Conference Presentations

A sample of conference presentations by CIH academic, adjunct staff and affiliated Curtin Professors is included in this section. Please note, the list is not comprehensive but demonstrates the breadth of research undertaken.

Dr Mohammed Ali

• Chowdhury HR, Thompson S, McCaul K, Alam N, Ali M. (2007). Care seeking for fatal illness episodes in neonates: A population-based study in rural Bangladesh. 38th Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference: Inequities & Health: Tackling the Differentials, Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
• Chowdhury HR, Thompson S, McCaul K, Alam N, Ali M. (2007). Care seeking for fatal illness episodes in neonates: A population-based study in rural Bangladesh. The Mark Liveris Health Sciences Research Student Seminar, Curtin University of Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences.
• Chowdhury HR, Thompson S, McCaul K, Alam N, Ali M. (2007). Level, age at death, and verbal autopsy interviews-based cause of neonatal death in a rural sub-district in Bangladesh: implications for intervention. 4th Perth Epidemiological Group (PEG) Annual Scientific Meeting, Rottnest Island, Perth.
• Ali M. (2006, November). Enhancing learning through assessment in distance education for international health students. Evaluations and Assessment Conference 2006, Curtin University, Western Australia.
• Chowdhury H, Thompson S, McCaul K, Alam N, Yunus M, Ali M & Streatfield JP. (2006, September). Cause of neonatal deaths and a comparison of methods for assigning cause: experiences using verbal autopsy from rural Bangladesh. Poster presentation at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Australasian Epidemiological Association, University of Melbourne, Victoria.

Professor Steve Allsop

• Allsop S. (2004, December). Amphetamines – Patterns of use, harms and responses, Big Mob Come Together to Talk, Rural & Remote Mental Health Conference, Mandajarra. (Keynote)
• Allsop S. (2004, December). The WA approach to changing culture, Getting on Alcohol, Premier’s Drug Prevention Council, Melbourne.
• Allsop S. (2004, September). Relapse prevention and management - just keep them happy, Evidence-based Practice in Substance Use - The Application of Science Conference, Scotland. (Keynote)
• Allsop S & Pidd K. (2001, December). Drug problems in the workplace: implications for employers, unions and employees. Seminar on Mobilising Business to Prevent Drug Abuse in Workplaces in Asia, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Allsop S, Calogero C, Towers T & Midford R. (2001, December). Responding to drug related harm in the workplace: The role of counselling and assistance programs, Seminar on Mobilising Business to Prevent Drug Abuse in Workplaces in Asia, Bangkok, Thailand.

