Dr Ewan MacFarlane - Researcher Profile

Biography

Ewan MacFarlane is an occupational epidemiologist with expertise in occupational exposure assessment in a wide variety of research activities covering a diversity of Australian industries.  Ewan has a BSc (Biological Sciences) from the University of Tasmania, a Master of Public Health (Occupational and Environmental Health) from Monash University and his PhD thesis dealt with long-term health outcomes in Australian pesticide-exposed workers (Monash).

Dr MacFarlane has methodological expertise in longitudinal research, cohort studies, nested case-control studies, disease surveillance programs, large datasets and the use of pre-existing data to answer new research questions.  He also has considerable experience in record linkage of large datasets and registries.  Ewan's interests also include occupational injury, agricultural health, pesticides and other chemical exposures, psychosocial exposures, asbestos and mesothelioma.

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2010

PUBLIC HEALTH (MPH)

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2005

SCIENCE (BSC)

Institution: University of Tasmania

Year awarded: 1998

Publications

Journal Articles

Gwini, S., MacFarlane, E., Del Monaco, A., McLean, D., Pisaniello, D., Benke, G., Sim, M., 2012, Cancer incidence, mortality and blood lead levels among workers exposed to inorganic lead, Annals of Epidemiology [P], vol 22, Elsevier Science Ltd, United States, pp. 270-276.

Keegel, T.G., MacFarlane, E.M., Nixon, R., LaMontagne, A.D., 2012, Provision of control measures for exposure of the hands to wet-working conditions in Australian workplaces, International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health [P], vol 18, issue 4, Maney Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 312-319.

MacFarlane, E., Simpson, P., Benke, G., Sim, M., 2011, Suicide in Australian pesticide-exposed workers, Occupational Medicine-Oxford [P], vol 61, issue 4, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 259-264.

MacFarlane, E., Benke, G., Del Monaco, A., Sim, M., 2010, Causes of death and incidence of cancer in a cohort of Australian pesticide-exposed workers, Annals of Epidemiology [P], vol 20, issue 4, Elsevier Inc., United States, pp. 273-280.

MacFarlane, E., Benke, G.P., Del Monaco, A., Sim, M.R., 2009, Cancer incidence and mortality in a historical cohort of Australian pest control workers, Occupational And Environmental Medicine [P], vol 66, issue 12, BMJ Group, UK, pp. 818-823.

MacFarlane, E., Glass, D.C., Fritschi, L., 2009, Is farm-related job title an adequate surrogate for pesticide exposure in occupational cancer epidemiology?, Occupational And Environmental Medicine [P], vol 66, issue 8, BMJ Group, UK, pp. 497-501.

Sim, M.R., Del Monaco, A., Hoving, J.L., MacFarlane, E.M., McKenzie, D.P., Benke, G.P., de Klerk, N., Fritschi, L., 2009, Mortality and cancer incidence in workers in two Australian prebake aluminium smelters, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol 66, issue 7, BMJ Group, UK, pp. 464-470.

Friesen, M.C., Benke, G.P., Del Monaco, A., Dennekamp, M.N., Fritschi, L., de Klerk, N., Hoving, J.L., MacFarlane, E., Sim, M.R., 2009, Relationship between cardiopulmonary mortality and cancer risk and quantitative exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, fluorides, and dust in two prebake aluminum smelters, Cancer Causes & Control [P], vol 20, issue 6, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 905-916.

Friesen, M.C., Fritschi, L., Del Monaco, A., Benke, G.P., Dennekamp, M.N., de Klerk, N., Hoving, J.L., MacFarlane, E., Sim, M.R., 2009, Relationships between alumina and bauxite dust exposure and cancer, respiratory and circulatory disease, Occupational And Environmental Medicine [P], vol 66, BMJ Group, UK, pp. 615-618.

Fritschi, L., Hoving, J.L., Sim, M.R., Del Monaco, A., MacFarlane, E., McKenzie, D.P., Benke, G.P., de Klerk, N., 2008, All cause mortality and incidence of cancer in workers in bauxite mines and alumina refineries, International Journal of Cancer, vol 123, issue 4, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, Switzerland, Germany, pp. 882-887.

Benke, G.P., Sim, M.R., McKenzie, D.P., MacFarlane, E., Del Monaco, A., Hoving, J.L., Fritschi, L., 2008, Comparison of First, Last, and Longest-Held Jobs as Surrogates for All Jobs in Estimating Cumulative Exposure in Cross-Sectional Studies of Work-Related Asthma, Annals of Epidemiology, vol 18, issue 1, Elsevier, New York, USA, pp. 23-27.

MacFarlane, E., Chapman, A., Benke, G.P., Meaklim, J., Sim, M.R., McNeil, J.J., 2008, Training and other predictors of personal protective equipment use in Australian grain farmers using pesticides, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol 65, issue 2, BMJ Publishing Group, London, Uk, pp. 141-146.

MacFarlane, E., Benke, G.P., Goddard, D.G., Sim, M.R., 2007, Urban pest control operators in Australia, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol 64, issue 6, BMJ Publishing Group, UK, pp. 422-427.

MacFarlane, E., 2005, Human Research Ethics Processes in Australia: A Guide for Student Researchers in Epidemiology, Australasian Epidemiologist, vol 12, issue 1, Australiasin Epidemiologist Association, Australia, pp. 31-34.

Hoving, J.L., Del Monaco, A., MacFarlane, E., Fritschi, L., Benke, G.P., McKenzie, D.P., Sim, M.R., 2005, Methodological issues in linking study participants to Australian cancer registries using different methods: Lessons from a cohort study, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol 29, issue 4, Public Health Association of Australia Incorporated, Vic Australia, pp. 378-382.

Conference Proceedings

MacFarlane, E., Benke, K., Keegel, T., 2012, Chemical exposure and the provision of chemical exposure control measures in Australian workplaces, Chemical exposure and the provision of chemical exposure control measures in Australian workplaces, Safe work Australia, Australia, pp. 1-50.

MacFarlane, E., Sim, M.R., Hoving, J.L., Benke, G.P., Firtschi, L., Del Monaco, A., McKenzie, D.P., Musk, B., de Klerk, N.H., 2005, Mortality and Cancer in the Australian primary Aluminium Industry: results to date of the Healthwise Cancer and Mortality surveillance study, Australasian Epidemiologist, 5-7 October 2005, Australasian Epidemiology Association, NSW Australia, p. 31.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The impact of extreme heat events on worker health, and the implications of climate change for this..

Supervisors:

Sim, M (Joint), Smith, P (Joint-co), Macfarlane, E (Associate).