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Staff

Mrs Lyn Adamson
Dr Janneke Berecki
Prof Julie Byles
Mrs Cath Chojenta
Prof Annette Dobson
Ms Xenia Dolja-Gore
David Fitzgerald
Leonie Gemmel

Mr Richard Gibson
Mrs Anna Graves
Ms Jenny Helman
Danielle Herbert

Mr Richard Hockey
Dr Deborah Loxton
Dr Jayne Lucke
Mrs Melanie Moonen 
Daniel Odd
Dr Lynne Parkinson
Ms Jenny Powers
Ms Melanie Spallek
Dr Leigh Tooth
Ms Bree Waters

Melanie Watson
Project Assistants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs Lyn Adamson
BA (Comm)

Lyn is the executive assistant/publicity officer for the project.

Lyn helps prepare and co-ordinate media releases, the annual newsletter, conducts literature searches and organises focus groups for trialing survey methods and materials. Lyn also helps maintain the project cohort which involves locating and keeping track of participants when they move. Lyn also answers participant enquiries.


To contact Lyn:
Mrs Lyn Adamson
Women's Health Australia
Research Centre for Gender, Health & Ageing
University of Newcastle
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308
Australia

Phone: +61 2 4913 8873
Fax: +61 2 491386888
Email:
lyn.adamson@newcastle.edu.au

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Dr Janneke Berecki
MD, PhD


Janneke is a Research fellow for the project.

Janneke Berecki recently graduated as a medical doctor at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (2007). Before that she completed a PhD in physiology (2005). The study was sponsored by Space Research Netherlands and looked at blood pressure regulation and orthostatic tolerance in astronauts and cosmonauts after space flight. She joined ALSWH in April 2007. Her main research interests are health outcomes and medication use.

To contact Janneke:
Dr Janneke Berecki
Women's Health Australia
University of Queensland
School of Population Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
Level 3 University of Queensland
Herston QLD 4006

Phone: +61 7 3346 4691
Fax: + 61 7 33655540
Email: j.gisolf@uq.edu.au

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Professor Julie Byles
BMed, PhD

Julie is the co-director of the project.

Click here for further information on Julie's research profile.

To contact Julie:
Professor Julie Byles
Women's Health Australia
Research Centre for Gender, Health & Ageing
University of Newcastle
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308
Australia

Phone: +61 2 4913 8643, +61 2 4913 8321 or +61 2 4913 8142
Fax: +61 2 4923 8148
Email:
julie.byles@newcastle.edu.au

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Mrs Cath Chojenta
BA (Psych) Hons 
 
Cath is a
research and communications officer for the project.
 
Cath maintains the Women's Health Australia website, and assists in the preparation of reports and papers.

Cath also provides assistance with the running of research projects, including answering Women’s Health Australia participant requests. Cath also assists in the maintainance of the participant information databases.

To contact Cath:
Mrs Cath Chojenta
Women's Health Australia
Research Centre for Gender, Health & Ageing
University of Newcastle
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308
Australia

Phone: +61 2 4913 8876
Fax: +61 2 4913 8888
Email:
catherine.chojenta@newcastle.edu.au

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Professor Annette Dobson
BSc, MSc, PhD, AStat

Annette is the director of the project.

Click here for further information on Annette's research profile.

To contact Annette:
Professor Annette Dobson
Women's Health Australia
School of Population Health
University of Queensland
Herston Road
Herston Qld 4006
Australia

Phone: +61 7 3365 5345
Fax: +61 7 3365 5442
Email:
a.dobson@sph.uq.edu.au

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Ms Xenia Dolja-Gore
BMath, PostGradDip (MedStat), MMed Stat

Xenia is an assistant statistician for the project.

Xenia provides support to the project statistician. Her responsibilities include assisting in the conduct of statistical analyses for medical publications and presentations.

Her research interests include linking health related databases to help in the study of women’s health.

To contact Xenia:
Ms Xenia Dolja-Gore
Women's Health Australia
Research Centre for Gender, Health & Ageing
University of Newcastle
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308
Australia

Phone: +61 2 4913 8880
Fax: +61 2 4913 8888
Email:
xenia.doljagore@newcastle.edu.au

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David Fitzgerald

David is the data manager (surveys) for the project.

David produces and maintains the project’s analysis data sets. He updates and maintains the project’s data dictionary. He releases this data to the collaborators. He also does some statistical analysis of the data.

To contact David
Mr David Fitzgerald
Women's Health Australia
School of Population Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
Level 3 University of Queensland
Herston QLD 4006


Phone: +61 7 3365 5257
Fax: +61 7 3365 5540
Email: d.fitzgerald@sph.uq.edu.au


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Richard Gibson

Richard is a statistician for the project.

