2002

Federica Barzi

  • Barzi F. A meta-analysis of cohort studies in Asia and Australasia. International Conference of the Royal Statistical Society. Plymouth, UK, January 2002.
  • Barzi F. Methods used to analyse data from the ASia-Pacific Cohort. 42nd Annual Conference on CVD Epidemiology and Prevention. Honolulu, USA, April 2002.
  • Barzi F. Serum triglycerides and coronary heart disease in Asia-pacific populations. 14th World Congress of Cardiology. Sydney, Australia, May 2002.

Stephanie Blows

  • Blows S. Car insurance and the risk of car crash injury. Australasian Epidemiology Association Annual Scientific Meeting. Wellington, New Zealand, September 2002.
  • Blows S. Does periodic inspection reduce the risk of car crash injury? Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference. Adelaide, Australia, November 2002.

John Chalmers

  • Chalmers J. ACE inhibitors: beyond hypertension: PROGRESS - clinical update 11th International Congress on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. Montreal, Canada, May 2002.
  • Chalmers J. ADVANCE - rationale, objectives and current status. Satellite Symposium of the XIX Congress of Italian Society of Hypertension. Bologna, Italy, September 2002.
  • Chalmers J. ADVANCE - reasons for choice of Preterax. Satellite Symposium of the XIX Congress of Italian Society of Hypertension. Bologna, Italy, September 2002.
  • Chalmers J. Blood pressure lowering for patients who have had a stroke - the PROGRESS trial. Symposium on Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension. 27th International Stroke Conference of the American Stroke Association. San Antonio, USA, February 2002.
  • Chalmers J. Blood pressure & stroke: perspective from Nara. WHO-ISH World Health Organization and International Society of Hypertension Meeting on Blood Pressure and Stroke. Melbourne, Australia 2002.
  • Chalmers J. Blood pressure and stroke prevention. Satellite Symposium on Stroke Prevention 7th International Forum for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Care (IFECC-VII). Monte Carlo, Monaco, January 2002.
  • Chalmers J. Blood pressure lowering and secondary stroke preventio: overview of trials. Satellite Symposium on new Directions for Blood Pressure Control and Cardiovascular Protection in Stroke Prevention. 27th International Stoke Conference of the American Stroke Association. San Antonio, USA, February 2002.
  • Chalmers J. Calcium antagonists - what the big trials tell us. Satellite Symposium on Calcium Antagonists. 7th Annual Meeting of the Spanish Hypertension Society. Madrid, Spain, March 2002.
  • Chalmers J. Cardiovascular risk reduction from HOPE to PROGRESS. Cardiological Society of India. Hyderabad, India, April 2002.
  • Chalmers J. Design and results of PROGRESS study. 7th Annual Meeting of the Spanish Hypertension Society. Madrid, Spain, March 2002.
  • Chalmers J. Enhancing health and medical research in the teaching hospital environment. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Research Day. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, October 2002.
  • Chalmers J. Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease. 14th world Congress of Cardiology Sydney, Australia, May 2002.
  • Chalmers J. The future scenario: treating hypertension or lowering blood pressure. Symposium on Proving the Benefits of Antihypertensive Therapy. 7th International Forum for the Evaluation of Cardiovascualr Care (IFECC-VII). Monte Carlo, Monaco, January 2002.
  • Chalmers J. Management of hypertension in stroke patients: primary and scondary prevention of stroke - the evidence from controlled trials of blood pressure reduction. 19th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension and 12th European Meeting on Hypertension. Prague, Czech Republic, June 2002.
  • Chalmers J. New perspectives - PROGRESS in the prevention of secondary stroke. Symposium on Stroke in the Elderly. European Union Geriatric Medicine society (EUGMS). Paris, France, September 2002.
  • Chalmers J. Opportunities for the control of pre-existing cardiovascular disease. 14th World Congress of Cardiology - International Cardiac Rehabilitation Scientific Meeting. Sydney, Australia, May 2002.
  • Chalmers J. Practical implications and implementation of PROGRESS: The PROGRESS results: comments and perspectives. 19th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension and 12th European Meeting on Hypertension. Prague, Czech Republic, June 2002.
  • Chalmers J. Prevention of cerebral ictus: the PROGRESS study. Symposium on Stroke Prevention. XVIII Congress of the Italian Society of Hypertension. Rome, Italy, October 2002.
  • Chalmers J. PROGRESS - clinical relevance. WHF Trials Symposium on Relevance of Recent Trials 14th World Congress of Cardiology. Sydney, Australia, May 2002.
  • Chalmers J. PROGRESS in stroke prevention. Baker Institute/ Institute for International Health Symposium on New Perspectives in Cardiovascular disease and its Treatment. Sydney, Australia, October 2002.
  • Chalmers J. PROGRESS in the prevention of stroke and CVD: clinical experience with ACE inhibition across a wide range of BP levels. Satellite Symposium on Hypertension and the Brain Seventeenth Annual Scientific Meeting of American Society of Hypertension. New York, USA, May 2002.
  • Chalmers J. The PROGRESS trial and the prevention of recurrent stroke. Symposium on Clinical Trial Updates and Late Breakers. Seventeenth Annual Scientific Meeting of American Society of Hypertension. New York, USA, May 2002.
  • Chalmers J. PROGRESS: new results. Baker Institute/Institute for International Health Symposium on New Perspectives in Cardiovascular Disease and its Treatment Melbourne, Australia, October 2002.
  • Chalmers J. Rationale for very low-dose combination therapy first-line. Satellite Symposium on New Age in Treatment of Hypertension. 14th World Congress of Cardiology. Sydney, Australia, May 2002.
  • Chalmers J. Realities of multiple risk in cardiovascualr disease: "Introduction" and "Inclusion". Proccedings of the 14th World Congress of Cardiology. Sydney, Australia, May 2002.