Professor Michael Alpers

• Jobes DV, Friedlaender JS, Mgone CS, Koki G, Alpers MP, Ryschkewitsch CF, Stoner GL. (2006, Sep). A novel JC virus variant found in the highlands of Papua New Guinea has a 21-base pair deletion in the agnoprotein gene. Abstract A16 in Program and Abstracts of the Biomedical and Social Sciences Group Meeting, Madang.
• Sepe D, Susepu M, Dagoto H, Zimmerman P, Alpers M, Reeder J, Bockarie M. (2006, Sep). 10 years of entomological surveys in preparation for malaria vaccine trials in Wosera-Gawi District, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Abstract 55 in Program and Abstracts of the Forty-second Annual Symposium of the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea, Madang.
• Pako W, Bygott R, Alpers B, Alpers MP. (2005, Sep). Fore perspectives on kuru: glimpses of a filmed documentary in the making. Abstract A45a in Program and Abstracts of the Forty-first Annual Symposium of the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea, Goroka.
• Suarkia DL, Mgone CS, Lehmann D, Passey ME, Lupiwa T, Paniu MM, Kono J, Kakazo M, Yeka W, Alpers MP. (2005, Sep). Perinatal transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in newborn infants delivered at Goroka Base Hospital, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Abstract B9 in Program and Abstracts of the Forty-first Annual Symposium of the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea, Goroka.
• Suarkia DL, Mgone CS, Lehmann D, Passey ME, Lupiwa T, Paniu MM, Kono J, Kakazo M, Yeka W, Alpers MP. (2005, Sep). Chlamydia trachomatis infection and distribution of serovars in the Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Abstract P7 in Program and Abstracts of the Forty-first Annual Symposium of the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea, Goroka.
• Alpers MP. (2005, Sep). Kuru: historical introduction. Abstract A41 in Program and Abstracts of the Forty-first Annual Symposium of the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea, Goroka.
• Namuigi P, Michael A, Alpers MP, Kakazo M. (2005, Sep). Study of the safety and immunogenicity of the CSL Clostridium perfringens type C toxoid (pigbel) vaccine in Papua New Guinean adults and children. Abstract B7 in Program and Abstracts of the Forty-first Annual Symposium of the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea, Goroka.
• Alpers MP. (2005, Sep). 50 years of the Papua New Guinea Medical Journal. Abstract A1 in Program and Abstracts of the Forty-first Annual Symposium of the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea, Goroka.
• Pomat WS, Lehmann D, Combs B, Dyke T, Alpers MP. (2002, May). Maternal immunization with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in Papua New Guinea. Abstract in Program of the Third International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases, Anchorage, Alaska.
• Alpers M. (2001, October). Public health issues in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, ASM Annual Scientific Meeting and Exhibition, Burswood Resort and Convention Centre, WA.
• Alpers MP. (2000, September). Emergent malaria: themes relevant to its control. Abstract in Program and Abstracts of the Thirty-sixth Annual Symposium of the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby.

Professor Rosemary Coates

• Ferroni P, Coates R, Parker, R, Jayasuriya P & Williams P. (2005, July). Sexuality and later life. World Congress of Sexology, Canada.
• Coates R. (2004, May), Women and HIV/AIDS, 5th National Congress of Sexuality and Sexual Treatments, Istanbul, Turkey. (Keynote)
• Coates R. (2003, March). Women and children as commodities: the global sex slave trade and human development. 16th World Congress of Sexology, Havana, Cuba.
• Coates R. (2003, March). WAS 'revised ethical guidelines for sexologists: mutual protection, but where are the teeth? 16th World Congress of Sexology, Havana, Cuba.
• Coates R. (2002, November). Global challenges: modern sexual concerns WAS. Sponsored symposium at the 7th Asian Congress of Sexology, Singapore.
• Coates R . (2002, November). Hypotheticals: Life for the aged in 2027. International Conference on Ageing, the Positive Ageing Foundation, Perth.
• Coates R. (2001, June). A three dimensional model of human sexual desire: a new approach to diagnosis and treatment. 15th World Congress of Sexology, Paris, France.
• Coates R. (2000, June). Medicalisation of sexuality. 5th Congress of the European Federation of Sexology, Congress Hall, Berlin, Germany.

