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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635 works between 1979 and 2025
All (635) Journal Article (478) Book Chapter (12) Conference Publication (98) Book (19) Other Outputs (28)

121 - 140 of 635 works

2017

Journal Article

Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

Zhou, Bin, Bentham, James, Di Cesare, Mariachiara, Bixby, Honor, Danaei, Goodarz, Cowan, Melanie J, Paciorek, Christopher J, Singh, Gitanjali, Hajifathalian, Kaveh, Bennett, James E, Taddei, Cristina, Bilano, Ver, Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M, Djalalinia, Shirin, Khatibzadeh, Shahab, Lugero, Charles, Peykari, Niloofar, Zhang, Wan Zhu, Lu, Yuan, Stevens, Gretchen A, Riley, Leanne M, Bovet, Pascal, Elliott, Paul, Gu, Dongfeng, Ikeda, Nayu, Jackson, Rod T, Joffres, Michel, Kengne, Andre Pascal, Laatikainen, Tiina ... Zhu, Dan (2017). Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants. The Lancet, 389 (10064), 37-55. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31919-5

Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

2017

Journal Article

Prevalence of hypertension and its relationship with health complaints in elderly Iranians: a multi-site community-based study

Tanjani, Parisa Taheri, Dobson, Annette, Babanejad, Mehran, Karim, Hosein and Najafi, Farid (2017). Prevalence of hypertension and its relationship with health complaints in elderly Iranians: a multi-site community-based study. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal, 19 (1) e44011. doi: 10.5812/ircmj.44011

Prevalence of hypertension and its relationship with health complaints in elderly Iranians: a multi-site community-based study

2017

Conference Publication

Cigarette smoking and the risk for premature and early natural menopause: results from pooled analysis of data from 51,450 women

Gita D. Mishra, Chung, Hsin-Fang , Pandeya, Nirmala and Dobson, Annette J. (2017). Cigarette smoking and the risk for premature and early natural menopause: results from pooled analysis of data from 51,450 women. 11th Congress of the European Menopause and Andropause Society, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22-24 May 2017. Shannon, Clare, Ireland: Elsevier Ireland. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.03.291

Cigarette smoking and the risk for premature and early natural menopause: results from pooled analysis of data from 51,450 women

2017

Other Outputs

GAPS data

Dobson, Annette (2017). GAPS data. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.100

GAPS data

2017

Book Chapter

Risk factors

Huxley, Rachel R., Taylor, Richard and Dobson, Annette (2017). Risk factors. International encyclopedia of public health. (pp. 383-392) edited by William C. Cockerham. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-803678-5.00390-8

Risk factors

2016

Journal Article

The InterLACE study: design, data harmonization and characteristics across 20 studies on women's health

Mishra, Gita D., Chung, Hsin-Fang, Pandeya, Nirmala, Dobson, Annette J., Jones, Lee, Avis, Nancy E., Crawford, Sybil L., Gold, Ellen B., Brown, Daniel, Sievert, Lynette L., Brunner, Eric, Cade, Janet E., Burley, Victoria J., Greenwood, Darren C., Giles, Graham G., Bruinsma, Fiona, Goodman, Alissa, Hayashi, Kunihiko, Lee, Jung Su, Mizunuma, Hideki, Kuh, Diana, Cooper, Rachel, Hardy, Rebecca, Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf, Lee, Kathryn A., Simonsen, Mette Kildevæld, Yoshizawa, Toyoko, Woods, Nancy F., Mitchell, Ellen S. ... Anderson, Debra (2016). The InterLACE study: design, data harmonization and characteristics across 20 studies on women's health. Maturitas, 92, 176-185. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.07.021

The InterLACE study: design, data harmonization and characteristics across 20 studies on women's health

2016

Journal Article

The Nurses’ Health Study and the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health: providing infrastructure for public health research

Dobson, Annette J., Byles, Julie E. and Brown, Wendy J. (2016). The Nurses’ Health Study and the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health: providing infrastructure for public health research. American Journal of Public Health, 106 (9), 1533-1534. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303352

The Nurses’ Health Study and the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health: providing infrastructure for public health research

