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PRESENTATIONS

2010

Joint Scientific Meeting of the IEA Western Pacific Region and the Japanese Epidemiological Association, Koshigaya, Japan, January, 2010.

Brewer N, Pearce N, Jeffreys M, Borman B, Ellison-Loschmann L. Does screening history explain the ethnic differences in cervical cancer in New Zealand? J Epidemiol 2010; 20: S51 (abstract).

Claas B, Ellison-Loschmann L, Jeffreys M. Self-reported oral health and access to dental care among pregnant women in Wellington J Epidemiol 2010; 20: S86 (abstract).

Corbin M, McLean D, ‘t Mannetje A, Dryson E, Walls C, McKenzie F, Maule M, Cheng S, Cunningham C, Kromhout H, Blair A, Pearce N. Case-control study of high risk occupations for lung cancer in New Zealand J Epidemiol 2010; 20: S64 (abstract).

Eng A, ‘t Mannetje A, Douwes J, Ellison-Loschmann L, McLean D, Pearce N. Occupational risk factors for chronic bronchitis and asthma in New Zealand J Epidemiol 2010; 20: S85 (abstract).

McKenzie F, Jeffreys M, Ives A. Are there socio-economic inequalities in survival from screen-detected breast cancer? Epidemiol 2010; 20: S57 (abstract).

Pearce N. Epidemiology in a changing world. J Epidemiol 2010; 20: S33 (abstract).

London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine, London, March, 2010.

Pearce N. The analysis of variance and the analysis of causes: issues at the interface between epidemiology and biostatistics.


2009

New Zealand Specialist Asthma Meeting. Auckland, February, 2009.

Douwes J. Effects of the environment on the TH2 pathway.

New Zealand Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Martinborough, May, 2009.
Widanarko B, Legg SJ, Stevenson M, Devereux JJ, Eng A, 't Mannetje A, Cheng S, Douwes J, Ellison-Loschmann L, McLean D, Pearce N. Prevalence of low back pain in relation to age, gender and occupation amongst New Zealand employees.

28th International Epilepsy Congress, Budapest, Hungary, June, 2009.

D’Souza W, Roberts H, Stankovich J, O’Brien T, Cook M, Pearce N. The prevalence and distribution of the idiopathic generalized epilepsies and their seizures in Tasmania, Australia. Epilepsia 2009; 50: 25-26 (abstract).

King Saud University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, July, 2009.

Pearce N. What causes asthma?

Symposium to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the MSc in epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, July, 2009.

Pearce N. Epidemiology in a changing world.

12th International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, Durban, South Africa, August, 2009.

Pearce N. Research at the interface between human and veterinary epidemiology in occupational and environmental health.

XIX Annual Meeting of the Australasian Epidemiological Association, Dunedin, August, 2009.

Brewer N, Pearce N, Jeffreys M, Borman B, Ellison-Loschmann E. Does screening history explain the ethnic differences in stage at diagnosis of cervical cancer? Australasian Epidemiologist 2009; 16.2: 34 (abstract).

Cheng S, Abbott S, Douwes J. Association of microbial contamination in drinking water with asthma, allergy and gastrointestinal illness. Australasian Epidemiologist 2009; 16.2: 43 (abstract).

Corbin M, 't Mannetje A, Maule M, Dryson E, McLean D, Walls C, McKenzie F, Cheng S, Pearce N. Occupational risk factors for lung cancer in New Zealand: preliminary results of a case-control study. Australasian Epidemiologist 2009; 16.2: 33-34 (abstract).

Eng A, Ellison-Loschmann L, 't Mannetje A, Douwes J, McLean D, Pearce N. Ethnic differences in occupational exposure patterns. Australasian Epidemiologist 2009; 16.2: 67 (abstract).

Holmes E, Wright C, Pearce N, Borman B. Occupational mortality in New Zealand males 2001-2005. Australasian Epidemiologist 2009; 16.2: 67 (abstract).

Matheson A. Complexity and feedback: the influence of context on the effectiveness of community-based interventions to reduce health inequalities. Australasian Epidemiologist 2009; 16.2: 73 (abstract).

McLean D, Brooks C, Slater T, Cheng S, Douwes J. Exposure to wood dust, bacterial endotoxin and fungal glucan in New Zealand sawmill workers: effects on respiratory symptoms. Australasian Epidemiologist 2009; 16.2: 66 (abstract).

Van Dalen C, Harding E, Parkin J, Pearce N, Cheng S, Douwes J. BMI and asthma in New Zealand adolescents. Australasian Epidemiologist 2009; 16.2: 49 (abstract).

Public Health Association of New Zealand Annual Conference, Dunedin, September, 2009.

Pearce N. Epidemiology and public health in a changing world.

Pearce N. The future of public health in New Zealand.

International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) Annual Conference, Dublin, September, 2009.

Borman B, White P, Gear I. A spatial case-control study of birth defects and exposure to spraying Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki (Btk) for painted apple moth Teia anartoides, Walker in New Zealand.

RNZCGP Annual Scientific Conference, Wellington October, 2009.

Van Dalen C, Harding E, Parkin J, Pearce N, Cheng S, Douwes J. BMI and asthma in New Zealand adolescents.

Van Dalen C, Harding E, Pearce N. Assessment of asthma control in primary care.

XXXIII Congress of the Italian Association of Epidemiology, Modena, Italy, October, 2009.

Pearce N. The importance of international collaborations: the example of ISAAC.

Inaugural Professorial Public Lecture, Massey University, Wellington, October, 2009.

Douwes J. Prevention of allergies and asthma – lessons from the farm environment.

Australasian Sleep Association 21st Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, Australia October, 2009.

Jay S, Gander P, Eng A, ‘t Mannetje A, Cheng S, Douwes J, Ellison-Loschmann L, McLean D, Pearce N. Hazard prevalence in the workplace and the potential health implications for New Zealanders who do not work the standard work week: a preliminary study.

Fiji Food Summit, Suva, Fiji, October, 2009.

Matheson D. The benefits of a regional approach and a Pacific declaration on Food Security.

Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, November, 2009.

Pearce N. Environmental epidemiology in a changing world.

Bocconi University, Milan, November, 2009.

Matheson D, Matheson A. The social determinants of health and universal health coverage.

ISAAC Symposium, University of Yucatan, Merida, Mexico, November, 2009.

Pearce N. Asthma genetics, and the environment.

63rd Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Boston, MA, USA, December, 2009.

D’Souza WJ, Roberts H, O’Brien T, Pearce N, Cook M. The prevalence and distribution of the idiopathic generalized epilepsies and their seizures in Tasmania, Australia. Epilepsia 2009; 50: 421 (abstract).

Workshop on health equity in the Asia-Pacific region, Taipei, Taiwan, December, 2009.

Matheson D. Australian and New Zealand approaches to health equity.

Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, Wellington, December, 2009.

Matheson D. How the New Zealand health system compares with other countries.

Joint Cancer Council Australia and ACTU Forum on Cancer and the Australian Workplace, Canberra, December, 2009.

McLean D, ‘t Mannetje A, Corbin M, Dryson E, Walls C, Cheng S, McKenzie F, Pearce N. The burden of occupational cancer in New Zealand: 10 years of research at the Centre for Public Health Research.

 

2008

9th South East Asia Regional Scientific Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February, 2008.

Pearce N. Epidemiology in a changing world.

Wellington School of Medicine and Auckland Medical School, February, 2008.

Douwes J. Leaky buildings: what do we know about the health effects.

Wellington Occupational Medicine Interest Group, Wellington, February, 2008.
McLean D. Exposure assessment in occupational epidemiology.

Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, March, 2008.

Pearce N. Corporate influences on epidemiology.

European Respiratory Society, Leuven, Belgium, March 2008.

Douwes J. Storms, floods, damp indoor environments and respiratory morbidity.

Sawmill Workers Against Poisoning (SWAP), Whakatane, May, 2008.

McLean D, Pearce N. Health outcomes in former New Zealand timber workers exposed to pentachlorophenol (PCP).

20th International Conference on Epidemiology in Occupational Health, San Jose, Costa Rica, June, 2008.

McLean D, Eng A, Dryson E, Walls C, Wong KC, Cheng S, 't Mannetje A, Ellison-Loschmann L, Slater T, Shoemack P, Pearce N. Morbidity in former sawmill workers exposed to pentachlorophenol (PCP): a cross-sectional study in New Zealand.

Australian System for Monitoring Asthma Occupational Asthma Workshop, Canberra, August, 2008.

Douwes J. Occupational asthma.

XVIII International Epidemiological Association World Congress of Epidemiology, Porto Alegre, Brazil, September, 2008.

Brewer N, Wright CS, Travier N, Cunningham CW, Hornell J, Pearce N, Jeffreys M. A New Zealand linkage study examining the associations between glycosylated haemoglobin concentration and mortality.

Brewer N, Jeffreys M, White P, Ellison-Loschmann L, Pearce N. Cervical cancer survival in New Zealand.

Ellison-Loschmann L, Plana E, Pearce N, Burney P, Kogevinas M, Anto JM, Sunyer J, on behalf of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey. Clustering of risk factors and socioeconomic status in the European Union Respiratory Health Survey.

Eng A, 't Mannetje A, Douwes J, Ellison-Loschmann L, McLean D, Gander P, Glass B, Laird I, Legg S, Pearce N. Occupational risk factors for asthma in the New Zealand population.

McKenzie F, Ellison-Loschmann L, Pearce N. Ethnic inequalities: lifestyle risk factors and breast cancer survival.

McKenzie F, Jeffreys M, 't Mannetje A, Pearce N. Prognostic factors in women with breast cancer: inequalities by ethnicity and socioeconomic position in New Zealand.

Pearce N. Epidemiology in a changing world.

Pearce N. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC).

Annual Scientific Meeting of NZ Section of Urological Society, Palmerston North, October, 2008.

Pearce N. Epidemiology of bladder cancer in New Zealand.

Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, October, 2008.

Matheson A. "Treating" communities for health inequalities: complexity matters.

Medical Postgraduate Seminar, Casablanca, Morocco, October, 2008.

Pearce N. Environmental causes of asthma.

National Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health (NCEPH) 20th Anniversary Symposium, Canberra, Australia, November, 2008.

Pearce N. Occupational health and safety.

Centre de Recerca en Epidemiologia Ambientale (CREAL), Barcelona, December 2008.

Pearce N. Getting unstuck in environmental and occupational cancer research.

New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (NZCTU), Wellington, December 2008.

Eng A. Self-reported occupational exposures in the New Zealand workforce.

McLean D. Building Research in Occupational Health in New Zealand (BROHNZ).

62nd Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, Seattle, WA, December 2008.

D’Souza WJ, Jeffreys M, Cook M. Marked ethnic disparities in hospitalizations for seizures/epilepsy between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians from 1998-2004.


2007

Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, February, 2007.

Pearce N. What causes asthma?

Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, March, 2007.

Pearce N. Dioxin.

Annual Scientific Meeting of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, Auckland, March 2007.

Douwes J. Epidemiology of non-eosinophilic asthma.

2nd International Congress on "Prediabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome, Barcelona, Spain, April 2007.

Travier N, Jeffreys M, Brewer N, Wright CS, Cunningham CW, Hornell J, Pearce N. Association between glycosylated hemoglobin and cancer risk: A New Zealand linkage study.

