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Career Summary

Qualifications

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Glasgow - Scotland

Research

Research keywords

Pharmaco-economics
Pharmaco-epidemiology

Research expertise

Evidence based medicine, adverse drug reactions pharmacovigilance, pharmaco-epidemiology and pharmaco-economics

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
111700	Public Health And Health Services	40
110300	Clinical Sciences	35
160508	Health Policy	25

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharamcologists
International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology
Director - World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for training in Pharmo-economics and Rational Pharmacotherapy

Other

Member, panel of referees for project grants - National Health and Medical Research Council, Medical Research Council of New Zealand, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Medical Research Council (UK)
Member - South African National Medicines Pricing Committee

Appointments

Chair
Medical Staff Council, Newcastle Mater Hospital (Australia)

01/01/2007

Awards

Joint Winner

2005	Eureka Skeptics Prize for Critical Thinking Australian Museum (Australia)
2001	Thomas Chalmers Memorial Award Ninth Cochrane Colloquium, 2001 (France)

Invitations

Pharmaco-economics
World Health Organisation, Australia (Consultant)

2007

Administrative

Administrative expertise

I have been discipline head since 1997 and have also served as Head of School (Population Health Sciences) and deputy head of school (Medicine and Population Health) at different times. I am Director of the Newcastle Institute of Public Health and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Training in Pharmaco-economics and Rational Pharmacotherapy at the University of Newcastle. I am chair of medical staff council of the Newcastle Mater Hospital and have served on multiple committees, including ethics committees of the University and health service. I have been a member of several national committees concerned with drug regulation and for 8 years chaired the economics subcommittee of the Commonwealth governments Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee

Teaching

Teaching keywords

Clinical Pharmacology
General Medicine
Pharmaco-economics
Pharmaco-epidemiology

Teaching expertise

Clinical medicine, clinical pharmacology, rational drug use, pharmaco-epidemiology and pharmaco-economics

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Publications

No publications.

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Grants and Funding

Summary

Number of grants	52
Total funding	$12,678,379

For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.

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2008 (1 grants)

Pharmaceutical Promotion: Productive or Problematic?$150,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Evan Doran, Conjoint Professor David Henry, Mr Ray Moynihan
Scheme		Role
Discovery Projects		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$150,000	2008	2009
GNo:G0187476

2007 (5 grants)

NIPH Capacity Building Infrastructure grant$1,472,398
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry, Professor Julie Byles, Professor John Wiggers, Conjoint Associate Professor Julia Lowe, Conjoint Professor David Durrheim
Scheme		Role
NIPH Capacity Building Infrastructure grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,472,398	2007	2009
GNo:G0187399

Moral Hazard and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme$166,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Evan Doran, Conjoint Professor David Henry, Associate Professor G Salkeld, Doctor Jane Robertson
Scheme		Role
Discovery Projects		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$166,000	2007	2008
GNo:G0186334

Improving the quality of health news reports in the Australian media$20,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry, Doctor Amanda Wilson
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2007	2007
GNo:G0187253

The quality of health news reports about complementary and alternative medicine in Australian lay media$8,702
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Alison Jones, Associate Professor Billie Bonevski, Conjoint Professor David Henry, Doctor Amanda Wilson
Scheme		Role
Pilot Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$8,702	2007	2007
GNo:G0187836

Sri Lanka Medical Association 120th Annual Scientific Sessions, Colombo, 21/3/2007 - 24/3/2007$1,462
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,462	2007	2007
GNo:G0187382

2006 (5 grants)

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Gender health & Ageing$543,772
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Julie Byles, Professor Sandra Capra, Associate Professor Pauline Chiarelli, Conjoint Professor David Henry, Professor Tina Koch, Ms Chris Landorf, Conjoint Professor Chris Levi, Associate Professor Deb Loxton, Associate Professor Liz Milward, Conjoint Associate Professor Lynne Parkinson, Professor Dimity Pond, Conjoint Professor David Sibbritt, Associate Professor Anne Young
Scheme		Role
Priority Research Centre		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$543,772	2006	2013
GNo:G0186949

