Fields of Research

Epidemiology
Central nervous system
Neurology and neuromuscular diseases
Preventative health care

Research Objectives

Clinical health
Preventive medicine
Human pharmaceutical treatments
Disease distribution and transmission (incl. surveillance and response)

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Adherence to the immunomodulatory drugs for multiple sclerosis: contrasting factors affect stopping drug and missing doses; Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
Anti-HHV-6 IgG titer significantly predicts subsequent relapse risk in multiple sclerosis; Multiple sclerosis journal
Association between multiple sclerosis risk-associated SNPs and relapse and disability - a prospective cohort study; Multiple Sclerosis
Clinical-MRI correlates in multiple sclerosis (MS): Correlation of EDSS, MSFC, fatigue and depression measures with FLAIR, T1 volume and diffusion measures of normal-appearing white matter; The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
EBV & HHV6 reactivation is infrequent and not associated with MS clinical course; Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
Genetic variation in PBMC-produced IFN-γ and TNF-α associations with relapse in multiple sclerosis; Journal of The Neurological Sciences
Higher 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with lower relapse risk in Multiple Sclerosis; Annals of Neurology
Interferon-β and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D interact to modulate relapse risk in MS; Neurology
Longitudinal cohort study of MS in southern Tasmania; Australian Association Neurologists Annual Scientific Meeting in Sydney
Modulating effects of WT1 on interferon-β-vitamin D association in MS; Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
Monthly ambient sunlight, infections and relapse rates in multiple sclerosis; Neuroepidemiology
Monthly ambient sunlight, vitamin D, infections and relapse rates in multiple sclerosis; 13th Annnual Meeting of the Amer-Comm-for-Treatment-and-Res-in-Multiple-Sclerosis
Novel modulating effects of PKC family genes on the relationship between serum vitamin D and relapse in multiple sclerosis; Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
OPL110 Clinical-MRI correlates in multiple sclerosis: Correlation of EDSS, MSFC, fatigue and depression measures with FLAIR, T1 volume and diffusion measures of normal-appearing white matter; Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Prevalence and concurrence of anxiety, depression and fatigue over time in multiple sclerosis; Multiple Sclerosis
Smoking is associated with progressive disease course and increased progression in clinical disability in a prospective cohort of people with multiple sclerosis ; Journal of Neurology: Official Journal of The European Neurological Society
Stimulated PBMC-produced IFN-γ and TNF-α are associated with altered relapse risk in multiple sclerosis: Results from a prospective cohort study; Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
The effect of season on cytokine expression in multiple sclerosis and healthy subjects; Journal of Neuroimmunology
Trends in the epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Greater Hobart, Tasmania: 1951 to 2009; Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Use of low-dose mitozantrone to treat aggressive multiple sclerosis: a single-centre open-label study using patient self-assessment and clinical measures of multiple sclerosis status; Internal Medicine Journal
Who's missing out? Pharmionics and the immunomodulatory therapies for MS; 23rd Congress of the European-Committee-for-Treatment-and-Research-in-Multiple-Sclerosis

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision