Professor Annette Dobson
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Annette Dobson

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Background

Professor Annette Dobson's research interests are in: Biostatistics (generalised linear modelling, clinical biostatistics, statistical methods relevant to longitudinal studies), and Epidemiology (tobacco control, cardiovascular disease, women's health).

Availability

Professor Annette Dobson is:
Not available for supervision
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Fields of research

Biostatistics Cardiovascular medicine and haematology Clinical sciences Health Sciences Mathematical Sciences Statistics

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science, University of Adelaide
  • Masters (Research) of Statistics, James Cook University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, James Cook University
  • Postgraduate Diploma, University of New England Australia

Research interests

  • Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

    This is a large national project involving more than 55,000 women that started in 1996. The goal is to examine factors that affect the health of women and their use of health services in the context of their personal, family, social and economic circumstances. It involves a large research team which includes people with expertise in statistics, psychology, sociology, medicine, exercise, nutrition, etc. I am the director of the project.

  • Methodology for Longitudinal Studies

    These studies are becoming popular worldwide because they hold the promise of solving questions relating to causation which cannot be realistically examined using other study designs. They are however very complex and expensive, and they pose substantial statistical challenges.

  • Trends in chronic disease and multimorbidity

    Heart disease has declined in Australia by more than 50% in the last 40 years, but it is still a leading cause of death, morbidity and health costs. As heart disease has declined and life expectancy has increased, older people are at increasing risk of experiencing multiple chronic conditions, including dementia. I work on understanding prevalence, trends and overlapping patterns of chronic disease in Australia and internationally.

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643 works between 1979 and 2025
All (643) Book (19) Journal Article (487) Other Outputs (27) Conference Publication (98) Book Chapter (12)

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2020

Journal Article

Consistency and inconsistency of young women’s reporting of intimate partner violence in a population-based study

Rowlands, Ingrid J., Holder, Carl, Forder, Peta M., Hegarty, Kelsey, Dobson, Annette J. and Loxton, Deborah (2020). Consistency and inconsistency of young women’s reporting of intimate partner violence in a population-based study. Violence Against Women, 27 (3-4) 1077801220908324, 1-19. doi: 10.1177/1077801220908324

Consistency and inconsistency of young women’s reporting of intimate partner violence in a population-based study

2020

Journal Article

Vasomotor menopausal symptoms and cardiovascular disease risk in midlife: a longitudinal study

Dam, V., Dobson, A. J., Onland-Moret, N. C., van der Schouw, Y. T. and Mishra, G. D. (2020). Vasomotor menopausal symptoms and cardiovascular disease risk in midlife: a longitudinal study. Maturitas, 133, 32-41. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2019.12.011

Vasomotor menopausal symptoms and cardiovascular disease risk in midlife: a longitudinal study

2020

Journal Article

Flexible age-period-cohort modelling illustrated using obesity prevalence data

Dobson, Annette, Hockey, Richard, Chan, Hsiu-Wen and Mishra, Gita (2020). Flexible age-period-cohort modelling illustrated using obesity prevalence data. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 20 (1) 16, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12874-020-0904-8

Flexible age-period-cohort modelling illustrated using obesity prevalence data

2019

Journal Article

Correction to: Testing competing mediators of the association between pre-conception maternal depression and child health-related quality of life: the MatCH study

Moss, Katrina M., Loxton, Deborah, Dobson, Annette J., Slaughter, Virginia and Mishra, Gita D. (2019). Correction to: Testing competing mediators of the association between pre-conception maternal depression and child health-related quality of life: the MatCH study. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 23 (3), 447-447. doi: 10.1007/s00737-019-01014-x

Correction to: Testing competing mediators of the association between pre-conception maternal depression and child health-related quality of life: the MatCH study

2019

Journal Article

Reply: Increasing number of menstruations in recent generations may contribute to the development of endometriosis: an evolutionary view from a critical analysis of National Health data

Mishra, Gita D., Rowlands, Ingrid J. and Dobson, Annette J. (2019). Reply: Increasing number of menstruations in recent generations may contribute to the development of endometriosis: an evolutionary view from a critical analysis of National Health data. Human Reproduction, 34 (12), 2550-2550. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dez193

Reply: Increasing number of menstruations in recent generations may contribute to the development of endometriosis: an evolutionary view from a critical analysis of National Health data

2019

Journal Article

Not all play equipment is created equal: Associations between equipment at home and children's physical activity

Moss, Katrina M., Dobson, Annette J., Edwards, Kimberley L., Hesketh, Kylie D., Chang, Yung-Ting and Mishra, Gita D. (2019). Not all play equipment is created equal: Associations between equipment at home and children's physical activity. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 16 (11), 945-951. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2019-0075