Harmful or protective: low-dose selective cox-2 inhibitors and coronary or cerebrovascular occlusion$111,000
Funding Body: National Heart Foundation of Australia

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry, Dr Patricia McGettigan
Scheme		Role
Grant-In-Aid		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$111,000	2006	2007
GNo:G0185371

Harmful or protective? Low dose COX-2 inhibitors and coronary or cerebrovascular occlusion$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry, Dr Patricia McGettigan, Conjoint Professor Chris Levi
Scheme		Role
Near Miss Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2006	2006
GNo:G0186057

Establishing a linked record system to optimise the use of longitudinal health-related datasets: illustrated by two studies of medication use$19,688
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Associate Professor Anne Young, Conjoint Associate Professor Lynne Parkinson, Professor Julie Byles, Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Pilot Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$19,688	2006	2007
GNo:G0186687

XIV Cochrane Colloquium, Dublin 2006, 23-27 October 2006$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,400	2006	2006
GNo:G0186970

2005 (3 grants)

External Evaluation of PBAC Submissions RFP 163/0304$3,221,378
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Project Team
Doctor Jane Robertson, Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Consultancy/Tender		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$3,221,378	2005	2008
GNo:G0184477

The impact of International Trade Agreements on the regulation and provision of medicines in Australia$116,088
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Discovery Projects		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$116,088	2005	2008
GNo:G0185098

Establishment of a Clinical Research Database for Hunter Stroke Service$20,000
Funding Body: Hunter New England Area Health Service

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Hunter Stroke Service		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	2005	2005
GNo:G0185608

2004 (2 grants)

Novel genetic and environmental risk factors in atherothrombosis: The role of variation in Cox-2, tpA and PAI-1 activity$28,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Project Team
Conjoint Professor Chris Levi, Conjoint Professor David Henry, Dr Patricia McGettigan, Professor John Attia, Professor Mark Parsons, Dr Michael Seldon, Professor Rodney Scott
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$28,000	2004	2004
GNo:G0183749

The Cochrane Collaboration Colloquium, 2-6 October 2004, Canada$1,586
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,586	2004	2004
GNo:G0184822

2003 (1 grants)

COX-2 inhibitors and the development of unstable angina and myocardial infarction$161,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry, Dr Patricia McGettigan, Associate Professor Suzanne Hill, Conjoint Associate Professor Julia Lowe
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$161,000	2003	2005
GNo:G0181781

2002 (1 grants)

COX-2 inhibitors as a cause of heart and renal failure$271,500
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry, Dr Patricia McGettigan, Associate Professor Suzanne Hill, Conjoint Associate Professor Julia Lowe, Conjoint Professor Ian Whyte
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$271,500	2002	2004
GNo:G0180892

2001 (3 grants)

An investigation of the relationship between the pharmaceutical industry, medical profession and medical practitioners.$185,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Dr Ian Kerridge, Conjoint Professor David Henry, Associate Professor Suzanne Hill, Assoc. Prof P McNeill
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$185,000	2001	2002
GNo:G0179679

Cochrane Colloquium (annual meeting) France 9-13 October, 2001$2,143
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,143	2001	2001
GNo:G0181555

To Provide Independent Reviews of Draft Health Advisory Reports.$1
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Rosemary Aldrich, Conjoint Associate Professor Julia Lowe, Conjoint Professor David Henry, Professor Julie Byles
Scheme		Role
Consultancy/Tender		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1	2001	2001
GNo:G0180846

2000 (2 grants)

Alternatives to homologous blood transfusion - development of evidence-based decision aids.$213,697
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry, Conjoint Professor Dianne O'Connell, Doctor Sandra Deveridge
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$213,697	2000	2001
GNo:G0178462

Review of the risks associated with the use of NSAID's.$82,453
Funding Body: Whitehall-Robbins Health Care Division

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
American Home Products Corporation		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$82,453	2000	2001
GNo:G0180168

1999 (1 grants)

Pharmaceutical Affordability and the Quality Use of Medicines.$75,000
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Project Team
Doctor Evan Doran, Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Pharmaceutical Education Program (PEP)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$75,000	1999	2001
GNo:G0178749

