Biography/ Background
Qualifications
Research Interests
Publications
Professional Associations

Dr Melissa Whitrow

Telephone	+61 8 8303 6851
Position	NH&MRC Postdoctoral Researcher
Email	melissa.whitrow@adelaide.edu.au
Fax	+61 8 8223 4075
Building	233 North Tce (Security Hs)-Adelaide SA 5000
Floor/Room	4
Campus	North Terrace
Org Unit	Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G)

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Biography/ Background

2008 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lifecourse and Intergenerational Health Research Group, Disciplines of Public Health and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Adelaide.

2005-2008 Career Development Fellow, Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council, Glasgow, UK.

2002-2005 Associate Lecturer, Spencer Gulf Rural Health School, University of Adelaide/University of South Australia.

2004 PhD (Epidemiology), University of Adelaide.

1998 BSc (Honours in Physiology), University of Adelaide.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons), PhD

Research Interests

Social determinants of health

Life-course epidemiology

Ethnicity and health

Respiratory health in children and adolescents

Growth in children and adolescents

Publications

Whitrow M, Harding S. Ethnic differences in adolescent lung function: anthropometric, socioeconomic and psychosocial factors. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2008;177:1262-1267.

Harding S, Whitrow M, Maynard MJ, Teyhan A. Cohort Profile: The DASH (Determinants of Adolescent Social well-being and Health) Study, an ethnically diverse cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology 2007;36:512-17.

Newbury JW, Shannon S, Ryan V, Whitrow M. Development of ‘rural week’ for medical students: impact and quality report. Rural and Remote Health 2005;5(3):432.

Whitrow M, McKenzie W. A database to record, track and report health student rural placements. Rural and Remote Health 2005;5(2):334.

Professional Associations

Member of the Australasian Epidemiology Association

Member of the Ethnicity and Health journal editorial board (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/13557858.html)

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 26 May 2009

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