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Hire Dr. Liana V.

Australia

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Infectious disease epidemiologist with 5+ years experience in health research

Profile Summary

I have a PhD on the epidemiology and genetic diversity of Campylobacter in Australia. My interests include infectious diseases and science communication.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Epidemiology
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ R
• ☆ Infectious Disease
• ☆ Public Health
• ☆ Science Communication

Services

• Writing

Work Experience

Epidemiologist

WA Health Public Health Division

April 2020 - Present

Epidemiologist & Senior Research Officer

WA Health Public Health Division

July 2019 - April 2020

Research Assistant

Menzies School of Health Research

August 2017 - May 2019

Research Assistant

Curtin University

August 2015 - August 2018

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - Public Health

University of Queensland

February 2016 - November 2019

Master of Public Health (Communicable Disease Control)

James Cook University

February 2013 - November 2014

Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Science)

Edith Cowan University

January 2008 - December 2010

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2020). A meta‐analysis of case‐control studies examining sporadic campylobacteriosis in Australia and New Zealand from 1990 to 2016 . Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.

Liana Varrone, Kathryn Glass, Russell J. Stafford, Martyn D. Kirk, Linda Selvey (2020). Validation of questions designed for investigation of gastroenteritis . Food Control.

Varrone L, Glass K, Stafford RJ, Kirk MD, Selvey L. Validation of questions designed for investigation of gastroenteritis. Food Control 2020;108 .

Varrone, L., Stafford, R. J., Lilly, K., Selvey, L., Glass, K., Ford, L., . . . Kirk, M. D. (2018). Investigating locally relevant risk factors for Campylobacter infection in Australia: protocol for a case–control study and genomic analysis. BMJ Open, 8(12), e026630. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026630 .

Tong, S. Y. C., Varrone, L., Chatfield, M. D., Beaman, M., & Giffard, P. M. (2015). Progressive increase in community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Indigenous populations in northern Australia from 1993 to 2012. Epidemiology & Infection, 143(07), 1519-1523 .

Varrone, L. (2014). Plague – a forgotten threat to the modern world. Annals of the ACTM, 15(2), 37-40 .

DISSERTATION THESIS

Liana Varrone (2020). Identifying risk factors for and genetic diversity of Campylobacter in Australia .

CONFERENCE ABSTRACT

(2017). Risk factors for campylobacteriosis in Australia and New Zealand: a systematic review. Communicable Diseases Control Conference.