Overview
Background
Dr Lea Merone is a Senior Research Fellow in the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at the University of Queensland. Lea graduated as a medical doctor with honours in the UK in 2011 and emigrated to Australia in 2016, where she completed her specialist training in public health medicine and obtained her Fellowship of the Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FAFPHM) in 2020. Lea also has expertise in Health Economics, having completed her Master of Health Economics in 2019.
Lea is an experienced researcher who holds a PhD in women's health. Her research interests include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, sexual health and gender. She is also co-convenor of the Ecology and Environment Special Interest Group and a committee member of the Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Special Interest Group with the Public Health Association Australia. Lea can use Auslan to a general conversational standard. In her spare time, she enjoys playing chess, singing and dancing.
Availability
- Dr Lea Merone is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Medicine Surgery, University of Leeds
- Postgraduate Diploma, University of Leeds
- Masters (Coursework) of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University
- Masters (Coursework), University of Aberdeen
Works
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2022
Journal Article
Self-reported time to diagnosis and proportions of rediagnosis in female patients with chronic conditions in australia: a cross-sectional survey
Merone, Lea, Tsey, Komla, Russell, Darren, Daltry, Andrew and Nagle, Cate (2022). Self-reported time to diagnosis and proportions of rediagnosis in female patients with chronic conditions in australia: a cross-sectional survey. Women's Health Reports, 3 (1), 749-758. doi: 10.1089/whr.2022.0040
2022
Journal Article
Mind the gap: reporting and analysis of sex and gender in health research in australia, a cross-sectional study
Merone, Lea, Tsey, Komla, Russell, Darren and Nagle, Cate (2022). Mind the gap: reporting and analysis of sex and gender in health research in australia, a cross-sectional study. Women's Health Reports, 3 (1), 759-767. doi: 10.1089/whr.2022.0033
2022
Journal Article
A complex increase in hepatitis C virus in a correctional facility: bumps in the road
Merone, Lea, Ashton, Sian, Harris, Andy, Edwards, Wanjibung Shaun, Preston-Thomas, Annie, Gair, Richard and Russell, Darren B. (2022). A complex increase in hepatitis C virus in a correctional facility: bumps in the road. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46 (3), 377-381. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13238
2022
Journal Article
Perceptions of screening for sexually transmissible infections and blood borne viruses in North Queensland general practice: a short survey
Merone, Lea, McFarlane, Kathryn, Edwards, Wanjibung Shaun and Preston-Thomas, Annie (2022). Perceptions of screening for sexually transmissible infections and blood borne viruses in North Queensland general practice: a short survey. Academia Letters 5203. doi: 10.20935/al5203
2022
Journal Article
Sex inequalities in medical research: a systematic scoping review of the literature
Merone, Lea, Tsey, Komla, Russell, Darren and Nagle, Cate (2022). Sex inequalities in medical research: a systematic scoping review of the literature. Women's Health Reports, 3 (1), 49-59. doi: 10.1089/whr.2021.0083
2021
Journal Article
The inextricable link between public health and human rights and threats to progression in far-right populism and neoliberal systems
Merone, Lea and Ashton, Sian (2021). The inextricable link between public health and human rights and threats to progression in far-right populism and neoliberal systems. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45 (5), 417-419. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13140
2021
Journal Article
Sex and gender gaps in medicine and the androcentric history of medical research
Merone, Lea, Tsey, Komla, Russell, Darren and Nagle, Cate (2021). Sex and gender gaps in medicine and the androcentric history of medical research. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45 (5), 424-426. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13139
2021
Journal Article
Is the cure really worse than the disease? The health impacts of lockdowns during COVID-19
Meyerowitz-Katz, Gideon, Bhatt, Samir, Ratmann, Oliver, Brauner, Jan Markus, Flaxman, Seth, Mishra, Swapnil, Sharma, Mrinank, Mindermann, Soren, Bradley, Valerie, Vollmer, Michaela, Merone, Lea and Yamey, Gavin (2021). Is the cure really worse than the disease? The health impacts of lockdowns during COVID-19. BMJ Global Health, 6 (8), e006653. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006653
2021
Journal Article
COVID-19 and Working Within Health Care Systems: the future is flexible
Merone, Lea and Whitehead, Oscar (2021). COVID-19 and Working Within Health Care Systems: the future is flexible. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 16 (1) i537, 28-32. doi: 10.24083/apjhm.v16i1.537
