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an infectious disease epidemiologist with a research focus on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of public health interventions. Specific diseases include parasitic diseases, such as schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminths and echinococcosis; mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria and dengue; and emerging healthcare-acquired infections, such as Clostridium difficile. I use contemporary epidemiological tools, including spatial epidemiology, and more recently, mathematical modelling and molecular epidemiology. Much of my work has involved the methodological extension of model-based geostatistics to answer key questions regarding the implementation of helminth control in developing countries.
Publication output: 66 peer-reviewed papers, 1 book. Papers in PLoS Medicine, Lancet Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Environmental Health Perspectives, Bulletin of the World Health Organisation and other leading international journals.
Research funding: 6 major grants, including a NHMRC Career Development Award (providing salary support), 4 NHMRC project grants (2 as CIA/lead investigator) and 1 NHMRC partnership project (as CIA/lead investigator). Total funding $3.6M AUD, $2.65M AUD as CIA/lead investigator, all current ($1 AUD ¡Ö $1 USD).
Graduate supervision: I have 2 PhD completions (1 as primary advisor) and I currently supervise 8 PhD students as primary advisor. With recruitment to my current projects I will be supervising a team of 3 post-doctoral researchers and 8 PhD students in 2011.
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