Dr Geoff Morgan
Enviornmental 
Epidemiologist
Phone : 61 2 6620 7526
Fax : 61 2 6620 7270
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Qualifications:
Doctor of Philosophy 2002
(Public Health - The effects of air pollution on daily mortality and hospital admissions in Sydney, Australia)
University of University, NSW
Diploma in Education 1979
(Majors: Maths and Science)
University of Melbourne, VIC
Bachelor of Science 1978
(Majors: Physics and Mathematics)
Deakin University, VIC
Employment:
Employer:
Position: Epidemiologist, Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health –
Duties: Undertake epidemiological research into the environmental and social determinants of health and disease Identify, investigate and report on possible or existing environmental hazards within the Northern Rivers Area. Provide support to staff and promote scientific rigour in departmental research. Conduct postgraduate teaching programs and supervise research students.
Employer: New South Wales Health Department
Position: Environmental Health Policy Advisor (Air Quality), Environmental Health Branch
Duties: Provide air quality and health policy advice to the NSW Health Department. Establish and maintain effective links with air quality and health stakeholders. Advocate NSW Health's air quality policies on committees and forums. Provide timely high quality advice to inquiries from the Minister, the public health network, government agencies, and the general public. Coordinate and conduct epidemiological search and surveillance into the health effects of air pollution (including administration of $1.3 million research fund from 1993 to 1996).
Publications:
Submitted for publication. The effects of bushfire smoke on daily mortality and hospital admissions in Sydney, Australia, 1994 to 2002. Morgan G, Sheppeard V, Khalaj B, Ayyar A, Lincoln D, Jalaludin B, Beard J, Corbett S, Lumley T
Environmental Health 2006;6(3):15-24. New South Wales Indoor Air Survey: Part I Sources and Concentrations of Pollutants in Homes in New South Wales. Sheppeard V, Morgan G, Corbett S.
Environmental Health 2006;6(3):25-33. New South Wales Indoor Air Survey: Part II Concentrations of Nitrogen Dioxide in Homes in New South Wales. Sheppeard V, Morgan G, Corbett S.
Environmental Health 2006;6(3):34-43. New South Wales Indoor Air Survey: Part III Particulate Matter Concentrations in Homes in New South Wales. Sheppeard V, Morgan G, Corbett S.
Public Health 2006; 120(9) 854-862. Return to school after term holidays is associated with increased hospital admissions for childhood asthma in Sydney, Australia. Lincoln D, Morgan G, Sheppeard V, Jalaludin B, Corbett S, Beard J. (also Childhood Asthma Admissions Peak with Return to School. British Medical Journal 2006;333:410 (26 August 2006))
NSW Public Health Bulletin 2006;17(3-4):33-64. Automated geocoding of routinely collected health data in New South Wales. Summerhayes R, Houlder P, Beard J, Morgan G, Christen P, Willmore A, Churches T.
Department of Environment and Conservation New South Wales, Australia. DEC 2005/653. Air Pollution Economics – Health Costs of Air Pollution in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan Region. Ed: Morgan G, Jalaludin B, Sheppeard V, Centre for International Economics. (http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/resources/airpollution05623.pdf)
Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology advance online publication 24 August 2005; doi: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500451. Associations between ambient air pollution and daily emergency department attendances for cardiovascular disease in the elderly (65+ years), Sydney, Australia. Jalaludin B, Morgan G, Lincoln D, Sheppeard V, Simpson R, Corbett S
Environmental and Ecological Statistics 2005;12(4):427-448. Spatio-temporal analysis of acute admissions for Ischemic Heart Disease in NSW, Australia. Burden S, Guha S, Morgan G, Ryan L, Sparks R, Young L.
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2005;62;524-530. The impact of ambient air pollution on birth weight in Sydney, Australia. Mannes T, Jalaludin B, Morgan G, Lincoln D, Sheppeard V, Corbett S.
Allergy 2005:60:529-532. The reduction in rhinitis symptoms by nasal filters during natural exposure to ragweed and grass pollen. O"Meara T, Sercombe J, Morgan G, Reddel H, Xuan W, Tovey E.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2005;29:213-221. The short-term effects of air pollution on hospital admissions in four Australian cities. Simpson R, Williams G, Petroeschevsky A, Best T, Morgan G, Dennison L, Hinwood A, Neville G
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2005;29:205-212. The short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in four Australian cities. Simpson R, Williams G, Petroeschevsky A, Best T, Morgan G, Dennison L, Hinwood A, Neville G, Neller A
NSW Public Health Bulletin 2005;15(9-10):172-177. Risk factors for sporadic salmonella Birkenhead infection in Queensland and Northern New South Wales: A case control study. Beard F, Stafford R, Terry J, Morgan G, Ayyar A, Birrell F.
