Selected Grants
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$10,000,000 |
NHMRC Special Initiative in Human Health and Environmental Change, 2021-2026 |
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Public Health Research
A key role of the Public Health Unit relates to our statutory responsibilities under the NSW Public Health Act 2010 and associated regulations to protect the health of the population.
In addition, the Public Health Unit conducts applied and translational research across a range of areas of public health. We collaborate with researchers at NSW Health, public health units in other districts, universities, laboratories, hospitals, and other government agencies. Much of the Public Health Unit's applied research relates to investigations of public health incidents or outbreaks.
Our Research Team
The Public Health Unit research team is comprised of a multidisciplinary workforce that works together to research public health issues. The team consists of staff specialists, public health nurses, public health registrars, public health officers, epidemiologists, environmental health officers and our administrative team. The team collaborates across Sydney Local Health District and with our external partners to improve the health and wellbeing of the population.
Our Publications
2023
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Beyene, T., Zosky, G. R., Gibson, P. G., McDonald, V. M., Holliday, E. G., Horvat, J. C., Vertigan, A. E., Van Buskirk, J., Morgan, G. G., Jegasothy, E., Hanigan, I., Murphy, V. E., & Jensen, M. E. (2023). The impact of the 2019/2020 Australian landscape fires on infant feeding and contaminants in breast milk in women with asthma. International Breastfeeding Journal, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-023-00550-8 |
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Burdon, R. M., Atefi, D., Rana, J., Parasuraman, A., Lee, A. S., & Nield, B. (2023). Sustained Mpox Proctitis with Primary Syphilis and HIV Seroconversion, Australia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29(3). https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.221845 |
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Cerin, E., Barnett, A., Wu, Y. T., Martino, E., Shaw, J. E., Knibbs, L. D., Poudel, G., Jalaludin, B., & Anstey, K. J. (2023). Do neighbourhood traffic-related air pollution and socio-economic status moderate the associations of the neighbourhood physical environment with cognitive function? Findings from the AusDiab study. Science of the Total Environment, 858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160028 |
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Gruenwald, T., Seals, B. A., Knibbs, L. D., & Hosgood, H. D. (2023). Population Attributable Fraction of Gas Stoves and Childhood Asthma in the United States. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010075 |
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Jegasothy, E., Hanigan, I. C., Van Buskirk, J., Morgan, G. G., Jalaludin, B., Johnston, F. H., Guo, Y., & Broome, R. A. (2023). Acute health effects of bushfire smoke on mortality in Sydney, Australia. Environment International, 171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107684 |
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Li, J. M., Yang, H. Y., Wu, S. H., Dharmage, S. C., Jalaludin, B., Knibbs, L. D., Bloom, M. S., Guo, Y., Morawska, L., Heinrich, J., Steve Hung Lam, Y., Lin, L. Z., Zeng, X. W., Yang, B. Y., Chen, G. B., Liu, R. Q., Dong, G. H., & Hu, L. W. (2023). The associations of particulate matter short-term exposure and serum lipids are modified by vitamin D status: A panel study of young healthy adults. Environmental Pollution, 317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120686 |
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Nguyen, T. T., He, C., Carter, R., Ballard, E. L., Smith, K., Groth, R., Jaatinen, E., Kidd, T. J., Thomson, R. M., Tay, G., Johnson, G. R., Bell, S. C., & Knibbs, L. D. (2023). Quantifying the effectiveness of ultraviolet-C light at inactivating airborne Mycobacterium abscessus. Journal of Hospital Infection, 132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2022.10.008 |
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O’Connor, C. M. C., Poulos, R. G., Sharma, A., Preti, C., Reynolds, N. L., Rowlands, A. C., Flakelar, K., Raguz, A., Valpiani, P., Faux, S. G., Boyer, M., Close, J. C. T., Gupta, L., & Poulos, C. J. (2023). An Australian aged care home for people subject to homelessness: health, wellbeing and cost–benefit. BMC Geriatrics, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-03920-3 |
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Odo, D. B., Yang, I. A., Dey, S., Hammer, M. S., van Donkelaar, A., Martin, R. V., Dong, G. H., Yang, B. Y., Hystad, P., & Knibbs, L. D. (2023a). A cross-sectional analysis of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure and haemoglobin levels in children aged under 5 years living in 36 countries. Environmental Research, 227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.115734 |
