Professor Nigel Stocks

Biography/ Background

Prof. Stocks is Head of the Discipline of General Practice at the University of Adelaide, acting Deputy Head of the School of Population Health and Clinical Practice and holder of a Senior Principal Research PHCRED Fellowship (2007-2010) to devout more time to research. Since 2002 he has attracted $1.0 million in NHMRC project grant funding as CIA (1.3 million as a co-investigator) and over $2.9 million in small and other grants. His main research interests cover cardiovascular, respiratory and mental health with an emphasis on clinical research but also examining patient health literacy and risk perception that might explain the ‘treatment gap’.  He is currently supervising 5 PhD students and regular mentors academic GP registrars.

 

2009-2012           Habibur Seraji:  Evaluation of a community based intervention on integrated management of childhood illnesses in Bangladesh

 

2009-2011           Dr Elaine Leung: COMBAT Stroke: COMmunity-Based rapid Access Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) management

 

2006-2010           Mr Liviu Opera:  Home Blood Pressure Measurement: an ethical appraisal of the impact of this technology on physician-patient relationships.

 

2006-2011           Ms Fiona May: An examination of nicotine replacement therapy as a secondary prevention strategy in the acute cardiac care setting: A multi-method approach.

 

2005-2011           Ms Jodie Avery: Mental Health and its Influence of Help Seeking Behaviour for Incontinence”.

 

Research Funding

Funding since 2004

Stocks NP, Chilver M.  The Australian Sentinal Practice Research Network (ASPREN).  Department of Health and Ageing, Surveillance Section Bio-security and Disease Control Branch 2009-2011 $1,035,467.

 

Stocks NP, Ryan P, Tideman P.  Increasing cardiovascular risk assessment in first degree relatives of patients with premature ischemic heart disease: A randomised controlled trial. NHMRC Project Grant 565415 2009-2010  $110,650.

 

Pond D, Marley J, Bridges-Webb C, Howell C, Stocks N.  Outcomes of best practice diagnosis and management of dementia in general practice.  NHMRC Dementia Research Grants Program Round 2, 2008-2009   $792,180.

 

Pond D, Brodaty H, Marley J, Bridges-Webb C, Gunn J, Beilby J, Stocks N, Joyce T, Bruen W. A GP intervention to assist the primary care and management of depression for carers of people with dementia  Department of Health and Ageing

Dementia Service Development Grant $101,365.

 

Pond D, Brodaty H, Marley J, Bridges-Webb C, Gunn J, Beilby J, Stocks N, Joyce T, Bruen W A GP intervention to assist the primary care and management of depression for carers of people with dementia  Beyond blue $100,000.

 

Stocks N, Barton C, Tideman P, May F. An examination of the effectiveness of transdermal nicotine replacement therapy as a secondary prevention strategy in patients admitted to hospital for coronary artery bypass grafting. GlaxoSmithKline funding for product. 2007 $5,300

 

 Seidel B, Stocks NP, Duszynski K.  Development of a reliable, validated instrument to assess patient’s conceptual knowledge of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Primary Care: The brief-CVD-knowledge-test.  RACGP Cardiovascular Research Grant 2007 $25,000

 

Stocks NP, Seidel B.  Awareness, perception and knowledge of cardiovascular disease risk and prevention among residents in the northern districts of Adelaide.  Northern Communities Health Foundation Inc.  2008-2010 $60,000.

 

Stocks NP, Wittert G, Allan J.  Primary Prevention of Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) in first degree relatives of patients with premature heart disease.  RAH  Research Fund 2007 $18,127.

 

Sved Williams A, Stocks NP, Howell C, Wade V, Burke. Primary care mental health consultation-liaison between GP and psychiatrist: consumer and carer evaluation 2007 $64,000.

 

Frank O, Ried K, Stocks NP.  Literature review and cost assessment of dietary supplements which are effective in reducing blood pressure.  Vicki Kotsirilos Integrative Medicine Grant. RACGP Research Awards  2006 $5,000.