Australian Epidemiologist 2004;11(3):45. Spatial environmental epidemiology using routinely collected health, environment and socio-demographic data in New South Wales: Case studies of ischaemic heart disease and childhood leukaemia. Morgan G, Telfer B, Summerhayes R, Taylor D, Jong K, Beard J, Sparks R, Ryan L.
Environmental Health 2004;4(2):20-29. Acute effects of bushfire on respiratory symptoms and medication use in children with wheeze in Sydney, Australia. Jalaludin B, O’Toole B, Morgan G, Leeder S.
Spatial Sciences 2003 Conference Proceedings. Spatial analysis of Ross River Virus in the Northern Rivers Area of New South Wales. Taylor D, Bryan B, Morgan G, Beard J. 22-26 September 2003. Canberra, Australia.
Epidemiology 14(5):S112, 2003. The association between hospital admissions for childhood asthma and return to school in Sydney, Australia, 1994 to 2000. Morgan G, Lincoln D, Sheppeard V, Jalaludin B, Beard J, Corbett S.
Epidemiology 14(5):S111, 2003. Time scale effects of particulate air pollution and mortality in Sydney, Australia, 1994 to 2000. Morgan G, Lincoln D, Lumley T, Sheppeard V, Beard J, Jalaludin B, Corbett S.
Epidemiology 14(5):S111, 2003. The effects of low level air pollution on daily mortality and hospital admissions in Sydney, Australia, 1994 to 2000. Morgan G, Lincoln D, Sheppeard V, Jalaludin B, Beard J, Simpson R, Petroeschevsky A, O’Farrell T, Corbett S.
Epidemiology 14(5):S107, 2003. Associations between ambient air pollution and daily emergency department presentations for respiratory disease and cardiovascular disease in the elderly (65+ years), Sydney, Australia. Jalaludin B, Morgan G, Lincoln D, Sheppeard V, Simpson R, Corbett S.
Epidemiology 14(5):S107, 2003. Acute effects of bushfires on respiratory symptoms in children with wheeze, Sydney Australia. Jalaludin B, Morgan G, O’Toole B, Leeder S
Epidemiology 14(5):S130, 2003. Effects of ambient air pollution on gestational age, Sydney, Australia. Jalaludin B, Morgan G, Lincoln D, Sheppeard V, Corbett S, Mannes T
Epidemiology 14(5):S130, 2003. Effects of ambient air pollution on birth weight in term infants, Sydney, Australia. Jalaludin B, Morgan G, Lincoln D, Sheppeard V, Corbett S, Mannes T
Epidemiology 14(5):S32, 2003. The short-term effects of air pollution on mortality: A meta analysis for 4 Australian cities. Simpson R, Williams G, Petroeschevsky A, O’Farrell T, Dennison L, Hinwood A, Morgan G, Neville G.
Epidemiology 14(5):S33, 2003. The short-term effects of air pollution on respiratory admissions: A meta analysis for 4 Australian cities. Simpson R, Williams G, Petroeschevsky A, O’Farrell T, Dennison L, Hinwood A, Morgan G, Neville G.
Epidemiology 14(5):S33, 2003. The short-term effects of air pollution on cardiovascular admissions: A meta analysis for 4 Australian cities. Simpson R, Williams G, Petroeschevsky A, O’Farrell T, Dennison L, Hinwood A, Morgan G, Neville G.
Epidemiology 14(5):S33, 2003. A description of the SPIRT study for Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney: meta analysis studies for the short-term health effects of air pollution on mortality and hospital admissions and the robustness of the result. Simpson R, Williams G, Petroeschevsky A, O’Farrell T, Dennison L, Hinwood A, Morgan G, Neville G.
Australian Epidemiologist 10(3):36, 2003. Time series analysis of hospital admissions for childhood asthma: An application of generalized additive model and smoothing techniques. Lincoln D, Morgan G, Sheppeard V, Jalaludin B, Beard J, Corbett S.
Australian Epidemiologist 10(3):41, 2003. Associations between Ross River fever, mosquito numbers and environmental factors in northern NSW from 1992 to 1999. Morgan G, Beard J.
J Allergy Clin Immunol 111:s82, 2003. Clinical trial of a pollen filter for reducing seasonal rhinitis. O'Meara TJ, Tovey ER, Sercombe J, Morgan G, Reddel H & Xuan W
J Allergy Clin Immunol 111:s75, 2003. Autumnal hay fever: A profile of the disease in the community and of the attitudes towards its cause and management. Tovey E, O’Meara T, Morgan G.