Public Health Intelligence, Ministry of Health, Wellington, April, 2007.

Pearce N. Dioxin.

National Cancer Institute, Distinguished Lecture Series in Occupational and Environmental Cancer, Washington, DC, May, 2007.

Pearce N. Methodological issues in cancer epidemiology: ecosystems, populations, cells, and molecules.

Pearce N. Time-related factors in occupational cancer cohort studies.

Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists Annual Scientific Meeting, Alice Springs, May, 2007.

D'Souza WJ, Quinn SJ, Fryer JL, Taylor BV, Ficker DM, O'Brien TJ, Pearce N, Cook MJ. High prevalence of treated epilepsy in the elderly has implications for future health prevention and service delivery in Australia.

D'Souza WJ, Jeffreys M, Cook MJ, Marked ethnic disparities in hospitalisations for seizures/epilepsy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians from 1998-2004.

University of Turin, Italy, June 2007.

't Mannetje A. Agriculture and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: evidence from New Zealand.

Royal New Zealand College of General Practice Annual meeting, Rotorua, July, 2007.

van Dalen Christine, Harding H, Naing T, Pearce N. Spirometric testing for airflow obstruction in young adult asthmatics.

27th International Epilepsy Congress, Singapore, July 2007.

D'Souza W, Quinn S, Fryer J, Taylor B, Ficker D, O'Brien T, Pearce N, Cook M. High prevalence of treated epilepsy in the elderly has implications for future health prevention and treatment. Epilepsia 2007; 48 (suppl 7): 59 (abstract).

Joint Scientific meetings of the Australasian Epidemiological Association and the Epidemiological Association Western Pacific Region, Hobart, Australia, August, 2007.

Brewer N, Jeffreys M, Pearce N. Cervical cancer survival in New Zealand. Australasian Epidemiologist 2007; 14.3: 82 (abstract).

Cook A, Pearce N, Woodward A. Cell phones and brain tumours: a New Zealand case-control study. Australasian Epidemiologist 2007; 14.3: 25 (abstract).

Douwes J, Travier T, Huang K, Cheng S, McKenzie J, Le Gros G, von Mutius E, Pearce N. Lifelong farm exposure may strongly reduce the risk of asthma in adults. Australasian Epidemiologist 2007; 14.3: 94 (abstract).

Ellison-Loschmann L, Benavente Y, Douwes J, Buendia E, Font R, Alvaro T, Kogevinas M, de Sanjose S. Immunoglobulin IgE levels and risk of lymphoma in a case-control study in Spain. Australasian Epidemiologist 2007; 14.3: 84 (abstract).

Eng A, 't Mannetje A, Pearce N. Childhood socioeconomic status and mortality from stroke and ischaemic heart disease in New Zealand. Australasian Epidemiologist 2007; 14.3: 79 (abstract).

Gray M, Ellison-Loschmann L, Pearce N. What works when interviewing Maori. Australasian Epidemiologist 2007; 14.3: 50 (abstract).

McLean D, 't Mannetje A, Cheng S, Slater T, Pearce N.
Mortality in a cohort of former New Zealand sawmill workers. Australasian Epidemiologist 2007; 14.3: 91 (abstract).

Pearce N, Asher I, Strachan D, and the ISAAC Steering Committee. Making an impact on asthma through international collaboration: The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC). Australasian Epidemiologist 2007; 14.3: 23-24 (abstract).

Richiardi L, Baussano I, Vizzini L, Firestone R, Douwes J, Pearce N, Merletti F. Feasibility of recruiting a birth cohort through the Web: the experience of the NINFEA cohort. Australasian Epidemiologist 2007; 14.3: 48 (abstract).

't Mannetje A, Eng A, Pearce N. Farming, growing up on a farm, and the risk of hematologic cancer: a mortality study from New Zealand. Australasian Epidemiologist 2007; 14.3: 86 (abstract).

't Mannetje A, Dryson E, Walls C, McLean D, McKenzie F, Maule M, Cheng S, Cunningham C, Pearce N. High risk occupations for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in New Zealand: case-control study. Australasian Epidemiologist 2007; 14.3: 25 (abstract).

National Diabetes Epidemiology Workshop, Ministry of Health, Wellington, August, 2007.

Pearce N. How do we decide the best methodology for estimating diabetes prevalence?

White B, Chamberlain N, Jeffreys M. Undiagnosed diabetes in Northland.

Wright C, Holmes E. Estimates of undiagnosed diabetes using HbA1c scores from the Hepatitis Foundation Screening Survey 2000

University of Turin, Italy, August 2007.

Brewer N. Cervical cancer in New Zealand.

Australian and New Zealand Association of Occupational Medicine (ANZSOM) Annual Conference, Queenstown, August, 2007

McLean D. Overview of recent occupational health research in New Zealand.

European Respiratory Society, Stockholm, Sweden, September, 2007

Douwes J. Epidemiology of eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic asthma.

Centre de Recerca en Epidemiologia Ambientale (CREAL), Barcelona, October, 2007.

Pearce N. Environmental epidemiology: survival challenges at the interface between science and policy.

Australasian Epidemiological Association (NZ Branch) Annual Workshop, Epidemiological thinking: current ideas in and about epidemiology, Christchurch, October, 2007.

Pearce N. The rise and rise of corporate epidemiology and the narrowing of epidemiology's vision.

Assessorato Regionale Territorio e Ambiente, Palermo, Sicily, October, 2007.

Pearce N. Studi epidemiologici sulla popolazione residente in aree ad elevato rischio di crisi ambientale in Sicilia (Epidemiological studies of populations living in areas at high environmental risk in Sicily).

