Staff Profile
Career Summary
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Sydney
- Bachelor of Mathematics, University of Newcastle
- Master of Public Health, University of Sydney
- Bachelor of Medicine, University of Newcastle
Research
Research keywords
- Epidemiology
Research expertise
Together with my extensive epidemiological methodological experience, I have substantial experience conducting, analysing, interpreting and publishing on a range of areas of epidemiology. Environmental issues include arsenic, air pollution, disinfection by-products in drinking water, radiofrequency electromagnetic energy, solar ultraviolet radiation, effect of military service, and a range of infectious diseases associated with environmental factors (including listeriosis, tetanus, rabies, diarrhoeal and respiratory episodes).
I also have considerable experience in biostatistics, nutritional and ophthalmic and sensory epidemiology, and cardiovascular disease, along with substantial activities in ageing, in childrens health, indigenous health, diabetes, asthma, physical activity, international health, and research in illicit drug use. In addition I am working in the areas of genetic and molecular epidemiology, and the health consequences of the built and industrial environment.
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 110399 | Clinical Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | 50 |
| 111700 | Public Health And Health Services | 50 |
Memberships
Body relevant to professional practice.
- Fellow - Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
Committee/Associations (relevant to research).
- Advisory Group - Drug Policy Modelling Program
- Member, Executive - Hunter Medical Research Council
- Scientific Committee Member - IHR 45 and up Study
- Director - Newcastle Institute Public Health
NHMRC Committee
- Panel Member - JDF/NHMRC Special Projects in Diabetes
- Panel member Public Health Group
Administrative
Administrative expertise
- Director, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and
- PHERP Director, University of Newcastle (2003-2007)
- Director, Newcastle Institute of Public Health (2002-2005)
- Director, The Health and Social Research Project: Risks and Benefits of Arsenic Mitigation Programs in Bangladesh
- Director, Hunter Cohort Project
- Member, Hunter Medical Research Institute Council Executive (2002-2005)
- Member, Institute for Health Research (IHR) Scientific and Program Advisory Committee
- Member, IHR 45 and up Steering Committee
- Member, IHR 45 and up Methods Committee
- Member, NHMRC Panel 5A (2003-2006)
- Member NHMRC Panel 5C 2007
- Member, Review Panel, JDRF/NHMRC Special Program Grants in Type 1 diabetes (2006-7)
- Member, Advisory Group, Drug Policy Modelling Program
- Member, Advisory Group, Food Standards Australia and New Zealand
Teaching
Teaching keywords
- Epidemiology
Teaching expertise
Postgraduate coursework: I am Director of the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. I am responsible for coordinating the entire Graduate Diploma and Masters coursework components, and for convening all the Clinical Epidemiology postgraduate teaching. These courses are offered both on campus and by distance learning. I also teach into five of the courses regularly (Epi A, Epi B, Nutritional Epi, Clinical Epi and Research Protocol Design).
Research Higher Degree Students: I currently co-supervise three PhD students - topics include: Treatment for Anorexia (Mel Hart); Diabetes prevention in indigenous communities (Jo Gwynn); Molecular aspects of dementia (Mark McEvoy);
Undergraduate: I currently teach public health in the Undergraduate Medical program at the University of Newcastle. This involves teaching into years 1,2 and 5 of the Bachelor of Medicine course, and co-ordinating the Longitudinal Task in Year 5.
Previous teaching commitments.
I was program convenor, Graduate Diploma in Public Health program, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH), Australian National University, from 1996-2001, and taught Introductory and advanced epidemiology courses. From 1992 to 1994 I taught into both the undergraduate and postgraduate public health programs at the University of Sydney.
Not counting current PhD students, I have co-supervised ten PhD students who have now graduated (Nb: co-supervision mandatory at Centres I have worked at since 1995)
Dr Parker Magin - Skin disease and psychosocial factors
Vicki Flood, Nutritional Epidemiology folate and B12;
Dr Hasnat Milton , Arsenic mitigation in Bangladesh;
Dr Kamalini Lokuge, Diarrhoea in Bangladesh;
Marion Currie, Post-natal Depression.
Dr Leslee Roberts, Randomised controlled trial of infection control interventions on diarrhoea and respiratory infection in child care.
Dr Chris Kelman, Health Outcomes and Implantable Devices: a record-linkage historical cohort study.
Dr Jie Jin Wang, Impact of Sensory Impairment on independent living of older Australians.
Dr Geetha Ranmuthugala, Disinfection by-products in drinking water and bladder micronuclei.
Dr Robyn Lucas, Biomarkers of Social Disadvantage.
I also act as an examiner, having marked 4 PhD and 2 Masters theses for University of Sydney; 1 PhD thesis for Queensland Institute of Technology; 1 PhD thesis for Monash University; 2 Masters theses for Australian National University; 3 PhD and 2 Masters theses for University of Newcastle.
Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 23 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $5,866,872 |
For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
2011 (1 grants)
Risk Reduction of Climate Change Impact on Health Sector through Finding out Adaptive Measures on the Context of Bangladesh
$20,000
Funding Body: CCHPU Climate Change and Health Promotion (Bangladesh)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dr Md. Iqbal Kabir, Doctor Milton Hasnat, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $20,000 | 2011 | 2012 |
| GNo:G1100689 | ||
2008 (1 grants)
Genes and environment in the risk of early age-related macular degeneration: a population-based case-control study$701,224
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor John Attia, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith, Professor Pablo Moscato | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $701,224 | 2008 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0189168 | ||
2007 (4 grants)
Many Rivers Diabetes Prevention Project - Glycemic Index Analysis and LGA collaboration$50,708
Funding Body: Department of Health and Ageing
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Josephine Gwynn, Professor John Wiggers, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Program | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $50,708 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0188162 | ||
Healthy Airways and Obstructive Lung Disease (HAROLD)$20,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith, Associate Professor Lisa Wood, Professor John Attia, Associate Professor Regina Berretta, Professor Pablo Moscato | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $20,000 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0187246 | ||
Hewlett Packard 7890 series gas chromatograph with accessories$20,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Lisa Wood, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Wark, Conjoint Professor Peter Gibson, Associate Professor Jodie Simpson, Doctor Vanessa Murphy, Professor Paul Foster, Professor Phil Hansbro, Conjoint Associate Professor Vicki Clifton, Professor Clare Collins, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith, Professor John Attia | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Equipment Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $20,000 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0188191 | ||
The impact of Asymmetrical Dimethylarginine on Cognition in a population-based cohort$7,678
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark McEvoy, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Schofield, Professor John Attia | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Pilot Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $7,678 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0187872 | ||
2006 (5 grants)
Public Health Education and Research Program (PHERP)$2,022,851
Funding Body: Department of Health and Ageing
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Public Health Education and Research Program (PHERP) | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,022,851 | 2006 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0186144 | ||
PRC - Priority Research Centre for Bioinformatics, Biomarker Discovery & Information-Based Medicine (CIBM)$621,143
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Pablo Moscato, Professor Rodney Scott, Professor John Rostas, Professor John Forbes, Conjoint Professor Peter Hersey, Conjoint Professor Stephen Ackland, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Conjoint Professor Leonie Ashman, Professor John Attia, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Associate Professor Liz Milward, Professor Alistair Sim, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Associate Professor Regina Berretta, Conjoint Professor David Sibbritt, Conjoint Professor Chris Levi, Professor Xu Dong Zhang, Conjoint Associate Professor Patricia Crock, Conjoint Associate Professor Jeannette Lechner-Scott | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Priority Research Centre | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $621,143 | 2006 | 2013 |
| GNo:G0186919 | ||
The impact of Anticholinergic activity, apolipoprotein E and high-affinity choline transporter genotype on cognition in a population-based co-hort: a pilot study$15,500
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark McEvoy, Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Schofield, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith, Doctor Janine Duke, Professor John Attia | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $15,500 | 2006 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0186170 | ||
The impact of Anticholinergic Activity on cognition in a population-based cohort$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Schofield, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith, Conjoint Professor Ian Whyte, Conjoint Professor David Sibbritt, Mr Mark McEvoy | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Near Miss Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $10,000 | 2006 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0186077 | ||
Joint JSEE/ISEA International Conference on Enviromental Epidemiology, La Villette Conference Centre, Paris 2-6 September 2006$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,400 | 2006 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0186790 | ||
2005 (5 grants)
A type-2 Diabetes Prevention Program for primary school aged rural Indigenous children$1,497,370
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Josephine Gwynn, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith, Dr Michael Booth, Professor John Wiggers, Mr L Clay, Ms Robin Roberts | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Healthy Start to Life for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Children | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,497,370 | 2005 | 2009 |
| GNo:G0184019 | ||
Prevalence and risk factors for peripheral neuropathy in newly-diagnosed type 2 diabetes$30,000
Funding Body: Diabetes Australia
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith, Professor John Attia, Conjoint Associate Professor Julia Lowe, Doctor Janine Duke | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $30,000 | 2005 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0185002 | ||
The effect of physical activity on independent living, disease outcomes and health service utilisation among community dwelling older patients$13,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Janine Duke, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $13,000 | 2005 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0184893 | ||