Dr Jaya Earnest

• Earnest J. (2008, July). Children affected and infected with HIV/AIDS: a rapid needs assessment. 2008 Annual Conference of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), Brisbane, Australia.
• Silburn J & Earnest J. (2008, January). Learning interactively for engagement (LiFE): A needs analysis of refugee students at university. In Preparing the Graduate for 2015. 16th Annual Teaching Learning Forum, Perth, Western Australia.
• Little M, Earnest J, Katscherian D & Spickett J. (2007, November). The role of stakeholders in health impact assessment: Landfill site and housing development in Mundijong, Western Australia. HIA 2007 South East Asia and Oceania Regional Health Impact Assessment Conference, Sydney, Australia.
• Earnest J. (2007, July). International perspectives on science and technology teacher education: case studies from countries in transition. 2007 World Conference on Science and Technology Education: ICASE 2007, Perth, Western Australia.
• Earnest J. (2007, June). The impact of forced displacement in Communities of Protracted Conflict in Sri Lanka. Transitions: Health & Mobility in Asia-Pacific Populations, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
• Earnest J. (2007, June). Conflict, health & vulnerability: the impact of forced displacement in East Timor. Transitions: Health & Mobility in Asia-Pacific Populations, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
• Earnest J & Finger R. (2006, November). The impact of protracted conflict on secondary school students: a case study from North and East Sri Lanka. AARE 2006: International Education Research Conference, University of South Australia.
• Koul R, Fisher D & Earnest J. (2006, November). Using student perceptions in development, validation and application of an assessment questionnaire. AARE 2006: International Education Research Conference, University of South Australia.
• Karr M, Earnest J & Thompson S. (2006, October). A challenging experience - insights of doing an evaluation of a home-based care program for PLWHA in Mumbai, India. Poster presentation at the 18th Annual ASHM Conference, Melbourne.
• Karr M, Earnest J, Thompson S & Gokhale P. (2006, October). Evaluation of a hospital-initiated, homebased care program for PLWHA in Mumbai, India. 18th Annual ASHM Conference, Melbourne.
• Earnest J & Finger R. (2006, September). HIV vulnerability and mobility in East Timor - employing multiple methods to elicit cultural factors. 37th Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference: Tackling the Determinants of Health from the Bush to Bondi, Sydney Convention Centre, New South Wales.
• Earnest J & Finger R. (2006, September). Resilience, adaption and vulnerability factors in communities of protracted conflict in Sri Lanka. 37th Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference: Tackling the Determinants of Health from the Bush to Bondi, Sydney Convention Centre, New South Wales.
• Earnest J & O'Connor P. (2006, September). Stigma and discrimination of women with HIV/AIDS: experience of women in India. 37th Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference: Tackling the Determinants of Health from the Bush to Bondi, Sydney Convention Centre, New South Wales.
• Earnest J & Koul R. (2006, February). Assessing teachers' perceptions of health education in East Timor. Experience of Learning - 15th Annual Teaching Forum, The University of Western Australia, Perth.
• Earnest J & Karr M. (2005, November). A researcher's journey through complexity, reflexivity and transformation: A case study from Rwanda. 2005 annual conference for the Australian Association for Research in Education, Sydney.
• Earnest J. (2005, August). Adolescent and young refugee perspectives on psychosocial well-being. 3rd International Conference on New Directions in Humanities, Cambridge, UK.
• Earnest J & Koul R. (2005, August). Teacher perceptions and attitudes to health science education in East Timor. Sustainable Communities and Sustainable Environments: Envisioning the Role of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education - Fourth International Conference on Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, Victoria, Canada.
• Earnest J. (2005, August). Young refugee perspectives on psychosocial well-being. Western Australian Institute for Educational Research - 20th Annual Research Forum, Edith Cowan University, Perth.
• Earnest J & Gillieatt S. (2005, July). Adolescent and young refugee perspectives on psychosocial well-being: strategies for school-based mental health promotion. 14th Biennial Australasian Human Development Conference, Perth.
• Earnest J. (2004, December). Poster: Health education in Timor Leste: A case study. epiSTEME-1: An International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, India.
• Earnest J. (2004, November). Linking leadership, school effectiveness and staff professional development: the case study of a school in Uganda. AARE 2004 – Doing the Public Good – International Education Research Conference, Melbourne.
• Earnest J. (2004, September). Education reform in post-conflict transitional societies: case studies from Rwanda, Kosovo and Timor Leste. 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on Diversity and Equity in Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning, Perth.
• Earnest J. (2004, August). Action research for staff professional development: a case study of a school in Uganda. Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Forum, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia.
• Earnest J. (2003, December). Education reconstruction in East Timor: the case of a transitional society. New Zealand and Australian Association for Research in Education (NZARE/AARE) Conference, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
• Earnest J & Treagust DF. (2002, December). Science education reform and the impact on the school environment in transitional societies. Australian Association for Research in Education ( AARE ) Conference, Queensland University, Brisbane, Queensland.
• Silva EM & Earnest, J. (2002, August). Pedagogic skills needed by the university professor for successful teaching and learning. 10th International Organisation for Science and Technology Education (IOSTE) Symposium on "Rethinking Science and Technology Education". Foz do Iguaçú, Brazil.
• Earnest J & Treagust DF. (2002, April). Dilemmas faced by science teachers involved in science education reform in a transitional society. Annual Meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST). New Orleans, USA.
• Earnest J & Treagust DF. (2001, August). Challenges and constraints to science education reform in transitional societies: a case study of Rwanda and Kosovo. European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) Conference. Thessaloniki, Greece.
• Earnest J & Treagust DF. (2001, February). Challenges and constraints to education reform: emerging trends in human development. International Conference on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education for Human Development organised by UNESCO and the Commonwealth Association for Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (CASTME). Goa, India.