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Odo, D. B., Yang, I. A., Dey, S., Hammer, M. S., van Donkelaar, A., Martin, R. V., Dong, G. H., Yang, B. Y., Hystad, P., & Knibbs, L. D. (2023b). A cross-sectional analysis of long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and cognitive development in children aged 3–4 years living in 12 low- and middle-income countries. Environmental Pollution, 318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120916 |
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Pollard, B., Van Buskirk, J., Engelen, L., Held, F., & de Dear, R. (2023). How many days of indoor positioning system data are required to characterise typical movement behaviours of office workers? Applied Ergonomics, 106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2022.103915 |
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Popovic, I., Soares Magalhães, R. J., Yang, Y., Yang, S., Yang, B., Dong, G., Wei, X., Fox, G. J., Hammer, M. S., Martin, R. V., van Donkelaar, A., Ge, E., Marks, G. B., & Knibbs, L. D. (2023). Effects of long-term ambient air pollution exposure on township-level pulmonary tuberculosis notification rates during 2005–2017 in Ningxia, China. Environmental Pollution, 317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120718 |
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Quinn, E., Hsiao, K. H., Johnstone, T., Gomez, M., Parasuraman, A., Ingleton, A., Hirst, N., Najjar, Z., & Gupta, L. (2023). Protecting Older Adult Residents in Care Facilities Against Influenza and COVID-19 Using the Influenza Communication, Advice and Reporting (FluCARE) App: Prospective Cohort Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Formative Research, 7. https://doi.org/10.2196/38080 |
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Singh, N., Dey, S., & Knibbs, L. D. (2023). Spatio-temporal patterns of tropospheric NO2 over India during 2005–2019. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2023.101692 |
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Smith, S., & Johnson, G. (2023). A systematic review of the barriers, enablers and strategies to embedding translational research within the public hospital system focusing on nursing and allied health professions. PLoS ONE, 18(2 February). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281819 |
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Stubbs, A., Dawson, E., Campbell, E., Van Buskirk, J., Johnson, G., Spalding, N., Cullen, J., Chee, K., McLeod, J., Knibbs, L. D., O’Callaghan, J., Jones, C., Maduka, C., Fleming, P., Haupt, R., & Penman, A. (2023). Factors impacting resident outcomes from COVID-19 outbreaks in Residential Aged Care Facilities in Sydney Local Health District: testing an infection prevention and control scoring system. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 1763. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16634-3 |
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Wang, Y., Crowe, M., Knibbs, L. D., Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, M., Mygind, L., Kerr, J. A., Wake, M., Olsson, C. A., Enticott, P. G., Peters, R. L., Daraganova, G., Mavoa, S., & Lycett, K. (2023). Greenness modifies the association between ambient air pollution and cognitive function in Australian adolescents, but not in mid-life adults. Environmental Pollution, 324. |
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Ahmed, S. M., Knibbs, L. D., Moss, K. M., Mouly, T. A., Yang, I. A., & Mishra, G. D. (2022). Residential greenspace and early childhood development and academic performance: A longitudinal analysis of Australian children aged 4–12 years. Science of the Total Environment, 833. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155214 |
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Ahmed, S. M., Mishra, G. D., Moss, K. M., Mouly, T. A., Yang, I. A., & Knibbs, L. D. (2022). Association between residential greenspace and health-related quality of life in children aged 0–12 years. Environmental Research, 214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113759 |
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Ahmed, S. M., Mishra, G. D., Moss, K. M., Yang, I. A., Lycett, K., & Knibbs, L. D. (2022). Maternal and Childhood Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and Mental Health Symptoms and Psychomotor Development in Children: An Australian Population-Based Longitudinal Study. Environment International, 158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.107003 |
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Barnett, A., Martino, E., Knibbs, L. D., Shaw, J. E., Dunstan, D. W., Magliano, D. J., Donaire-Gonzalez, D., & Cerin, E. (2022). The neighbourhood environment and profiles of the metabolic syndrome. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-022-00894-4 |
