Dr Robert Hall - Researcher Profile

Biography

Robert Hall graduated in medicine from Sydney University in 1978.  He has worked in public health for over 30 years, at local, State, national and international levels.  In the early 1980s he worked for 4 years in the Northern Territory in Aboriginal health, including at the Urapuntja Health Service at Utopia Station.  Since then, he has worked in communicable disease control at the Commonwealth Department of Health, where he edited Communicable Diseases Intelligence, and was Director of Communicable Disease Control in South Australia. He was Director of Public Health in Victoria.  He joined the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine in 2007.  Dr Hall has been a member of several National Health and Medical Research Council committees, including the Council.  He is currently chair of the Technical Advisory Committee on Immunization and Vaccine Preventable Diseases for the Western Pacific Region of the WHO. He is the coordinator of the Master of Public Health and Doctor of Public Health programmes.

Qualifications

GCHE

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2011

DIP RACOG

Institution: Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Year awarded: 2011

FAFPHM

Institution: Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the RACP

Year awarded: 1990

FRACMA

Institution: Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators

Year awarded: 1988

MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Institution: Sydney Unviersity

Year awarded: 1986

MEDICINE & SURGERY

Institution: Sydney University

Year awarded: 1978

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1975

Publications

Book Chapters

Cochi, S., Dowdle, W., Strebel, P., Ottesen, E., de Quadros, C., Guirguis, S., Hall, R., Muller, L., Narain, J., Wichmann, O., 2011, Group report: assessing the feasibility of an eradication initiative, in Disease Eradication in the 21st Century: Implications for Global Health, eds Stephen L. Cochi, Walter R. Dowdle, MIT Press, USA, pp. 89-100.

Hall, R., 2011, Political and social determinants of disease and eradication, in Disease Eradication in the 21st Century: Implications for Global Health, eds Stephen L Cochi and Walter R Dowdle, MIT Press, USA, pp. 47-61.

Journal Articles

Li, H., Oldenburg, B.F., Chamberlain, C., O'Neil, A., Xue, B., Jolley, D.J., Hall, R.G., Dong, Z., Guo, Y., 2012, Diabetes prevalence and determinants in adults in China mainland from 2000 to 2010: a systematic review, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice [P], vol 98, issue 2, Elsevier Ireland Ltd, Ireland, pp. 226-235.

Fletcher, G., Fredericks, B., Adams, K., Finlay, S., Andy, S., Briggs, L., Hall, R., 2011, Having a yarn about smoking: Using action research to develop a 'no smoking' policy within an Aboriginal Health Organisation, Health Policy [P], vol 103, issue 1, Elsevier Ireland Ltd, Ireland, pp. 92-97.

Fredericks, B., Finley, S., Briggs, L., Adams, K., Fletcher, G., Briggs, L., Andy, S., Hall, R., 2011, Working up a smoking policy, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal [P], vol 35, issue 3, Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, Australia, pp. 7-9.

Dale, K.D., Kirk, M.D., Sinclair, M.I., Hall, R.G., Leder, K.S., 2010, Reported waterborne outbreaks of gastrointestinal disease in Australia are predominantly associated with recreational exposure, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health [P], vol 34, issue 5, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 527-530.

Watkins, R.E., Eagleson, S., Hall, R.G., Dailey, L., Plant, A.J., 2006, Approaches to the evaluation of outbreak detection methods, BMC Public Health, vol 6, issue 263, BioMed Central Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 1-10.

Lee, A.T.Y., Hall, R.G., Pile, K.D., 2005, Reactive joint symptoms following an outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium phage type 135a, Journal of Rheumatology, vol 32, issue 3, Journal of Rheumatology Publishing Co. Ltd, Canada, pp. 524-527.

Blumer, C., Roche, P., Spencer, J., Lin, M., Milton, A., Bunn, C., Gidding, H., Kaldor, J.M., Kirk, M., Hall, R.G., Della-Porta, T., Leader, R., Wright, P., 2002, Australia's notifiable disease status, 2001; Annual report of the national notifiable diseases surveillance systems, Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, vol 27, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Office of Health Protection, Surveillance Brh, Australia, pp. 1-78.

Hall, R.G., 2002, Influenza immunisation, Australian Prescriber, vol 25, issue 1, National Prescribing Service Ltd, Australia, pp. 5-7.

Hall, R.G., 2002, Outbreak of gastroenteritis due to salmonella typhimurium phage type 135a following consumption of raw egg, Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, vol 26, issue 2, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Office of Health Protection, Surveillance Brh, Australia, pp. 285-287.

Hall, R.G., 2002, The control for meningococcal disease, Medical Journal of Australia, vol 176, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, pp. 573-574.

Other

Hall, R.G., 2008, Responding to arguments against immunisation, Immunisation Myths and Realities, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Australia.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Analysis of Notifiable Infectious Diseases in Australia, 1991-2011.

Supervisors:

Leder, K (Main), Cheng, A (Associate), Hall, R (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Evidence, equity and health: contemporary issues in the Australian public health arena.

Supervisors:

Abramson, M (Main), Hall, R (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Global health.

Supervisors:

Livingstone, C (Main), Hall, R (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Not applicable.

Supervisors:

Bell, R (Main), Hall, R (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Understanding the likely population impact of new and improved influenza vaccines..

Supervisors:

Leder, K (Main), Hall, R (Associate).