 

Frank O, Ried K, Stocks NP.  The acceptability and effectiveness of cocoa or tomato extract in reducing blood pressure in people with pre-hypertension: A pilot study.  RACGP Cardiovascular Research Grant 2006 $25,000.

 

Laurence C, Stocks NP.  What do new GP graduates and IMG’s deem important in their selection of a rural practice in South Australian?  A stocktake of views from recently recruited or soon to be recruited rural GPs. Rural Doctors Workforce Agency, South Australia, 2006 $30,000.

 

Laurence C, Turnbull D, Stocks NP.  Unsuccessful applicants to Medical School. Rural Doctors Workforce Agency, South Australia, 2006 $30,000.

 

Stocks NP.  The Australian Sentinal Practice Research Network (ASPREN).  Department of Health and Ageing, Surveillance Section Bio-security and Disease Control Branch 2006 $200,000.

 

Stocks NP.  Primary Health Care Research Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) Strategy. Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra 2006-2009 $1,040,000.

 

Crockett A, Moss J, Pegram R, Stocks NP. A Systematic Review of Models for the Organisation and Financing of Primary Health Care for Mild and Moderate Chronic Lung Disease.   Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, Research in Priority Areas Stream 4 2005-2006   $150,398.

 

Stocks NP, Beilby J, Murphy A, Doust J, Tideman P. Provision of secondary cardiac preventive care in Australian general practice.  NHMRC General Practice Clinical Research Grants 2006-2008 $499,937.

 

Beilby J, Crockett A, Mudge P, Stocks NP, Ryan P, Adams R, Staugus R. Spirometry and asthma management in children and adults in general practice. NHMRC General Practice Clinical Research Grants 2005-2007 $545,637.

 

Stocks NP, James A, Ryan P.  Improving primary and secondary prevention of Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) in general practice.  Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Cardiovascular Research Grants 2004 $24,841.

 

Publications

 

 

1.       Ried K, Stocks N, Frank O: Chocolate dose may be too much (letter). BMJ 2010; 341:c4176

 

2. Almeida OP, Alfonso H, Pirkis J, Kerse N, Sim M, Flicker L, Snowdon J, Draper B, Byrne G, Goldney R, Lautenschlager NT, Stocks N, Scazufca M, Huisman M, Araya R, Pfaff J.  A Practical Approach to Assess Depression Risk and to Guide Risk Reduction Strategies in Later Life. International Psychogeriatrics 2010 (in press).

 

3.       Ried K, Frank O, Stocks NP. Aged Garlic extract lowers blood pressure in patients with treated but uncontrolled hypertension: A randomised controlled trial. Maturitas 2010 [Epub ahead of print].

 

4.       Ried K, Sullivan T, Falker P, Frank O, Stocks NP. Does Chocolate reduce blood pressure? A Meta-analysis.  BMC Medicine 2010, 8:39 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-8-39.

 

5.       Oprea L, Branuck Mayer A, Rogers W, Stocks NP.  An Ethical Justification for the Chronic Care Model" Health Expectations 2010 Mar;13(1):55-64. Epub 2009 Nov 10.

 

6.       Ried K, Frank O, Stocks NP.  Dark chocolate or tomato extract for prehypertension: a randomised controlled trial.  BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine.  2009 Volume: 9 Issue: 22 Pages: (8 July).

 

7.       Allan J, Schattner P, Stocks N, Ramsay E. Does patient satisfaction of general practice change over a decade? BMC Family Practice 2009, 10:13.

 

8.       Gupta R, Stocks N, Broadbent J.  Cardiovascular risk assessment in Australian General Practice. Australian Family Physician 2009 5: 364-368.

 

9.       Stocks NP, Ryan P, Allen J, Williams S. K Willson .  Gender, socioeconomic status, need or access? Differences in statin prescribing across urban, rural and remote Australia. Australian Journal of Rural Health 2009 17(2): 92-96.

 

10.    Pfaff J, Draper B, Pirkis J, Stocks N, Snowdon J, Sim M, Byrne G, Lautenschlager N, Flicker L,  Kerse N, Goldney R, Almeida OP. Medical Morbidity and Mental Health Status in a Large Primary Care Sample of Older Australians: The DEPS-GP Project. MJA 2009 190(7): S575-580.