Neal Chapman

  • Chapman N. Prospective Trialists' Collaborative 2002: are we any wiser? 14th ASEAN Congress of Cardiology: Evolving concepts and Challenges. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 2002.

Marlene Fransen

  • Fransen M. Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee. Seventh International Physiotherapy Congress. Sydney, Australia, May 2002.

Julie French

    French J. Saline compared to albumin fluid evaluation in critically ill patients (the SAFE study) - rationale and study design. 6th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Control. Montreal, Canada, May 2002.

Rachel Huxley

  • Huxley R. Birthweight and coronary heart disease risk factors. Australian Arteriosclerosis Society. Sydney, Australia, October 2002.
  • Huxley R. Unravelling the fetal-origins hypothesis of adult disease. American Heart Association. Chicago, USA, November 2002.

Rebecca Ivers

  • Ivers R. The consquences of unmet eyecare needs in older Australians. Opening plenary session, Optometry Congress. Sydney, Australia, September 2002.
  • Ivers R. The DRIVE study. Australian Driver Trainer Association Annual Conference. Sydney, Australia, October 2002.
  • Ivers R. The DRIVE study: preventing injuries in young drivers. Injury Workshop, Australasian Epidemiological Association Annual Scientific Meeting. Wellington, New Zealand, September 2002.
  • Ivers R. The DRIVE study: preventing injuries in young drivers. Developing Safer Drivers and Riders Conference. TravelSafer Committee of Queensland Parliament. Brisbane, Australia, July 2002.
  • Ivers R. Effect of length of follow-up on relative risk in longitudinal data. Contributed paper session. Australasian Epidemiological Association Annual Scientific Meeting. Wellington, New Zealand, September 2002.
  • Ivers R. Eye disease and visual impairment in older Australians. Vision and Older people Seminar NSW Committee on Ageing. Sydney, Australia, March 2002.
  • Ivers R. Intervention studies in road safety research. The Alliance for Safe Children: Conference on Injury Prevention in Children in South-East Asia. Bangkok, Thailand, October 2002.
  • Ivers R. Risk factors for fractures of the wrist, shoulder and ankle. Contributed paper session. 6th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Control. Montreal, Canada, May 2002.
  • Ivers R. Vision standards for drivers in NSW. Contributed paper session. Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference. Adelaide, Australia, November 2002.

LO Sing Kai

  • Lo S. The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index: national and personal wellbeing over the past 18 months. 4th Australian Conference on Quality of Life. Melbourne, Australia, November 2002.
  • Lo S. Factors associated with decling HBsAg in ageing. Annual Conference, Chinese Association of digestive System. Taipei, Taiwan, May 2002.
  • Lo S. Parkinson's disease and young-onset Parkinson's disease: an investigation of genetic and environmental factors. 7th Neurodgenerative Disorders Common Molecular Mechanisms Conference. Ocho rios, Jamaica, April 2002.
  • Lo S. Quality of life: elderly people who do and do not participate in Tai-Chi. International Conference of Occupational Therapy Umea, Sweden, June 2002.
  • Lo S. The significance of histologic subtypes of Kikuchi's disease: a comparative apoptotic study. US and Canadian Academy Annual Meeting. Chicago, USA, February 2002.
  • Lo S. Wellbeing in the Australian community following September 11. Community Quality of Life Conference. Williamsburg, USA, November 2002.

