This observational study is designed to enhance our understanding of the factors assocaited with the development of servere brochiolitis in infants aged < 24 months, presenting to JHH/JHCH for care.
moreLaureate Professor John Attia
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My research interests are two-fold:
The two motivations were creativity and potential to make a difference. Finding the right study design to answer a question is a creative process, akin to a painter that has a set number of colours on his palette but who can do any number of canvases with them. The other is the potential to really make a difference in medical treatment and to change practice for the better.
One of my current projects is looking at a vaccine for cardiovascular disease. If a one-off vaccine could reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes as much as a medication that needs to be taken everyday, that would be of real public importance and would have to potential to reduce the burden of disease in our society.
John Attia is Professor of Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Newcastle and has expertise in population, clinical, molecular and genetic epidemiology. Laureate Professor Attia trained at McMaster University (Canada) in clinical medicine with a specialty in general internal medicine (MD) and obtained his fellowship with the Royal College of Physicians of Canada and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
During this time he was awarded the Outstanding Housestaff award, the J.T. Walsh award for outstanding Internal Medicine resident, and Best Teacher in Internal Medicine. He also obtained a BSc in Physiology (Faculty scholar at McGill University), a MSc in Epidemiology (McMaster University), and a 5-year MRC scholarship to complete his PhD in Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto).
Laureate Professor Attia received the HMRI Award for Research Excellence in 2012 in recognition of his expertise in research methodology, analysis and molecular genetics and an extraordinary work rate that included teaching duties and a contribution rate of almost one medical publication per week.
Since arriving in Newcastle in 1999, the Canadian expatriate has supervised or co-supervised numerous PhD and Master’s students in Public Health. He became Professor of Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology in 2006.
Laureate Professor Attia has also served as chief investigator for the Hunter Community Study, a cohort of 3,000 men and women aged 55-85 years that has ongoing research value in the areas of genetics and ageing.
He has been listed on the NHMRC register of Evidence-Based Medicine experts and has provided epidemiological expertise to the Therapeutic Goods Administration and currently to the Medical Services Advisory Committee. He is currently academic director of general medicine at John Hunter Hospital responsible for the advanced training program.
He is still active in clinical medicine as a general physician.
Mrs Elizabeth Kepreotes, Professor Joerg Mattes, Dr Peter Harrigan, Associate Professor Bruce Whitehead, Professor John Attia, Dr Mark Lee
This observational study is designed to enhance our understanding of the factors assocaited with the development of servere brochiolitis in infants aged < 24 months, presenting to JHH/JHCH for care.
moreProfessor Brian Kelly, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Professor Rodney Scott, Professor John Attia, Dr Murray Cairns, Prof Vaughan Carr
This project comprises the analysis of DNA samples obtained within the NHRMC funded 5-year longitudinal study of mental health among rural community residents.
moreDr Elizabeth Holliday, Rodney Scott, Christopher Levi, John Attia
Genetic risk factors, gene expression and ischaemic stroke
moreProfessor Rodney Scott, Dr Frank Alvaro, Tiffany-Jane Evans, Elizabeth Milne, Bruce Armstrong, Professor John Attia, Elizabeth Holliday
Brain tumours are the second most frequent cancer diagnosed in children yet very little is known about the risk factors associated with their occurrence or what events are necessary for their progression.
moreProfessor Brian Kelly, John Attia, Frances Kay-Lambkin, Terry Lewin, Amanda Baker, Trevor Hazell
Professor Brian Kelly, John Attia, Frances Kay-Lambkin, Terry Lewin, Amanda Baker, Trevor Hazell
Professor John Attia, Milton Hasnat, Mark McEvoy, Amanda Patterson, Shamasunder Acharya, Steve Bowe
Professor Rodney Scott, John Attia, Mark McEvoy
Associate Professor Christopher Levi, John Attia, Rodney Scott, Michael Seldon, Lisa Lincz, Jon Sturm
Professor Brian Kelly, John Attia, Frances Kay-Lambkin, Terry Lewin, Amanda Baker, Trevor Hazell
Professor Wayne Smith, Dr Lisa Wood, Associate Professor John Attia, Dr Regina Berretta, Dr Pablo Moscato
Dr Christopher Levi, Dr John Attia, Professor Rodney Scott, Dr Amanda Thrift
Mr Mark McEvoy, Associate Professor P Schofield, Professor W Smith, Dr J Duke, Associate Professor John Attia