Not all play equipment is created equal: Associations between equipment at home and children's physical activity

2019

Journal Article

Obesity, smoking, and risk of vasomotor menopausal symptoms: a pooled analysis of eight cohort studies

Anderson, Debra J., Chung, Hsin-Fang, Seib, Charrlotte A., Dobson, Annette J., Kuh, Diana, Brunner, Eric J., Crawford, Sybil L., Avis, Nancy E., Gold, Ellen B., Greendale, Gail A., Mitchell, Ellen S., Woods, Nancy F., Yoshizawa, Toyoko and Mishra, Gita D. (2019). Obesity, smoking, and risk of vasomotor menopausal symptoms: a pooled analysis of eight cohort studies. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 222 (5) 478.e1-e17, 478.e1-478.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.10.103

Obesity, smoking, and risk of vasomotor menopausal symptoms: a pooled analysis of eight cohort studies

2019

Journal Article

Age at natural menopause and risk of incident cardiovascular disease: a pooled analysis of individual patient data

Zhu, Dongshan, Chung, Hsin-Fang, Dobson, Annette J., Pandeya, Nirmala, Giles, Graham G., Bruinsma, Fiona, Brunner, Eric J., Kuh, Diana, Hardy, Rebecca, Avis, Nancy E., Gold, Ellen B., Derby, Carol A., Matthews, Karen A., Cade, Janet E., Greenwood, Darren C., Demakakos, Panayotes, Brown, Daniel E., Sievert, Lynnette L., Anderson, Debra, Hayashi, Kunihiko, Lee, Jung Su, Mizunuma, Hideki, Tillin, Therese, Simonsen, Mette Kildevæld, Adami, Hans-Olov, Weiderpass, Elisabete and Mishra, Gita D. (2019). Age at natural menopause and risk of incident cardiovascular disease: a pooled analysis of individual patient data. The Lancet Public Health, 4 (11), e553-e564. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30155-0

Age at natural menopause and risk of incident cardiovascular disease: a pooled analysis of individual patient data

2019

Journal Article

Validity of self-reported diabetes varies with sociodemographic charecteristics: Example from Iran

Moradinazar, M., Pasdar, Y., Najafi, F., Shakiba, Ebrahim, Hamzeh, Behrooz, Samadi, Mehnoosh, Mirzaei, Maryam and Dobson, Annette J. (2019). Validity of self-reported diabetes varies with sociodemographic charecteristics: Example from Iran. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 8 (1), 70-75. doi: 10.1016/j.cegh.2019.04.010

Validity of self-reported diabetes varies with sociodemographic charecteristics: Example from Iran

2019

Journal Article

To what extent does age at death account for sex differences in rates of mortality from Alzheimer disease?

Buckley, Rachel F., Waller, Michael, Masters, Colin L. and Dobson, Annette (2019). To what extent does age at death account for sex differences in rates of mortality from Alzheimer disease?. American Journal of Epidemiology, 188 (7) kwz048, 1213-1223. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz048

To what extent does age at death account for sex differences in rates of mortality from Alzheimer disease?

2019

Journal Article

Cohort Profile: Ravansar Non-Communicable Disease cohort study: the first cohort study in a Kurdish population

Pasdar, Yahya, Najafi, Farid, Moradinazar, Mehdi, Shakiba, Ebrahim, Karim, Hosain, Hamzeh, Behrooz, Nelson, Michael and Dobson, Annette (2019). Cohort Profile: Ravansar Non-Communicable Disease cohort study: the first cohort study in a Kurdish population. International Journal of Epidemiology, 48 (3), 682-683f. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy296

Cohort Profile: Ravansar Non-Communicable Disease cohort study: the first cohort study in a Kurdish population

2019

Journal Article

Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

Bixby, Honor, Bentham, James, Zhou, Bin, Di Cesare, Mariachiara, Paciorek, Christopher J., Bennett, James E., Taddei, Cristina, Stevens, Gretchen A., Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea, Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M., Khang, Young-Ho, Sorić, Maroje, Gregg, Edward W., Miranda, J. Jaime, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Savin, Stefan, Sophiea, Marisa K., Iurilli, Maria L. C., Solomon, Bethlehem D., Cowan, Melanie J., Riley, Leanne M., Danaei, Goodarz, Bovet, Pascal, Chirita-Emandi, Adela, Hambleton, Ian R., Hayes, Alison J., Ikeda, Nayu, Kengne, Andre P., Laxmaiah, Avula ... Ezzati, Majid (2019). Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults. Nature, 569 (7755), 260-264. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1171-x

Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

2019

Journal Article

SF-36 normative values according to level of functioning in older women

Peeters, Geeske, Waller, Michael and Dobson, Annette J. (2019). SF-36 normative values according to level of functioning in older women. Quality of Life Research, 28 (4), 979-989. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-2077-z