19th International Conference on Epidemiology in Occupational Health, Banff, Alberta, Canada, October, 2007.

McLean D, Slater T, Cheng S, Pearce N, Douwes J. Respiratory effects of exposure to pine dust in New Zealand sawmill workers.

McLean D, Eng A, Walls C, Dryson E, Harawira J, Brooks C, 't Mannetje A, Gray M, Shoemack P, Pearce N. Serum dioxin levels in former sawmill workers 20 years after exposure to pentachlorophenol (PCP) ceased.

't Mannetje A, Dryson E, Walls C, McLean D, McKenzie F, Maule M, Cheng S, Cunningham C, Pearce N. High risk occupations for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in New Zealand: a case-control study.

Wellington Occupational Medicine Interest Group, Petone, October, 2007

McLean D. Epidemiology in occupational health research.

PHI-Pacific Health Joint Analytical Workshop, Wellington, October, 2007.

Foliaki S, Pearce N. Asthma in the Pacific.

Pearce N, Firestone R, Foliaki S, Brewer N, Ellison-Loschmann L. Cancer in Pacific peoples.

School of Public Health Symposium: Charting a Course: exploring directions in public health, Alberta, Canada, November, 2007.

Sithole F, Douwes J, Burstyn I, Veugelers PJ. Body mass index and childhood asthma: a linear association?

22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Epilepsy Society of Australia, Adelaide, November, 2007.

D'Souza WJ, Jeffreys M, Cook MJ, Marked ethnic disparities in hospitalisations for seizures/epilepsy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians from 1998-2004.

 

2006

4th Annual Scientific Conference of the Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine (ASBHM), Auckland, New Zealand, February 2006.

Douwes J. The global epidemiology of childhood asthma.

Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, March 2006.

Douwes J. Asthma and the hygiene hypothesis - are we too clean?

American Association for Cancer Research, Washington, DC, April, 2006.

De Sanjose S, Ellison-Loschmann L, Benavente Y, Buendia E, Font R, Douwes J, Pearce N, Kogevinas M, Cozen W. Immunoglobulin E levels prior to treatment and risk of lymphomas in a case-control study in Spain.

Department of Sociology, University of Auckland, May 2006.

Pearce N. Epidemiology as a population science.

28th ICOH International Congress on Occupational Health, Milan, Italy, June 2006.

McLean D, Bennett H, Eng A, Pearce N, Douwes J. High dust and bacterial endotoxin exposures in poultry processing - a respiratory health risk?

European Respiratory Society Annual Congress, Munich, Germany, September 2006.

Van Dalen CJ, Douwes J, Pearce N, Cheng SK, Harding E, Sethilmohan R, Kettle AJ. Inflammatory cell activation in eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic asthma. Eur Respir J, in press (abstract).

Douwes J. Farming and asthma - is continued exposure required to maintain optimal protection?

International Conference on Environmental Epidemiology & Exposure (ISEE/ISEA), Paris, France, September 2006.

Ellison-Loschmann L, Kogevinas M, Sunyer J, Plana E, Pearce N, Zock J-P, Jarvis D, Anto JM. Socioeconomic status, asthma and bronchitis in a large community-based study. Epidemiol 2006; 17: S209 (abstract).

XVI Annual Meeting of the Australasian Epidemiological Association, Melbourne, Australia, September, 2006

Brewer N, Banbury E, McKenzie F, Jeffreys M. EA comparison of cervical screening performance indicators used in New Zealand and internationally. Australasian Epidemiologist 2006; 13.3: 71 (abstract).

Brewer N, Jeffreys M, Pearce N. Estimates of the population-attributable fractions of major risk factors for cancer in New Zealand. Australasian Epidemiologist 2006; 13.3: 70 (abstract).

Douwes J, Cheng S, Travier N, Cohet C, Niesink A, McKenzie J, Cunningham C, Le Gros G, von Mutius E, Pearce N. Farm exposure in utero may protect against asthma, hay fever and eczema: a cross-sectional study in New Zealand. Australasian Epidemiologist 2006; 13.3: 31 (abstract).

Douwes J, Travier N, Cheng S, Pearce N. Early and current paracetamol use is a risk factor for asthma? A cross-sectional study in rural New Zealand children. Australasian Epidemiologist 2006; 13.3: 90 (abstract).

Douwes J, van Dalen C, Harding E, Gibson P, Simpson J, Zacharfasiewicz A, Harper J, Le Gros G, Pearce N. Airway inflammation in childhood asthma: the contribution of non-allergic mechanisms. Australasian Epidemiologist 2006; 13.3: 32 (abstract).

Eng A, 't Mannetje A, Douwes J, Ellison-Loschmann E, Gander P, Glass B, Laird I, Legg S, McLean D, Pearce N. Occupational risk factors for asthma in the New Zealand population. Australasian Epidemiologist 2006; 13.3: 33 (abstract).

McKenzie F, Jeffreys M, Pearce N. Breast cancer characteristics by ethnicity and deprivation index - preliminary results. Australasian Epidemiologist 2006; 13.3: 69 (abstract).

McLean D, Bennett H, Eng A, Pearce N, Douwes J. Occupational exposures to organic dust and bacterial endotoxin in the New Zealand poultry processing industry. Australasian Epidemiologist 2006; 13.3: 33 (abstract).

Pearce N
. Observational epidemiology vs clinical trials: do we want to ask the wrong questions and answer them well, or to ask the right questions and answer them badly? Australasian Epidemiologist 2006; 13.3: 18 (abstract).

't Mannetje A, Eng A, Douwes J, Ellison-Loschmann L, Gander P, Glass B, Laird I, Legg S, McLean D, Pearce N. Determinants of participation in an occupational health survey in New Zealand. Australasian Epidemiologist 2006; 13.3: 106 (abstract).