To contact Richard:
Mr Richard Gibson
Women's Health Australia
Research Centre for Gender, Health & Ageing
University of Newcastle
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308
Australia  


Phone: +61 2 4913 8322
Fax: +61 2 4913 8323
Email:
richard.gibson @newcastle.edu.au

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Mrs Anna Graves
BSc Agric (Biometry) Hons

Anna is the data manager (cohorts) for the project.

Anna oversees the survey data collection for each pilot and main round survey. This includes selecting and liaising with the company subcontracted to complete various aspects of the data collection process. Anna programs in SAS and MS Access to develop and maintain databases which keep the current participation and contact details of participants, she develops programs to assist in tracking participants whose current contact details are unknown and programs to link the ALWSH data to other databases. Her job includes selecting samples for substudies.

Anna is involved in the day to day running of the server and the PC’s.

To contact Anna:
Mrs Anna Graves
Women's Health Australia
Research Centre for Gender, Health & Ageing
University of Newcastle
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308
Australia

Phone: +61 2 4913 8869
Fax: +61 2 4913 8888
Email:
anna.graves@newcastle.edu.au

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Leonie Gemmell


Leonie is an Administrative Officer for the project. Leonie provides various admin support to the Queensland project staff. She also processes Expressions of Interest and Publications updates. She also monitors budgeting expenditure.

To contact Leonie:
Ms Leonie Gemmell
Women's Health Australia
University of Queensland
School of Population Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
Level 3 University of Queensland
Herston QLD 4006

Phone: +61 7 3346 4723
Fax: +61 7 3365 5540

Email: l.gemmell@sph.uq.edu.au


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Ms Jenny Helman
BNurs

Jenny is a research assistant for the project.

Jenny helps maintain the Women's Health Australia project cohort, which involves locating and keeping track of participants when they move. Jenny also answers participantt enquiries on the freecall phone.

To contact Jenny:
Ms Jenny Helman
Women's Health Australia
Research Centre for Gender, Health & Ageing
University of Newcastle
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308
Australia

Phone: +61 2 4913 8755
Fax: +61 2 4913 8888
Email:
jenny.helman@newcastle.edu.au

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Danielle Herbert
BSci, DipGenCoun, DipTchg, MSc

Danielle is a research assistant for the project.

Danielle has a strong interest in reproductive health, fertility and use of assisted reproductive technologies.

To contact Danielle:
Ms Danielle Herbert
Women's Health Australia
University of Queensland
School of Population Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
level 3 University of Queensland
Herston QLD 4006

Phone: +61 7 3346 4649
Fax: + 61 7 3365 5540

Email: d.herbert1@uq.edu.au

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Mr Richard Hockey
BSc, DipAgrSc

Richard is a data analyst for the project.

Richard conducts data analysis using SAS to assist with producing reports and papers for Women's Health Australia.

To contact Richard:
Mr Richard Hockey
Women's Health Australia
School of Population Health
University of Queensland
Herston Road
Herston Qld 4006
Australia

Phone: +61 (07) 33655257
Fax: +61 (07) 3365 5540
Email:
r.hockey@uq.edu.au

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Dr Deborah Loxton
B (Psych) Hons, PhD

Deborah is the project manager.

Click here for further information on Deborah's research profile.

To contact Deborah:
Dr Deborah Loxton
Women's Health Australia
Research Centre for Gender, Health & Ageing
University of Newcastle
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308
Australia


Phone: +61 2 4913 8872
Fax: +61 2 4913 8888
Email: deborah.loxton@newcastle.edu.au

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Dr Jayne Lucke
BA(Hons), PhD

Jayne is a Senior Research Fellow / project coordinator for the project.

Click here for further information on Jayne's research profile.

To contact Jayne:
Dr Jayne Lucke
Women's Health Australia
School of Population Health
University of Queensland
Herston Road
Herston Qld 4006
Australia

Phone: +61 7 3346 4691
Fax: +61 7 3365 5540
Email: j.lucke@uq.edu.au

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Mrs Melanie Moonen

Melanie is an administration assistant for the project.

Melanie provides administrative support for the ALSWH at the University of Newcastle. Her tasks include account reconciliation, account reporting and budget support, as well as conference, seminar and events organisation and promotion. Melanie also takes care of travel arrangements and assists with survey preparation.