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Burkart, K., Causey, K., Cohen, A. J., Wozniak, S. S., Salvi, D. D., Abbafati, C., Adekanmbi, V., Adsuar, J. C., Ahmadi, K., Alahdab, F., Al-Aly, Z., Alipour, V., Alvis-Guzman, N., Amegah, A. K., Andrei, C. L., Andrei, T., Ansari, F., Arabloo, J., Aremu, O., … Brauer, M. (2022). Estimates, trends, and drivers of the global burden of type 2 diabetes attributable to PM2·5 air pollution, 1990–2019: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Planetary Health, 6(7). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00122-X |
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Cerin, E., Barnett, A., Shaw, J. E., Martino, E., Knibbs, L. D., Tham, R., Wheeler, A. J., & Anstey, K. J. (2022). Urban Neighbourhood Environments, Cardiometabolic Health and Cognitive Function: A National Cross-Sectional Study of Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Australia. Toxics, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10010023 |
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Cobbold, A. T., Crane, M. A., Knibbs, L. D., Hanigan, I. C., Greaves, S. P., & Rissel, C. E. (2022). Perceptions of air quality and concern for health in relation to long-term air pollution exposure, bushfires, and COVID-19 lockdown: A before-and-after study. Journal of Climate Change and Health, 6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2022.100137 |
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Cortes-Ramirez, J., Michael, R. N., Knibbs, L. D., Bambrick, H., Haswell, M. R., & Wraith, D. (2022). The association of wildfire air pollution with COVID-19 incidence in New South Wales, Australia. Science of the Total Environment, 809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151158 |
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Ding, D., Van Buskirk, J., Nguyen, B., Stamatakis, E., Elbarbary, M., Veronese, N., Clare, P. J., Lee, I. M., Ekelund, U., & Fontana, L. (2022). Physical activity, diet quality and all-cause cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality: a prospective study of 346 627 UK Biobank participants. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 56(20). https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2021-105195 |
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Du, Z., Yang, B., Jalaludin, B., Knibbs, L., Yu, S., Dong, G., & Hao, Y. (2022). Association of neighborhood greenness with severity of hand, foot, and mouth disease. BMC Public Health, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12444-7 |
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Frostad, J. J., Nguyen, Q. A. P., Baumann, M. M., Blacker, B. F., Marczak, L. B., Deshpande, A., Wiens, K. E., LeGrand, K. E., Johnson, K. B., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abdoli, A., Abolhassani, H., Abreu, L. G., Abrigo, M. R. M., Abu-Rmeileh, N. M. E., Adekanmbi, V., Agrawal, A., Ahmed, M. B., Al-Aly, Z., … Reiner, R. C. (2022). Mapping development and health effects of cooking with solid fuels in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–18: a geospatial modelling study. The Lancet Global Health, 10(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00332-1 |
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Huang, W. Z., He, W. Y., Knibbs, L. D., Jalaludin, B., Guo, Y. M., Morawska, L., Heinrich, J., Chen, D. H., Yu, Y. J., Zeng, X. W., Yu, H. Y., Yang, B. Y., Hu, L. W., Liu, R. Q., Feng, W. R., & Dong, G. H. (2022). Improved morbidity-based air quality health index development using Bayesian multi-pollutant weighted model. Environmental Research, 204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.112397 |
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Ioannides, S., Hess, I., Lamberton, C., & Luisi, B. (2022). Engaging with culturally and linguistically diverse communities during a COVID-19 outbreak: a NSW Health interagency public health campaign. Public Health Research & Practice. https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp32342215 |
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Kyu, H. H., Vongpradith, A., Sirota, S. B., Novotney, A., Troeger, C. E., Doxey, M. C., Bender, R. G., Ledesma, J. R., Biehl, M. H., Albertson, S. B., Frostad, J. J., Burkart, K., Bennitt, F. B., Zhao, J. T., Gardner, W. M., Hagins, H., Bryazka, D., Dominguez, R. M. V., Abate, S. M., … Murray, C. J. L. (2022). Age–sex differences in the global burden of lower respiratory infections and risk factors, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 22(11). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00510-2 |
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Lazarevic, N., Barnett, A. G., Sly, P. D., Callan, A. C., Stasinska, A., Heyworth, J. S., Hinwood, A. L., & Knibbs, L. D. (2022). Prenatal exposure to mixtures of persistent environmental chemicals and fetal growth outcomes in Western Australia. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113899 |