Travier N, Cheng S, Huang K, Pearce N, Douwes J. Obesity and asthma in children and adults: a cross-sectional study in rural New Zealanders. Australasian Epidemiologist 2006; 13.3: 88 (abstract).

Second Annual Newcastle Asthma Meeting, Newcastle, Australia, September 2006.

Douwes J. Asthma and the hygiene hypothesis - are we too clean?

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Triangle Research Park, North Carolina, USA, September, 2006.

Douwes J. How important is timing of exposure in protecting against asthma? A study in New Zealand farming families?

Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA, September, 2006.

Douwes J. How important is timing of exposure in protecting against asthma? A study in New Zealand farming families?

International Agricultural Cohort Consortium Meeting, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA, September, 2006.

Douwes J. Farming, allergies and asthma.

National Institute for Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway, USA, September, 2006.

Douwes J. Does farming prevent asthma?

Tu Kotahi Maori Asthma trust Training Day, Kokiri Marae, Seaview, October, 2006.

Pearce N, Fox B. The Maori Asthma Review and the Wairarapa Maori Asthma Project.

Postgraduate Seminar, Medical School, University of Santiago de Chile, November, 2006.

Pearce N. Asthma, genetics, and the environment.

Geohealth2006, Nelson, November, 2006.

Pearce N. International comparisons of asthma.

 

2005

BreastScreen Aotearoa Advisory Group, New Zealand, February 2005.

Jeffreys M, Stevanovic V, Tobias M, Lewis C, Ellison-Loschmann L, Pearce N, Blakely T. Ethnic Inequalities in Cancer Survival in New Zealand.

University of Turin, Italy, February 2005.

Pearce N. Analysis of time-related variables.

Cancer Treatment Working Party, New Zealand, March 2005.

Jeffreys M, Stevanovic V, Tobias M, Lewis C, Ellison-Loschmann L, Pearce N, Blakely T. Ethnic Inequalities in Cancer Survival in New Zealand.

University of Milan, Milan, Italy, March 2005.

Pearce N. Why is asthma prevalence (no longer) increasing?

University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, March 2005.

Pearce N. Why is asthma prevalence (no longer) increasing?

University of Turin, Turin, Italy, April 2005.

Pearce N. Why is asthma prevalence (no longer) increasing?

Osservatorio Epidemiologico Regionale, Roma, Italy, April 2005.

Pearce N. Why is asthma prevalence (no longer) increasing?

Italian Epidemiology Association Annual Meeting, Taranto, Italy, April 2005.

Pearce N. Methodological aspects in environmental epidemiology.

Municipal Institute of Medical Reseach (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain, May 2005.

Pearce N. Why is asthma prevalence (no longer) increasing?

Studi Italiani sui Disturbi Respiratori nell' Infanzia (SIDRIA), Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy, May 2005.

Pearce N. Preliminary findings from ISAAC Phase III.

University of Turin, Italy, May 2005.

Ellison-Loschmann L. Asthma in Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Istituo Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy, June 2005.

Pearce N. Epidemiology as a population science.

Mid-Winter Dialogues, Christchurch School of Medicine, New Zealand, June 2005.

Jeffreys M , Stevanovic V, Tobias M, Lewis C, Ellison-Loschmann L, Pearce N, Blakely T. Ethnic Inequalities in Cancer Survival in New Zealand.

AEA Workshop Epidemiology and Child Health, Wellington, New Zealand, July 2005.

Jeffreys M, Galobardes B, Smith GD, McCarron P. Long term outcomes of childhood deprivation.

17th World Congress of Epidemiology, Bangkok, Thailand, August 2005.

Pearce N, Ait-Khaled N, Beasley R, Mallol J, Keil U, Mitchell E, Robertson C, and the ISAAC Phase III Study Group. Worldwide trends in the prevalence of asthma symptoms: Phase III of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC).

Pearce N. Genetics, race, ethnicity and health.

17th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2005.

Galassi C, Migliore E, Pearce N, Douwes J, Bugiani M, Galletti G, Russo A, Ciccone C, and the SIDRIA-2 Collaborative Group. Prevalence of asthma in migrant and non-migrant children in Italy.

Migliore E, Berti G, Galassi C Forastiere F, Pearce N, Viegi G, Ciccone G and the SIDRIA-2 Collaborative Group. Car and truck truck traffic and adverse effects on respiratory health in childhood: the results of a large Italian multicentre survey (Sidria 2). Epidemiol 2005; 16: S142 (abstract).

17th EPICOH Congress on Epidemiology in Occupational health, Bergen, Norway, September 2005.

Douwes J, Pearce N. Can exposure to microbial agents reverse allergic immune responses?

McLean D , Prause M, Fransman W, Travier N, Douwes J, Pearce N. Formaldehyde exposure and respiratory symptoms in New Zealand plywood mill workers.

't Mannetje A, Pearce N. Bladder cancer risk in sales workers: artefact or cause for concern?

XV Annual Meeting of the Australasian Epidemiological Association, Newcastle, Australia, October, 2005

Badkar J, Jeffreys M. Trends in cancer incidence and mortality in Asian New Zealanders. Australasian Epidemiologist 2005; 12: 59 (abstract).

Brewer N, Jeffreys M, Travier N, Wright C, Cunningham C, Hornell J, Pearce N. A New Zealand linkage study examining the association between glycosylated haemoglobin concentration, mortality and hospital usage. Australasian Epidemiologist 2005; 12: 21 (abstract).

Jeffreys M, Stevanovic V, Sarfati D, Tobias M, Lewis C, Pearce N, Blakely T. Socioeconomic inequalities in cancer survival in New Zealand. Australasian Epidemiologist 2005; 12: 60 (abstract).

