Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Berry

MA, PhD, FAFOEM (Hon)

Emeritus Professor
(Epidemiology and Biostatistics)




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Research Interests

Biostatistics, epidemiology, fibre-related health effects.

Professor Berry works on the application of statistical methods in public health and occupational health research. A special interest is the epidemiology of diseases associated with exposure to asbestos and other fibres or dusts in the occupational and environmental fields. Currently he is an investigator on an NHMRC grant with colleagues at the University of Western Australia on asbestos and related diseases in Western Australia. This project is particularly concerned with the former workers and residents at Wittenoom where crocidolite asbestos was mined until 1966.

Publications

Books

Armitage P, Berry G, Matthews JNS. Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 4th edition, 2001, Blackwell, Oxford, 832pp. (2nd ed. 1987, 3rd edn 1994)
[2nd ed translated into Spanish, 1992; 3rd ed translated into Italian, 1996, and Japanese, 2001]

Peer Reviewed/Refereed Journal Articles

Berry G, Pooley F, Gibbs A, Harris JM, McDonald JC. Lung fiber burden in the Nottingham Gas Mask Cohort. Inhalation Toxicology. 2009;21:168-172

Berry G, Gibbs GW. An overview of the risk of lung cancer in relation to exposure to asbestos of taconite miners. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 2008;52:S218-222.

Gasparrini, A. Pizzo, A.M., Gorini, G., Costantini, A.S., Silvestri, S., Ciapini, C., Innocenti, A., Berry, G. Prediction of mesothelioma and lung cancer in a cohort of asbestos exposed workers. European Journal of Epidemiology 2008;23:541-546.

Musk, A.W., de Klerk, N.H., Reid, A., Ambrosini, G.L., Fritschi, L., Olsen, N.J., Merler, E., Hobbs, M.S.T., Berry, G. Mortality of former crocidolite (blue asbestos) miners and millers at Wittenoom. Occupational Environmental Medicine 2008;65:541-543.

Gibbs GW, Berry G. Mesothelioma and asbestos. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 2008;52:S223-231.

Berry, G. Relative risk and acceleration in lung cancer. Statistics in Medicine. 2007;26:3511-3517.

Clements, M., Berry, G.,, Shi, J., Ware, S., Yates, D., Johnson, A. Projected mesothelioma incidence in men in New South Wales. Occup Environ Med 2007;64:747-752.

Reid, A., Berry, G., de Klerk, N., Hansen, J., Heyworth, J., Ambrosini, G., Fritschi, L., Olsen, N., Merler, E., Musk, A.W. Age and sex differences in malignant mesothelioma after residential exposure to Blue Asbestos (Crocidolite). Chest 2007;131:376-382.

Hayes LJ, Berry G. Comparing the part with the whole: should overlap be ignored in public health measures? Journal of Public Health. 2006;28(3):278-282

McDonald JC, Harris JM, Berry G. Sixty years on: the price of assembling military gas masks in 1940. Occupational Enviornmental Medicine. 2006;63:852-855

Reid A, de Klerk N.H, Ambrosini G.l, Berry G, Musk A.W. The risk of lung cancer with incresing time since ceasing exposure to asbestos and quitting smoking. Occup Environ Med. 2006;63:509-512

McDonald J.C, Harris J.M, Berry G. Sixty years on: the price of assembling military gas masks in 1940. Occup Environ Med 2006;63:852-855

Reid A, de Klerk N, Ambrosini GL, Olsen N, Pang SC, Berry G, Musk AW. The effect of asbestosis on lung cancer risk beyond the dose related effect of asbestos alone. Occup Environ Med 2005;62:885-889.

McLaws ML and Berry G. Nonuniform Risk of Bloodstream Infection with Increasing Central Venous Catheter-Days. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2005;26(8):715.

Berry G, de Kerk NH, Reid A, Ambrosini GL, Fritschi L, Olsen NJ, Merler E, Musk AW. Malignant pleural and peritoneal mesotheliomas in former miners and millers of crocidolite at Wittenoom, Western Australia. Occup Environ Med 2004; 61:e14 (http://www.occenvmed.com/cgi/content/full/61/4/e14)

Berry G, Liddell FDK. The interaction of asbestos and smoking in lung cancer: A modified measure of effect. Ann Occup Hyg 2004;48(5):459-462.

Berry G, Rogers A. and Yeung P. Silicosis and lung cancer: a mortality study of compensated men with silicosis in New South Wales, Australia. Occupational Medicine 2004;54:387-394.

