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School of Population Health
School of Population Health
Staff Profile

Prof Annette Dobson

Position: Professor of Biostatistics, Head of the Division of Epidemiology and Social Medicine

Phone: +61 7 336 55346

Fax: +61 7 336 55540

Email: a.dobson@sph.uq.edu.au

 

Location: 320

Building: Public Health Building

Centre or Group: Lifespan Health Research Unit

Qualifications:

  • Grad Cert Management  (2001)
    UNE
  • Accredited Statistician  (1998)
    Statistical Society of Austrlaia
  • PhD  (1974)
    James Cook
  • M Sc  (1970)
    James Cook
  • Bachelor of Science  (1966)
    Adelaide

Research Interests:

  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Tobacco Control

 

Publications

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  • Fitzgerald D M, Berecki-Gisolf J, Hockey R L, Dobson A J. Hysterectomy and weight gain. Menopause. 2009; 16(2):279-285. View Publication
  • Herbert D, Lucke J, Dobson A. Pregnancy Losses In Young Australian Women. Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Women’s Health Issues. 2009; 19(1):21-29.
  • McDermott L, Dobson A, Owen N. Determinants of continuity and change over 10 years in young women’s smoking. Addiction. 2009; 104(3):478-487.
  • McGuire A, Waller M, Loos C, McClintock C, McFarlane AC, Nielsen L, et al. Self-reported Indicators of Psychological Health. Psychiatric Annals. 2009; 39(2):48-55.
  • Najafi F, Jamrozik K, Dobson A J. Understanding the 'epidemic of heart failure': a systematic review of trends in determinants of heart failure. European Journal of Heart Failure. 2009 May; 11(5):472-479.
  • Vagenas D, McLaughlin D, Dobson A. Regional variation in the survival and health of older Australian women: a prospective cohort study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2009; 33(2):119-125.
  • Cooper R, Lucke J, Lawlor DA, Mishra GD, Chang J, Ebrahim S, et al. Socioeconomic position and hysterectomy: A cross-cohort comparison of women in Australia and Great Britain. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2008; 62(12):1057-1063. View Publication
  • Najafi F, Dobson AJ, Hobbs M, Jamrozik K. Late-onset heart failure after myocardial infarction: trends in incidence and survival. European Journal of Heart Failure. 2008; 10(8):765-771.
  • Ahmed F, Coyne T, Dobson A, McClintock C. Iron status among Australian adults: findings of a population based study in Queensland, Australia. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2008; 17(1):40-47.
  • Barton CA, Dobson AJ, Treloar SA, McClintock C, McFarlane AC. The Deployment Health Surveillance Program: Vision and challenges of health surveillance for Australian military cohorts. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2008; 32(6):529-534.
  • Berecki-Gisolf J, Hockey R, Dobson A. Adherence to bisphosphonates by elderly women. Menopause. 2008; 15(5):984-990.
  • Berecki-Gisolf J, Lucke J, Hockey R, Dobson A. Transitions into informal caregiving and out of paid employment of women in their 50s. Social Science and Medicine. 2008; 67(1):122-127.
  • Brown WJ, Hockey R, Dobson AJ. Physical activity, Body Mass Index and health care costs in mid-age Australian women. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2008; 32(2):150-156.
  • Byles JE, Dobson A, Bryson L, Brown WJ. Getting started: ‘preparing the ground’ and ‘planting the vines’ for longitudinal research. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches. 2008; 1(2):80-91.
  • Byles J, Loxton D, Berecki J, Dolja-Gore X, Gibson R, Hockey R, et al. Use and costs of medications and other health care resources: Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. Canberra. Department of Health and Ageing; ;
  • Dobson AJ, Barnett A. An Introduction to Generalized Linear Models. Boca Raton. Chapman &Hall/CRC; ;
  • Ford J, Spallek M, Dobson A. Self-rated health and a healthy lifestyle are the most important predictors of survival in elderly women. Age and Ageing. 2008; 37(2):194-200.
  • Jamrozik K, Taylor R, Dobson A. Risk Factors. In: Heggenhougen K, Quah S, editors. International Encyclopedia of Public Health. San Diego. Academic Press; ;
  • Koloski N, Smith N, Pachana N, Dobson A. Performance of the Goldberg Anxiety and Depression Scale in older women. Age and Ageing. 2008; 37(4):464-467.
  • Lucke J, Russell A, Tooth L, Lee C, Watson M, Byrne G, et al. Few urban-rural differences in older carers’ access to community services. Australian Health Review. 2008; 32(4):684-690.

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