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Research Fellows
Dr Sarah Appleton
Sarah Appleton was a foundation research officer in the Observatory. She has completed her doctoral studies investigating the complexity of the relationship between obesity and respiratory disease, utilising data from the North West Adelaide Health Study. Prior to commencement of her PhD, she worked in the area of respiratory disease epidemiology, in addition to her work as a reviewer for the Cochrane Collaboration Airways Group, which generated several systematic reviews of the efficacy of drug treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She has published extensively on chronic disease issues in national and international journals and has extended her research interests into areas such as diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, obesity, epidemiological methods and extending working life.
Dr Cynthia Piantadosi
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Dr Cynthia Piantadosi is currently working with Professor Ian Chapman and Associate Professor Renuka Visvanathan on a national multicentre study “The effect of testosterone and a nutritional supplement in under-nourished, older people” (NHMRC grant number 627178). Cynthia is also co-supervising PhD student Elsa Dent. Cynthia joins us from the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Cardiovascular Research Centre where she investigated the effects of obesity and diet induced weight loss on cardiovascular risk factors, vascular and ventricular structure and function, prostate symptoms and sexual function in obese men. |
Dr Tiffany Gill
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Tiffany Gill was awarded an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship for 2011-2014. She completed her doctoral studies in 2008 examining the population perception of risk factors associated with musculoskeletal disorders. Originally trained as a physiotherapist and having worked in the public and private sectors, prior to her Fellowship, she was employed as an epidemiologist for SA Health. While her research interests are focussed primarily on the epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders, she has also published widely in other areas related to chronic disease, risk factor epidemiology and public health.
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