Professor Raina MacIntyre

Professor

National Centre for Immunisation Research
and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
The Childrens Hospital at Westmead (C29)
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006

Phone: +61 2 9845 1414
Fax: +61 2 9845 1418
Mobile:+61 410 651 612

http://www.ncirs.usyd.edu.au/


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Research Interests

Infectious diseases, epidemiology, prevention, health economics, tuberculosis, vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases, evaluation of screening and prevention programs, health services research, evidence-based medicine, mathematical modelling, health policy and practice, publication ethics.

Current research projects

NHMRC capacity building grant in mathematical modelling of infectious diseases in Australia.
Cost-utility of multiple, new competing vaccination programs for Australia.
Clinical trials of the immunogenicity conjugate vs polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccines in vulnerable adult poplulations.
Evaluation of new and future vaccines for Australia.
Impact of border control strategies on emerging infections.
Impact of the author-pays model on medical publishing.

Affiliated

Editor: Epidemiology & Infection (Cambridge University Press)

Publications

Peer Reviewed/Refereed Journal Articles

Leask J, Sheikh-Mohammed S, MacIntyre C.R, Leask A, Wood N.J. Community perceptions about infectious disease risk posed by new arrivals: a qualitative study. The Medical Journal of Australia. 2006;185(11/12):591-593

Sheikh-Mohammed M, MacIntyre C.R, Wood N.J, Leask J, Isaacs D. Barriers to access to health care for newly resettled sub-Saharan refugees in Australia. The Medical Journal of Australia 2006;185(11/12):594-597.

MacIntyre CR, Goebel K. and Brown GV. Patient knows best: blinded assessment of nonadherence with antituberculous therapy by physicians, nurses, and patients compared with urine drug levels. Preventive Medicine 2005;40(1):41-45.

McIntyre PB, MacIntyre CR, Gilmour R, Wang H. A population-based study of the impact of corticosteroid therapy and delayed diagnosis on the outcome of childhood pneumococcal meningitis. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2005;90:391-6.

Horby P, MacIntyre CR, McIntyre PB, Gilbert GL, Staff M, Hanlon M, Cagney M, Bennett C. A boarding school outbreak of pertussis in adolescents: value of laboratory diagnostic methods. Epidemiology and Infection 2005;133:229-36.

Cagney M, MacIntyre CR, McIntyre PB, Peat J. Childhood asthma diagnosis and use of asthma medication. Australian Family Physician 2005;34:193-6.

Lawrence GL, MacIntyre CR, Humm BP, McIntyre PB. Effectiveness of the linkage of child care and maternity childhood immunisation. vaccine 2004;22(17-18):2345-50.

Lawrence GL, Hull BP, MacIntyre CR, McIntyre PB. Reasons for incomplete immunisation among Australian children: a national survey of parents. Aust Fam Physician 2004;33(7):568-71.

MacIntyre C.R., Chu C.P., Burgess M.A. Use of hospitalization and pharmaceutical prescribing data to compare the prevaccination burden of varicella and herpes zoster in Australia. Epidemiology and Infection 2003;131(1):675-682.

Gidding H.F., MacIntyre C.R., Burgess M.A., Gilbert G.L. The seroepidemiology and transmission dynamics of varicella in Australia. Epidemiology and Infection 2003;131(3):1085-1089.

MacIntyre C.R, McIntyre P.B, Cagney M. Community-based estimates of incidence and risk factors for childhood pneumonia in Western Sydney. Epidemiology and Infection 2003;131(3):pp1091-1096.

Hull B.P., Lawrence G., MacIntyre C.R., McIntyre P.B. Immunisation coverage in Australia corrected for under-reporting to the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2003;27(5):533-538.

MacIntyre CR, Kainer MA, Brown GV. A Randomised, Clinical Trial Comparing the Effectiveness of Hospital and Community-Based Reminder Systems for Increasing Uptake of Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccine in Hospitalised Patients Aged 65 Years and Over. Gerontology 2003;49:33-40

Lawrence G., MacIntyre C.R., Hull B.P., McIntyre P.B. Measles vaccination coverage among five-year-old children: implications for disease elimination in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2003;27(4):413-418.

MacIntyre CR, Burgess MA, Hull B, McIntyre PB. Hepatitis A vaccination options for Australia. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health 2003; 39: 83–87

MacIntyre CR, Gay NJ, Gidding H, Hull B, Gilbert GL, McIntyre P. A mathematical model to measure the impact of the Measles Control Campaign on the potential for measles transmission in Australia. International Journal of Infectious Diseases (In press 2003)

MacIntyre CR, Burgess MA, Hull B, McIntyre PB. Hepatitis A vaccination options for Australia. J Paediatr Child Health 2003;39(2):83-7.