SF-36 normative values according to level of functioning in older women

2019

Journal Article

Variations in reproductive events across life: a pooled analysis of data from 505 147 women across 10 countries

InterLACE Study Team, Mishra, Gita D. , Chung, Hsin-Fang , Pandeya, Nirmala, Schoenake, Danielle A.J.M. and Dobson, Annette J. (2019). Variations in reproductive events across life: a pooled analysis of data from 505 147 women across 10 countries. Human Reproduction, 34 (5), 881-893. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dez015

Variations in reproductive events across life: a pooled analysis of data from 505 147 women across 10 countries

2019

Journal Article

Predictors of change in depressive symptoms over time: results from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

Holden, Libby, Harris, Meredith, Hockey, Richard, Ferrari, Alize, Lee, Yong Yi, Dobson, Annette J. and Lee, Christina (2019). Predictors of change in depressive symptoms over time: results from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Journal of Affective Disorders, 245, 771-778. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.11.076

Predictors of change in depressive symptoms over time: results from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

2019

Journal Article

Premenopausal cardiovascular disease and age at natural menopause: a pooled analysis of over 170,000 women

Zhu, Dongshan, Chung, Hsin-Fang, Pandeya, Nirmala, Dobson, Annette J., Hardy, Rebecca, Kuh, Diana, Brunner, Eric J., Bruinsma, Fiona, Giles, Graham G., Demakakos, Panayotes, Lee, Jung Su, Mizunuma, Hideki, Hayashi, Kunihiko, Adami, Hans-Olov, Weiderpass, Elisabete and Mishra, Gita D. (2019). Premenopausal cardiovascular disease and age at natural menopause: a pooled analysis of over 170,000 women. European Journal of Epidemiology, 34 (3), 235-246. doi: 10.1007/s10654-019-00490-w

Premenopausal cardiovascular disease and age at natural menopause: a pooled analysis of over 170,000 women

2019

Journal Article

Soy intake and vasomotor menopausal symptoms among midlife women: a pooled analysis of five studies from the InterLACE consortium

Dunneram, Yashvee, Chung, Hsin-Fang, Cade, Janet E., Greenwood, Darren C., Dobson, Annette J., Mitchell, Ellen S., Woods, Nancy F., Brunner, Eric J., Yoshizawa, Toyoko, Anderson, Debra and Mishra, Gita D. (2019). Soy intake and vasomotor menopausal symptoms among midlife women: a pooled analysis of five studies from the InterLACE consortium. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 73 (11), 1501-1511. doi: 10.1038/s41430-019-0398-9

Soy intake and vasomotor menopausal symptoms among midlife women: a pooled analysis of five studies from the InterLACE consortium

2019

Other Outputs

Policy briefs from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health: report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Mishra, Gita, Byles, Julie, Dobson, Annette, Chan, Hsiu-wen, Tooth, Leigh, Hockey, Richard, Townsend, Natalie and Loxton, Deborah (2019). Policy briefs from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health: report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.

Policy briefs from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health: report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

2019

Journal Article

Testing competing mediators of the association between pre-conception maternal depression and child health-related quality of life: the MatCH study

Moss, Katrina M., Loxton, Deborah, Dobson, Annette J., Slaughter, Virginia and Mishra, Gita D. (2019). Testing competing mediators of the association between pre-conception maternal depression and child health-related quality of life: the MatCH study. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 23 (1), 53-62. doi: 10.1007/s00737-019-0941-7

Testing competing mediators of the association between pre-conception maternal depression and child health-related quality of life: the MatCH study

2019

Conference Publication

Understanding maternal preconception weight trajectories and child outcomes using a cohort-within-cohort study design

Tooth, Leigh, Adane, Akilew, Mishra, Gita and Dobson, Annette (2019). Understanding maternal preconception weight trajectories and child outcomes using a cohort-within-cohort study design. Australasian Epidemiological Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, 23-25 OCtober 2019.

Understanding maternal preconception weight trajectories and child outcomes using a cohort-within-cohort study design