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Lovell, R. C., Greenfield, D., Johnson, G., Eljiz, K., & Amanatidis, S. (2022). Optimising outcomes for complex trauma survivors: assessing the motivators, barriers and enablers for implementing trauma informed practice within a multidisciplinary health setting. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07812-x |
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Mistry, S. K., Shaw, M., Raffan, F., Johnson, G., Perren, K., Shoko, S., Harris-Roxas, B., & Haigh, F. (2022). Inequity in Access and Delivery of Virtual Care Interventions: A Scoping Review. In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol. 19, Issue 15). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159411 |
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Nguyen, T. T., He, C., Carter, R., Ballard, E. L., Smith, K., Groth, R., Jaatinen, E., Kidd, T. J., Nguyen, T. K., Stockwell, R. E., Tay, G., Johnson, G. R., Bell, S. C., & Knibbs, L. D. (2022). The Effectiveness of Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) Irradiation on the Viability of Airborne Pseudomonas aeruginosa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013706 |
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Nguyen, T. T., Johnson, G. R., Bell, S. C., & Knibbs, L. D. (2022). A Systematic Literature Review of Indoor Air Disinfection Techniques for Airborne Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens. In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol. 19, Issue 3). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031197 |
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Odo, D. B., Yang, I. A., Dey, S., Hammer, M. S., van Donkelaar, A., Martin, R. V., Dong, G. H., Yang, B. Y., Hystad, P., & Knibbs, L. D. (2022). Ambient air pollution and acute respiratory infection in children aged under 5 years living in 35 developing countries. Environment International, 159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.107019 |
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Peters, R. L., Sutherland, D., Dharmage, S. C., Lowe, A. J., Perrett, K. P., Tang, M. L. K., Lycett, K., Knibbs, L. D., Koplin, J. J., & Mavoa, S. (2022). The association between environmental greenness and the risk of food allergy: A population-based study in Melbourne, Australia. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, 33(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/pai.13749 |
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Pham, C., Symeonides, C., O’Hely, M., Sly, P. D., Knibbs, L. D., Thomson, S., Vuillermin, P., Saffery, R., & Ponsonby, A.-L. (2022). Early life environmental factors associated with autism spectrum disorder symptoms in children at age 2 years: A birth cohort study. Autism, 26(7), 1864–1881. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211068223 |
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Pollard, B., Engelen, L., Held, F., Van Buskirk, J., Spinney, R., & de Dear, R. (2022). Associations between spatial attributes, IEQ exposures and occupant movement behaviour in an open-plan office. Building and Environment, 212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.108812 |
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Poudel, G. R., Barnett, A., Akram, M., Martino, E., Knibbs, L. D., Anstey, K. J., Shaw, J. E., & Cerin, E. (2022). Machine Learning for Prediction of Cognitive Health in Adults Using Sociodemographic, Neighbourhood Environmental, and Lifestyle Factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191710977 |
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Surkalim, D. L., Luo, M., Eres, R., Gebel, K., Van Buskirk, J., Bauman, A., & Ding, D. (2022). The prevalence of loneliness across 113 countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis. In The BMJ (Vol. 376). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2021-067068 |
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Veivers, D., Williams, G. M., Toelle, B. G., Cortés de Waterman, A. M., Guo, Y., Denison, L., Yang, B. Y., Dong, G. H., Jalaludin, B., Marks, G. B., & Knibbs, L. D. (2022). The Indoor Environment and Otitis Media among Australian Children: A National Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031551 |
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Vogt, F., Haire, B., Selvey, L., Katelaris, A. L., & Kaldor, J. (2022). Effectiveness evaluation of digital contact tracing for COVID-19 in New South Wales, Australia. The Lancet Public Health, 7(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00010-X |
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Wang, L. B., Gong, Y. C., Fang, Q. L., Cui, X. X., Dharmage, S. C., Jalaludin, B., Knibbs, L. D., Bloom, M. S., Guo, Y., Lin, L. Z., Zeng, X. W., Yang, B. Y., Chen, G., Liu, R. Q., Yu, Y., Hu, L. W., & Dong, G. H. (2022). Association between Exposure to Outdoor Artificial Light at Night and Sleep Disorders among Children in China. JAMA Network Open, 5(5). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.13247 |