Dr Judy Esmond

• Esmond J. (2002, October). Making the difference and TEAM Consultants. 6 th Global Conference on Ageing – Maturity Matters, Burswood International Resort, Perth. WA.
• Esmond J. (2001, October), Global trends in volunteering, The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Conference, Conference Proceedings, Brisbane, Queensland. (Keynote)
• Esmond J. ( 2001, September), Volunteers enrich public education, The Western Australia Council of State School Organisations Conference, Perth, Western Australia. (Keynote)
• Esmond J. ( 2001, September), The 3Rs of the new millennium: recruiting, retaining and recognising volunteers, 9th National Meals on Wheels Conference, Conference Proceedings, Hobart, Tasmania. (Keynote)
• Esmond J. ( 2001, September), The world conference on volunteering, 9th National Meals on Wheels Conference, Conference Proceedings, Hobart, Tasmania. (Keynote)

Associate Professor Paola Ferroni

• Ferroni P, Coates R, Parker, R, Jayasuriya P & Williams P. (2005, July). Sexuality and later life. World Congress of Sexology, Canada.
• Ferroni P & Fairnie H. (2005, February). Cross-cultural health education, Association for International Education Administrators Annual Conference, San Diego, USA.
• Ferroni P. (2004, March), Why and how: Internationalisation of the curriculum, Norwegian Conference on International Cooperation in Health Education, Oslo. (Keynote)
• Ferroni P. (2004, October), Obesity a challenge – in a global perspective, 4th International IAMTTE Congress: Obesity – A Challenge, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Keynote)
• Ferroni P, Coates R, Parker R & Jayasuriya P. (2004, September), Sexuality and later life, 7th Global Conference on International Federation of Ageing, Singapore. (Keynote)
• Ferroni P. (2003, July). Medical geography courses embedded into Virtual Learning Environments: Who offers what? 10th International Symposium in Medical Geography, Manchester, UK.
• Ferroni P. (2003, May), Challenges for global health: the role of podiatry. 20th Australian Podiatry Conference, Perth, Western Australia. (Keynote)

Ms Sue Gillieatt

• Gillieatt S. (2006, November). Storytelling about ageing and caring. The 5th National Conference for Emerging Researchers in Ageing, Sydney Convention Centre, NSW.
• Earnest J & Gillieatt S. (2005, July). Adolescent and young refugee perspectives on psychosocial well-being: strategies for school-based mental health promotion, 14th Biennial Australasian Human Development Conference, Perth.
• Gillieatt S & Myers J. (2002, October). Parenting for a second time: the impact of HIV/AIDS on grandparents in Thailand. International Federation of Ageing 6th Global Conference on Ageing, Perth, WA.
• Talikowski L & Gillieatt S. (2002, June). Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) female sex workers in Western Australia: Review of the current situation and recommendations. Poster presentation at the Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Perth, WA.