MacIntyre CR, Leask J. Immunisation myths and realities: responding to arguments against immunisation. J Paediatr Child Health 2003;39(7):487-91.

Hull BP, Lawrence GL, MacIntyre CR, McIntyre PB. Estimating immunisation coverage: is the 'third dose assumption' still valid? Commun Dis Intell Q Rep 2003;27(3):357-61.

Hull BP, Lawrence GL, MacIntyre CR, McIntyre PB. Is low immunisation coverage in inner urban areas of Australia due to low uptake or poor notification? Aust Fam Physician 2003;32(12):1041-3.

Weerasinghe DP, MacIntyre CR, Rubin GL. Seasonality of Coronary Artery Deaths in New South Wales, Australia. Heart. 2002;88(1):30-4.

Weerasinghe DP, MacIntyre CR, Rubin GL. The Epidemiology of Cardiac Arrests in a Sydney Hospital. Resuscitation. 2002;53:53-62

MacIntyre CR, Ruth D, Ansari MZ. Hospital-in-the-home is cost-saving for appropriately selected patients, compared to in-hospital care. International Journal of Quality in Health Care. 2002;14:285-293.

De Silva S, Saykao P, Kelly H, MacIntyre CR, Ryan N, Biggs BA. Chronic Strongyloides stercoralis infection in Laotian immigrants and refugees 7-20 years after resettlement in Australia. Epidemiology and Infection. 2002 128(3):439-44.

MacIntyre CR. The value of epidemiology. Molecular Pathology Online 2002. (http://mp.bmjjournals.com/cgi/eletters/54/6/DC1#6)

MacIntyre CR, Empson M, Boardman C, Sindhusake D, Lokan J, Brown GV. Risk factors for colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a Melbourne hospital. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 2001;22(10):624-9.

Shah S, Raman S, Moreira C, MacIntyre CR. School Immunisation Certificates - a review over time in a disadvantaged community. Aust N Z J Public Health 2001; 25: 534-8

MacIntyre CR, McIntyre PB. MMR, autism and inflammatory bowel disease: responding to patient concerns using an evidence-based framework. Medical Journal of Australia 2001;175(3):127-8.

MacIntyre CR, Sindhusake D, Rubin GL. Modelling strategies for reducing pharmaceutical costs in hospital. Int J Qual Health Care. 2001;13(1):63-9.

MacIntyre CR, Plant AJ, Hendrie D. Shifting the balance between inpatient and outpatient care for tuberculosis results in cost savings. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2001; 5(3):266-71.

MacIntyre CR. Hepatitis B vaccine: risks and benefits of universal neonatal vaccination. J Paed Child Health. 2001; 37(3):215-7.

MacIntyre CR, Ansari MZ, Carnie J, Hart WG. No evidence for multiple drug prophylaxis for tuberculosis compared to isoniazid alone in South-East Asian refugees and migrants - completion and compliance are major determinants of effectiveness. Preventive Medicine. 2000; 30:425-432

MacIntyre CR, Plant AJ, Hendrie D. The cost-effectiveness of evidence-based guidelines and practice for screening and prevention of tuberculosis. Health Economics 2000;9(5):411-21.

MacIntyre CR. A case of uveitis associated with rifabutin in an HIV-negative patient with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex. Infectious Diseases In Clinical Practice 2000;9(8):330-331.

MacIntyre CR, Plant, AJ. Longitudinal incidence of tuberculosis in South-East Asian refugees after re-settlement. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 1999; 3:1-7.

MacIntyre CR, Kendig N, Kummer L, Birago S, Plant AJ. Unrecognised transmission of tuberculosis in prisons. European Journal of Epidemiology 1999; 15:705-709.

MacIntyre CR, Carnie J, Randall M. Risk of transmission of tuberculosis among inmates of an Australian prison. Epidemiology & Infection 1999;123:437-443.

Ansari NZ, MacIntyre CR, Ackland MJ, Chandraraj E, Haley D. Predictors of length of stay for transurethral prostatectomy in Victoria. Aust NZ J Surgery. 1998; 68:837-43

MacIntyre CR, Plant AJ. Tuberculosis in South-East Asian refugees - can prevention be improved by better policy and practice? Preventive Medicine. 1998; 27:815-820.

MacIntyre CR, Plant, AJ. Preventability of incident cases of tuberculosis in recently exposed contacts. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 1998; 2:56-61.

MacIntyre CR, Plant, AJ. Impact of policy and practice on the effectiveness of contact screening for tuberculosis. Preventive Medicine. 1998; 27: 830-837

Letters to Editor

MacIntyre CR, Plant AJ, Yung A, Streeton JA. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis Missed opportunities for prevention of tuberculosis (letter). 1998; 2:346-7.