1998 (8 grants)

External Evaluation of PBAC Submissions$3,761,049
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Project Team
Associate Professor Suzanne Hill, Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Consultancy/Tender		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$3,761,049	1998	2004
GNo:G0178712

Integrated Care Program.$150,000
Funding Body: Merck Sharp & Dohme Aust Pty Ltd

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry, Conjoint Professor Dianne O'Connell, Associate Professor Suzanne Hill
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$150,000	1998	2000
GNo:G0178621

The effect of different forms of information framing on helath care practices$122,786
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry, Conjoint Professor Dianne O'Connell, Associate Professor Suzanne Hill
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$122,786	1998	1999
GNo:G0177173

Developing Assessment Guidelines for the Medicare Services Advisory Committee$121,885
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Medicare Services Advisory Committee		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$121,885	1998	1998
GNo:G0178236

Development of a strategy to measure consumer participation in decisions about health service delivery$56,063
Funding Body: NSW Ministry of Health

Project Team
Professor Jill Cockburn, Conjoint Professor David Henry, Associate Professor David Newby
Scheme		Role
Ministerial Advisory Committee - Quality in Health Care		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$56,063	1998	1999
GNo:G0177842

Improving treatment decisions: accurate generalisation of clinical trial results$49,626
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry, Conjoint Professor Dianne O'Connell, Associate Professor Suzanne Hill, Conjoint Associate Professor Julia Lowe
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$49,626	1998	1999
GNo:G0177174

A Review of the Scientific Literature Concerning the Alternatives to Homologous Blood Donations$39,121
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Health Goals & Targets		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$39,121	1998	1998
GNo:G0177846

Attendance and participation in the International Society of Technology Assessement in Health Care conference (ISTAHC) - Ottowa$3,330
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Medicare Services Advisory Committee		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$3,330	1998	1998
GNo:G0177970

1997 (7 grants)

Review of the Consumer Drug Information Services$106,518
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Project Team
Associate Professor David Newby, Conjoint Professor David Henry, Associate Professor Suzanne Hill
Scheme		Role
Pharmaceutical Education Program (PEP)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$106,518	1997	1997
GNo:G0177050

Newcastle Prescriber Database$78,250
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry, Conjoint Professor Dianne O'Connell, Doctor Jane Robertson
Scheme		Role
General Practice Evaluation Program (GPEP) (Defunct)		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$78,250	1997	1999
GNo:G0176055

The impact of specialists on prescribing by Australian general practitioners.$77,357
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry, Doctor Arn Sprogis, Doctor Jane Robertson
Scheme		Role
General Practice Evaluation Program (GPEP) (Defunct)		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$77,357	1997	1997
GNo:G0177040

Value of non-randomised studies for assessing the effectiveness of medical interventions$67,698
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry, Conjoint Professor Dianne O'Connell
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$67,698	1997	1998
GNo:G0176234

Public Participation in Resource Allocation in Health$43,600
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Project Team
Associate Professor David Newby, Conjoint Professor David Henry, Doctor Gloria Higginbottom, Professor Jill Cockburn, Associate Professor Suzanne Hill
Scheme		Role
Pharmaceutical Education Program (PEP)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$43,600	1997	1997
GNo:G0177552

Evaluation of Hospital in the Home - design of protocol$4,906
Funding Body: Macquarie Health Corporation

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$4,906	1997	1997
GNo:G0177004

International Congress in Pharmacoepidemiology, Orlando, Florida, 24-27 August 1997$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,500	1997	1997
GNo:G0179481

1996 (3 grants)

Development, Testing and Refining of Indicators of Quality of Prescribing by General Practitioners$66,108
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Jane Robertson, Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
PHRDC Research Fellowship (Defunct)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$66,108	1996	1999
GNo:G0177702

Phamaceuticals Project Stage 2$20,000
Funding Body: Consumers` Health Forum of Australia Inc.