Kryos Cryogenic vessel controller with 240L automatic-filling Liquid Nitrogen pressure vessel$9,600
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Equipment Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $9,600 | 2005 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0185472 | ||
Association between chronic arsenic exposure and nutritional status among the women of child bearing age: A case-contral study in Bangladesh$5,000
Funding Body: International Atomic Energy Agency
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Milton Hasnat, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Coordinated Research Project | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $5,000 | 2005 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0185433 | ||
2004 (4 grants)
Development of measures of physical activity and food habits for use among indigenous rural children$95,000
Funding Body: Telstra Foundation
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Josephine Gwynn, Mr L Clay, Professor John Wiggers, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Community Development Fund | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $95,000 | 2004 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0182949 | ||
Development of a Type 2 Diabetes Prevention program for Aboriginal & Non-Aboriginal rural children$40,000
Funding Body: Diabetes Australia
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Josephine Gwynn, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith, Professor John Wiggers | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $40,000 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0183184 | ||
Psychological and social monitoring of Hunter environmental change.$15,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Nick Higginbotham, Professor Linda Connor, Conjoint Professor Glenn Albrecht, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith, Doctor Craig Dalton | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $15,000 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0183538 | ||
Sanyo VIP Series Ultra Low Temperature Upright Freezer$14,728
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Equipment Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $14,728 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0184282 | ||
2003 (3 grants)
Sensory Impairment: causes, impacts and interventions.$446,670
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Centres of Research Excellence - Centres of Population Health Research Excellence | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $446,670 | 2003 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0183590 | ||
Research Fellows in Epidemiology$195,000
Funding Body: Vicent Fairfax Family Foundation
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor Julie Byles, Professor John Attia, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Research Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $195,000 | 2003 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0182726 | ||
Relating Ecological and Human Distress Syndromes: a Pilot Investigation in Upper Hunter Communities Exposed to Large Scale Industrial and Mining Activity$14,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor Nick Higginbotham, Professor Linda Connor, Conjoint Professor Glenn Albrecht, Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $14,000 | 2003 | 2003 |
| GNo:G0182454 | ||
Research Supervision
| Number of current supervisions | 4 |
|---|---|
| Total current UoN PhD EFTSL | 0.7 |
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.
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Proposed Completion | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2016 | PhD (CommunityMed & ClinEpid) | Co-Supervisor | Study on Rising Burden and Management of Hypertension in Bangladesh |
| 2011 | 2016 | PhD (CommunityMed & ClinEpid) | Co-Supervisor | Risk Reduction of Climate Change Impact on Health Sector through Finding out Adaptive Measures on the Context of Bangladesh |
| 2010 | 2014 | PhD (CommunityMed & ClinEpid) | Co-Supervisor | Availability of Arsenic in Breast Milk, Effect of Chronic Arsenic Exposure on Type2 Diabetes, Hypertension in Adults and on Children's Nutritional Status in Bangladesh |
| 2005 | 2013 | PhD (CommunityMed & ClinEpid) | Principal Supervisor | Relationship between cognition and lifestyle factors |
Past Supervision
| Year | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | PhD (Behavioural Science) | Co-Supervisor | The Food and Nutrient Intake and Physical Activity of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Non-Indigenous Rural Children |
| 2007 | PhD (General Practice) | Co-Supervisor | Psychological Sequelae of Skin Disease: Acne, Psoriasis and Atopic Eczema |
| 2006 | PHD Public Health Not Elswr Classi Australian National University | Principal Supervisor | A randomised intervention to assess arsenic mitigation options in Bangladesh |
| 2006 | PHD Public Health Not Elswr Classi Australian National University | Principal Supervisor | Arsenic mitigation interventions and disease burden in Bangladesh |
| 2006 | PHD Public Health Not Elswr Classi University of Sydney | Co-Supervisor | Folate and B12 fortification |
| 2006 | PHD Public Health Not Elswr Classi Australian National University | Co-Supervisor | Post-natal depression |
| 2005 | PHD Accounting Australian National University | Co-Supervisor | Biomarkers of social disadvantage |
| 2003 | PHD Public Health Not Elswr Classi Australian National University | Principal Supervisor | Health outcomes and implnatable devices: a Record linkage study |
| 2003 | PHD Accounting Australian National University | Co-Supervisor | Disinfection by-products in drinking water and bladder micro-nuclei |
| 2001 | PHD Public Health Not Elswr Classi Australian National University | Co-Supervisor | Randomised controlled trail of infection control interventions on diarrhoea and respiratory infection in child careolder Australians |
| 2001 | PHD Public Health Not Elswr Classi University of Sydney | Co-Supervisor | Impact of sensory impairment on independent living of older Australians |
| 1950 | PHD Public Health Not Elswr Classi Australian National University | Principal Supervisor | Prevalence of Heart Failure |
Conjoint Professor Wayne Smith
| Work Phone | (02) 9816 0426 |
|---|---|
| Fax | (02) 9816 0377 |
| Wayne.Smith@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Position | Conjoint Professor School of Medicine and Public Health Faculty of Health and Medicine |
| Office | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia |
| URL: | www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/wayne-smith |
