Postgraduate Symposium 2006 :: Northern Rivers Department of Rural Health

Northern Rivers Department of Rural Health - Australia

Postgraduate Symposium 2006

Postgraduate Symposium 2006 Speakers This inaugural Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health – University of Sydney postgraduate symposium was conducted in Byron Bay from 7-8 December 2006. More than 30 students from Australia attended, presenting their research work and sharing ideas and thoughts with fellow students working in similar fields. The symposium had a particular emphasis on spatial analysis although various other topics were also represented. The workshops provide students with useful tools to tackle their studies including: how to write your thesis, undertaking a literature review and a section on Bayesian statistical analysis by the keynote speaker, Professor Kerrie Mengersen from the Queensland University of Technology

Symposium Program

General Spatial Software - Presentation Presenter - Arul Earnest (Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health)

Colorectal Cancer (CRC) in Relation to Ultraviolet-B Radiation and Disinfection By-Products (DBP) in Drinking Water: Methodological Issues in Context -Presentation Presenter - Md. Bayzidur Rahman (School of Public Health The University of Sydney)

Multiple Imputation (MI) of Missing Data - Presentation Presenter - Md. Bayzidur Rahman (School of Public Health The University of Sydney)

Air Quality and Respiratory Health Study Lane Cove Tunnel Project - Presentation Presenter - Christine Cowie (Woolcock Institute of Medical Research)
Presenter - Prof Guy Marks (Woolcock Institute of Medical Research)
Presenter - Adriana Cortés (Woolcock Institute of Medical Research)

Projecting the future health needs of Australia's migrants – dynamic modelling of diabetes over the next 30 years - Presentation Presenter - Clair Matthews (Natsem)

The effect of ambient air pollution during pregnancy on birth outcomes in Brisbane - Presentation Presenter - Craig Hansen (School of Medicine University of Queensland) Presenter - Dr Adrian Barnett (School of Population Health University of Queensland)

Bayesian mixture model estimation of aerosol particle size distributions over time - Presentation                                                                                                                         Presenter - Mengersen, K (School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia)                                                                                                              Presenter - Alston, C (School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia)                                                                                                                   Presenter - Mengersen, K (School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia)

Does audit & feedback improve the quality & documentation of care of babies admitted to the special care nurseries of Qld ? - Presentation Presenter - Deborah Donoghue (NHMRC Public Health PhD scholar University of Sydney)

Essentials of writing for your thesis: practical tips - Presentation Presenter - A/Prof Deborah Schofield (NRUDRH, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Lismore)

Chief Health Officer’s report and smoking in pregnancy: two aspects of small area analysis in NSW Health - Presentation Presenter - DM Hindmarsh (CER, NSW Department of Health)

Social and Environmental Epidemiology in NSW: Contemporary Approach to Spatial Epidemiology - Presentation Presenter - Geoff Morgan (Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health)

Literature Review - Daunting - Presentation Presenter - Jeffrey Fuller (Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health)

How to Get Published - Presentation Presenter - John Beard (Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health)

Byron Bayes - Presentation Presenter - Kerrie Mengersen (QUT)

Medical Expenses Analysis of Urban Employees in Kunming of China for the years 2001-2004 - Presentation Presenter - Linping Xiong (National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM), University of Canberra)

Pretty Heavy Drama - Presentation Presenter - Lisa Barnett (Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health)

My PHD Research - Presentation Presenter - Margaret Rolfe (External Student QUT)

Geographic Information Systems in Health Research Getting the GISt in Epidemiology- Presentation Presenter - Paul Houlder (NSW Department of Environment and Conservation)

Dryland salinity-Is it bad for you? - Presentation Presenter - Peter Speldewinde (University of Western Australia)

Modeling Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water for Epidemiological Studies - Presentation Presenters - Richard Summerhayes and Doug Lincoln (Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health)

Spatial Temporal Modelling in New South Wales of Fall Related Hip Fractures in the Elderly - Presentation Presenter - Robin Turner (The University of New South Wales)

Brief Overview of Bayesian Networks - Presentation Presenter - Sandra Johnson (QUT)

Data management - Presentation Presenter - Therese Dunn (Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health)