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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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