2020
Journal Article
A mass mortality event in bats caused by extreme heat: surprising public health challenges
Merone, Lea, Thirlwell, Carlie, Esmonde, Juliet and Gair, Richard (2020). A mass mortality event in bats caused by extreme heat: surprising public health challenges. Public Health Research and Practice, 30 (4) e3042032. doi: 10.17061/phrp3042032
2020
Journal Article
A systematic review and meta-analysis of published research data on COVID-19 infection fatality rates
Meyerowitz-Katz, Gideon and Merone, Lea (2020). A systematic review and meta-analysis of published research data on COVID-19 infection fatality rates. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 101, 138-148. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.1464
2020
Journal Article
Pandemic and promise: progress towards finding an effective treatment for Novel Coronavirus 19
Merone, Lea and Finlay, Summer (2020). Pandemic and promise: progress towards finding an effective treatment for Novel Coronavirus 19. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44 (6), 437-439. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13044
2020
Journal Article
Outbreak of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) Shigella flexneri in northern Australia due to an endemic regional clone acquiring an IncFII plasmid
Guglielmino, Christine J. D., Kakkanat, Asha, Forde, Brian M., Rubenach, Sally, Merone, Lea, Stafford, Russell, Graham, Rikki M. A., Beatson, Scott A. and Jennison, Amy V. (2020). Outbreak of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) Shigella flexneri in northern Australia due to an endemic regional clone acquiring an IncFII plasmid. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 40 (2), 279-286. doi: 10.1007/s10096-020-04029-w
2020
Journal Article
Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in minority Indigenous populations: a systematic review
Merone, Lea, McDermott, Robyn, Mein, Jacki, Clarke, Philip and McDonald, Malcolm (2020). Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in minority Indigenous populations: a systematic review. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29 (9), 1278-1291. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.06.720
2019
Journal Article
Safety and tolerability of experimental hookworm infection in humans with metabolic disease: study protocol for a phase 1b randomised controlled clinical trial
Pierce, Doris, Merone, Lea, Lewis, Chris, Rahman, Tony, Croese, John, Loukas, Alex, McDonald, Malcolm, Giacomin, Paul and McDermott, Robyn (2019). Safety and tolerability of experimental hookworm infection in humans with metabolic disease: study protocol for a phase 1b randomised controlled clinical trial. BMC Endocrine Disorders, 19 (1) 136. doi: 10.1186/s12902-019-0461-5
2019
Journal Article
Healthy choice rewards: a feasibility trial of incentives to influence consumer food choices in a remote Australian Aboriginal community
Brown, Clare, Laws, Cara, Leonard, Dympna, Campbell, Sandy, Merone, Lea, Hammond, Melinda, Thompson, Kani, Canuto, Karla and Brimblecombe, Julie (2019). Healthy choice rewards: a feasibility trial of incentives to influence consumer food choices in a remote Australian Aboriginal community. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 (1) 112, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16010112
2018
Journal Article
'Climate refugees': is it time to legally acknowledge those displaced by climate disruption?
Merone, Lea and Tait, Peter (2018). 'Climate refugees': is it time to legally acknowledge those displaced by climate disruption?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42 (6), 508-509. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12849
2018
Journal Article
Preventing disaster in the Pacific Islands: the battle against climate disruption
Merone, Lea and Tait, Peter (2018). Preventing disaster in the Pacific Islands: the battle against climate disruption. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42 (5), 419-420. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12823
2017
Journal Article
Nutritional anti-inflammatories in the treatment and prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus and the metabolic syndrome
Merone, Lea and McDermott, Robyn (2017). Nutritional anti-inflammatories in the treatment and prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus and the metabolic syndrome. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 127, 238-253. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2017.02.019
2015
Journal Article
Preoperative neutrophil:lymphocyte and platelet: lymphocyte ratios predict endometrial cancer survival
Cummings, M., Merone, L., Keeble, C., Burland, L., Grzelinski, M., Sutton, K., Begum, N., Thacoor, A., Green, B., Sarveswaran, J., Hutson, R. and Orsi, N. M. (2015). Preoperative neutrophil:lymphocyte and platelet: lymphocyte ratios predict endometrial cancer survival. British Journal of Cancer, 113 (2), 311-320. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.200
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