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Respiratory and Environmental Epidemiology

Respiratory and Environmental Epidemiology. www.woolcock.org.au. Themes. Air Pollution research Airways disease monitoring and policy Basic research asthma and COPD Tuberculosis control Epidemiology, biostatistics and research methods.

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Respiratory and Environmental Epidemiology

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  1. Respiratory and Environmental Epidemiology www.woolcock.org.au

  2. Themes • Air Pollution research • Airways disease monitoring and policy • Basic research asthma and COPD • Tuberculosis control • Epidemiology, biostatistics and research methods

  3. Effect of unflued gas heater vs flued gas heater on wheeze in school children, a randomised cross-over study Intention to treat (ITT) Per Protocol (PP) ITT adjusted for home use of gas, open fire heating, and exposure to ETS Atopic ITT Atopic PP Odds Ratio Marks GB, Ezz W, Aust N, Toelle BG, Xuan W, Belousova E, et al. Respiratory Health Effects of Exposure to "Low NOx" Unflued Gas Heaters in the Classroom: a Double-blind, Cluster Randomized Cross-over Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2010; 118(10):1476-8

  4. Other air pollution studies • Lane Cove Tunnel investigations • Australian Child Health and Air Pollution study • Ultra-fine particles and children’s respiratory health

  5. Childhood Asthma Prevention Study • Initially a randomised controlled trial of interventions to prevent asthma in a high risk birth cohort • 5 NHMRC project grants + CRC project since 1997 • 23 original papers since 2000 • Collaborations: asthma, allergy, nutrition, cardiology, endocrinology, sleep

  6. Tuberculosis • Data linkage to investigate TB outcomes in Australia • TB in migrants & refugees • Effectiveness of surveillance • Recurrence of tuberculosis • TB in people with diabetes and renal failure • International studies on TB • RCT of active case finding in household contacts in Vietnam

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