Staff profile for Dr Fiona Blyth

Position

Epidemiologist

Job description

Epidemiologist

Organisation

Epidemiologist, Royal North Shore Hospital

Qualifications

BMed Sci, MB BS (Hons), MPH, FAFPHM, PhD

Education

BMed Sci, MB BS (Hons)-University of NSW MPH, PhD - University of Sydney FAFPHM - Royal Australian College of Physicians

Research interests

Epidemiological studies of chronic pain Pain in older people Post-surgical pain Pain in working age people

Project

• Pain in community-dwelling men aged 70 and over -longitudinal study
• Randomized controlled trial of multi-disciplinary treatment for chronic pain in people aged 65 and over Pain as a risk factor for falls in older people
• Pain and caregiving
• Development of chronic pain following breast cancer surgery

Grants/Awards

• Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council (AHMAC) Co-Investigator, 2005-2009.
• Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, Teaching Award for best Community-Doctor Theme Tutor (Year 3 GMP) 2007.
• AHMAC Priority Driven Research Program: Chronic pain in elderly Australians: Randomised controlled trial of pain self-management. 2006-2010.
• Australian Centre for Health Research: Development of chronic pain following breast cancer surgery, 2006. 
• University of Aberdeen: James C. Petrie Visiting Fellowship Clinical Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Sydney 2006.

Publications

• Blyth FM, Cumming RG, Wang JJ, Mitchell PM. Pain and falls in older people. European Journal of Pain. 2007 Jul; 11(5):564-71.
• Blyth FM, Macfarlane GJ, Nicholas MK.  The contribution of psychosocial factors to the development of chronic pain:  the key to better outcomes for patients? Pain 2007 May; 129(1-2):8-11. 
• Van Leeuwen MT, Blyth FM, Nicholas MK, Cousins MJ. Chronic pain and reduced work effectiveness: the hidden cost to Australian employers. European Journal of Pain 2006 Feb; 10(2):161-6. 
• March LM, Blyth FM, Cumming RG, Wang JJ, Mitchell P. Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders and medication use among community-dwelling men and women over 50 years: a report from the Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES) Ann Rheum Dis 2005;64(Suppl III):579
• Blyth FM, March LM, Nicholas MK, Cousins MJ. Self-management of chronic pain: a population-based study Pain 2005; 113(3): 285-292. (ACCOMPANYING EDITORIAL)
• Blyth FM, March LM, Brnabic AJM, Cousins MJ. Chronic pain and frequent use of healthcare. Pain 2004; 111 (1,2):51-58.
• Blyth FM, March LM, Cousins MJ. Chronic pain-related disability and use of analgesia and health services in a Sydney community. Medical Journal of Australia 2003; 179 (2): 84-87.
• Blyth FM, March LM, Nicholas MK, Cousins MJ. Chronic pain, work performance and litigation. Pain 2003; 103: 41-47.
• Blyth FM, March LM, Shellard D, Cousins MJ. The experience of using random digit dialling methods in a population-based chronic pain study. Aust NZ J Public Health 2002; 26:511-4
• Blyth FM, March LM, Brnabic AJM, Jorm LR, Williamson M, Cousins MJ. Chronic pain in Australia: a prevalence study. Pain 2001; 89 (2,3): 127-134. (5TH HIGHEST ARTICLE CITATION NUMBER IN PAIN 2001)
• Molloy AR, Blyth FM and Nicholas MK. Disability and work-related injury: time for a change? Medical Journal of Australia 1999;170:150-51.
• Blyth FM, Lazarus R, Leeder SR, Ross DL, Price M and Cheuk Gd. Hospitalisation for Congestive Heart Failure: Burden and Outcomes. Medical Journal of Australia 1997;167:67-70. (ACCOMPANYING EDITORIAL)
• Mooney G, Leeder S, Blyth F. Outcomes - An introduction. Health Policy 1997;39:1-4.
• Lazarus R, Baur L, Webb K, Blyth F. BMI in screening for adiposity in children and adolescents: systematic evaluation using Receiver Operating characteristic curves. Am J Clin Nutr 1996;63:500-6.
• Lazarus R, Baur L, Webb K, Blyth F. Adiposity and body mass indices in children: Benn’s index and other weight for height indices as measures of relative adiposity. Int J Obes 1996;20:406-12.
• Lazarus R, Baur L, Webb K, Blyth F and Gliksman M. Recommended BMI Cutoff Values for Overweight Screening Programs in Australian Children and Adolescents: Comparisons with North American Values. J Paed Ch Hlth. 1995;31(2):76-80
• Jorm L, Blyth FM, Chapman S and Reynolds C. Smoking in child family day acre homes: policy and practice in New South Wales. Medical Journal of Australia, 1993; 159 (8):518-22.
• Blyth F. and Beral V. Monitoring cancer trends (Editorial) British Journal of Cancer, 1991, 63, 479-480.
• Harrison J.E., Frommer M.S., Ruck E.A. and Blyth FM. Deaths as a result of work-related injury in Australia, 1982-1984. Medical Journal of Australia, 1989, 6, 118-125.
• Pussell B.A., Blyth F and Charlesworth J.A. Failure to detect brain reactivity of lymphocytotoxins in cerebral lupus. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 1981, 46.

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