Geoff Adams
CONTACT
E-mail: g.adams@unimelb.edu.au
Telephone: +61 3 9341 1557
QUALIFICATIONS
- BSc(Hons) (Mathematical Statistics) (Melb)
- MSc (Statistics) (Melb)
- Graduate Diploma of Computing Studies (Melb)
- Graduate Certificate of Clinical Research (Melb)
SHORT HISTORY
- Senior Research Fellow (Statistics), Melbourne Dental School and Cooperative Research Centre for Oral Health Science, The University of Melbourne, 1999 – present.
- Research Fellow in Statistics and Epidemiology and Deputy Director – Health Watch Program, Department of General Practice and Public Health, The University of Melbourne, 1992 – 1999.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Oral health epidemiology (dental caries, periodontal disease, oral cancer)
- Systemic disease epidemiology
- Statistical analysis methods for clinical trials, longitudinal studies, cluster randomised trials
- Bioinformatics
RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Clinical trials of dental caries preventive agents
- Longitudinal studies of periodontal disease progression
- Associations between periodontal diseases and systemic diseases
- Statistical consulting for undergraduate and postgraduate student research projects
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Morgan MV, Campain AC, Adams GG, Crowley SJ and Wright FAC (1998). The efficacy and effectiveness of a primary preventive dental programme in non-flouridated areas of Victorian , Australia. Community Dental Health, 15: 263-271.
- Glass, DC, Adams GG, Manuell RW and Bisby JA (2000). Retrospective exposure assessment for benzene in the Australian petroleum industry. Annals of Occupational Hygiene. 44: 301-20.
- Liaw ST , Hill T, Bryce H and Adams G (2001). Emergency and primary care at a Melbourne hospital: reasons for attendance and satisfaction. Australian Health Review. 24: 120-134.
- Glass DC , Gray CN, Adams GG, Manuell RW and Bisby JA (2001). Validation of exposure estimation for benzene in the Australian petroleum industry. Toxicology & Industrial Health, 17: 113-127.
- Glass DC, Gray CN, Jolley DJ, Gibbons C, Sim MR, Fritschi L, Adams GG, Bisby JA, Manuell R (2003). Leukaemia risk associated with low-level benzene exposure. Epidemiology. 14(5): 569-77.
- Campain AC, Morgan MV,Evans RW, Ugoni A, Adams GG, Conn JA, Watson M (2003). Sugar-starch combinations in food and the relationship to dental caries in low-risk adolescents. European Journal of Oral Sciences. 111(4): 316-25,
- Ehrmann EH, Messer HH, Adams GG (2003). The relationship of intra-canal medicaments to postoperative pain in endodontics. International Endodontic Journal. 36(12):868-75, 2003.
- Gun RT, Pratt NL, Griffith EC, Adams GG, Robinson KL and Bisby JA (2004). Update of a prospective study of mortality and cancer incidence in the Australian petroleum industry. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 61: 150–156.
- Chen ST , Darby IB, Adams GG, Reynolds EC. A prospective clinical study of bone augmentation techniques at immediate implants. Accepted for publication in Clinical Oral Implants Research in 2005.
- Chandu A, Adams GG, Smith ACH. Factors affecting survival in patients with oral cancer: an Australian perspective. International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 34, 514-20.
- Morgan MV, Adams GG, Campain AC, Wright FAC. Assessing sealant retention using a Poisson frailty model. Community Dental Health, 22, 237-45.
- Chandu A, Adams G and Smith AC (2005). Factors affecting survival in patients with oral cancer: an Australian perspective. International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 34, 514-20.
- Morgan MV, Adams GG, Bailey DL, Tsao CE, Fischman SL and Reynolds EC (2008). The anticariogenic effect of sugar-free chewing gum containing CPP-ACP nanocomplexes on approximal caries determined using digital bitewing radiography. Caries Research, 42, 171-184.
- Bailey DL, Adams GG, Tsao CE, Hyslop A, Escobar K, Manton DJ, Reynolds EC and Morgan MV (2009). Regression of post-orthodontic white spot lesions by CPP-ACP crème. Journal of Dental Research (in press).
- Byrne SJ, Dashper SG, Darby IB, Adams GG, Hoffmann B and Reynolds EC (2009). Progression of chronic periodontitis can be predicted by the levels of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola in subgingival plaque. Submitted for publication.
MEMBERSHIPS
- International Association for Dental Research
- International Society for Clinical Biostatistics
- International Biometric Society