Research Projects
The research projects I am currently working on fall under the
neurobiology/neurogenetics, epidemiological modelling and policy
and ethical analysis streams of the fellowship's work.
Epidemiological Modelling projects I am working on
include:
- Comorbid mental illness in smokers (with Wayne Hall,
Coral Gartner and NDARC collaborators):
- Age trends in the prevalence of comorbid mental illness in
Australian smokers; and
- Changes in the prevalence of comorbid mental illness in
Australian smokers over the last decade.
*Both are analyses of the 1997 and 2007 National Surveys of
Mental Health and Well-Being.
- Drivers of burden of disease in young Australians (with
Wayne Hall, Theo Vos and George Patton):
A secondary analysis of the Australian Burden of Disease study
looking at the leading causes of death and disability in
adolescents and young adults.
- Socioeconomic status and parental smoking (with Coral
Gartner): This study examines the association between
parental smoking (a proxy for passive smoking) and socioeconomic
status in 2001, 2005 and 2008 Australian National Health
Surveys.
- Schizophrenia and psychosis.
Neurobiology and Genetics of Addiction projects
include:
- A review of the genetics and neuroscience of alcohol
dependence.
Policy and ethical analysis projects
include:
- A review of the public health utility of predictive
genomic medicine (with Wayne Hall and Kate Morley).
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