Jeffreys M, Travier N,
Wright C, Brewer N, Cunningham C, Hornell J, Pearce N. The burden of undiagnosed diabetes in New Zealand. Australasian Epidemiologist 2005; 12: 21 (abstract).

McKenzie F, Dryson E, McLean D, 't Mannetje A, Cheng S, Walls C, Pearce N. Occupation and bladder cancer: a New Zealand Cancer Registry-based case-control study. Australasian Epidemiologist 2005; 12: 62 (abstract).

McLean D, Dryson E, 't Mannetje A, Cheng S, Walls C, McKenzie F, Pearce N. Occupation and Leukaemia: preliminary results from a New Zealand cancer registry-based case-control study. Australasian Epidemiologist 2005; 12: 52 (abstract).

Pearce N,
Ait-Khaled N, Beasley R, Mallol J, Keil U, Mitchell E, Robertson C, and the ISAAC Phase III Study Group. Worldwide trends in the prevalence of asthma symptoms: Phase III of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC). Australasian Epidemiologist 2005; 12: 22 (abstract).

Pearce N, Jeffreys M, Brewer NJ. Socioeconomic inequalities in cancer in Australia and New Zealand. Australasian Epidemiologist 2005; 12: 34 (abstract).

't Mannetje A, Dryson E, McLean D, Walls C, McKenzie F, Cheng S, Pearce N. Occupational risk factors for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in New Zealand. Preliminary results of a case-control study. Australasian Epidemiologist 2005; 12: 52 (abstract).

Travier N, Jeffreys M, Brewer N, Wright C, Cunningham C, Hornell J, Pearce N. Association between glycylated haemoglobin and cancer risk: a New Zealand linkage study. Australasian Epidemiologist 2005; 12: 31 (abstract).

10th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, 1st Joint Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology & American College of Chest Physicians, Guangzhou, China, November, 2005

Pearce N. Global time trends in asthma.

School of Population Health, University of Auckland, November 2005.

Pearce N. Dioxin.

Royal Society of New Zealand, Dunedin, November, 2006.

Pearce N. What causes asthma?

 

2004

International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, February 2004.

McLean D. Mortality and cancer incidence in New Zealand meat workers.

Pearce N. Clues to NHL aetiology from epidemiologic studies of asthma.

University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 2004.

Pearce N. Epidemiologic studies of asthma in children.

University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, February 2004.

Pearce N. Why is asthma prevalence increasing?

Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, March 2004.

Pearce N. Why is asthma prevalence increasing?

Ministry of Health, Tonga, March, 2004.

Pearce N. Beta agonists and asthma deaths.

School of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston North, March 2004.

Pearce N. Epidemiology and public health in the 21st century.

Environmental Sciences and Research (ESR), Kenepuru, May 2004.

Douwes J. Does endotoxin exposure protect against allergies and asthma?.

2nd International Breast Densitometry Workshop, San Francisco, June 2004.

Jeffreys M. Body size across the lifecourse and adult mammographic appearance using conventional and novel techniques(SMF): a historical cohort study.

International Conference X2004: Exposure assessment in a changing environment. Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 2004.

Bowman JD, Conover DL, McLean D, Nadon L, Vecchia P, Deltour I, Cardis E. Methods of assessing occupational exposures to electric and magnetic fields for the INTERPHONE study of mobile phones and cancers of the head. Arbo Wetenschap 2004; suppl 2; 8-2 (abstract).

't Mannetje A, Fevotte J, Fletcher T, Brennan B, Boffetta P. Dealing with uncertainty in expert assessment of occupational exposures. Experiences from a multicentre case-control study. Arbo Wetenschap 2004; suppl 2; 11 (abstract).

't Mannetje A, McLean D, Pearce N. The development of a job-exposure-matrix for New Zealand. Arbo Wetenschap 2004; suppl 2; 38 (abstract).

Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Annual Conference, Wellington, July 2004

Moala A, Manu A, Allan-Moeataua A. Knowledge and attitudes towards tuberculosis among Pacific peoples.

van Dalen C, Harding E, Parkin J, Pearce N, Blakey K, Cheng S, Douwes J. Lung function and asthma medication use in a group of Wellington adolescents.

NZ Council for Educational Research, Wellington, August, 2004

Pearce N. Issues and challenges of research into socioeconomic differences in health.

Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine Annual Conference, Christchurch, September 2004

Dryson E. The OSH Cancer Study - an update.

Dryson E. NOHSAC - the future of occupational health and safety in New Zealand.

McLean D. Cancer in meat workers.

Rising Stars of Health Research. Parliament Buildings, Wellington, September 2004

Ellison-Loschmann L. Asthma in Maori.

Massey University School of People, Environment and Planning, Palmerston North,, September 2004

Pearce N. The social determinants of asthma.

Third Conference on Epidemiological Longitudinal Studies in Europe (CELSE-3), Bristol September 24, 2004

Jeffreys M. Life course weight patterns and adult onset diabetes: the Glasgow Alumni Cohort.

Australian Society for Microbiology and the Australasian Mycological Society joint Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia, September 2004

Douwes J. Indoor fungi, exposure assessment and non-allergic respiratory disease: progress and prospects.

16th EPICOH Congress on Epidemiology in Occupational health, Melbourne, Australia, October 2004

Douwes J, McLean D, Slater T, Travier N, Cheng S, N Pearce. Occupational asthma in New Zealand pine processing saw mill workers: a case-control study. Occup Environ Med 2004; 61: e34 (abstract).

Douwes J, Pearce N. How useful are induced sputum and exhaled breath condensate methods in epidemiological studies of occupational asthma? Occup Environ Med 2004; 61: e25 (abstract).