2016

Journal Article

A century of trends in adult human height

Bentham, James, Di Cesare, Mariachiara, Stevens, Gretchen A., Zhou, Bin, Bixby, Honor, Cowan, Melanie, Fortunato, Lea, Bennett, James E., Danaei, Goodarz, Hajifathalian, Kaveh, Lu, Yuan, Riley, Leanne M., Laxmaiah, Avula, Kontis, Vasilis, Paciorek, Christopher J., Riboli, Elio, Ezzati, Majid, Abdeen, Ziad A., Hamid, Zargar Abdul, Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M., Acosta-Cazares, Benjamin, Adams, Robert, Aekplakorn, Wichai, Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A., Agyemang, Charles, Ahmadvand, Alireza, Ahrens, Wolfgang, Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M., Al-Othman, Amani Rashed ... Cisneros, Julio Zuniga (2016). A century of trends in adult human height. Elife, 5 (2016JULY) e13410. doi: 10.7554/eLife.13410

A century of trends in adult human height

2016

Journal Article

A century of trends in adult human height

Bentham, James, Di Cesare, Mariachiara, Stevens, Gretchen A., Zhou, Bin, Bixby, Honor, Cowan, Melanie, Fortunato, Léa, Bennett, James E., Danaei, Goodarz, Hajifathalian, Kaveh, Lu, Yuan, Riley, Leanne M., Laxmaiah, Avula, Kontis, Vasilis, Paciorek, Christopher J., Riboli, Elio, Ezzati, Majid, Abdeen, Ziad A., Hamid, Zargar Abdul, Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M., Acosta-Cazares, Benjamin, Adams, Robert, Aekplakorn, Wichai, Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A., Agyemang, Charles, Ahmadvand, Alireza, Ahrens, Wolfgang, Al- Hazzaa, Hazzaa M., Al-Othman, Amani Rashed ... NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) (2016). A century of trends in adult human height. eLife, 5 e13410, 1-29. doi: 10.7554/elife.13410

A century of trends in adult human height

2016

Journal Article

Young women's psychological distress after a diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome or endometriosis

Rowlands, I. J., Teede, H., Lucke, J., Dobson, A. J. and Mishra, G. D. (2016). Young women's psychological distress after a diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome or endometriosis. Human Reproduction, 31 (9), 2072-2081. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dew174

Young women's psychological distress after a diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome or endometriosis

2016

Journal Article

Associations of guideline recommended medications for acute coronary syndromes with fall-related hospitalizations and cardiovascular events in older women with ischemic heart disease

Peeters, Geeske, Tett, Susan E., Hollingworth, Samantha A., Gnjidic, Danijela, Hilmer, Sarah N., Dobson, Annette J. and Hubbard, Ruth E. (2016). Associations of guideline recommended medications for acute coronary syndromes with fall-related hospitalizations and cardiovascular events in older women with ischemic heart disease. Journals of Gerontology - Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 72 (2), 259-265. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glw111

Associations of guideline recommended medications for acute coronary syndromes with fall-related hospitalizations and cardiovascular events in older women with ischemic heart disease

2016

Journal Article

Lifestyle and socioeconomic determinants of multimorbidity patterns among mid-aged women: a longitudinal dtudy

Jackson, Caroline A., Dobson, Annette J., Tooth, Leigh R. and Mishra, Gita D. (2016). Lifestyle and socioeconomic determinants of multimorbidity patterns among mid-aged women: a longitudinal dtudy. Plos One, 11 (6) e0156804, e0156804. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156804

Lifestyle and socioeconomic determinants of multimorbidity patterns among mid-aged women: a longitudinal dtudy

2016

Journal Article

General Practitioner Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme Study (GAPS): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Avent, Minyon L., Hansen, Malene Plejdrip, Gilks, Charles, Del Mar, Chris, Halton, Kate, Sidjabat, Hanna, Hall, Lisa, Dobson, Annette, Paterson, David L. and van Driel, Miek L. (2016). General Practitioner Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme Study (GAPS): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Family Practice, 17 (48) 446, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12875-016-0446-7

General Practitioner Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme Study (GAPS): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

2016

Journal Article

The effect of socioeconomic status across adulthood on trajectories of frailty in older women

Gardiner, Paul A., Mishra, Gita D. and Dobson, Annette J. (2016). The effect of socioeconomic status across adulthood on trajectories of frailty in older women. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 17 (4) 372.e1, 372.e1-372.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.12.090

The effect of socioeconomic status across adulthood on trajectories of frailty in older women