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry, Ms B Pekarsky
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$20,000	1996	1996
GNo:G0176517

An examination of the risk of sudden death during therapeutic use of thioridazine and desipramine by systematic review of randomised controlled trials$11,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Dr Nicholas Buckley, Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$11,500	1996	1996
GNo:G0175828

1995 (4 grants)

The External Evaluation of PBAC Submissions$555,741
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Pharmaceutical Education Program (PEP)		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$555,741	1995	1997
GNo:G0175545

Assessing and increasing the generalisabiity of RCTs$107,448
Funding Body: UK National Health Service

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry, Conjoint Professor Dianne O'Connell, Professor D Sackett, Mr P Glasziou
Scheme		Role
Research & Development Program Grants		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$107,448	1995	1995
GNo:G0175419

Conducting Analysis on Prescribing for Major Groups of Prescription Pharmacueticals which might explain the Variability in Prescribing Rates and Total ...$48,632
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Research & Development Grant (RADGAC)		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$48,632	1995	1995
GNo:G0175210

General Practitioners Beliefs Regarding Benefits and Risks of Hormone Replacement Therapy$22,246
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Research & Development Grant (RADGAC)		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$22,246	1995	1995
GNo:G0175208

1994 (2 grants)

94GRANT. Speciality grant for Pharmacoepidemiology.$120,000
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Project Team
Emeritus Professor Anthony Smith, Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Pharmaceutical Education Program (PEP)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$120,000	1994	1994
GNo:G0174635

10 International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology - Stockholm - 28-31 August 1994$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,500	1994	1994
GNo:G0175071

1993 (2 grants)

A Meta-Analysis of Falls in Old Age.$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Paul Finucane, Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
New Staff Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	1993	1993
GNo:G0172985

'9th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology', JW Marriott Hotel, Washington DC, USA, 29 August - 1 September 1993$560
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$560	1993	1993
GNo:G0174397

1992 (2 grants)

Acute Renal Impairment And Cardiac Failure With Nsaids. A Community Study.$133,341
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$133,341	1992	1993
GNo:G0174270

12th International Meeting of the International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care, San Francisco, 23-26 June 1996$2,346
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Professor David Henry
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,346	1992	1992
GNo:G0176432

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Research Supervision

Number of current supervisions	0

For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.

Past Supervision

Year	Program	Supervisor Type	Research Title
2010	PhD (CommunityMed & ClinEpid)	Co-Supervisor	Assessing the Quality of Health News Stories in the Australian Media Using the Media Doctor Website
2010	PhD (CommunityMed & ClinEpid)	Principal Supervisor	A Preliminary Analysis of the Pharmaceutical Provisions in the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement on Prescription Medicines in Australia
2007	PhD (Clinical Pharm)	Principal Supervisor	Evidence-Based Patient Decision Making: The Development of a Decision Aid on Blood Transfusion
2005	PhD (Clinical Pharm)	Co-Supervisor	Evaluation of Aspects of the South African National Drug Policy: Hypertension, a Case Study
2003	PhD (Clinical Pharm)	Principal Supervisor	Pharmaceutical Affordability and Quality Use of Medicines
2002	PhD (Clinical Pharm)	Principal Supervisor	Public Participation in Health Care Decisions about Medicines

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Conjoint Professor David Henry

Work Phone	(02) 4921 1286
Fax	(02) 4960 2088
Email	David.Henry@newcastle.edu.au
Position	Conjoint Professor School of Medicine and Public Health Faculty of Health and Medicine The University of Newcastle, Australia
URL:	www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/david-henry

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2008 (1 grants)

Pharmaceutical Promotion: Productive or Problematic?$150,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

2007 (5 grants)

NIPH Capacity Building Infrastructure grant$1,472,398Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Moral Hazard and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme$166,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Improving the quality of health news reports in the Australian media$20,000Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

The quality of health news reports about complementary and alternative medicine in Australian lay media$8,702Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Sri Lanka Medical Association 120th Annual Scientific Sessions, Colombo, 21/3/2007 - 24/3/2007$1,462Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2006 (5 grants)

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Gender health & Ageing$543,772Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Harmful or protective: low-dose selective cox-2 inhibitors and coronary or cerebrovascular occlusion$111,000Funding Body: National Heart Foundation of Australia