Dr Jianghong Li

• Li J, Oddy WH, Kendall GE, Huang RC, Beilin LJ. (2007, November). Socioeconomic patterning of diet quality in a cohort of adolescents in Western Australia. Asian-Pacific Academic Consortium of Public Health Conference, Sakado-City, Saitama, Japan.
• Li J, Stanley F. (2007, May). Modernity’s Paradox: Structural determinants of child health and wellbeing. Annual Conference of Committee on Family Research of International Sociological Association (RC06), Toronto, Canada.

Dr John Mackenzie

• Mackenzie J. (2003, September), Challenges for epidemiology: a global perspective. 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Epidemiological Association: Nature, Nurture and Epidemiology, Perth, Western Australia. (Keynote)
• Mackenzie J. (2003, August), The WHO emergency response and management of the SARS outbreak CBR Defence 2003 Conference, Shang-Ri-La, Sydney. (Keynote)
• Mackenzie JS. (2002). Present and future of epidemiological surveillance in Europe. Training Programs in Alert Situations: WHO Experience. Actions and Needs. Madrid, Spain.
• Mackenzie JS. (2002). Workshop on the Revision and Implementation of the International Health Regulations, Coordinator/consultant for the World Health Organization, Thailand.
• Mackenzie JS. (2000), Invited speaker – First International Smite train cleft lip and Palate Symposium, Beijing, China. (Keynote)

Mr Luke Talikowski

• Talikowski L & Gillieatt S. (2002, June). Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) female sex workers in Western Australia: Review of the current situation and recommendations. Poster presentation at the Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Perth, WA.