Environ Health Perspect, 111:724–730, 2003. Health Impacts of Pesticide Exposure in a Cohort of Outdoor Workers. Beard J, Sladden S, Morgan G, Berry G, Brooks L, McMichael AJ.
Environmental Health Focus, 1(1):39-43, 2003. Setting ambient air quality standards in Australia. Jalaludin B, Morgan G.
Environmental Health Focus 1(2):28-31, 2003. Geographical Information Systems: Uses, limitations and challenges in environmental health. Jalaludin B, Curtis S, Morgan G.
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, 2002. Healthy Homes: A guide to indoor air quality in the home for buyers, builders and renovators. Ed: Bowman J, Dwyer S, Morgan G, Brown S, Ponsonby A-L.
Medical Journal of Australia, 2002;177:397 Serial correlation and confounders in time-series air pollution studies (letter). Jalaludin B, Marks G, Morgan G.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 25(6):514-9, 2001. February asthma outbreaks in NSW: a case control study. Lister S, Sheppeard V, Morgan G, Corbett S, Kaldor J, Henry R.
CSIRO, 2001. Comparison of Transport Fuels – Report to the Australian Greenhouse Office on the Stage 2 study of Life-cycle Emissions Analysis of Alternative Fuels for Heavy Vehicles. Beer T, Grant T, Morgan G, Lapszewicz J, Anyon P, Edwards J, Nelson P, Watson H, Williamson D.
NSW Public Health Bulletin, 2000;11:187-189. A statewide "outbreak” of asthma in NSW, February 1999. Sheppeard V, Corbett S, Morgan G.
National Environment Protection Council Service Corporation, Adelaide, 2000. Report of the Risk Assessment Taskforce.
CSIRO, 2000. Air pollution and health risk in Sydney. Morgan G. In: Air pollution and health risk, Ed: Beer T.
Victorian Environment Protection Authority, 2000, EPA Publication 709. Effects of Ambient Air Pollution on Daily Mortality 1991-1996, Denison L, Simpson R, Petroeschevsky A, Thalib L, Rutherford S, Williams G, Morgan G, Streeton J
American Journal of Public Health, 1999; 89:419. Air Pollution: Prevention and Long Term Perspectives - Morgan et al Respond (letter). Morgan G, Corbett S, Wlodarczyk J, Lewis P
American Journal of Public Health, 1998; 88:1761-1766. Air Pollution and Daily Hospital Admissions in Sydney, Australia, 1990 to 1994. G Morgan, S Corbett, J Wlodarczyk
American Journal of Public Health, 1998; 88:759-764. Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in Sydney, Australia, 1989 through 1993. Morgan G, Corbett S, Wlodarczyk J, Lewis P
Archives of Environmental Health, 1997;52:442-454. Associations between Outdoor Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in Brisbane, Australia. Simpson R, Williams G, Petroeschevsky A, Morgan G, Rutherford S
Grana, 1997;36:293-300. A Three Year (1993-1995) Calender of Pollen and Alternaria in the Atmosphere of South Western Sydney. Bass D, Morgan G
New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, Vol 6 No: 7 July 1995. Health and Air Research Program Newsletter, Issue 3 August 1995. Morgan G (Ed)
New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, Vol 5 No: 12 December 1994. Health and Air Research Program Newsletter, Issue 2 December 1994. Morgan G (Ed)
New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, Vol 5 No: 8 August 1994. Health and Air Research Program Newsletter, Issue 1 August 1994. Morgan G (Ed)
Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 1994;38:631-638. Dose response relationship between airborne and lung asbestos fibre type, length and concentration and the relative risk of mesothelioma. Rogers A, Leigh J, Berry G, Fergerson D, Mulder H, Ackad M, Morgan G
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport Communications and Infrastructure, Inquiry into the Possible Uses of the Sixth High Power Television Channel, 1992. Submission No: 25, Introducing Australian community television, Public Broadcasting Association of Australia. Morgan G (Ed)
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Transport Communications and Infrastructure, Inquiry into the Possible Uses of the Sixth High Power Television Channel, 1992. Submission No: 77, Response to options/issues paper, Public Broadcasting Association of Australia. Morgan G
Senate Select Committee on Subscription Broadcasting Services Inquiry, 1992. Submission No: 69, Public Broadcasting Association of Australia. Morgan G
NOHSC Research Workshop, A focus on Mechanical Equipment Injury, 1992.