Harmful or protective? Low dose COX-2 inhibitors and coronary or cerebrovascular occlusion$20,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Establishing a linked record system to optimise the use of longitudinal health-related datasets: illustrated by two studies of medication use$19,688Funding Body: University of Newcastle

XIV Cochrane Colloquium, Dublin 2006, 23-27 October 2006$2,400Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2005 (3 grants)

External Evaluation of PBAC Submissions RFP 163/0304$3,221,378Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

The impact of International Trade Agreements on the regulation and provision of medicines in Australia$116,088Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Establishment of a Clinical Research Database for Hunter Stroke Service$20,000Funding Body: Hunter New England Area Health Service

2004 (2 grants)

Novel genetic and environmental risk factors in atherothrombosis: The role of variation in Cox-2, tpA and PAI-1 activity$28,000Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

The Cochrane Collaboration Colloquium, 2-6 October 2004, Canada$1,586Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2003 (1 grants)

COX-2 inhibitors and the development of unstable angina and myocardial infarction$161,000Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

2002 (1 grants)

COX-2 inhibitors as a cause of heart and renal failure$271,500Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

2001 (3 grants)

An investigation of the relationship between the pharmaceutical industry, medical profession and medical practitioners.$185,000Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Cochrane Colloquium (annual meeting) France 9-13 October, 2001$2,143Funding Body: University of Newcastle

To Provide Independent Reviews of Draft Health Advisory Reports.$1Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

2000 (2 grants)

Alternatives to homologous blood transfusion - development of evidence-based decision aids.$213,697Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Review of the risks associated with the use of NSAID's.$82,453Funding Body: Whitehall-Robbins Health Care Division

1999 (1 grants)

Pharmaceutical Affordability and the Quality Use of Medicines.$75,000Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

1998 (8 grants)

External Evaluation of PBAC Submissions$3,761,049Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Integrated Care Program.$150,000Funding Body: Merck Sharp & Dohme Aust Pty Ltd

The effect of different forms of information framing on helath care practices$122,786Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Developing Assessment Guidelines for the Medicare Services Advisory Committee$121,885Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Development of a strategy to measure consumer participation in decisions about health service delivery$56,063Funding Body: NSW Ministry of Health

Improving treatment decisions: accurate generalisation of clinical trial results$49,626Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

A Review of the Scientific Literature Concerning the Alternatives to Homologous Blood Donations$39,121Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Attendance and participation in the International Society of Technology Assessement in Health Care conference (ISTAHC) - Ottowa$3,330Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

1997 (7 grants)

Review of the Consumer Drug Information Services$106,518Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Newcastle Prescriber Database$78,250Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

The impact of specialists on prescribing by Australian general practitioners.$77,357Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Value of non-randomised studies for assessing the effectiveness of medical interventions$67,698Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Public Participation in Resource Allocation in Health$43,600Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Evaluation of Hospital in the Home - design of protocol$4,906Funding Body: Macquarie Health Corporation

International Congress in Pharmacoepidemiology, Orlando, Florida, 24-27 August 1997$2,500Funding Body: University of Newcastle

1996 (3 grants)

Development, Testing and Refining of Indicators of Quality of Prescribing by General Practitioners$66,108Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Phamaceuticals Project Stage 2$20,000Funding Body: Consumers` Health Forum of Australia Inc.

An examination of the risk of sudden death during therapeutic use of thioridazine and desipramine by systematic review of randomised controlled trials$11,500Funding Body: University of Newcastle

1995 (4 grants)

The External Evaluation of PBAC Submissions$555,741Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Pharmaceutical Promotion: Productive or Problematic?$150,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

NIPH Capacity Building Infrastructure grant$1,472,398
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

Moral Hazard and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme$166,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Improving the quality of health news reports in the Australian media$20,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

The quality of health news reports about complementary and alternative medicine in Australian lay media$8,702
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Sri Lanka Medical Association 120th Annual Scientific Sessions, Colombo, 21/3/2007 - 24/3/2007$1,462
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Gender health & Ageing$543,772
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Harmful or protective: low-dose selective cox-2 inhibitors and coronary or cerebrovascular occlusion$111,000
Funding Body: National Heart Foundation of Australia

