Health services utilisation and barriers for settlers from the Horn of Africa
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australia and New Zealand Health Policy
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 333-335
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  • High prevalence of asymptomatic vitamin D and iron deficiency in East African immigrant children and adolescents living in a temperate climate
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
    Volume: 92
    Page numbers: 1088-1093
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  • Missed opportunities to vaccinate a cohort of hospitalised elderly with pneumococcal and influenza vaccines.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Vaccine
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 5146-5154
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  • Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine may not prevent hospitalization for pneumonia in elderly individuals.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Clinical Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 44
    Page numbers: 617-621
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  • Prevention of community-acquired pneumonia among a cohort of hospitalized elderly: Benefit due to influenza and pneumococcal vaccination not demonstrated.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Vaccine
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 4631-4640
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  • Validity of self-reported influenza and pneumococcal vaccination status among a cohort of hospitalized elderly inpatients
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Vaccine
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 25
    Page numbers: 4775-4783
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Comparison of complementary and alternative medicine use: reasons and motivations between two tertiary hospitals
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
    Volume: 91
    Page numbers: 153-158
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  • Holes a plenty: oral health status a major issue for newly arrived refugees in Australia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Dental Journal
    Volume: 51
    Page numbers: 306-311
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  • Undiagnosed and potentially lethal parasite infections among immigrants and refugees in Australia.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Travel Medicine
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 233-239
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Antibiotic prescribing in response to bacterial isolates in the Intensive Care Unit
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 571-577
    Publisher: Australian Society of Anaesthetists(Sydney)
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  • Hurdles to health: immigrant and refugee health care in Australia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Health Review
    Volume: 29
    Page numbers: 25-29
    Publisher: Australian Healthcare Association
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  • Influenza and penumococcal vaccine coverage among a random sample of hospitalised persons aged 65 years or more, Victoria
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Communicable Diseases Intelligence
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 283-288
    Publisher: Department of Health and Family Services
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  • Survey of complementary and alternative medicine use at a tertiary children's hospital
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 41
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 424-427
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • The clinical course of acute otitis media in high-risk Australian Aboriginal children: a longitudinal study
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 16
    Page numbers: 1-8
    Publisher: Freund Publishing House
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • An issue of access: delivering equitable health care for newly arrived refugee children in Australia.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 9-10
    Page numbers: 569-575
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  • Comprehensive health assessment for newly arrived refugee children in Australia.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 9-10
    Page numbers: 562-568
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Immigrant child health
    Year: 2003
    Book: Paediatric Handbook
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Carlton South)
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  • Immunisation
    Year: 2003
    Book: Paediatric Handbook
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Carlton South)
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  • Refugee Health: Clinical Issues
    Year: 2003
    Book: The Health of Refugees: Public Health Perspectives from Crisis to Settlement
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • A randomised controlled clinical trial of the efficacy of family-based direct observation of anti-tuberculosis treatment in an urban, developed-country setting
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 848-854
    Publisher: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
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  • Missed opportunities for a diagnosis of acute otitis media in Aboriginal children.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 540-542
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Re-visioning refugee health: the Victorian Immigrant Health Programme
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Health Services Management Research
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 141-146
    Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press(London)
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  • Screening for intestinal parasites in recently arrived children from East Africa.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 456-459
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Vitamin D deficiency is common and unrecognized among recently arrived adult immigrants from The Horne of Africa
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 47-51
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Evaluation of health-care worker vaccination in a tertiary Australian hospital
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Internal Medicine Journal
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 585-592
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Immigrant and refugee health
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Environmental Health
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 47-52
    Publisher: Australian Institute of Environmental Health
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  • Poor health care worker vaccination coverage and knowledge of vaccination recommendations in a tertiary Australia hospital
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 65-68
    Publisher: Public Health Association of Australia(Curtin)
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  • Review: varicella vaccination is effective in children
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Evidence-Based Medicine
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 9
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • An evidence-based review of current guidelines for the public health control of typhoid in Australia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
    Publisher: Public Health Association of Australia(Curtin)
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  • Epidemiology of malaria in Victoria 1999-2000: East Timor emerges as a new source of disease
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Communicable Diseases Intelligence
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 149-151
    Publisher: Department of Health and Family Services
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  • Health care workers continue to be at risk of measles: a case for better vaccination coverage
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 174
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 662-663
    Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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  • Meningococcal vaccination for adolescents? An economic evaluation in Victoria
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
    Volume: 37
    Issue: 55
    Page numbers: 528-533
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
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  • Should programmes for community-level meningococcal vaccination be considered in Australia? An economic evaluation
    Year: 2001
    Journal: International Journal of Epidemiology
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 571-578
    Publisher: Oxford University Press
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  • Varicella vaccination - a critical review of the evidence
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Archives of Disease in Childhood
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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