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Xiao, X., Gao, M., Zhou, Y., Xu, S. L., Knibbs, L. D., Heinrich, J., Dharmage, S. C., Morawska, L., Lin, S., Jalaludin, B., Shen, X., Zhou, Y., & Dong, G. H. (2022). Is greener better? Associations between greenness and birth outcomes in both urban and non-urban settings. International Journal of Epidemiology, 51(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab164 |
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Zhang, H., Li, Y., Zhang, X., Chen, W., Liang, Q., Li, C., Knibbs, L. D., Huang, C., & Wang, Q. (2022). Potential occupational exposure of parents to endocrine disrupting chemicals, adverse birth outcomes, and the modification effects of multi-vitamins supplement and infant sex. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113314 |
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Bagheri, N., Mavoa, S., Tabatabaei-Jafari, H., Knibbs, L. D., Coffee, N. T., Salvador-Carulla, L., & Anstey, K. J. (2021). The Impact of Built and Social Environmental Characteristics on Diagnosed and Estimated Future Risk of Dementia. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 84(2). https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-210208 |
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Capon, A., Ousta, D., Ferson, M., Ingleton, A., & Sheppeard, V. (2021). A multiple site community outbreak of COVID-19 in Sydney, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13081 |
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Cerin, E., Barnett, A., Shaw, J. E., Martino, E., Knibbs, L. D., Tham, R., Wheeler, A. J., & Anstey, K. J. (2021). From urban neighbourhood environments to cognitive health: a cross-sectional analysis of the role of physical activity and sedentary behaviours. BMC Public Health, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12375-3 |
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Fotheringham, P., Anderson, T., Shaw, M., Jewitt, J., Storey, H., Hutchings, O., Cartwright, J., & Gupta, L. (2021). Control of COVID-19 in Australia through quarantine: the role of special health accommodation (SHA) in New South Wales, Australia. BMC Public Health, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10244-7 |
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Guo, Y. L., Ampon, R. D., Hanigan, I. C., Knibbs, L. D., Geromboux, C., Su, T. C., Negishi, K., Poulos, L., Morgan, G. G., Marks, G. B., & Jalaludin, B. (2021). Relationship between life-time exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and carotid artery intima-media thickness in Australian children aged 11–12 years. Environmental Pollution, 291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118072 |
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Gupta, L., & Anderson, T. (2021, June 14). Greater risks than airborne transmission when it comes to quarantine. The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/greater-risks-than-airborne-transmi… |
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Jain, N., Moore, C. B., Quinn, E., Liu, H. M., Liu, D., Heaton, M., Gehlot, P., Dhakal, Y., Gupta, L., Hogbin, R., & Eastwood, J. G. (2021). Audit of the Sydney Local Health District Public Health Unit notification and contact tracing system during the first wave of COVID-19. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45(5). https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13145 |
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Lin, L. Z., Gao, M., Xiao, X., Knibbs, L. D., Morawska, L., Dharmage, S. C., Heinrich, J., Jalaludin, B., Lin, S., Guo, Y., Xu, S. L., Wu, Q. Z., Chen, G., Yang, B. Y., Zeng, X. W., Yu, Y., Hu, L. W., & Dong, G. H. (2021). Ultrafine particles, blood pressure and adult hypertension: A population-based survey in Northeast China. Environmental Research Letters, 16(9). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac1c28 |
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O’Neill, C., Najjar, Z., Ingleton, A., Edwards, A., Dawson, A., & Gupta, L. (2021). Methaemoglobinaemia associated with the atypical use of sodium nitrite as a food additive. Medical Journal of Australia, 215(6). https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51233 |
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Parvez, S. M., Jahan, F., Brune, M. N., Gorman, J. F., Rahman, M. J., Carpenter, D., Islam, Z., Rahman, M., Aich, N., Knibbs, L. D., & Sly, P. D. (2021). Health consequences of exposure to e-waste: an updated systematic review. In The Lancet Planetary Health (Vol. 5, Issue 12). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00263-1 |