Douwes J. Does farming prevent allergies and asthma? Occup Environ Med 2004; 61: e54 (abstract).

't Mannetje A, McLean D, Cheng S, Boffetta P, Colin D, Pearce N. Mortality in New Zealand workers exposed to phenoxy herbicides and dioxins. Occup Environ Med 2004; 61: e28 (abstract).

't Mannetje A, McLean D, Pearce N. The New Zealand Job-Exposure-Matrix (NZJEM). JEM. Occup Environ Med 2004; 61: e31 (abstract).

't Mannetje A, Pearce N. Quantitative estimates of work-related death, disease and injury in New Zealand. Occup Environ Med 2004; 61: e49 (abstract).

Pearce N, Dryson E, Walls C, 't Mannetje A, McLean D. Surveillance of occupational cancer in New Zealand. Occup Environ Med 2004; 61: e35 (abstract).

Paediatric Society of New Zealand Annual Conference, October 2004

Asher MI, Ellwood P, Clayton T, MacKay R, Mitchell E, Moyes C, Pattemore P, Pearce N, Stewart A, Crane J and the ISAAC New Zealand Phase One and Phase Three Study Groups. Is the prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and atopic eczema symptoms in adolescents and children still increasing in New Zealand?

XIV Annual Meeting of the Australasian Epidemiological Association, Adelaide, Australia, October, 2004

Douwes J, McLean D, Slater T, Travier N, Cheng S, Pearce N. Occupational asthma in New Zealand pine processing saw mill workers. Australasian Epidemiologist 2004; 11.3; 39 (abstract).

Gray M, Ellison-Loschmann L. Factors affecting asthma severity in Maori adolescents. Australasian Epidemiologist 2004; 11.3; 59 (abstract).

Jeffreys M, Stevanovic V, Tobias M, Lewis C, Ellison-Loschmann L, Pearce N. Ethnic differences in cancer survival in New Zealand. Australasian Epidemiologist 2004; 11.3; 19 (abstract).

Mannetje A, McLean D, Cheng S, Boffetta P, Colin D, Pearce N. Mortality in New Zealand workers exposed to phenoxy herbicides and dioxins. Australasian Epidemiologist 2004; 11.3; 38-9 (abstract).

Pearce N. Epidemiology in uncertain times.

Van Dalen C, Harding E, Parkin J, Pearce N, Blakey K, Douwes J. Lung function and asthma medication use in a group of Wellington adolescents. Australasian Epidemiologist 2004; 11.3; 20 (abstract).

Beijing International Forum for Epilepsy, Beijing, China, October 2004

D'Souza WJ. The epidemiology of epilepsy: revisited in a representative community-based population in Tasmania, Australia

Epilepsy Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, November 2004

D'Souza WJ, Fryer J, Dwyer T, O'Brien TJ, Ficker DM, Taylor B, Pearce N, Cook MJ. The Tasmanian Epilepsy Register: a representative community cohort of treated epilepsy.

Postgraduate Symposium, Tongan Medical Association and International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), Nuku'alofa, Tonga, November 2004

Foliaki S, Fakakovikaetau T. The Tonga asthma self-management project.

 

2003

Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, February 2003.

Douwes J. Does bacterial endotoxin prevent asthma? Results of the PIAMA birth cohort study

Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, April 2003.

Pearce N, McLean D. Cancer in agricultural workers

Australian Association of Neurologists Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia, May 2003.

Mulcahy N, D'Souza W, O'Brien T, Dwyer T, Taylor B, Ficker D, Pearce N, Cook M. Establishing a community-based epilepsy register in Tasmania

Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, June 2003.

Cohet C. Polymorphisms in the AGT gene and lung cancer risk in non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke

Annual Conference of the Public Health Association of New Zealand, Turangawaewae Marae, Ngaruawahia, July 2003.

Kiro C, Barton R, Johannsen H, Tauroa P, Hassall I, Steele J. Te hauora o nga tamariki o Whaingaroa: a community case study

Kiro C, Langford B, Ratima K. Waiora: the effect of environmental factors on the health of New Zealanders

XIII Annual Meeting of the Australasian Epidemiological Association, Perth, Australia, September 2003.

Berry R, McLean D, Pearce N, Dryson E, Walls C. Registry-based case-control study of occupational cancer in adult New Zealanders. Australasian Epidemiologist 2003; 10: 58 (abstract).

Cohet C, Cheng S, Macdonald C, Baker M, Douwes J, Pearce N. Infections, medication use and asthma in childhood. Australasian Epidemiologist 2003; 10: 55-56 (abstract).

Ellison-Loschmann L, King R, Pearce N. Regional variations in asthma hospitalisations among Maori and non-Maori. Australasian Epidemiologist 2003; 10: 55 (abstract).

Foliaki F, Kildegaard Nielsen S, Bjorksten B, von Mutius E, Cheng S, Pearce N, and the ISAAC Phase I Study Group. Antibiotic sales and the prevalence of symptoms of asthma, rhinitis and eczema: The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC). Australasian Epidemiologist 2003; 10: 56 (abstract).

Harding E, Douwes J, Gibson P, Simpson J, van Dalen C, Parkin J, Le Gros G, Cohet C, Pearce N. How feasible is sputum induction for assessing airway inflammation in children? Australasian Epidemiologist 2003; 10: 55 (abstract).

Jeffreys M, Warren R, Gunnell D, McCarron P, Davey Smith G. Body mass index in young adulthood and breast cancer risk. Australasian Epidemiologist 2003; 10: 17(abstract).

McLean D, Cheng S, Pearce N. Mortality and cancer incidence in meat workers. Australasian Epidemiologist 2003; 10: 27(abstract).

15th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Perth, Australia, September 2003.

