Dr Martina Dennekamp - Researcher Profile

Biography

Martine Dennekamp received an MSc in Environmental Sciences, specialising in ‘Environment, Labour and Health’ from The University of Wageningen in the Netherlands. She worked for four years as a Research Assistant at the Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, where she completed her part-time PhD in Environmental Medicine “Personal exposure to particulate air pollution, assessed by number and mass.” This included investigating the health effects of particulate air pollution on patients with chronic lung disease. Martine has also worked as a Research and Information Officer with the Mid Western Health Board in Ireland.

Martine joined MonCOEH in February 2005 as a Research Fellow and is currently involved in Healthwise, a large occupational cohort study on Australian aluminium industry workers, and a study investigating the relationship between air pollution and cardiac arrests in Melbourne.

Qualifications

PHD IN ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Institution: Aberdeen University, UK

Year awarded: 2007

ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE (ENVIRO. LABOUR & HEALTH)

Institution: Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Year awarded: 1998

Publications

Journal Articles

Erbas, B., Akram, M., Dharmage, S.C., Tham, R.C.A., Dennekamp, M.N., Newbigin, E.J., Taylor, P.G., Tang, M.L., Abramson, M.J., 2012, The role of seasonal grass pollen on childhood asthma emergency department presentations, Clinical And Experimental Allergy [P], vol 42, issue 5, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 799-805.

Dennekamp, M., Abramson, M., 2011, The effects of bushfire smoke on respiratory health, Respirology [P], vol 16, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 198-209.

Dennekamp, M., Carey, M., 2010, Air quality and chronic disease: why action on climate change is also good for health, New South Wales public health bulletin [P], vol 21, issue 6, CSIRO Publishing, NSW, pp. 115-121.

Abramson, M.J., Benke, G.P., Cui, J.J., de Klerk, N.H., Del Monaco, A., Dennekamp, M.N., Fritschi, L., Musk, A.W., Sim, M.R., 2010, Is potroom asthma due more to sulphur dioxide than fluoride? An inception cohort study in the Australian aluminium industry, Occupational And Environmental Medicine [P], vol 67, issue 10, B M J Group, United Kingdom, pp. 679-685.

Dennekamp, M., Akram, M., Abramson, M., Tonkin, A., Sim, M., Fridman, M., Erbas, B., 2010, Outdoor air pollution as a trigger for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, Epidemiology [P], vol 21, issue 4, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 494-500.

Barclay, J.L., Miller, B., Dick, S., Dennekamp, M.N., Ford, I., Hillis, G.S., Ayres, J.G., Seaton, A., 2009, A panel study of air pollution in subjects with heart failure: negative results in treated patients, Occupational And Environmental Medicine [P], vol 66, issue 5, BMJ Group, UK, pp. 325-334.

Cui, J.J., de Klerk, N., Abramson, M.J., Del Monaco, A., Benke, G.P., Dennekamp, M.N., Musk, A.W., Sim, M.R., 2009, Fractional polynomials and model selection in generalized estimating equations analysis, with an application to a longitudinal epidemiologic study in Australia, American Journal Of Epidemiology [P], vol 169, issue 1, Oxford University Press, United States, pp. 113-121.

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.

Tham, R.C.A., Erbas, B., Akram, M., Dennekamp, M.N., Abramson, M.J., 2009, The impact of smoke on respiratory hospital outcomes during the 2002-2003 bushfire season, Victoria, Australia, Respirology [P], vol 14, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond, Vic, 3121, pp. 69-75.

Haas, S.J., Dennekamp, M., Wolfe, R.S.J., Voss, T., 2006, Beware the meta-analysis - clozapine and suicidal ideation, Schizophrenia Research, vol 86, issue 3, Elsevier, Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 331-332.

Swerissen, H., Dennekamp, M., 2006, Effect of hip protectors in residential aged care settings, Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 25, issue 1, Blackwell Publishing, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 9-13.

Dennekamp, M., 2006, Health aspects of occupational cooking fumes, Croner's Occupational Hygiene Magazine, vol 40, CCH Group Ltd, London United Kingdom, pp. 9-12.

Seaton, A., Cherrie, J.W., Dennekamp, M., Donaldson, K., Hurley, J.F., Tran, C.L., 2005, The London Underground: dust and hazards to health, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol 62, British Medical Association, London UK, pp. 355-362.

Ronald, L.A., Davies, H.W., Bartlett, K.H., Kennedy, S.M., Teschke, K., Spithoven, J., Dennekamp, M., Demers, P.A., 2003, Beta(1-3)-Glucan exposure levels among workers in four British Columbia sawmills, Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, vol 10, Institute of Agricultural Medicine, Lublin Poland, pp. 21-29.

Seaton, A., Dennekamp, M., 2003, Hypothesis: Ill health associated with low concentrations of nitrogen dioxide - an effect of ultrafine particles?, Thorax, vol 58, issue 12, BMJ Publishing Group, UK, pp. 1012-1015.

Legler, J., Dennekamp, M., Vethaak, A.D., Brouwer, A., Koeman, J.H., Van Der Burg, B., Murk, A.J., 2002, Detection of estrogenic activity in sediment-associated compounds using in vitro reporter gene assays, The Science of the Total Environment, vol 293, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 69-83.

Dennekamp, M., Mehenni, O.H., Cherrie, J.W., Seaton, A., 2002, Exposure to ultrafine particles and PM2.5 in different micro-environments, Annals of Occupational Hygiene, vol 46, issue Suppl 1, Oxford University Press, UK, pp. 412-414.

Dick, C.A.J., Dennekamp, M., Howarth, S., Cherrie, J.W., Seaton, A., Donaldson, K., Stone, V., 2001, Stimulation of IL-8 release from epithelial cells by gas cooker PM10: a pilot study., Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol 58, issue 3, BMJ Journals, London UK, pp. 208-210.

Dennekamp, M., Howarth, S., Dick, C.A., Cherrie, J.W., Donaldson, K., Seaton, A., 2001, Ultrafine particles and nitrogen oxides generated by gas and electric cooking, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol 58, issue 8, British Medical Association, London UK, pp. 511-516.

Conference Proceedings

Tham, R.C.A., Erbas, B., Akram, M., Dennekamp, M.N., Abramson, M.J., 2009, The impact of bushfire smoke on respiratory hospital outcomes in Victoria, January to March 2003, Rural Health: the place to be..., May 17-20, National Rural Health Alliance, Canberra, Australia, pp. 221-222.

Dennekamp, M., Prescott, G.J., Cherrie, J.W., Seaton, A., 2005, Respiratory health effects of particulate air pollution in patients with chronic lung disease, Australasian Epidemiologist, 5-7 October 2005, Australasian Epidemiology Association, NSW Australia, p. 48.

Other

Benke, G., Dennekamp, M., Priestly, B., Sim, M., 2010, Engineered Nanomaterials: Feasibility of establishing exposure standards and using control banding in Australia, Safe Work Australia, Braddon ACT Australia, pp. 1-43.

Livingstone, C.H., Condron, J., Dennekamp, M., Taylor, M., Gardner, I., Bakacs, L., 2007, Factors in ambulance demand: options for funding and forecasting, Australian Institute for Primary Care, Bundoora, Victoria, pp. 1-122.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Health effects of bushfire smoke.

Supervisors:

Dennekamp, M (Main), Abramson, M (Associate), Sim, M (Associate).