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Prof

John Mathews

Honorary
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
clinical research
general & internal medicine
medicine, general & internal
3 good health and well being
prevention
infectious diseases
2 aetiology
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Projects

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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 - 2022
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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Updating the worker health study

2017 - 2018
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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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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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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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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EFFECTS OF CT SCANS IN CHILDHOOD

2011 - 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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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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Projects

Project Types

9

Research Grant

2

Research Contracts

1

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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Computed tomography scan radiation and brain cancer incidence.

Nicolas R Smoll, Zoe Brady, Katrina J Scurrah, Choonsik Lee, Amy Berrington de González, John D Mathews

Journal article  |  2023  |  Neuro Oncol

BACKGROUND: Computed tomography (CT) scans make substantial contributions to low dose ionizing radiation (IR) exposures, raising c..

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Cohort profile: The Australian Paediatric Exposure to Radiation Cohort (Aust-PERC).

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

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLoS One

Although the carcinogenic effects of high-dose radiation are well-established, the risks at low doses, such as from diagnostic X-r..

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Deletions in VANGL1 are a risk factor for antibody-mediated kidney disease

Simon H Jiang, Sevcan Mercan, Ilenia Papa, Max Moldovan, Giles D Walters, Mark Koina, Mitali Fadia, Maurice Stanley, Tom Lea-Henry, Amelia Cook, Julia Ellyard, Brendan McMorran, Madhivanan Sundaram, Russell Thomson, Pablo F Canete, Wendy Hoy, Holly Hutton, Monika Srivastava, Kathryn McKeon, Inigo de la Rua Figueroa, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  CELL REPORTS MEDICINE

We identify an intronic deletion in VANGL1 that predisposes to renal injury in high risk populations through a kidney-intrinsic pr..

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Prevention of incipient carious lesions with various interventions during fixed and removable orthodontic treatment. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Justin Mathews, Paul M Schneider, Anita Horvath, David J Manton, Mihiri Silva

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALASIAN ORTHODONTIC JOURNAL

Objective: To systematically review and quantify the effectiveness of interventions in reducing caries development during orthodon..

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CT DOSIMETRY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN COHORT DATA LINKAGE STUDY

Zoe Brady, Anna Forsythe, Jasmine McBain-Miller, Katrina J Scurrah, Nicolas Smoll, Yaqi Lin, Choonsik Lee, Amy Berrington de Gonzalez, Leo J Roberts, John D Mathews

Journal article  |  2020  |  RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY

Children undergoing computed tomography (CT) scans have an increased risk of cancer in subsequent years, but it is unclear how muc..

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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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Analysis of the F2LR3 (PAR4) Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (rs773902) in an Indigenous Australian Population.

Dian Ningtyas, Russell J Thomson, Volga Tarlac, Shivashankar H Nagaraj, Wendy Hoy, John D Mathews, Simon J Foote, Elizabeth E Gardiner, Justin R Hamilton, Brendan J McMorran

Journal article  |  2020  |  Front Genet

The F2RL3 gene encoding protease activated receptor 4 (PAR4) contains a single nucleotide variant, rs773902, that is functional. T..

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SAT-191 WHOLE GENOME ANALYSIS OF ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS REVEALS VARIANTS ASSOCIATED WITH KIDNEY DISEASE

W Hoy, S Jadhao, R Thomson, J Mathews, C Patel, M Andrew, B McMorran, S Foote, S Hiriyur Nagaraj

Journal article  |  2019  |  Kidney International Reports

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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

The common occurrence of renal disease in Australian Aboriginal populations such as Tiwi Islanders may be determined by environmen..

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Keyword Analysis

Clinical Health
Epidemiology
Clinical Sciences
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Expanding Knowledge
Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Immunology
Other Indigenous

News

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Weighing the risks and benefits of CT scans in childhood

John Mathews

As a parent, should you be worried if your child needs to have a CT scan? CT (computed tomography) scans are special medical X-rays that ..

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

John Mathews, David Hodgkinson, Anita Talberg, Peter Christoff

China has confirmed that it will launch its national emissions trading scheme. In a joint US-China climate statement, issued as part of P..

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

John Quiggin, John Mathews, Katherine Lake, Lynette Molyneaux, Malte Meinshausen, Peter Christoff, Samantha Hepburn

US President Barack Obama has unveiled what he describes as his biggest and most important climate policy yet. The Clean Power Plan, to be ..

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

John Mathews

Creutzfeld-Jacob disease (CJD) is a rare degenerative disease of the brain that causes rapidly progressive loss of memory and muscle contro..

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

John Mathews

The great influenza pandemic of 1918-19, often called the Spanish flu, caused about 50 million deaths worldwide; far more than the deaths f..

August 5, 2014
conversation Article

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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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