The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Dr Frank Alvaro
School: School of Medicine and Public Health
Commenced with Institution: 01-APR-1999
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 $
Mrs Elizabeth Webster;Dr Frank Alvaro 2006 1 Hunter Medical Research Institute Project - Peadiatric Oncology Project Grant Serum antioxidant micronutrientlevels in peadiatric oncology patients on therapy   30000  
Professor Rodney Scott;Professor John Attia;Dr Frank Alvaro 2001 1 John Hunter Children`s Hospital Research Foundation Project - Research Grant (Defunct) The Genetic Origins of Childhood Cancer.   40000  

Student Completions

NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.

Program Year Research Topic
PhD (CommunityMed & ClinEpid) 2004 Molecular Epidemiological Study of Childhood Cancer

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

Ziegler David S, Cohn Richard J, McCowage Geoffrey, Alvaro Frank, Oswald Cecilia, Mrongovius Robert, White Les, ’Efficacy of vincristine and etoposide with escalating cyclophosphamide in poor-prognosis pediatric brain tumors’, Neuro-oncology, 9 53-59 (2006) [C1]

Ikeda Emese Beatrix, Collins Clare Elizabeth, Alvaro Frank, Marshall Glenn, Garg Manohar Lal, ’Wellbeing and nutrition-related side effects in children undergoing chemotherapy’, Nutrition & Diatetics, 63 227-239 (2006) [C1]

Hare Nathan J, Ma Cindy S, Alvaro Frank, Nichols Kim E, Tangye Stuart G, ’missense mutations in SH2D1A identified in patients with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease differentially affect the expression and function of SAP’, International Immunology, 18 1055-1065 (2006) [C1]

Conference Publication

Tuka B, Collins Clare Elizabeth, Alvaro Frank, Marshall G, Garg Manohar Lal, ’Risk factors for malnutrition in paediatric oncology patients’, 21st National Conference of the Dietitians Association of Australia, Cairns Convention Centre (2003) [E4]

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