Current funding

  • 2026 - 2030
    Australian Perimenopause and Menopause (A-PaM) Study
    NHMRC MRFF Infertility Pregnancy Loss and Menopause
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    Maternal and early life origins of adolescent menstrual disorders and pelvic pain
    NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2027
    Understanding intergenerational change in the health and well-being of older adults and its effects: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study 2. (NHMRC CTCS led by University of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2026
    Mothers and their Children's Healthcare Experience Study (MatCHES)
    NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Maternal Health and First 2000 Days, Early Childhood, and Exercise and Nutrition
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2024
    Analysis of EndGenderBias Survey
    Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    Queensland women¿s health strategy ¿ Research on the health needs and health service use of Queensland women and girls
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    Genetic variants, Early Life exposures, and Longitudinal Endometriosis Symptoms study (GELLES)
    NHMRC MRFF EPCDR - Endometriosis Research
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Improving Australia's Dementia Statistic
    Boosting Dementia Research Grants Scheme (PR6): Improving Dementia Data and Methods
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2025
    Centre of Research Excellence on Women and Non-communicable Disease (CRE WaND): Prevention and Detection
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Health service use in the last two years of life by older Australian women with dementia, heart disease, stroke or lung disease
    Commonwealth Department of Health
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2021
    M-PreM study: Reproductive factors, from menarche to pre-menopause, and the risk of cardiometabolic and respiratory conditions before menopause
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Establishment of a Health Data Analytics Panel
    Commonwealth Department of Health
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Development of evidence-based approaches that will improve antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention and control in general practice settings
    Office of Health Protection, Department of Health
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2019
    Mothers' and their Children's Health study: understanding disparities in health and health service utilisation among Australian families
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Comparison of DVA clients', ADF members' and the general population's responses to the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing
    Department of Veterans' Affairs
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2016
    Project B - The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health - Establishment of a new cohort of women born 1989-94; more frequent surveys of women born 1921-26; strengthening of study capacity
    Department of Health and Ageing
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    A longitudinal study of patterns of contraception use and access to contraceptive information, advice and services for young Australian women
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011
    Prospective study of birth defects from fetotoxic agents in the public water supply
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Prospective study of birth defects from fetotoxic agents in the public water supply (NHMRC Project Grant Administered by The University of South Australia)
    University of South Australia
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Secure Research Facility for Defence Related Research on Military and Veterans' Health
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2016
    NHMRC CRE: Centre of Research Excellence in Women's Health in the 21st century (CREWH21)
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    A Longitudinal Study of Contraception Use and Unplanned Pregnancy Among Young Australian Women
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2012
    MEAO Phase 2B FY09/10 (SOW #2)
    Commonwealth Department of Defence
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2012
    Timor-Leste Family Study
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2009
    MEAO Phase 2B
    Commonwealth Department of Defence
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2016
    Project A - Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (2012-2016)
    Department of Health and Ageing (Commonwealth of Australia)
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2011
    Needs of spouse carers of World War II veterans before and after widowhood
    Department of Veterans' Affairs
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    Provision of Stage 2 Research on Carers based on the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH)
    Department of Health and Ageing (Commonwealth of Australia)
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    Depression and cardiovascular disease in a cohort of mid-aged Australian women
    National Heart Foundation of Australia
    Open grant
  • 2008
    MEAO Phase 2A
    Commonwealth Department of Defence
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2012
    Men, Women and Ageing: predictors of ageing well in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health and the Perth Health in Men Study
    NHMRCARC Ageing Well, Ageing Productively Program
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2010
    Factors Associated With the Recruitment and Retention of the Current and Future Nursing Workforce - A Longitudinal E-Cohort Study
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2006
    Develop And Pilot An E-Cohort Research Technique For Longitudinal Studies Using Multiple International Cohorts
    ARC Special Research Initiatives - E-Research
    Open grant
  • 2005
    NHMRC_Equipment Grant = Infrastructure for Population Health Research
    NHMRC Equipment Grant
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2006
    Are Cardiac Conditions In Older Women Managed Appropriately?
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2005
    How well do health and community services help older people with neurodegenerative disorders and their family caregivers?
    NHMRCARC Ageing Well, Ageing Productively Program
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2007
    Methodology for population health research: Training and innovation in longitudinal studies
    Capacity Building Grants in Population Health Research
    Open grant
  • 2001 - 2002
    Assessing the requirements of Queensland secondary schools for supporting sun protective behaviour
    Queensland Health Health Promotion
    Open grant
  • 2001 - 2003
    Effect of cigarette smoking on length and cost of stay in hospital for non-smoking related surgical procedures
    Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Limited
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2002
    Sun Protection in School Community
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2002
    Partners working for health communities - Bowen and Collinsville
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 1999 - 2008
    The Australian longitudinal study on women's health.
    University of Newcastle
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Annette Dobson is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The usefulness of the percentage difference, 100(lnA - lnB), in health research

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Louise Marquart-Wilson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding the health of women born in 1946-51 over time

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Reza Baneshi, Professor Gita Mishra

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Annette Dobson directly for media enquiries about:

  • Biostatistics
  • Biostatistics - longitudinal studies
  • Epidemiology of heart disease
  • Health - women
  • Health longitudinal statistics
  • Health statistics
  • Heart disease - epidemiology
  • Longitudinal studies - health
  • Public health statistics
  • Statistics - health
  • Tobacco control
  • Women's health

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