Stephen MacMahon

  • MacMahon S. Beyond hypertension - the burden of blood pressure related disease. 19th Scientific Meeting of International Society of Hypertension and 12th European Meeting on Hypertension. Prague, Czech Republic, June 2002.
  • MacMahon S. Blood pressure lowering therapy. 14th World Congress of Cardiology. Sydney, Australia, May 2002.
  • MacMahon S. 1: Blood pressure, blood cholesterol, smoking. Disease control priorities in developing countries 2: Consultation of cardiovascular diseases. What do we know and what do we need to know for control CVD in developing countries? WHO Symposium on Cardiovascular Disease. Lausanne, Switzerland, March 2002.
  • MacMahon S. The burden of blood pressure related disease. Cardiological Society of India. Hyderabad, India, April 2002.
  • MacMahon S. Clinical trials, observational studies and the media. Baker Institute/Institute for Internal Health Sumposium on New Perspectives in Cardiovascular Disease and its Treatment. Melbourne, Australia, October 2002.
  • MacMahon S. PROGRESS global results. 19th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension and 12th European Meeting on Hypertension Prague, Czech Republic, June 2002.

Helen Monaghan

  • Monaghan H. A randomised trial of the effects of an intensive communication strategy on recruitment to a large-scale trial. International Clinical Trials Symposium. Sydney, Australia, October 2002.

Bruce Neal

  • Neal B. Blood Pressure Lowering treatment Trialists' Collaboration. WHO-ISH World Health Organization and International Society of Hypertension Meeting on Blood Pressure and Stroke. Melbourne, Australia, December 2002.
  • Neal B. Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists' Collaboration. Bayer ISH Satellite Symposium. Prague, Czech Republic 2002.
  • Neal B. Cardiovascular risk factor in Thailand - the InterASIA study. Baker Institute/Institute for International Health Symposium on New Perspectives in Cardiovascular Disease and its Treatment. Melbourne, Australia, October 2002.
  • Neal B. The China-Thailand Cardiovascular Risk Factor Survey (InterASIA). AHA 19th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension and AHA Prevention VII Conference: Obesity, A Worldwide Epidemic Related to Heart disease and Stroke. Honolulu, USA, April 2002.
  • Neal B. A comparison of lipid measures as predictors of coronary death. 42nd Annual Conference on CVD Epidemiology and Prevention. Honolulu, USA, April 2002.
  • Neal B. Electronic data management. International Clinical Trials Symposium. Sydney, Australia, October 2002.
  • Neal B. Epidemiology of athersclerosis and preventing stroke and other vascular diseases. 3rd Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Athersclerosis and Vascular Diseases. Cebu, The Philippines, February 2002.
  • Neal B. Global burden of stroke. Epidemiological Update Symposium on the global burden of hypertension. XI Hypertension Congress Brazil Society of Hypertension. Porto Alegre, Brazil, August 2002.
  • Neal B. New results from the WHO-ISH metaanalusis: effects of antihypertensive treatment on outcome in patients with diabetes. 19th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension and the 12th European Meeting on Hypertension. Prague, Czech Republic, June 2002.
  • Neal B. The Perindopril Protection Against Recurrent Stroke Study (PROGRESS) 19th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension and 12th European Meeting on Hypertension. Prague, Czech Republic, June 2002.
  • Neal B. The Perindopril Protection Against Recurrent Stroke Study (PROGRESS) Coversal Symposia. Kuwait, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, May 2002.
  • Neal B. Preventing stroke and vascular diseases. 3rd Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Diseases Cebu, The Philippines, February 2002.
  • Neal B. PROGRESS trial. Symposium on Clinical Trials: evidence and controversy, based on The Lancet Vol.658, September 29, 2001. XI Hypertension congress Brazil Society of Hypertension. Porto Alegre, Brazil, August 2002.
  • Neal B. Smoking status and the risk of fatal coronary heart disease in Asian and Australian populations. 14th World Congress of Cardiology. Sydney, Australia, May 2002.
  • Neal B. Use of an Internet-based data collection and trial managment system: the ADVANCE trial. International Clinical Trials Symposium. Sydney, Australia,October 2002.