Associate Professor Sandra Thompson

• Thompson S. (2008, April). From little things big things grow: Can research can enable better care and support for Indigenous people with cancer? 2nd CRIAH Aboriginal Health Research Conference, Sydney.
• Shahid S, Thompson S. (2008, March). Cancer among Indigenous Australians: An innovative, culturally suitable service delivery design is needed. World Congress of Health Professions, Perth, Western Australia.
• Gilles M, Thompson S, Hermeston W, Pepper A. (2007, October). Getting the message about stroke” the experiences and needs of Aboriginal Stroke survivors. Poster presentation at Public Health in the 21st Century - People, Places and Priorities Public Health Association Australia (WA Branch) State Conference, Perth.
• Gilles M, Thompson S, Hermeston W, Pepper A. (2007, October). Making cancer support work for Aboriginal people in the Midwest Western Australia. Poster presentation at Public Health in the 21st Century - People, Places and Priorities Public Health Association Australia (WA Branch) State Conference, Perth.
• Thompson S, Pepper A. (2007, October). Making cancer support work for Aboriginal people in the Midwest Western Australia: Understanding as the basis for action through connecting community and service providers in a culturally acceptable way. International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development Conference 2007, Rotorua, New Zealand.
• Shahid S, Thompson S. (2007, September). Aboriginal Australian perspectives on cancer: Implications for health service providers. 38th Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference: Inequities & Health: Tackling the Differentials, Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
• Shahid S & Thompson S. (2007, September). What does cancer matter? Indigenous Australian perspectives on cancer and implications for health service providers. Poster Presentation at 9th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, London.
• Chowdhury HR, Thompson S, McCaul K, Alam N, Ali M. (2007, September). Care seeking for fatal illness episodes in neonates: A population-based study in rural Bangladesh. 38th Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference: Inequities & Health: Tackling the Differentials, Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
• Chowdhury HR, Thompson S, McCaul K, Alam N, Ali M. (2007, November). Care seeking for fatal illness episodes in neonates: A population-based study in rural Bangladesh. The Mark Liveris Health Sciences Research Student Seminar, Curtin University of Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences.
• Chowdhury HR, Thompson S, McCaul K, Alam N, Ali M. (2007). Level, age at death, and verbal autopsy interviews-based cause of neonatal death in a rural sub-district in Bangladesh: implications for intervention. 4th Perth Epidemiological Group (PEG) Annual Scientific Meeting, Rottnest Island, Perth.
• Chowdhury H, Thompson S, McCaul K, Alam N, Yunus M, Ali M & Streatfield JP. (2006, September). Cause of neonatal deaths and a comparison of methods for assigning cause: experiences using verbal autopsy from rural Bangladesh. Poster presentation at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Australasian Epidemiological Association, University of Melbourne, Victoria.
• Karr M, Earnest J & Thompson S. (2006, October). A challenging experience - insights of doing an evaluation of a home-based care program for PLWHA in Mumbai, India. Poster presentation at the 18th Annual ASHM Conference, Melbourne.
• Karr M, Earnest, Thompson S & Gokhale P. (2006, October). Evaluation of a hospital-initiated, homebased care program for PLWHA in Mumbai, India. 18th Annual ASHM Conference, Melbourne.
• Thompson S, Bonar M & Greville H. (2006, October). Slowing right down: lessons from tales of use and abuse of alcohol by Aboriginal people living with HIV. 18th Annual ASHM Conference, Melbourne.
• Chowdhury H, Thompson S, McCaul K, Alam N, Yunus M, Ali, M & Streatfield JP. (2006, September). Cause of neonatal deaths and a comparison of methods for assigning cause: experiences using verbal autopsy from rural Bangladesh. Poster presentation at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Australasian Epidemiological Association, The University of Melbourne, Victoria.
• Mihrshahi S, Oddy W, Thompson S, Peat J. (2006, September). Using data from household surveys to measure the association between exclusive breastfeeding and child morbidity in developing countries. 13th International Conference of the Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation, Ontario, Canada.
• Thompson S. (2005, October). A long way to go: improving cancer-related outcomes for Aboriginal people in Western Australia. Cancer Knowledge-Cancer Practice - 5th State Cancer Conference, Hyatt Regency, Perth.
• Newman C, Bonar M, Greville H, Thompson S, Bessarab D & Kippax S. (2005, August). Accounting for 'wellness' in interviews on illness: notes from a social research project with Aboriginal people in Western Australia who are HIV-positive. 17th Annual ASHM Conference, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Sydney, New South Wales.
• Thompson S. (2005, September). Being Aboriginal and living with HIV in Western Australia: learnings from social research and service delivery, Successes in Public Health - 36th PHAA Annual Conference, Sheraton Perth Hotel, Perth.
• Newman C, Bonar M, Greville H, Thompson S, Bessarab D & Kippax S. (2005, June). 'Everything is okay': narratives of wellness among Aboriginal people who are HIV positive in Western Australia, Diversity of Discourse Communities in Health: Power, Politics and Risk - 3rd International Conference on Communication, Medicine and Ethics. Sydney.
• Thompson S. (2004, September). Just getting’ on with my life without thinkin’ about it: aboriginal experiences of living with HIV in Western Australia, 16th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine – Positive Partnerships: From Policy to Primary Care, Canberra.

Dr Annelies Wilder-Smith

• Wilder-Smith A, Paton N, Earnest A & Barkham T. (2002, March). Acqusition rate of Meningococcal carriage during the Haj pilgrimage compared to the Umra pilgrimage. 10 th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, Singapore.
• Wilder-Smith A & Schwartz E. (2001, May). Dengue fever in international travellers. International Conference of Travel Medicine, Innsbruck, Austria.
• Wilder-Smith A & Ang B. (2001, May). Shock syndrome associated with influenza B. International Conference of Travel Medicine, Innsbruck, Austria.
• Chen M, Chadwick D, Wilder-Smith A, Lee CC & Leo YS. (2000, December). Clinical and laboratory characteristics of 19 cases of serologically confirmed cases of murine Typhus in Singapore. 7th Western Pacific Congress of Chemotherapy & Infectious Diseases.