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Popovic, I., Soares Magalhães, R. J., Yang, S., Yang, Y., Ge, E., Yang, B., Dong, G., Wei, X., Marks, G. B., & Knibbs, L. D. (2021). Development and validation of a sub-national, satellite-based land-use regression model for annual nitrogen dioxide concentrations in North-Western China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(24). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182412887 |
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Priyankara, S., Senarathna, M., Jayaratne, R., Morawska, L., Abeysundara, S., Weerasooriya, R., Knibbs, L. D., Dharmage, S. C., Yasaratne, D., & Bowatte, G. (2021). Ambient pm2.5 and pm10 exposure and respiratory disease hospitalization in kandy, sri lanka. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(18). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189617 |
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Quinn, E., Hsiao, K. H., Maitland-Scott, I., Gomez, M., Baysari, M. T., Najjar, Z., & Gupta, L. (2021). Web-based apps for responding to acute infectious disease outbreaks in the community: Systematic review. In JMIR Public Health and Surveillance (Vol. 7, Issue 4). https://doi.org/10.2196/24330 |
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Sahar, B., Hess, I., Hanford, J., & Webb, C. (2021). Mosquitoes associated with an urban estuary and implications for the management of pest and public health risks in Sydney, Australia. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 29(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-021-09820-w |
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Skinner, J., Dimitropoulos, Y., Moir, R., Johnson, G., McCowen, D., Rambaldini, B., Yaacoub, A., & Gwynne, K. (2021). A graduate oral health therapist program to support dental service delivery and oral health promotion in Aboriginal communities in New South Wales, Australia. Rural and Remote Health, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH5789 |
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Song, Y., Walters, E. H., Abramson, M. J., Bowatte, G., Bui, D. S., Perret, J., Feather, I., Knibbs, L. D., Wilson, R., Nichols, D. S., Dharmage, S. C., & Zosky, G. R. (2021). Protein levels, air pollution and vitamin d deficiency: Links with allergy. In ERJ Open Research (Vol. 7, Issue 4). https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00237-2021 |
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Yang, B. Y., Zhao, T., Hu, L. X., Browning, M. H. E. M., Heinrich, J., Dharmage, S. C., Jalaludin, B., Knibbs, L. D., Liu, X. X., Luo, Y. N., James, P., Li, S., Huang, W. Z., Chen, G., Zeng, X. W., Hu, L. W., Yu, Y., & Dong, G. H. (2021). Greenspace and human health: An umbrella review. In Innovation (Vol. 2, Issue 4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xinn.2021.100164 |
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Tennant, E., Fletcher, S., Kakar, S., Najjar, Z., Lord, H., Clark, P., & Gupta, L. (2020). Factors associated with adverse outcomes during influenza outbreaks in aged care facilities. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12933 |
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Cavanagh, K., Quinn, E., Stephens, A. S., Najjar, Z., Huhtinen, E., & Gupta, L. (2019). Evaluation of enhanced follow-up for pertussis in children aged 5–9 years in Sydney Local Health District, NSW. Communicable Diseases Intelligence (2018), 43. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.24 |
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Dowsett, M., Islam, M. M., Ganora, C., Day, C., Lee, K. S. K., Dawson, A., Joseph, T., White, A., Freeburn, B., & Conigrave, K. M. (2019). Asking young Aboriginal people who use illicit drugs about their healthcare preferences using audio-computer-assisted self-interviewing. Drug and Alcohol Review, 38(5). https://doi.org/10.1111/dar.12957 |
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Hsiao, K. H., & Egerton-Warburton, D. (2019). An example of public health training in emergency medicine. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 31(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.13277 |
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Huhtinen, E., Quinn, E., Hess, I., Najjar, Z., & Gupta, L. (2019). Understanding barriers to effective management of influenza outbreaks by residential aged care facilities. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12595 |
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Najjar, Z., Quinn, E., Anderson, T., Sheppeard, V., & Gupta, L. (2019). Surveillance methods to detect the impact of a significant cold chain breach. Vaccine, 37(30). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.05.091 |
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Quinn, E., Girgis, S., Van Buskirk, J., Matthews, V., & Ward, J. E. (2019). Clinic factors associated with better delivery of secondary prophylaxis in acute rheumatic fever management. Australian Journal of General Practice, 48(12). https://doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-07-19-4987 |