Berry G, Rogers A, Yeung P. Silicosis and lung cancer: a mortality study of compensated men wil Silicosis in New South Wales, Australia. Occup Med 2004;54:387-394.

Berry G et al. Malignant pleural and peritoneal mesotheliomas in former miners and millers of crocidolite at Wittenoom, Western Australia. Occup Environ Med 2004;61;e14.

Gallagher, M.P., Hall, B., Craig, J., Berry, G., Tiller, D.J. & Eris, J., on behalf of the Australian Multicenter Trial of Cyclosporine Withdrawal Study Group and the ANZ Dialysis and Transplantation Registry. A randomized controlled trial of cyclosporine withdrawal in renal-transplant recipients: 15 year results. Transplantation 2004; 78: 1653-1660.

Tideman RL, Thompson C, Rose B, Gilmore S, Marks C, van Beek I, Berry G, O\'Connor C. and Mindel A. Cervical human papillomavirus infections in commercial sex workers - risk factors and behaviours. International Journal of STD & AIDS 2003;14:840-847.

Benrimoj, S.I., Langford, J.H., Berry, G., Collins, D., Lauchlan, R., Stewart, K., & Ward, P.R. Clinical significance of clinical interventions in community pharmacy: a randomised trial of the effect of education and a professional allowance. Int. J. Pharm. Pract. 2003 11, 81-87.

Meiser B, Butow P, Price M, Bennett B, Berry G, Tucker K et al. Attitudes to prophylactic surgery and chemoprevention in Australian women in increased risk for breast cancer. Journal of Women's Health 2003; 12(8): 769-778

Wiseman V, Mooney G, Berry G, Tang KC. Involving he general public in priority setting: experiences from Australia. Social Science & Medicine 2003;56:1001-1012

Beard J, Sladden T, Morgan G, Berry G, Brooks L, McMichael A. Health Impacts of Pesticide Exposure in a Cohort of Outdoor Workers. Environmental Health Perspectives Vol 111 No.5 May 2003.

Benrimoj SI, Langford JH, Berry G, Collins, D, Lauchlan R, Stewart K, Ward PR. Clinical intervention rates in community pharmacy: a randomised trial of the effect of education and a professional allowance. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2003;11:7; pp 71-80

Mindel A, Marks C, Tideman R, Taylor J, Seifert C, Berry G, Trudinger B, Cunningham A. Sexual behaviour and social class in Australian women. International Journal of STD & AIDS 2003; 14: 344-9

Sutton L, Bajuk B, Berry G, Sayer GP, Eagles BL. and Henderson-Smart DJ. Reliability of the SNAP (score of neonatal acute physiology) data collection in mechanically ventilated term babies in New south Wales, Australia. Acta Paediatr 2002;91:424-429.

Sutton L, Bajuk B, Berry G, Sayer GP, Richardson V. and Henderson-Smart DJ. Score of neonatal acute physiology as a measure of illness severity in mechanically ventilated term babies. Acta Paediatr 2002;91:415-423.

Hayes LJ, Berry G. Sampling variability of the Kunst-Machenbach relative index of inequality. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56:762-765

Berry G. Asbestos Lung Fibre Analysis in the United Kingdom, 1976-96. Ann.Occup.Hyg 2002;46(6):523-526.

Hayes L, Quine S, Taylor R. and Berry G. Socio-economic mortality differentials in Sydney over a quarter of a centure, 1970-94. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2002;26(4):311-317.

Xuan W, Marks GB, Toelle BG, Belousova E, Peat JK, Berry G, Woolcock AJ. Risk factors for onset and remission of atopy wheeze and airway hyperresponsiveness. Thorax 2002; 57: 104-109

Berry G, Smith CL, Macaskill P. and Irwig L. Analytic methods for comparing two dichotomous screening or diagnostic tests applied to two populations of differing disease prevalence when individuals negative on both tests are unverified. Statistics in Medicine 2002;21:853-862

Whitby RM, McLaws ML, Berry G. Risk of death from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a meta-analysis. Medical Journal of Australia 2001; 175: 264-267

Tideman RL, Taylor J, Marks C, Seifert C, Berry G, Trudinger B, Cunningham A, Mindel A. Sexual and demographic risk factors for herpes simplex type 1 and 2 in women attending an antenatal clinic. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2001; 77: 413-415

Sutton L, Sayer GP, Bajuk B, Richardson V, Berry G, Henderson-Smart DJ. Do very sick neonates born at term have antenatal risks? 1 Infants ventilated primarily for problems of adaptation to extra-uterine life. Acta Obstetrica et Gynecologica Scandinavia 2001;80:905-916. - 2 Infants ventilated primarily for lung disease. Acta Obstetrica et Gynecologica Scandinavia 2001; 80: 917-925

Tideman RL, Marks C, Knight VM, Berry G, Fethers K, Mindel A. Opting off the New South Wales Pap Test Register in a sexual health setting. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2001; 25: 501-504

Xuan W, Peat JK, Toelle BG, Marks GB, Berry G, Woolcock AJ. Lung function growth and its relation to airway hyperresponsiveness and recent wheeze. American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine 2000;161:1820-1824.

