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Dr Anthony Gunnell

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

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Background

  • Manager - Monitoring Evaluation and Research Branch, Drug and Alcohol Office, Policy Strategy and Information Directorate, 7 Field St, Mt Lawley, WA, 6050.
  • Embryologist/PGD Scientist – Hollywood Fertility Centre, Hollywood Private Hospital, Monash Ave, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
  • PhD Candidate – Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Research Scientist – Rheumatoid Arthritis & New Technologies Divisions, deCODE Genetics Inc., Reykjavík, Iceland.
  • Research Assistant – Bone and Mineral Division, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, New South Wales.
  • Research Assistant – Molecular Genetics unit, Prince of Wales Hospital, New South Wales.

Awards and Recognition

Other

  • 2009 Office for Crime Prevention grant funding ($29,760). Drug Trends and Crime Tracking research project.

Research Areas and Interests

  • Epidemiology of modifiable lifestyle factors such as physical activity on chronic health conditions.
  • The changing patterns of health and lifestyle factors recorded in the Health and Wellbeing Surveillance System (HWSS), and the effects of exercise and lifestyle on health conditions including cancer, cardiovascular disease, asthma, Parkinson’s disease and osteoporosis.
  • The use of linked databases to assess incidence of and recovery from various health related morbidities and mortality associated with physical and sedentary activity.

Staff Qualifications

  • PhD (Doctoral Degree), Sweden, 2007 .
  • MA (Master of Arts), Other NSW registered training organisation, 1998 .
  • BA BSc (Bach of Arts/Bachelor of Science), Murdoch University, 1994 .

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Einarsdottir, K., Langridge, A., Hammond, G., Gunnell, A., Haggar, F., Stanley, F., (2012), The Australian Baby Bonus Maternity Payment and Birth Characteristics in Western Australia. PLoS One, 7(11), Article numbere48885, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048885.
  • Einarsdottir, K., Kemp, A., Haggar, F., Moorin, R., Gunnell, A., Preen, D., Stanley, F., Holman, CD., (2012), Increase in Caesarean Deliveries after the Australian Private Health Insurance Incentive Policy Reforms. PLoS One, 7(7), art. no. e41436 , DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041436.
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