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Prof

John Mathews

Honorary
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by John Mathews.

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Updating the worker health study

2017 - 2018
Completed
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Alcohol management in Indigenous north Australia: policies and responses

Using mixed methods, this project aims to develop knowledge partnerships with Indigenous communities in three regions across northern Austra..

2016 - 2020
Completed
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CANCER RISKS FROM LOW-DOSE IONISING RADIATION FOLLOWING DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL PROCEDURES

Our study investigates cancer risk following exposure to low doses of ionising radiation from medical procedures. Our first major paper link..

2015 - 2020
Completed
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Modelling the possible effects of low-dose irradiation in young Australians exposed to CT scans

Radiation from CT (computerised tomographic X-ray) scans of children may cause a later increase in cancer risk. However, any risk for an ind..

2012 - 2014
Completed
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EFFECTS OF CT SCANS IN CHILDHOOD

2011 - 2013
Completed
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Convicts and Diggers: A Demography of Life Courses, Families and Generations

Based on convict records, birth, death and marriage registrations, World War One service records, and other historical data, this project ex..

2011 - 2015
Completed
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Models for influenza virulence to explain changes over time & place, including the differences between 1918-19 and 2009

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2009 - 2010
Completed
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Understanding influenza mortality and the effects of vaccination in the elderly

We will analyse mortality from influenza and other causes to estimate the numbers of deaths from other causes that are triggered by influenz..

2009 - 2014
Completed
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Cancer and low-dose radiation - possible effects of CT scans in childhood

Despite 100 years of research there is uncertainty about effects of low dose radiation from background and medical X-rays. We will measure t..

2008 - 2013
Completed
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How can we explain and best control the spread of influenza and pandemic influenza between people?

There is uncertainty about how many people can be infected by a single person with influenza at the start of an outbreak. Some data suggest ..

2007 - 2010
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

9

Research Grant

2

Research Contracts

1

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by John Mathews.

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CT scans in childhood predict subsequent brain cancer: Finite mixture modelling can help separate reverse causation scans from those that may be causal

Nicolas R Smoll, John D Mathews, Katrina J Scurrah

Journal article  |  2020  |  Cancer Epidemiology

BACKGROUND: Excess brain cancers observed after computed tomography (CT) scans could be caused by ionizing radiation. However, as ..

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Assessing a recent South Korean cohort study of cancer risk following diagnostic radiation exposure at younger ages

Jasmine McBain-Miller, Katrina J Scurrah, John D Mathews

Journal article  |  2020  |  Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery

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New Genetic Loci Associated With Chronic Kidney Disease in an Indigenous Australian Population

Russell J Thomson, Brendan McMorran, Wendy Hoy, Matthew Jose, Lucy Whittock, Tim Thornton, Gaetan Burgio, John Duncan Mathews, Simon Foote

Journal article  |  2019  |  Frontiers in Genetics

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1DIAGNOSTIC NUCLEAR MEDICINE FOR PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS IN AUSTRALIA: ASSESSING THE INDIVIDUAL'S DOSE BURDEN

Marissa L Bartlett, Anna Forsythe, Zoe Brady, John D Mathews

Journal article  |  2018  |  Radiation Protection Dosimetry

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Influenza as a trigger for cardiovascular disease: An investigation of serotype, subtype and geographic location

DC Pearce, JM McCaw, J McVernon, JD Mathews

Journal article  |  2017  |  Environmental Research

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Familial aggregation of albuminuria and arterial hypertension in an Aboriginal Australian community and the contribution of variants in ACE and TP53

David L Duffy, Stephen P McDonald, Beverley Hayhurst, Sianna Panagiotopoulos, Trudy J Smith, Xing L Wang, David E Wilcken, Natalia L Duarte, John Mathews, Wendy E Hoy

Journal article  |  2016  |  BMC Nephrology

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The changing use of pediatric CT in Australia

Zoe Brady, Anna V Forsythe, John D Mathews

Journal article  |  2016  |  Pediatric Radiology

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Exposure to ionizing radiation and brain cancer incidence: The Life Span Study cohort

Nicolas R Smoll, Zoe Brady, Katrina Scurrah, John D Mathews

Journal article  |  2016  |  Cancer Epidemiology

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Chlamydia trachomatis from Australian Aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineages

Patiyan Andersson, Simon R Harris, Helena MB Seth Smith, James Hadfield, Colette O'Neill, Lesley T Cutcliffe, Fiona P Douglas, L Valerie Asche, John D Mathews, Susan I Hutton, Derek S Sarovich, Steven YC Tong, Ian N Clarke, Nicholas R Thomson, Philip M Giffard

Journal article  |  2016  |  Nature Communications

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Commentary: Age and frailty-not quite the same thing

John D Mathews, John L Hopper

Journal article  |  2015  |  International Journal of Epidemiology

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Public Health and Health Services
Clinical Sciences
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Expanding Knowledge
Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Public Health
Clinical (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Health and Support Services
Immunology

News

Displaying the 5 most recent news articles by John Mathews.

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Weighing the risks and benefits of CT scans in childhood

John Mathews

April 4, 2017
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China announces national emissions trading scheme – experts react

Peter Christoff, John Mathews

September 26, 2015
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Obama takes 'biggest step' on US climate policy: experts react

Peter Christoff, Malte Meinshausen, John Mathews

August 4, 2015
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Rare and deadly, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease remains a bit of a medical mystery

John Mathews

July 8, 2015
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World War One's role in the worst ever flu pandemic

John Mathews

August 5, 2014

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

1994

Member of the Order of Australia

2011

Charles Darwin Medal

Charles Darwin University
2003

Address to National Press Club

National Press Club
2003

Menzies School of Health Research
2002

Hollows Oration

Royal Australasian College of Ophthalmology
2001

Centenary Medal

Australian Government
1997

FAFPHM - Fellow of the Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine

1995

FRCPA - Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, Australia

1974

FRACP - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary Supervisor

Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Education

Doctor of Medical Science (Honorary)

University of Melbourne

Doctor of Science (Honorary)

Charles Darwin University

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Doctor of Medicine

University of Melbourne

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