Benrimoj SI, Langford JH, Berry G, Collins D, Lauchlan R, Stewart K, Aristides M, Dobson M, Economic impact of increased clinical intervention rates in community pharmacy, Pharmacoeconomics 2000;18(5):459-68.

Berry G, Newhouse ML, Wagner JC, Mortality from all cancers of asbestos factor workers in east London 1933-80, Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2000;57(11):782-85.

Larcos G, Chi KKG, Shiell A, Berry G. Suspected acute pulmonary emboli: cost-effectiveness of chest helical computed tomography versus a standard diagnostic algorithm incorporating ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 2000; 30: 195-201.

Marks C, Tideman RL, Estcourt CS, Berry G, Mindel A. Assessment of risk for pelvic inflammatory disease in an urban sexual health population. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2000;76:470-73.

Mindel A, Taylor J, Tideman RL, Seifert C, Berry G, Wagner K et al. Neonatal herpes prevention: a minor public health problem in some communities. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2000; 76: 287-291.

Wood G, Marr S, Berry G, Nub V, Cole J. Underground coal miner\'s foot and boot problems. Australasian Journal of Dermatology 1999;40:194-96.

Seneta E, Berry G, Macaskill P. Adjustment to Lancaster\'s Mid-P. Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability 1999;1:229-240

Li J, Peat J, Xuan W, Berry G. Meta-analysis on the association between environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure and the prevalence of lower respiratory tract infection in early childhood. Pediatric Pulmonology 1999; 27: 5-13

Berry G, Models for mesothelioma incidence following exposure to fibers in terms of timing and duration of exposure and the biopersistence of the fibers. Inhalation Toxicolology 1999; 11: 111-130

Bai J, Peat J, Berry G, Marks G. and Woolcock A. Questionnaire items that predict asthma and other respiratory conditions in adults. Chest 1998;114:1343-48.

Larcos G, Sorokopud H, Berry G. and Farrell G. Sonographic screening for heptocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis: an evaluation. American Journal of Roentgenology 1998;171:433-5.

Marr S, Berry G, Wood G, Stevenson M. and Cole J. Foot and boot problems of miners working underground. Journal of Occupational Health and Safety (Australia and New Zealand) 1998;14(3):255-7.

Westbrook J, McIntosh J, Rushworth RL, Berry G. and Duggan J. Agreement between medical record data and patients\' accounts of their medical history and treatment for dyspepsia. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1998;51(3):237-44.

Yu T, Mitchell P, Berry G, Li W. and Wang JJ. Retinopathy in older persons without diabetes and its relationship to hypertension. Archives of Ophthalmology 1998;116:83-9.

Irwig L, Macaskill P. and Berry G. Graphical test is itself biased. British Medical Journal 1998;316:470.

Other publications

Clements M, Berry G, Shi J. Actuarial projections for mesothelioma: an epidemiological perspective. Presented to the Institute of Actuaries of Australia XIth Accident Compensation Seminar 1-4 April 2007 at Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Australia.

Berry G, Clements M. (Conference Proceedings) Mesotheliomas and asbestos exposure - historical aspects and future projections. AIOH 2007 Melbourne: 130-7

Berry, G., Musk, A.W., de Klerk, N.H., Johnson, A. & Yates, D.H. Predictions of mortality from mesothelioma (letter). Occup. Environ. Med.,2003; 60: 458.

Berry G. The use of occupational hygiene data in the development of exposure-response relationships in research and for setting target exposure levels Proceedings of 19th Annual Conference of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists 2001 105-115 Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists Inc Tullamarine Victoria (ISBN 0 9577703 1 6)

Berry G. "Occupational Health and Medicine" In Peter Armitage and Theodore Colton, eds. Encyclopaedia of Biostatistics Vol 4, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1998:3146-51.

Book chapters

Berry G, Analysis and interpretation In McDonald C, (ed) Epidemiology of Work Related Diseases, Second Edition, London, BMJ Books, 2000.