2016

Journal Article

Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

Di Cesare, Mariachiara, Bentham, James, Stevens, Gretchen A., Zhou, Bin, Danaei, Goodarz, Lu, Yuan, Bixby, Honor, Cowan, Melanie J., Riley, Leanne M., Hajifathalian, Kaveh, Fortunato, Lea, Taddei, Cristina, Bennett, James E., Ikeda, Nayu, Khang, Young-Ho, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Laxmaiah, Avula, Li, Yanping, Lin, Hsien-Ho, Miranda, J. Jaime, Mostafa, Aya, Turley, Maria L., Paciorek, Christopher J., Gunter, Marc, Ezzati, Majid, Abdeen, Ziad A., Hamid, Zargar Abdul, Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M., Acosta-Cazares, Benjamin ... Zuniga Cisneros, Julio (2016). Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants. Lancet, 387 (10026), 1377-1396. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30054-X

Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

2016

Journal Article

The effect of multiple deployments on military families: a cross sectional study of health and well-being of partners and children

McGuire, Annabel C. L., Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Runge, Catherine E., Ireland, Renee, Waller, Michael and Dobson, Annette J. (2016). The effect of multiple deployments on military families: a cross sectional study of health and well-being of partners and children. Military Medicine, 181 (4), 319-327. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00310

The effect of multiple deployments on military families: a cross sectional study of health and well-being of partners and children

2016

Journal Article

Unit cohesion, traumatic exposure and mental health of military personnel

Kanesarajah, J., Waller, M., Zheng, W. Y. and Dobson, A. J. (2016). Unit cohesion, traumatic exposure and mental health of military personnel. Occupational Medicine, 66 (4), 308-315. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqw009

Unit cohesion, traumatic exposure and mental health of military personnel

2016

Journal Article

Hypertension, anti-hypertensive treatment and cancer incidence and mortality: a pooled collaborative analysis of 12 Australian and New Zealand cohorts

Harding, Jessica L., Sooriyakumaran, Manoshayini, Anstey, Kaarin J., Adams, Robert, Balkau, Beverley, Brennan-Olsen, Sharon, Briffa, Tom, Davis, Timothy M. E., Davis, Wendy A., Dobson, Annette, Giles, Graham G., Grant, Janet, Huxley, Rachel, Knuiman, Matthew, Luszcz, Mary, Mitchell, Paul, Pasco, Julie A., Reid, Christopher M., Simmons, David, Simons, Leon A., Taylor, Anne W., Tonkin, Andrew, Woodward, Mark, Shaw, Jonathan E. and Magliano, Dianna J. (2016). Hypertension, anti-hypertensive treatment and cancer incidence and mortality: a pooled collaborative analysis of 12 Australian and New Zealand cohorts. Journal of Hypertension, 34 (1), 149-155. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000000770

Hypertension, anti-hypertensive treatment and cancer incidence and mortality: a pooled collaborative analysis of 12 Australian and New Zealand cohorts

2016

Journal Article

Improvements in physical function and pain sustained for up to 10 years after knee or hip arthroplasty irrespective of mental health status before surgery: 9,737 middle-aged and 9,292 older women from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health

Peeters, G. M. E. E. (Geeske), Rainbird, Sophia, Lorimer, Michelle, Dobson, Annette J., Mishra, Gita D. and Graves, Stephen E. (2016). Improvements in physical function and pain sustained for up to 10 years after knee or hip arthroplasty irrespective of mental health status before surgery: 9,737 middle-aged and 9,292 older women from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. Acta Orthopaedica, 88 (2), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/17453674.2016.1250059

Improvements in physical function and pain sustained for up to 10 years after knee or hip arthroplasty irrespective of mental health status before surgery: 9,737 middle-aged and 9,292 older women from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health

2016

Journal Article

Childhood adversity and traumatic exposures during deployment as predictors of mental health in Australian military veterans

Zheng, Wu Yi, Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Waller, Michael, McGuire, Annabel C., Treloar, Susan A. and Dobson, Annette J. (2016). Childhood adversity and traumatic exposures during deployment as predictors of mental health in Australian military veterans. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40 (1), 10-15. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12499

Childhood adversity and traumatic exposures during deployment as predictors of mental health in Australian military veterans

Current funding

  • 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
  • 2020 - 2025
    Genetic variants, Early Life exposures, and Longitudinal Endometriosis Symptoms study (GELLES)
    NHMRC MRFF EPCDR - Endometriosis Research
    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

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
  • 2019 - 2022
    Improving Australia's Dementia Statistic
    Boosting Dementia Research Grants Scheme (PR6): Improving Dementia Data and Methods
    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

Availability

Professor Annette Dobson is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

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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