 

11.    Adam R, Stocks N, Hill C, Wilson D, Gravier K.   Health Literacy: A new concept for general practice? Australian Family Physician 2009 38(3): 144-147.

 

12.    Pirkis J, Pfaff J, Williamson OT, Stocks N, Goldney R, Draper B, Lautenschlager N, Almeida OP. The community prevalence of depression in older Australians. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2009 115 (1-2): 54-61

 

13.    May FC, Stocks N, Barton C.  Identification of barriers that impede the implementation of nicotine replacement therapy in the acute cardiac setting. The European Society of Cardiology 2008 15(6): 646-50.

 

14.    Ried K, Frank OR, Stocks NP, Fakler P, Sullivan T.  Effect of garlic on blood pressure: A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2008, 8:13 (16 Jun).

 

15.    Jackowski L, Rowell D Stocks NP. Reducing the risk of adverse thrombotic events - The role of aspirin and clopidogrel. AFP 2008; 37 (9): 721-725.

 

16.    Ried K, Montgomery B, Stocks N, Farmer E. General practice research training: impact of the Australian Registrar Research Workshop on research skills, confidence, interest and involvement of participants, 2002-2006.  2008 Family Practice 25: 119-126.

 

17.    Paine B, Stocks NP, Mac Lennan AH. Seminars may increase recruitment to randomised controlled trial: lessons learned from WISDOM. Trials.  2008, 9:5.

 

18.    Cranston J, Crockett, Moss J, Pegram R, Stocks N. Models of chronic disease management in primary care for patients with mild-to-moderate asthma or COPD: a narrative review. MJA 2008;  188 (8): S50-S52

 

19.    Welton, AJ; Vickers, MR; Kim, J, et al (Stocks N as part of the WISDOM team).  Health related quality of life after combined hormone replacement therapy: randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2008 337(7669) article number a1190.

 

20.    Seidel B, Stocks NP.  Estimating Cardiovascular Risk (letter). Arch Intern Med. 2008;168(1):111

 

21. Williamson MK, Pirkis J, Pfaff J , Tyson O, Sim M, Kerse N, Lautenschlager NT, Stocks NP, Almeida OP. Recruiting and retaining GPs and patients in intervention studies: The DEPS-GP project as a case study.  BMC Medical Research Methodology 2007, 7:42 (18^th Sept 2007).

 

22. Pearce R, Laurence CO, Black LE, Stocks N.  The challenges of teaching in a general practice setting.  MJA. 2007; 187:129-132.

 

23. Benson J, Wilson A, Stocks N, Moulding N.  Muscle Pain as an indicator of Vitamin D Deficiency in an urban Australian Aboriginal population.  MJA 2006; 185 (2): 76-79.

 

24.    Mac Lennan AH, Henderson VW, Paine B, Mathias J, Ramsey E, Ryan P, Stocks NP, Taylor AW. Hormone Therapy, Timing of Initiation, and Cognition in Women Aged over 60 years – The REMEMBER Pilot Study.  Menopause  2006; 13(1):28-36).  

 

25.    Melbye H, Stocks N.  Point-of-care testing for C-reactive protein – a new path for Australian GPs?  Australian Family Physician 2006; 35 (7):513-517.

 

26.    Fielding J, Clothier H, Stocks N, Kelly H.  What factors facilitated a GP survey response rate?  Australian Family Physician 2005; 34(10) 895-896.

 

27.    Stocks NP, Allan J, Mansfield P.  Management of hyperlipidemia in general practice.  Australian Family Physician 2005; 34(6) 447-452.

 

28.    Allan JA, Schaefer D, Stocks NP. Creating an improved learning needs survey. Australian Family Physician. 2005;34;84-86.

 

29.    Stocks NP, Branuck-Mayer A, Somerset M, Gunnell D. "Binners, fillers and filers – A qualitative study of GPs who don’t return postal questionnaires" European Journal of General Practice. 2004;10(4):146-151.

