Fields of Research

Dermatology
Primary health care
Surgery
Preventative health care
Oncology and carcinogenesis
Occupational and workplace health and safety

Research Objectives

Clinical health
Other health
Treatment of human diseases and conditions
Public health (excl. specific population health)
Expanding knowledge in the health sciences
Mental health

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

A novel monilethrix mutation in coil 2A of KRT86 causing autosomal dominant monilethrix with incomplete penetrance; British Journal of Dermatology
Adjuvant therapy in resected melanoma; New England Journal of Medicine
An investigation of a cluster of cases of aplastic anaemia of unknown aetiology in rural New South Wales; Journal of Occupational Health and Safety: Australia and New Zealand
Applied Clinical Epidemiology in General Practice
Atopic dermatitis in adults: An Australian management consensus; Australasian Journal of Dermatology
Australian general practitioners' views and use of colorectal cancer screening tests; Medical Journal of Australia
Australian general practitioners' views and use of tests to detect early prostate cancer; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Author's response to: Re: Routine usage of sentinel nodebiopsy in melanoma management must cease; British Journal of Dermatology
British Association of Dermatologists' guidelines for the management of alopecia areata 2012; British Journal of Dermatology
Community follow-up for patients discharged from an acute psychiatry unit; The Medical Journal of Australia
Do Australian family physicians screen smokers for lung cancer?; Chest
Do the beliefs of Australian general practitioners about the effectiveness of cancer screening accord with the evidence?; Journal of Medical Screening
General practitioners' attitudes to screening for prostate and testicular cancers; Medical Journal of Australia
How do general pratitioners manage rectal bleeding?; Australian Family Physician
Immunoglobulin type gamma 4-related disease presenting with cutaneous plaques; Australasian Journal of Dermatology
Labour-saving strategies to maintain survey response rates: a randomised trial; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
Letters to the Editor: time to reconsider the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma; Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
No survival benefit for patients with melanoma undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy: critical appraisal of the Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial-I final report; British Journal of Dermatology
Prostate cancer: enthusiasm for screening; Medical Journal of Australia
Regional nerve blockade prior to direct injection to achieve anaesthesia of the nasal ala; British Journal of Dermatology
Screening for Testicular and Ovarian Cancers; Cancer Forum
Secukinumab-induced psoriasiform eruption; JAMA Dermatology
Surgical excision margins for primary cutaneous melanoma; Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
The BLISTER study: possible overestimation of tetracycline efficacy; The Lancet
Time to reconsider the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma; Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Updated evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of melanoma: definitive excision margins for primary cutaneous melanoma; Medical Journal of Australia
Vulval lichen sclerosus: An Australasian management consensus; Australasian Journal of Dermatology
What are the recommended definitive margins for excision of primary melanoma?
When is a sentinel node biopsy indicated for patients with primary melanoma? Comment on the 'Australian guidelines for the management of cutaneous melanoma'; Australasian Journal of Dermatology
‘Role of sentinel lymph node biopsy as a staging procedure in patients with melanoma: a critical appraisal’ by Omgo E Nieweg, Alan Cooper and John F Thompson; Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Research Projects

Management of rectal bleeding in the community; Cancer Council of Tasmania (CCT)

Research Candidate Supervision