Professor and Head Peng Bi

Awards & Achievements

MBBS (AMU), Ph D (QLD)

Teaching Interests

Co-codinator, Public Health Sciences II

Co-ordinator, Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases

Research Interests

Environmental Epidemiology

Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Emergency Public Health Event Response

Research Funding

 Research Grants in Last Five Years

      1.      Bi P, Newbury J, Robinson G, Pisaniello D, Saniotis A. Assisting rural communities in South Australia adapt to the health challenges of increasing temperatures and climate change ARC Discovery Project 2012-13

2.      Bi P, Walker I, Nitschke M, Saniotis A, Hansen A, Zhang Y, Hodgetts K. Cognitive and affective barriers to climate change adaptation: Exploring the risk and adaptation appraisals of South Australians to different climate risks. National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility and Australian Government Department of Climate Change.

3.      Bi P, Zhang Y, Dear K, Pisaniello D, Weinstein P, Nitschke M, Tucker G, Shakib S. The unfold story of 2009 Adelaide heatwave: risk factors for morbidity and mortality. ARC Linkage Project 2011-13

4.      Bi P, Saniotis A, Bensen J, Tan Y, Nitschke M, Wilson L, Han G, Smyth V, Hansen A. Extreme heat and climate change: adaptation in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. 2011-12, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility and Australian Government Department of Climate Change

5.      Bi P, Kralik D, Arbon P, Pisaniello D, McAslan A, Nitschke M. Building community resilience to deal with health impact of extreme heat events in South Australia. 2011-12, Australian National Natural Disaster Resilience Program supported by the Australian Government Department of Attorney General

6.      Bi P, Pisaniello D, Kitson A, Newbury J, Nitschke M, Keen B. Adaptive capabilities in the elderly during extreme heat events in South Australia ARC linkage project 2010-11.

7.      Bi P, Hiller JE, Ryan P, Roder D, Han G. Change disease pattern amongst migrants: A focus on national health priority areas. ARC linkage project 2008-10.

8.      Bi P; Pisaniello D; Parton K; Weinstein P; Han G; Nitschke M; Saniotis A: Heatwaves,    population health, and emergency management in Australia‑a qualitative study. ARC linkage project 2009-10.

9.  Bi P, Ryan P, Weinstein P, Pisaniello D, Parton K, Moss J, Braunack-Mayer A. Heatwaves and Population health in Australia major cities: Risk assessment and strategy exploration. ARC Discovery project 

 

Publications

Selected Publications in Last Five Years:

1. Williams S, Nitschke M, Parton KA, Weinstein P, Bi P. The Impact of Summer Temperatures and Heatwaves on Mortality and Morbidity in Perth, Australia 1994-2008 Environment International, 2012, 40:33-38

2. Hansen A, Bi P, Nitschke M, Pisaniello D, Ryan P, Sullivan T, Barnett A. Particulate air pollution and cardiorespiratory hospital admissions in a temperate Australian city: A case-crossover analysis. Sciences of The Total Environment, 2012, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.027 

3. Williams S, Nitschke M, Parton KA, Weinstein P, Bi P. Heat and Health in Adelaide, South Australia Sciences of The Total Environment, 2011 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.038

4. Anikeeva O, Bi P, Hiller JE, Ryan P, Roder D, Han GS. Trends in cancer mortality rates amongst migrants in Australia: 1981-2007, Cancer Epidemiology, 2011 In press

5. Nitschke M, Tucker G, Hansen A, Williams S, Zhang Y, Bi P. Impact of two recent extreme heat episodes on morbidity and mortality in Adelaide, South Australia: a case-series analysis. BMC Environmental Health, 2011: in Press

6. Bi P, Williams S, Loughnan M, Lloyd G, Hansen A, Kjellstrom T, Dear K, Saniotis A. The effects of extreme heat on human mortality and morbidity in Australia: implications for public health, Asian and Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2011, 23: s27-36

7. Zhang Y, Bi P, Hiller J. Meteorological variables and malaria in a Chinese temperate city: A 20 year time-series data analysis, Environment International 2010; 36:439-45

8. Zhang W, Guo W, Li C, Fang L, Bi P, Glass G, Tong S, Cao W. Climate variability and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome transmission in north-eastern China. Environmental Health Perspectives 2010, 118: 915-920

9. Zhang Y, Bi P, Hiller JE. Climate variability and Salmonella infections: A comparison between tropical and sub-tropical regions in Australia. Sciences of Total Environment  2010; 408: 524-530

10. Bi P, Hiller J, Cameron S, Zhang Y. Climate variability and Ross River virus infections in the Riverland, South Australia, 1992-2004. Epidemiology and Infection, 2009; 137: 1486-1493

11. Miller E, Bi P, Ryan P. HCV infection in South Australian prisoners: seroprevalence, seroconversion and risk factors. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2009; 13: 201-208

12. Hansen A, Bi P, Ryan P, Nitschke M, Pisaniello D, Tucker G.  The Effect of Heatwaves on Hospital Admissions for Renal Disease in a Temperate City of Australia. International Journal of Epidemiology 2008; 37:1359-65

13. Bi P, Cameron AS, Zhang Y, Parton KA. Weather and notified Campylobacter infections in temperate and sub-tropical regions of Australia: An ecological study. Journal of Infection 2008, 57(4):317-23

14. Hansen A, Bi P, Ryan P, Nitschke M, Pisaniello D, Tucker G. The effect of heat waves on mental health in a temperate Australian City Environmental Health Perspectives 2008; 116 (10):1369-75

15. Zhang D, Bi P, Hiller JE. Demographic and behavioral differences between Internet and community samples of men who have sex with men: implications for HIV/AIDS behavioral surveillance in China. AIDS Care 2008; 20 (9): 1128-37

16. Nitschke M, Tucker G, Bi P. Morbidity and mortality during heatwaves in metropolitan Adelaide. Medical Journal of Australia 2007; 187 (11/12): 662-665

17. Zhang D, Bi P, Lv F, Tang H, Zhang J, Hiller JE. Internet use and risk behaviour: an online survey of visitors to three gay websites in China. Sexually Transmissible Infections 2007; 83: 571-576

18. Zhang D, Bi P, Lv F, Zhang J, Hiller JE. Changes in HIV Prevalence and Sexual Behavior among Men Who Have Sex with Men in a Northern Chinese City: 2002-2006 Journal of Infection 2007; 55:456-463

19. Miller E, Bi P, Ryan P. The prevalence of HCV antibody in South Australia prisons. Journal of Infection 2006; 53 (2):125-130

20. Bi P, Tully P, Pearce S, Hiller JE. Occupationally Acquired Blood and Body Fluid Exposure in an Australian Tertiary Hospital. Epidemiology and Infection 2006; 134 (3): 465-471

Expertise for Media Contact

Categories	Health (allied health)
Expertise	Climate change and population health; environmental epidemiology; infectious disease epidemiology
Notes	Alt phone: (08) 8303 4637

Entry last updated: Sunday, 5 Feb 2012