Staff

Professor Gita Mishra
PhD(Statistics), MSc(Statistics), BSc

Gita is the Director of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health and is based at The University of Queensland.

Email: g.mishra@sph.uq.edu.au

Professor Deb Loxton
B (Psych) Hons, PhD

Professor Deb Loxton is the Director of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health and is based at The University of Newcastle.

Email: deborah.loxton@newcastle.edu.au

Associate Professor Leigh Tooth
PhD, B.OccThy(Hons)

Leigh is a Principal Research Fellow/Deputy Director (part-time) for the project. She chairs the Data Access Committee and leads a program of research into women carers.

Email: l.tooth@sph.uq.edu.au

Professor Annette Dobson
AM, FAHMS, BSc, MSc, PhD, Grad Cert Mngt, A Stat

Annette Dobson is the founding Director of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health and is based at The University of Queensland.

Email: a.dobson@sph.uq.edu.au

Isabelle Barnes

Isabelle is a Senior Research Officer with the study, based at The University of Newcastle.

Email: isabelle.barnes@newcastle.edu.au

Emma Byrnes

Emma is a Research Officer with the study, based at The University of Newcastle.

Email: emma.byrnes@newcastle.edu.au

Rachael Carlyle

Rachael is an Administrative Assistant with the study, based at The University of Newcastle

Email: rachael.carlyle@newcastle.edu.au

Dominic Cavenagh
B Math (Applied Math, Stats)

Dominic is a Statistician with the study, based at The University of Newcastle.

Email: dominic.cavenagh@newcastle.edu.au

Dr Hsiu-Wen Chen

Hsiu-Wen is assisting with the set-up of biomedical sample collections that will be implemented for the Young and Mid cohorts in the future. She has also been involved in generating reports and attends data management meetings.

Email: h.chan4@uq.edu.au

Christine Coleman
B. Sci (Psychology)

Christine is the Research Support Officer for the project. Christine assists with data linkage administration, including compliance to ethical requirements, and organising permissions for collaborators to access these datasets. Also assists with creating accessible documents and administrative/operational support.

Email: c.coleman@uq.edu.au

Zoe Crittendon

Zoe is a Research Assistant with the study, based at The University of Newcastle.

Email: zoe.crittendon@newcastle.edu.au

Nick Egan

Nick is a Statistician with the study, based at The University of Newcastle.

Email: nick.egan@newcastle.edu.au

Megan Ferguson
BA(Hons)

Megan Ferguson is the Research Project Manager with the ALSWH at the University of Queensland. Megan coordinates production of reports for the project and manages research administration for the team based at Herston.

Email: m.ferguson@sph.uq.edu.au

David Fitzgerald
BSc(Hons), GradDipTchg(Secondary)  Master of Science (Statistics)

David is the Data Manager (surveys) for the project. David produces and maintains the project’s analysis data sets and the supporting documentation. This involves deriving variables from the survey data and checking the quality of the data. David releases this data to the approved research collaborators. David is the Data Custodian for the project. He also produces the annual Data Book and Methodology section of the Technical Report. David also conducts some statistical analysis of the data.

Email: d.fitzgerald@sph.uq.edu.au

Peta Forder
MBios, MPH, BSc(Hons)

Peta is a Statistician with the study and oversees the Statistics and Data Management team based at The University of Newcastle. 

Email: peta.forder@newcastle.edu.au

Leonie Gemmell

Leonie is the Data Access and Liaison Officer for the project. Leonie coordinates the ALSWH data access application processes, maintains the data access and research outcomes database, provides information and advice to internal and external data users and provides support for ALSWH research activities.

Email: l.gemmell@uq.edu.au

Helen Gray

Helen is the Communications and Engagement Officer at the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health.

Email: helen.gray@uq.edu.au

Richard Hockey
BSc, DipAgrSc

Richard is a Data Analyst for special ALSWH related projects.
Richard conducts data analysis using SAS to assist with producing reports and papers for the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health.

Email: r.hockey@uq.edu.au

Ian Holder

Ian is a Data Assistant with the study, based at The University of Newcastle.

Email: ian.holder@newcastle.edu.au

Kacey Johnston

Kacey is a Senior Administration Officer with the study, based at The University of Newcastle.

Email: kacey.johnston@newcastle.edu.au

Colleen Loos

Colleen is the Project Coordinator for both MatCH Substudy, and for the ALSWH data linkage program. She liaises with ethics committees and data custodians to obtain linked health records.

Email: c.loos@uq.edu.au

Sasha Lorien

Sasha is a Research Officer with the study, based at The University of Newcastle.

Email: sasha.lorien@newcastle.edu.au

Paul McElwee

Paul is the Acting Data Manager, based at the University of Queensland.

Email: p.mcelwee@uq.edu.au

Dr Katrina Moss

Katrina is a Research Officer for the project.

Email: katrina.moss@uq.edu.au

Chamila Pathigoda

Chamila is a database/website developer for the project.

Email: c.pathigodaarcharige@uq.edu.au

Clare Thomson
B. Dev Stud

Clare is an Administration and Ethics Officer with the study, based at The University of Newcastle.

Email: clare.thomson@newcastle.edu.au

Natalie Townsend
BPsych (Hons)

Natalie is a Research Program Manager with the study, based at The University of Newcastle.

Email: natalie.townsend@newcastle.edu.au

Katherine Tuckerman
B.Teaching/B. Early Childhood Studies

Katherine is a Senior Administration Officer with the study, based at The University of Newcastle.

Email: katherine.tuckerman@newcastle.edu.au

Ryan Tuckerman
B. Comm, M. IT

Ryan is a Database Manager for the study, based at The University of Newcastle.

Email: ryan.tuckerman@newcastle.edu.au

Dr Michael Waller

Michael is a statistician who undertakes analyses with the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health data.

Email: m.waller@uq.edu.au