 

30.    Stocks NP, Turnidge J, Crockett A.  Lower respiratory tract infections and community acquired pneumonia in adults.  Australian Family Physician 2004; 33:297-301.

 

31.    Paine BJ, Stocks NP, Ramsay EN, Ryan P, Mac Lennan AH for the Wisdom Australia Research team.  Use and perception of Hormone Therapy following media reports of the Women’s Health Initiative: survey of Australian WISDOM participants. Climacteric 2004;7:143-152

 

32.    Stocks NP, Ryan P, McElroy H, Allen J.  Statin prescribing in Australia, socio-economic and gender differences: a cross sectional study.  MJA 2004;180:229-231.

 

33. Stocks NP, McElroy H, Sayer G, Duszynski K. Acute bronchitis in Australian general practice: A prescription too far? Australian Family Physician 2004; 33:91-93.

 

34.    Jones A, Burgess TA, Farmer EA, Fuller J, Stocks NP,  Taylor JE, Waters  R. Building Research Capacity: An Exploratory Model of GPs’ Training Needs and Barriers to Research Involvement.  Australian Family Physician 2003;32(11):957-960.

 

35. Sharp D, Liebenau A, Stocks N, Evans M, Bruce Jones W, Peters T, Bennewith O, Goldberg D, Gunnell D.  Locally developed guidelines for the aftercare of deliberate self harm patients in general practice. Primary Health Care Research and Development 2003;4: 21-28.

 

36.    Gunnell D, Bennewith O, Peters P, Stocks NP, Sharp D.  Do patients who self-harm consult their general practitioner soon after hospital discharge? A cohort study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2002; 37:599-602.

 

37. Stocks NP, Fahey T.  Labelling of acute respiratory illness: evidence of between practitioner variation in the UK.  Family Practice 2002; 19:375-377.

 

38. Stocks N, Fahey T.  Treatment of acute bronchitis by general practitioners in the UK: Results of a cross-sectional postal survey.  Australian Family Physician 2002; 31(7):676-679

 

39. Stocks N, Smith H.  Research Networks in Australia.  Editorial. Australian Family Physician. 2002; 31(2):195-196

 

40. Stocks N, Patel R, Sparrow J, Davey-Smith G.  Prevalence of cataract in the Speedwell Cardiovascular Study: A cross sectional survey of men aged 65-83. Eye 2002, May 16(3): 275-80.

 

41. Bennewith O, Stocks N, Gunnell D, Peters P, Evans M, Sharp D. A cluster randomised controlled trial of a general practice based intervention for the prevention of repeat deliberate self-harm.  BMJ 2002;324:1254-1257. 

 

42. Stocks N, Gunnell D. A chain is as strong as its weakest link but that link could be the subject matter of the questionnaire! (letter)  Family Practice 2002;19:704.

 

43. Stocks NP. Harvey I, Sharp D, Sussman J. The predictive value of a pre-registration card for future health events for first year University students.  European Journal of General Practice. 2001, 7:27-33.

 

44. Bennewith OM, Sharp D, Gunnell D, Peters T, Stocks N. Deliberate self harm is a common reason for Emergency medical admission (letter) BMJ 2001;322:1065.

 

45. Stocks NP, Gunnell D.  What are the characteristics of GPs who routinely fail to return postal questionnaires.  JECH  2000; 54:940-941.

 

46. Stocks NP, Davey-Smith G.  Blood pressure and birthweight in first year University students aged 18-25. Public Health 1999; 113:273-277.

 

47.  Fahey, T, Stocks, N.  Systematic review of trials comparing antibiotic with placebo for acute cough in adults – Reply BMJ 1998; 7164: 1015-1015.

 

48. Fahey T, Stocks NP, Thomas T.  A systematic review of the treatment of upper respiratory tract infection. Archives of Disease in Childhood 1998; 79:225-230.

 

49. Fahey T, Stocks NP, Thomas T.  Quantitative systematic review of randomized controlled trials comparing antibiotic with placebo for acute cough in adults.  BMJ 1998;316:906-910.

Entry last updated: Thursday, 19 May 2011