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Quinn, E., Hsiao, K., Truman, G., Rose, N., & Broome, R. (2019). Lessons Learnt From Exercise Celestial Navigation: The Application of a Geographic Information System to Inform Legionnaires’ Disease Control Activity. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2018.40 |
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Quinn, E., Najjar, Z., Huhtinen, E., Jegasothy, E., & Gupta, L. (2019). Culture-positive shigellosis cases are epidemiologically different to culture-negative/PCR-positive cases. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12844 |
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Johnstone, T., Quinn, E., Tobin, S., Davis, R., Najjar, Z., Battye, B., & Gupta, L. (2018). Seven cases of probable endotoxin poisoning related to contaminated glutathione infusions. Epidemiology and Infection, 146(7). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268818000420 |
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Quinn, E., Johnstone, T., Najjar, Z., Cains, T., Tan, G., Huhtinen, E., Nilsson, S., Burgess, S., Dunn, M., & Gupta, L. (2018). Lessons Learned from Implementing an Incident Command System during a Local Multiagency Response to a Legionnaires’ Disease Cluster in Sydney, NSW. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 12(4). https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2017.102 |
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Stephens, A. S., Blyth, F., Gupta, L., & Broome, R. A. (2018). Age and cause-of-death contributions to area socioeconomic, sex and remoteness differences in life expectancy in New South Wales, 2010–2012. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12753 |
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Cavanagh, K., Johnstone, T., Huhtinen, E., Najjar, Z., Lorentzos, P., Shadbolt, C., Shields, J., & Gupta, L. (2017). Foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigation in a High-Profile Sports Club. Sports Medicine - Open, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40798-017-0088-x |
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Dowsett, M., Quinn, E., & Gupta, L. (2017). Legionnaires’ disease cluster investigation in Sydney. In Medical Journal of Australia (Vol. 206, Issue 7). https://doi.org/10.5694/MJA16.01144 |
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Matenge, S., Freeman, B., Quinn, E., & Gupta, L. (2017). Print media coverage of Ebola Virus Disease, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and pertussis. In Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (Vol. 41, Issue 3). https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12637 |
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Najjar, Z., Pritchard-Jones, J., Liaw, S. T., & Gupta, L. (2017). Barriers to optimal screening and vaccination of hepatitis B contacts: A survey of general practitioners in NSW, Australia. In Public Health Research and Practice (Vol. 27, Issue 5). https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp2751749 |
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Quinn, E., O’Hara, B. J., Ahmed, N., Winch, S., McGill, B., Banovic, D., Maxwell, M., & Rissel, C. (2017). Enhancing the get healthy information and coaching service for Aboriginal adults: Evaluation of the process and impact of the program. International Journal for Equity in Health, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-017-0641-8 |
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Broome, R. A., Cope, M. E., Goldsworthy, B., Goldsworthy, L., Emmerson, K., Jegasothy, E., & Morgan, G. G. (2016). The mortality effect of ship-related fine particulate matter in the Sydney greater metropolitan region of NSW, Australia. Environment International, 87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2015.11.012 |
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Broome, R. A., Johnston, F. H., Horsley, J., & Morgan, G. G. (2016). A rapid assessment of the impact of hazard reduction burning around Sydney, May 2016. Medical Journal of Australia, 205(9). https://doi.org/10.5694/mja16.00895 |
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Ingleton, A., Hope, K., Najjar, Z., Templeton, D. J., & Gupta, L. (2016). Characteristics of gonorrhoea cases notified in inner and south-western Sydney, Australia: Results of population-based enhanced surveillance. Sexual Health, 13(5). https://doi.org/10.1071/SH15183 |
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Merritt, T., Hope, K., Butler, M., Durrheim, D., Gupta, L., Najjar, Z., Conaty, S., Boonwatt, L., & Fletcher, S. (2016). Effect of antiviral prophylaxis on influenza outbreaks in aged care facilities in three local health districts in New South Wales, Australia, 2014. Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal : WPSAR, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.3.005 |
