Division of Economic and Financial Studies

Undergraduate student studying Economic and Financial Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney Australia

Publications of the Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Group

Refereed Journal Articles

Chalwin R.P., Moran J. L., Graham P. L. 2008. The role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for treatment of the adult respiratory distress syndrome: review and quantitative analysis. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 36 (2), pp.152-161.

Barbagallo, L., Shen, G.., Jones, A., Swain, M., Petocz, P., Darendeliler, M, A. 2008. A novel pressure film approach for determining the force imparted by clear removable thermoplastic appliances. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 36 (2), pp.335–341.

Barclay, A., Petocz, P., McMillan-Price, J., Flood, V., Prvan, T., Brand-Miller, J., Mitchell, P. 2008. Glycemic index, glycemic load and chronic disease risk – a meta-analysis of observational studies. Journal of the American Medical Association, 87, pp.627–637.

Beath, K., Heller, G, Z. 2008. Latent Trajectory Modelling of Multivariate Binary Data. Statistical Modelling, in press.

Grant R., Bilgin A., Zeuschner C., Guy T., Pearce R., Hokin B., Ashton J. 2008. The Relative Impact of a Vegetable-Rich Diet on Key Markers of Health in a Cohort of Australian Adolescents. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 17(1), pp.107-115.

Heller, G, Z., Forbes , A, B. 2008. Dear KBG, Jobling, E, for the BCA Writing Group. Biostatistics @ Distance: a model for successful multi-institutional delivery, The American Statistician, in press.

Peter, J,V., John, P., Graham, P, L., Moran , J,L., George I, A., Bersten, A. 2008. Corticosteroids in the prevention and treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in adults: meta-analysis. BMJ: 336 (7651), pp. 1006-1009.

Samman, S., Chow, J.W.Y., Foster, M., Ahmad, Z., Phuyal, J., Petocz, P. 2008. Fatty acid composition of edible oils derived from certified organic and conventional agricultural methods. Food Chemistry, 109, pp. 670–674.

Zeng, B., Ng, A., Qian, J., Petocz, P., Darendeliler, M.A., Cistulli, P. (2008, in press). Influence of nasal resistance on oral appliance treatment outcome in obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep,

Brand-Miller, J., Fatima, K., Middlemiss, C., Bare, M., Liu, V., Atkinson, F., Petocz, P. 2007. Effect of alcoholic beverages on postprandial glycemia and insulinemia in lean, young, healthy adults. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 85 (6), pp.1545–1551.

Graham, P.L., Kuhnert, P.M., Cook, D.A., Mengersen, K. 2007. Improving the quality of patient care using reliability measures: A classification tree approach. Statistics in Medicine, 26 (1), pp. 184-196.

McHardy, A., Pollard, H., Luo, K. 2007. The epidemiology of golf-related injuries in Australian amateur golfers: A multivariate analysis. South African Journal of Sports Medicine (SAJSM), 19 (1), pp.129-135.

McHardy, A., Pollard, H,. Luo, K. 2007. Golf-related lower back injury: An epidemiological survey, Journal of Chiropractic Medicine, 6, pp.20-26.

McHardy, A., Pollard, H., Luo, K. 2007. One-year follow-up study on golf injuries in Australian amateur golfers, American Journal Sports Medicine, 35, pp.1354-1360.

Peter J.V., Moran J.L., Graham, P.L. 2007. Advances in the management of organophosphate poisoning. Expert Opinion in Pharmacotherapy, 8 (10), pp.1-13.

Sampath, S., Moran J.L., Graham, P.L., Rockliff S., Bersten A.D., Abrams K.R. 2007. The efficacy of loop diuretics in acute renal failure: assessment using Bayesian evidence synthesis techniques. Critical Care Medicine, 35 (11), pp.2516-2524.

Wang, B., Yu, B., Karim, M., Hu, H., Sun, Y., McGreevy, P., Petocz, P., Held, S., Brand-Miller, J. 2007. Dietary sialic acid supplementation improves learning and memory in piglets. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 85, pp.561–569.

Zeng, B., Ng, A., Darendeliler, M.A., Petocz, P., Cistulli, P. 2007. Use of flow-volume curves to predict oral appliance treatment outcome in obstructive sleep apnea. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 175 (7), pp.726–730.

Berzel, A., Heller, G,Z., Zucchini, W. 2006. Estimating the Number of Visits to the Doctor. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 48 (2) pp.213-224.

Chow RT, Heller GZ, Barnsley, L. 2006. The effect of 300mW, 830nm laser on chronic neck pain: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. Pain, 124, pp.201-210.

Chutimanutskul, W., Darendeliler, M.A., Shen, G., Petocz, P., Swain, M. 2006. Changes in the physical properties of human premolar cementum after application of 4 weeks of controlled orthodontic forces. European Journal of Orthodontics, 28, pp.313–318.

Huynh, S,C., Kifley, A., Rose, K,A., Morgan, I., Heller, G,Z., Mitchell, P. 2006. Astigmatism and its Components in 6-Year-Old Children, InvestigativeOphthalmologyandVisualScience, 47 (1) pp.55-64.

Kaplan, M., Herschel, M., Hammerman, C., Hoyer, J,D., Heller, G,Z., Stevenson, D,K. 2006. Risk Factor Analysis For Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia In An African American Male Cohort: The Importance Of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency, Journal of Pediatrics, 149 pp.83-88.

McHardy, A., Pollard, H., Luo, K. 2006. Golf Injuries: A Review of the Literature. Sports Medicine, 36 (2), pp.171-187.

McMillan-Price, J., Petocz, P., Atkinson, F., O’Neill, K., Samman, S., Steinbeck, K., Caterson, I., Brand-Miller, J. 2006. Comparison of four diets of varying glycemic load on weight loss and cardiovascular risk reduction in overweight and obese young adults: a randomized controlled trial. Archives of Internal Medicine, 166, pp.1466–1475.

Moses, R., Luebcke, M., Davis, W., Coleman, K., Tapsell, L., Petocz, P., Brand-Miller, J. 2006. Effect of a low-glycemic-index diet during pregnancy on obstetric outcomes. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 84, pp.807–812.

Peter, J.V., Moran, J.L., Graham P, L. 2006. Oxime therapy and outcomes in human organophosphate poisoning: An evaluation using meta-analytic techniques. Critical Care Medicine, 34 (2), pp. 502-510.

Peter, J.V., Moran, J.L., Phillips-Hughes, J., Graham, P, L., Bersten A, D. 2006. Effect of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) on mortality in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema: a meta-analysis. Lancet, 367, pp.115563.

Tannous, W, K., Luo, K. 2006. Significance of Ownership of Aged Care Facilities in Australia. Global Business & Economics Anthology, II, pp.211-223.

Siahpush, M., Heller G, Z., Singh, G,K. 2005. Lower levels of occupation, income and education are strongly associated with a longer smoking duration: Multivariate results from the 2001 Australian National Drug Strategy Survey, Public Health, 119 (12), pp.1105-1110.

Refereed Conference Papers

Wongsai, S. Luo, K. 2007. Understanding environmental factors associated with cyanobacterial bloom. In: The Third IASTED International Conference on Environmental Modelling and Simulation, Hawaii, USA, August 20 – 22, 2007.

Bilgin, A.A.B. 2005. Estimating potential reductions in tonsillectomy rates. In: Proceedings of the 2004 Workshop on Research Methods: Statistics and Finance. University of Wollongong School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics. pp. 55-65.