Accident causation and prevention in the NSW coal mining industry. Leigh J, Morgan G
Report of Project 1278 National Energy Research Development and Demonstration Council, 1991. Identification and quantification of factors associated with causation and outcome of injury and disability in coal miners. Leigh J, Doldissen E, McPhee B, Royer J, Want G, Farnsworth N, Bovard D, Morgan G, Mulder H
Safety Science, J Occ Accidents, 1991;14:35-42. Sprain/strain back injuries in NSW underground coal mines. Leigh J, Mulder H, Want G, Farnsworth N, Morgan G
Proc VIII International Symposium on Epidemiology in Occupational Health (Paris), 1991. Longitudinal study of the quantitative relationship between sensorineural hearing loss, cumulative noise dose, age and the use of hearing protection in the coal industry in NSW, Australia. Leigh J, Morgan G
Journal of Occupational Accidents, 1990;13:233-250. Personal and environmental factors in coal mining accidents. Leigh J, Mulder H, Want G, Farnsworth N, Morgan G
Journal of Occupational Health and Safety, 1990;6(5):387-391. Hearing loss in the NSW coal mining industry. Leigh J, Morgan G
Committees:
Healthy Homes Editorial Committee: 2001-2002
EnHealth Council committee to finalise “Health Homes”, a guide to indoor air quality in the home for buyers, builders, and renovators.
Information Task Group: 2001-2002
EnHealth Council committee to inform policy on environmental health information and develop a national environmental health information system.
Risk Assessment Task Force: 1999 - 2000
National Environment Protection Council committee to evaluate risk assessment methodologies for the development of Australian ambient air pollution standards. NSW Government Representative.
State of Environment Report – Environmental Indicators Committee: 1996 - 1997
NSW EPA committee to identify and develop environmental indicators for the NSW EPA State of the Environment Report. NSW Health Representative.
Metro Strategy Committee – Environment Working Group: 1994 - 1996
NSW Premiers Office committee to advise on Sydney metropolitan transport planning and urban policy issues.
NSW Health Representative.
New South Wales Radiation Advisory Committee: 1995
NSW EPA committee to regulate ionising and non-ionising radiation occupational and environmental health and safety. NSW Health Representative.
Health and Air Research Program Coordinating Committee: 1993 - 1996
NSW Health Environmental Health Branch committee to coordinate and review epidemiological research into the health effects of urban air pollution in NSW. Chair
Metropolitan Air Quality Study Advisory Committee: 1993 -1996
NSW EPA committee to coordinate and review commissioned research into air pollution in Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong. NSW Health Representative
Teaching and Tutoring:
1 Jul 2004 -Adjunct Associate Prof
jointly in the Graduate Research College
and the Division of Health and Applied Science at SCU
2003 -
Lecturer/Tutor: Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Multiple Regression
Graduate Certificate of Public Health Research Methods
Master of Public Health
Sydney University, NSW
1990 - 1991
Tutor: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Master of Occupational Health and Safety
Sydney University, NSW
Reseach Grants:
Commonwealth Department of Environment and Heritage – Clean Air Research Programme.
Australian methodology for cost-benefit analysis of ambient air pollution health impacts.
Collaborating Researcher
2006-2007: $120,288
Commonwealth Department of Environment and Heritage – Clean Air Research Programme.
Measuring individual exposures to traffic related air pollution.
Collaborating Researcher
2006-2008: $173,000
Australian Research Council – Linkage Grant (LP0667619)
Modelling and control of mosquito-borne diseases in Darwin using long-term monitoring.
Chief Investigator
2005-2007: $1,600,000
Australian Research Council – Network Grant (RN0457537)
ARC Research Network in Spatially Integrated Social Science
Partner Investigator
2004-2008: $1,500,000
Australian Research Council – Linkage Grant (LP0348628)
Spatial analysis of social and environmental factors influencing childhood leukaemia, birth outcome and deliberate self-harm.
Partner Investigator
2004 – 2007: $425,000
NSW Health
The health effects of air pollution from bushfire episodes in Sydney.
Principle Investigator
2002: $35,000
NSW Health
Investigation of February asthma episodes in Sydney.
Principle Investigator
2002: $20,000
New South Wales Environment Protection Authority
Health Costs of Transport Emissions in Sydney – Consultancy 1: Dose-Response Studies
Principle Investigator
2001: $40,000
Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
Spatial Environmental Epidemiology: Risk Assessment and Management. Australia-wide integration and spatial analysis of environmental, social and health data.
Co-investigator
2001 to 2002: $137,000
Australian Greenhouse Office
Comparison of Transport Fuels – Stage 2. Comparison of current and alternative transport fuel emissions of greenhouse gas and ambient air pollutants.
Co-investigator
2001: $268,000
Australian Research Council - Strategic Partnerships with Industry, Research and Training (SPIRT) scheme (Project No 2049570).
Comparative study between major Australian cities to investigate associations between air pollution exposure and human health.
Partner Investigator.
2000 to 2002: $135,000
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