To contact Melanie:
Mrs Melanie Moonen
Women's Health Australia
Reserach Centre for Gender, Health & Ageing
University of Newcastle
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308
Australia

Phone: +61 2 4913 8744
Fax: +61 2 4913 8888
Email:
melanie.moonen@newcastle.edu.au

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Daniel Odd

Daniel is a Data assistant for the project

 

To contact Daniel:
Mr Daniel Odd
Women's Health Australia
Reserach Centre for Gender, Health & Ageing
University of Newcastle
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308
Australia

Phone: +61 2 4913 6882
Fax: +61 2 4913 8888

Email:Daniel.odd@newcastle.edu.au

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Dr Lynne Parkinson
BSc (Hons), PhD

Lynne is a senior research fellow for the project.

Her tasks include:

  • Contributing to the leadership of RCGHA
  • Initiating, coordinating and managing ageing research projects
  • Preparing reports and publications, including peer-reviewed publications in national and international journals
  • Contributing to teaching within postgraduate programs in population health
  • Preparing grants and tenders for ageing research

To contact Lynne:
Dr Lynne Parkinson
Women's Health Australia
Research Centre for Gender, Health & Ageing
University of Newcastle
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308
Australia

Phone: +61 2 4913 8232
Fax: +61 2 4913 8323
Email: lynne.parkinson@newcastle.edu.au

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Ms Jenny Powers
BSc, AssocDipApplSc(Comp), MMed Stat

Jenny is a statistician for the project.

She has a strong interest in the health and well-being of women.
Her research interests include analysing the long-term effects of different risk factors on the physical and mental health of women. She has specific interests in statistical areas such as methodological issues associated with longitudinal data analysis, missing data and the intermittent or permanent loss of women from the project.

Click here for a summary of her student research project.

To contact Jenny:
Ms Jenny Powers
Women's Health Australia
Research Centre for Gender, Health & Ageing
University of Newcastle
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308
Australia

Phone: +61-2-4913 8884
Fax: +61-2-4913 8888
Email: jenny.powers@newcastle.edu.au

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Ms Melanie Spallek
Masters equivalent to Med Docu and IT

Melanie is a research assistant for the project.

Melanie has been working with the Longitudinal Study of Women's health as Research Statistician since December 2005. Her main tasks include data management and statistical analysis. Beside her studies in Germany, Melanie has worked in an office for Trial Planning and Statistical Analysis. Since she arrived in Australia in 2004 she has worked with the Injury Prevention and Control Australia, the Centre of Military and Veteran's Health and the Centre of Social Sciences. Melanie is currently on maternity leave, returning February 2009.

To contact Melanie:
Ms Melanie Spallek
Women's Health Australia
School of Population Health
University of Queensland
Herston Road
Herston Qld 4006
Australia

Phone: +61 7 3365 5257
Fax: +61 7 3365 5540
Email: m.spallek@sph.uq.edu.au

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Dr Leigh Tooth
PhD, B.OccThy(Hons)

Leigh is a senior research fellow/project co-ordinator (part-time) for the project.

Click here for further information on Leigh's research profile.

To contact Leigh:
Dr Leigh Tooth
Women's Health Australia
School of Population Health
University of Queensland
Herston Road
Herston Qld 4006
Australia

Phone: +61 7 3346 4691
Fax: +61 7 3365 5540
Email: l.tooth@sph.uq.edu.au

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Ms Bree Waters
BPsyc, BA Hons (Psyc)

Bree is a project officer (research) for the project.

Bree provides research support and undertakes project work.

To contact Bree:
Ms Bree Waters
Women's Health Australia
School of Population Health
University of Queensland
Herston Road
Herston Qld 4006
Australia

Phone: +61 7 3346 4723
Fax: +61 7 3365 5540
Email:
b.waters@sph.uq.edu.au

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Melanie Watson
B Ec/Math (Hons)

Melanie is a Research assistant with the project.

Melanie conducts statistical analyses which contribute to reports and papers for the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health.

To contact Melanie:
Ms Melanie Watson
Womens Health Australia
University of Queensland
School of population health
Faculty of Health Sciences
Level 3 University of Queensland
Herston QLD 4006

Phone: +61 7 3346 4649
Fax: + 61 7 3365 5540

Email: m.watson@sph.uq.edu.au

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Project Assistants

The job of Project Assistant is one of those aspects of the project that often goes unrecognised. Yet our Project Assistants play an invaluable role in survey collection and keeping track of participants.

The Project Assistants are usually university students whom we employ part-time in the first or second year of their university life. Many of them stay working with us until their degree is completed and they then go on to start their chosen career.

The job involves phoning up to 5,000 participants to remind them to complete the survey, and completing surveys by phone interviews.

Project Assistants also 'track' participants for whom WHA has no current details, i.e. mail has been 'returned to sender'.

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