The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Conjoint Pr Cecilia Blackwell
Preferred name: Caroline
School: School of Biomedical Sciences
Commenced with Institution: 30-NOV-2000
Personal URL:

Funded Projects

Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.

Research Team Initial Year Duration (Years) Funding Body/Client Award Type Title of Project Collaborating Partners Total Cash $ Total Inkind $
Conjoint Pr Cecilia Blackwell;Conjoint A/Prof John Stuart 2007 1 University of Newcastle Project - Pilot Grant Development of 16s ribsome DNA for identification of bacteria causing ear infections in Aboriginal Children from rural communities   8190  
Conjoint Pr Cecilia Blackwell 2007 1 Meningitis Association of Scotland Project - Project Grant Cytokine gene polymorphisms among Greek patients with meningococcal disease   3606  
Conjoint Pr Cecilia Blackwell 2006 1 Hunter Medical Research Institute Equipment/Infrastructure - Equipment Grant Equipment Grant for BioRad Power Pack for Gel Electrophoresis and Gel Drying   4394  
Conjoint Pr Cecilia Blackwell;Professor Maree Gleeson;Professor Rodney Scott 2006 1 Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths Project - Project Grant The Effects of Genetic Background and Cigarette Smoke on Inflammatory Responses Implicated in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome   307135  
Conjoint Pr Cecilia Blackwell;Professor Rodney Scott;Professor Maree Gleeson 2006 1 Hunter Medical Research Institute Project - Project Grant In vitro assessment of genetic and environmental risk factors for SIDS   14000  
Conjoint Pr Cecilia Blackwell 2005 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant SIDS and Stillbirth Symposium. 11 March 2005   310  
Conjoint A/Prof John Stuart;Conjoint Pr Cecilia Blackwell 2005 1 Hunter Children`s Research Foundation Project - Research Grant Assessment of Allioiococcus Otitis for its potential as a pathogen in otitis media   19000  
Conjoint Pr Cecilia Blackwell 2002 1 University of Newcastle Project - New Staff Grant Genetic factors influencing inflammatory responses to microorganisms   10000  
Conjoint A/Prof John Stuart;Conjoint Pr Cecilia Blackwell 2002 1 John Hunter Children`s Hospital Research Foundation Project - Research Grant (Defunct) The effects of cigarette smoke on immune and inflammatory responses in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children with middle ear infections.   24000  
Conjoint Pr Cecilia Blackwell;Professor Maree Gleeson 2002 1 Babes In Arms, UK Project - Research Grant Genetic factors influencing inflammatory responses to microorganisms.   10000  

Research Higher Degree Supervision

For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Current Student Supervision

Program Supervision Level Research Topic
PhD (Immunology & Microbiol) Co-Supervisor Genetic and Environmental Influences on SIDS
M MedSc (Immun & Microbiol)[R] Principal Supervisor Assessment of Alloiococcus Otil for its potential as a Pathogen in Otis Media

Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):

Supervision Level EFTSU
Masters 0.225
PhD 0.500

Research Publications

Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Journal Article

Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, ’Bacterial toxins and sudden unexpected death in infancy’, The Lancet, 372 714 (2008) [C3]

Ashhurst-Smith Christopher Ian James, Hall Sharron Therese, Walker Paul Jerome, Stuart John Edwin, Hansbro Philip Michael, Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, ’Isolation of Alloiococcus otitidis from Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian children with chronic otitis media with effusion’, FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 51 163-170 (2007) [C1]

Moscovis Sophia Maria, Gordon Ann E, Al Madani Osama M, Gleeson Maree, Scott Rodney, Roberts-Thomson June Margaret, Hall Sharron Therese, Weir Donald M, Busuttil Anthony, Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, ’IL6 G-174C Associated With Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in a Caucasian Australian Cohort’, Human Immunology, 67 819-825 (2006) [C1]

Tzankaki G, Markou F, Kesanopoulos K, Levidiotou S, Pangalis A, Tsolia M R, Liakou V, Papapavasiliou E, Voyiatzi A, Kansouzidou A, Foustoukou M, Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, Kremastinou J, ’Phenotypic assessment of Neisseria meningitidis isolates obtained from patients with invasive meningococcal disease in Greece, 1993-2003: Implications for serogroup B vaccines based on PorA serosubtype antigens’, Vaccine, 24 819-825 (2006) [C1]

Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, Moscovis Sophia Maria, Gordon A E, Al Madani O M, Hall Suellen, Gleeson Maree, Scott Rodney, Roberts-Thomson June Margaret, Wier D M, Busuttil A, ’Cytokine responses and sudden infant death: genetic, developmental, and environmental risk factors’, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 78 1242-1254 (2005) [C1]

Kesanopoulos K, Tzanakaki G, Levidiotou S, Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, Kremastinou J, ’Evaluation of touch-down real-time PCR based on SYBR Green I fluorescent dye for the detection of Neisseria meningitidis in clinical samples’, Fems Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 43 419-424 (2005) [C1]

Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, Moscovis Sophia Maria, Gordon Ann E, Al Madani Osama M, Hall Sharron T, Gleeson Maree, Scott Rodney, Roberts-Thomson June Margaret, Weir Donald M, Busuttil Anthony, ’Ethnicity, infection and sudden infant death syndrome’, FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 42 53-65 (2004) [C1]

Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, ’Infection, inflammation and SIDS’, FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 42 1-2 (2004) [C3]

Moscovis Sophia Maria, Gordon Ann E, Hall Sharron T, Gleeson Maree, Scott Rodney, Roberts-Thomson June Margaret, Weir Donald M, Busuttil Anthony, Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, ’Interleukin 1-b responses to bacterial toxins and sudden infant death syndrome’, FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 42 139-145 (2004) [C1]

Moscovis Sophia Maria, Gordon Ann E, Al Madani Osama M, Gleeson Maree, Scott Rodney, Roberts-Thomson June Margaret, Hall Sharron T, Weir Donald M, Busuttil Anthony, Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, ’Interleukin-10 and sudden infant death syndrome’, FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 42 130-138 (2004) [C1]

Braun Jan M, Beuth Josef, Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, Giersen Sonja, Higgins Paul G, Tzanakaki Georgina, Unverhau Heike, Weir Donald M, ’Neisseria meningitidis, Neisseria lactamica and Moraxella catarrhalis share cross-reactive carboydrate antigens’, Vaccine, - 898-908 (2004) [C1]

Fischbacher Cm, Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, Bhopal R, Ingram R, Unwin Nc, White M, ’Serological evidence of Helicobacter pylori infection in UK South Asian and European populations: implications for gastric cancer and coronary heart disease’, Journal of Infection, 48 168-174 (2004) [C1]

Kremastinou Jenny, Tzanakaki Georgina, Levidiotou Stamatina, Markou Fani, Themeli Eleftheria, Voyiatzi Aliki, Psoma Eleni, Theodoridou Maria, Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, ’Carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica in northern Greece’, FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 39 23-29 (2003) [C1]

El Ahmer Omar R, Braun Matthias, Amyes Sebastian G B, Weir Donald M, Beuth Josef, Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, ’Comparison of Moraxella catarrhalis isolates from children and adults for growth on modified New York City medium and potential virulence factors’, Journal of Medical Microbiology, 52 853-859 (2003) [C1]

Tzanakaki Georgina, Tsolia Maria, Vlachou Vasiliki, Theodoridou Maria, Pangalis Anastasia, Foustoukou Maria, Karpathios Themistocles, Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, Kremastinou Jenny, ’Evaluation of non-culture diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)’, FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 39 31-36 (2003) [C1]

Tsolia Maria N, Theodoridou Maria, Tzanakaki Georgina, Kalabalikis Panayotis, Urani Evangelia, Mostrou Glykeria, Pangalis Anastasia, Zafiropoulou Anthi, Kassiou Corina, Kafetzis Dimitris A, Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, Kremastinou Jenny, Karpathios Th E, ’The evolving epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease: a two year prospective, population-based study in children in the area of Athens’, FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 36 87-94 (2003) [C1]

Chapter in Book

Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, Weir Dm, Alkout Am, El Ahmer Or, Mackenzie Dac, James Vs, Braun Jm, Almadani Om, Busuttil A, ’Blood group phenotypes and infectious diseases’, Susceptibility to infectious diseases: the importance of host genetics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 309-336 (2004) [B1]

Conference Publication

Hall S T, Stuart J E, Blackwell Cecilia Caroline, Robilliard M, Dorrington R, Ashhurst-Smith Christopher Ian James, Moscovis Christina Constantina, Scott Rodney, ’24 Common Themes of Successful Health Service Models in Rural Australia’, 2007 Rural Health Research Colloquium. Official Program, Tamworth, NSW (2007) [E3]

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