Robyn Norton

  • Norton R. Epidemiology in middle and lower-income countries: luxury or necessity? Australasian Epidemiological Association Annual Scientific Meeting. Wellingon, New Zealand, September 2002.
  • Norton R. Future directions for injury prevention research. Overview of potential funding models. Australian Injury prevention Research Network, National Workshop. Melbourne, Australia, March 2002.
  • Norton R. Research initiatives in motorcycle safety in low and middle-income countries. Motorcycle Safety Seminar NRMA. Sydney, Australia 2002.
  • Norton R. Road traffic injuries in low and middle-income countries: developing a research agenda. Fogarty International Centre. Bethesda, USA, October 2002.

Anushka Patel

  • Patel A. Advances in the epidemiology and treatment of diabetes. Baker Institute / Institute for International Health Symposium on New Perspectives in Cardiovascular Disease and its Treatment. Melbourne, Australia, October 2002.
  • Patel A. The APCSC Collaboration. The effects of diabetes melitus on the risks of major cardiovascular diseases and detath in the Asia-Pacific region. 1st International Diabetes India Conference. Mumbai, India, November 2002.

Mick Reid

  • Reid M. The big picture issures in health. College of Medical Administrators. Sydney, Australia, February 2002.
  • Reid M. Do we need to depoliticise health care? The politics of predictable payment. Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Ottawa, Canada, May 2002.
  • Reid M. Health and Welfare Systems Development Program. World Health Organization Kobe Centre Review Meetings. Kobe, Japan, June 2002.
  • Reid M. Health funding and delivery. Productivity commission Health Policy Round Table. Melbourne, Australia, March 2002.
  • Reid M. Impact of the private sector on Health and Welfare Systems. The Third Global Sympsium on Health and Welfare Systmes Development in the 21st Century. Kobe, Japan, October 2002.
  • Reid M. Public-private partnerships for health. International Round Table on Increasing Access to HIV Treatment in Resource Poor Settings. Canberra, Australia, September 2002.
  • Reid M. The role of policy and practice Voluntary Overseas Medical Projects Symposium. Sydney, Australia, March 2002.

Mark Woodward

  • Woodward M. Methods used to analyse data from the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. 42nd Annual Conference on CVD Epidemiology and Prevention. Honolulu, USA, April 2002.
  • Woodward M. A randomised comparison of the effects of clopidogrel and aspirin on thrombotic variables and C-reactive protein following myocardial infarction. American Congress of Cardiology. Atlanta, USA, March 2002.
  • Woodward M. Sex differences in cardiovascular risk in the Asia-Pacific region. 42nd Annual Conference on CVD Epidemiology and Prevention. Honolulu, USA, April 2002.

ZHANG Xin-Hua

  • Zhang X. Assessment of risk factors and the burden of cardiovascular diseases. The continued education program for clinical doctors in China. Chinese Medical Society and Hong Kong Medical Society. Taiyuan, China, June 2002.
  • Zhang X. Assessment of the impact of traditional risk factors on coronary heart diseases with collaborative overview: experiences from the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. College of Health Science and Medical Foundation Research Conference. From Cell to Society Leura, Australia, September 2002.
  • Zhang X. A comparison of lipid measures as predictors of coronary death. 42nd Annual Conference of CVD Epidemiology and Prevention. Honolulu, USA, April 2002.
  • Zhang X. Conventional risk factors and cardiovascular burden in Asia. 4th International Symposium on Hypertension and Related Diseases. Beijing, China, October 2002.
  • Zhang X. Effect of serum total cholesterol on the association of diabetes with the risk of stroke. American Heart Associations 75th Scientific Conference. Chicago, USA, November 2002.
  • Zhang X. Higher total serum cholesterol is associated with greater risk of coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke, but not haemorrhagic stroke: evidence from the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. 14th World Congress of Cardiology Sydney, Australia, May 2002.
  • Zhang X. Impact of conventional risk factors in Asia. 4th International Symposium on Hypertension and Related Diseases. Beijing, China, October 2002.
  • Zhang X. The impact of conventional risk factors on cardiovascular disease in Asia. 10th Annual Scientific Congress. Hong Kong, China, June 2002.