Prof. John Attia

Biography

John Attia started his academic career with his appointment to the University of Newcastle in 1999. Over the last 7 years, he has juggled:

a) clinical practice as a general physician (3+ months per year) on the inpatient roster at the major teaching hospital (John Hunter).

b) a significant teaching load, developing and teaching courses in clinical epidemiology, molecular epidemiology,and genetic epidemiology for graduate students, and medical students.

c) developing and supervising the first structured advanced training program in general medicine in NSW.

d) supervision and co-supervision of 12 research higher degree students

Despite these varied commitments, John has been an active researcher, for both self-initiated and collaborative projects, i.e. assisting colleagues in the design and analysis of their projects. This has resulted in 62 publications (with another 10 submitted), $2.1 million in grant funding as lead or co-investigator, and another $2.5 million as associate investigator.

Qualifications

• PhD, University of Toronto
• Master of Science, McMaster University - Canada
• Bachelor of Science, McGill University - Canada
• Doctor of Medicine, University of Toronto

Research

Research keywords

• clinical epidemiology
• genetic epidemiology
• public health

Research expertise

Clinical epidemiology, Genetic and molecular epidemiology.

Languages

• French

Fields of Research

Centres and Groups

Centre

• Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• PRC - Priority Research Centre for Bioinformatics, Biomarker Discovery and Information-Based Medicine
• PRC - Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour
• PRC - Priority Research Centre for Translational Neuroscience and Mental Health (CTNMH)

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

• Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Appointments

Awards

Research Award.