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Najjar, Z., Gupta, L., Pritchard-Jones, J., Strasser, S. I., Levy, M. T., Liaw, S. T., & Cowie, B. C. (2016). A survey of Sydney general practitioners’ management of patients with chronic hepatitis B. Medical Journal of Australia, 204(2). https://doi.org/10.5694/mja15.00524 |
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Bateman-Steel, C. R., Vyas, A., & Gupta, L. (2015). General practitioner management of notifiable diseases is central to communicable disease control. In Medical Journal of Australia (Vol. 202, Issue 10). https://doi.org/10.5694/mja14.01391 |
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Broome, R. A., Fann, N., Cristina, T. J. N., Fulcher, C., Duc, H., & Morgan, G. G. (2015). The health benefits of reducing air pollution in Sydney, Australia. Environmental Research, 143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2015.09.007 |
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Najjar, Z., Gupta, L., Sintchenko, V., Shadbolt, C., Wang, Q., & Bansal, N. (2015). Listeriosis cluster in sydney linked to hospital food. Medical Journal of Australia, 202(8). https://doi.org/10.5694/mja14.00913 |
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Vyas, A., Ingleton, A., Huhtinen, E., Hope, K., Najjar, Z., & Gupta, L. (2015). Influenza outbreak preparedness: lessons from outbreaks in residential care facilities in 2014. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 39(2). |
Our Presentations
2023
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Cavanagh, K., & McNeill, T. (2023, June). Hepatitis B Pathways to Care: Collaboration between Public Health and Specialist Services. Communicable Diseases & Immunisation Conference. |
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Knibbs, L., & Van Buskirk, J. (2023, July). Local Health Matters – Mapping Health. Sydney Innovation & Research Symposium. |
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Leena Gupta. (2023, July). Vaping: How do we Prevent the Next Public Health Emergency? Sydney Innovation & Research Symposium. |
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McNeill, T. (2023, June). Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease (IPD). Communicable Diseases & Immunisation Conference. |
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Parasath Montfort Parasuraman, A. (2022, November 29). Monkeypox: A proactive approach. HARP Forum. |
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Cavanagh, K., & McNeill, T. (2021, April). Introduction, Wrap up and Evaluation. Public Health Unit Residential Aged Care Facility Outbreak Management Workshop. |
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Figg, F. (2021, April). Cold Chain Management. Public Health Unit Residential Aged Care Facility Outbreak Management Workshop. |
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Fleming, P., & Maduka, C. (2021, April). COVID-19 outbreaks and cases in Australian RACF’s; Lessons Learned. Public Health Unit Residential Aged Care Facility Outbreak Management Workshop. |
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Kingston, R. (2021, April). Public Health Unit Residential Aged Care Facility Outbreak Management Workshop . Public Health Unit Residential Aged Care Facility Outbreak Management Workshop. |
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Knibbs, L. (2021, November). Connections between outdoor and indoor exposures and health impacts. Environmental Research. |
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Nash, A. (2021, April). The Mental Health of older adults; Managing challenging behaviour of residents during outbreaks. Public Health Unit Residential Aged Care Facility Outbreak Management Workshop. |
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Parasath Montfort Parasuraman, A., & Gomez, M. (2021, April). FluCARE update. Public Health Unit Residential Aged Care Facility Outbreak Management Workshop. |
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Pun, J. (2021, April). Case definitions and Notification; ARI/ILI/Gastro/ COVID-19. Public Health Unit Residential Aged Care Facility Outbreak Management Workshop. |
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Soultani, M. (2021, April). Antiviral use during influenza outbreaks. Public Health Unit Residential Aged Care Facility Outbreak Management Workshop. |
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Tickle, A. (2021, April). Antimicrobial stewardship for RACF. Public Health Unit Residential Aged Care Facility Outbreak Management Workshop. |
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Turner, C. (2021, April). Adverse Events After Immunisation (AEFI); Influenza/pneumococcal/COVID-19. Public Health Unit Residential Aged Care Facility Outbreak Management Workshop. |
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