Fields of Research

Central nervous system
Epidemiology
Community child health
Infectious diseases

Research Objectives

Clinical health
Disease distribution and transmission (incl. surveillance and response)
Prevention of human diseases and conditions
Behaviour and health
Preventive medicine

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Adverse lipid profile is not associated with relapse risk in MS: Results from an observational cohort study; Journal of the Neurological Sciences
An adverse lipid profile and increased levels of adiposity significantly predict clinical course after a first demyelinating event; Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
An adverse lipid profile is associated with disability and progression in disability, in people with MS; Multiple Sclerosis Journal
Determinants of bed net use among older people in Nigeria: Results from a nationally representative survey; Pan African Medical Journal
Frequency of comorbidities and their association with clinical disability and relapse in Multiple Sclerosis; Neuroepidemiology
Is your association real or just reverse causality? Some examples from analyses of multiple sclerosis clinical course and tools to assess it; Australasian Epidemiologist
Lipid-related genetic polymorphisms significantly modulate the association between lipids and disability progression in multiple sclerosis; Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Lipids in multiple sclerosis: adverse lipid profiles, disability and disease progression; Clinical Lipidology
Maternal education and child immunization: the mediating roles of maternal literacy and socioeconomic status; Pan African Medical Journal
Obesity and multiple sclerosis: Prevalence, susceptibility and progression in disability; Future Neurology
The co-occurrence of multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes: Shared aetiologic features and clinical implication for MS aetiology; Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Vascular comorbidities in the onset and progression of multiple sclerosis; Journal of The Neurological Sciences
Weekly cholecalciferol supplementation results in significant reductions in infection risk among the vitamin D deficient: results from the CIPRIS pilot RCT; BMC Nutrition

Research Projects

Investigating the clinical and economic effects of comorbidities on the risk and progression of MS; Multiple Sclerosis Australia (MSA)

Research Candidate Supervision