Harmful or protective? Low dose COX-2 inhibitors and coronary or cerebrovascular occlusion$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Establishing a linked record system to optimise the use of longitudinal health-related datasets: illustrated by two studies of medication use$19,688
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

XIV Cochrane Colloquium, Dublin 2006, 23-27 October 2006$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

External Evaluation of PBAC Submissions RFP 163/0304$3,221,378
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

The impact of International Trade Agreements on the regulation and provision of medicines in Australia$116,088
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Establishment of a Clinical Research Database for Hunter Stroke Service$20,000
Funding Body: Hunter New England Area Health Service

Novel genetic and environmental risk factors in atherothrombosis: The role of variation in Cox-2, tpA and PAI-1 activity$28,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute

The Cochrane Collaboration Colloquium, 2-6 October 2004, Canada$1,586
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

COX-2 inhibitors and the development of unstable angina and myocardial infarction$161,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

COX-2 inhibitors as a cause of heart and renal failure$271,500
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

An investigation of the relationship between the pharmaceutical industry, medical profession and medical practitioners.$185,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Cochrane Colloquium (annual meeting) France 9-13 October, 2001$2,143
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

To Provide Independent Reviews of Draft Health Advisory Reports.$1
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Alternatives to homologous blood transfusion - development of evidence-based decision aids.$213,697
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Review of the risks associated with the use of NSAID's.$82,453
Funding Body: Whitehall-Robbins Health Care Division

Pharmaceutical Affordability and the Quality Use of Medicines.$75,000
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

External Evaluation of PBAC Submissions$3,761,049
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Integrated Care Program.$150,000
Funding Body: Merck Sharp & Dohme Aust Pty Ltd

The effect of different forms of information framing on helath care practices$122,786
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Developing Assessment Guidelines for the Medicare Services Advisory Committee$121,885
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Development of a strategy to measure consumer participation in decisions about health service delivery$56,063
Funding Body: NSW Ministry of Health

Improving treatment decisions: accurate generalisation of clinical trial results$49,626
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

A Review of the Scientific Literature Concerning the Alternatives to Homologous Blood Donations$39,121
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Attendance and participation in the International Society of Technology Assessement in Health Care conference (ISTAHC) - Ottowa$3,330
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Review of the Consumer Drug Information Services$106,518
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Newcastle Prescriber Database$78,250
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

The impact of specialists on prescribing by Australian general practitioners.$77,357
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Value of non-randomised studies for assessing the effectiveness of medical interventions$67,698
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Public Participation in Resource Allocation in Health$43,600
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Evaluation of Hospital in the Home - design of protocol$4,906
Funding Body: Macquarie Health Corporation

International Congress in Pharmacoepidemiology, Orlando, Florida, 24-27 August 1997$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Development, Testing and Refining of Indicators of Quality of Prescribing by General Practitioners$66,108
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

Phamaceuticals Project Stage 2$20,000
Funding Body: Consumers` Health Forum of Australia Inc.

An examination of the risk of sudden death during therapeutic use of thioridazine and desipramine by systematic review of randomised controlled trials$11,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

The External Evaluation of PBAC Submissions$555,741
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

Assessing and increasing the generalisabiity of RCTs$107,448
Funding Body: UK National Health Service

Conducting Analysis on Prescribing for Major Groups of Prescription Pharmacueticals which might explain the Variability in Prescribing Rates and Total ...$48,632
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

General Practitioners Beliefs Regarding Benefits and Risks of Hormone Replacement Therapy$22,246
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

94GRANT. Speciality grant for Pharmacoepidemiology.$120,000
Funding Body: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care

10 International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology - Stockholm - 28-31 August 1994$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

A Meta-Analysis of Falls in Old Age.$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

'9th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology', JW Marriott Hotel, Washington DC, USA, 29 August - 1 September 1993$560
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Acute Renal Impairment And Cardiac Failure With Nsaids. A Community Study.$133,341
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)

12th International Meeting of the International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care, San Francisco, 23-26 June 1996$2,346
Funding Body: University of Newcastle