Douwes J, van Strien R, Doekes G, Smit J, Kerkhof M, Gerritsen J, Aalberse R, Niejens H, de Jongste J, Brunekreef B. Early indoor microbial exposure lowers the risk of asthma: the PIAMA birth cohort study. Epidemiol 2003; 14: S46 (abstract).

't Mannetje A, Brennan P, Zaridze D, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Rudnai P, Lissowska J, Fabiánová E, Youngson K, Mates D, Bencko V. Occupational exposure to metal compounds and lung cancer: results from a multi-centre case-control study in Central/Eastern Europe and UK. Epidemiol 2003; 14: S25 (abstract).

Airway Research Centre, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia, September 2003.

Douwes J. Early indoor microbial exposure lowers the risk of asthma: the PIAMA birth cohort study.

Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia, October 2003.

Douwes J. Early indoor microbial exposure lowers the risk of asthma: the PIAMA birth cohort study.

Postgraduate Seminar, Kenya Medical Research Institute, November, 2003.

Pearce N. Lessons from ISAAC
.

 

2002

European Respiratory Society Research Seminar on Post Genome Respiratory Epidemiology, Paris, France, January 2002.

Pearce N. The impact of recent genetic trends on the performance of epidemiology.

International Scientific Meeting of the International Occupational Hygiene Association, Bergen, Norway, June 2002.

Douwes J. Bioaerosols: health effects, monitoring and evaluation.

International Sociology Association World Congress, Brisbane, July 2002.

Sporle A, Pearce N, Davis P. The interaction between socio-economic position and ethnicity in health inequality

XVI IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Montreal, Canada, August 2002.

Pearce N. International health and international epidemiology.

National Maori Asthma Hui, Wainuiomata Marae, Wainuiomata, August 2002.

Pearce N. The Maori Asthma Review

Ellison-Loschmann L. Time trends and regional differences in asthma in Maori

XII Annual Meeting of the Australasian Epidemiological Association, Wellington, September 2002.

Blakely TA, Woodward AW, Pearce NE, Salmond C, Kiro C, David P, Atkinson J, Collings S, O'Dea, Blaiklock A. New Zealand Census-Mortality Study findings for 1991-94: Socio-economic factors and mortality, unemployment and suicide, income inequality and mortality. Australasian Epidemiologist 2002; 9.3: 26 (abstract).

Cook A, Woodward A, Pearce N. Cellular telephone use and incidence trends for brain, head and neck tumours. Australasian Epidemiologist 2002; 9.3: 21 (abstract).

Foliaki S, Pearce N, Potoi N, Waqatakirewa L, Paka H, Fakakovi T. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) in the Pacific. Australasian Epidemiologist 2002; 9.3: 34 (abstract).

Fransman W, McLean D, Douwes J, Pearce N. Respiratory symptoms and occupational exposure in New Zealand plywood mill workers. Australian Epidemiologist, 2002; 9.3: 15 (abstract).

McLean D, Teschke, K, Kauppinen T, Andersen A, Jappinen P, Szadkowska-Stanczyk I, Pearce N, Persson B, Bergeret A, Facchini LA, Kishi R, Kielkowski D, Rix BA, Nenneberger P, Sunyer J, Colin D, Kogevinas M, Boffetta P. Mortality from cancer of workers exposed to oranochlorines in the pulp and paper industry. Australasian Epidemiologist 2002; 9.3: 15(abstract).

16th EPICOH Congress on Epidemiology in Occupational health, Barcelona, Spain, September 2002.

Fransman W, McLean D, Douwes J, Demers P, Leung V, Pearce N. Respiratory symptoms and occupational exposure in New Zealand plywood mill workers. Med Lav 2002; 93: 451 (abstract).

International Symposium on Agricultural Exposures and Cancer, Oxford, United Kingdom, November 2002.

Pearce N. Agricultural exposures and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

 

2001

New Zealand Nurses Organisation Nursing Research Section conference, March 2001.

Wilson H. Partnership and power in Plunket nursing practice.

Ministry of Health, Wellington, May 2001.

Pearce N. The future of epidemiology

Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2001.

Pearce N. Why is asthma prevalence increasing?

Pasifika Medical Association Annual Conference, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, July 2001.

Pearce N. Asthma in the Pacific

Pearce N. Public Health in the Pacific

Australasian Epidemiological Association Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia, September 2001.

Bethwaite P, McLean D, Kennedy J, Pearce N. Adult-onset acute leukemia and employment in the meat industry: a New Zealand case-control study. Australiasian Epidemiologist 2001; 8.3 :17 (abstract)

Thirteenth conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Garmisch Parlekirchen, Germany, September 2001.

Douwes J, Pearce N, Heederik D. Health effects of endotoxin: An overview.

Grace Neill Memorial Lecture Series Victoria University, Wellington, October 2001.

Ramsden I. Nursing: is there a problem?

New Zealand/Australia Health Services and Policy Research Conference, Wellington, December 2001

Pearce N. Research funding - trends and challenges.

 

2000

Symposium on The future of epidemiology. International Epidemiology Association European Regional Meeting, Kaunas, Lithuania, September 2000.

Pearce N. Public Health Epidemiology

Congres sur l'asthme et les Maladies Respiratoires, Noumea, New Caledonia, October 2000.

Pearce N. ISAAC in the Pacific

Australasian Epidemiology Association Annual Meeting, Canberra, Australia, November 2000.

Pearce N. The future of epidemiology


LECTURES

Why is asthma prevalence increasing?

Symposuim on Health Impact Assessment. March 2004

Symposium on Priorities in Occupational Health and Safety. September 2002

Symposium on Explanations for Socio-economic Differences in Health. August 2001

 

 

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