Dr Michael Waller
Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics
School of Public Health
+61 7 336 55552
Researcher biography
Dr Michael Waller: is a biostatistician working on the Australian Longitudinal Study of Womens Health (ALSWH). He has previous experience working on cancer screening, and military health studies. His current research focus is using linked data sources to assess dementia rates and risk factors.
| Featured projects | Duration |
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The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) Population Health Policy and Analysis |
2012–2023 |
| Self-reported health of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel after use of anti-malarial drugs on deployment | 2018 |
Publications
Journal Articles
Cullerton, Katherine, Demeshko, Anastassia and Waller, Michael (2024). Effect of message framing on support for a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Australia: a cross-sectional survey analysis. Health Promotion International, 39 (1) ARTN daad193. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daad193
Buckley, Lisa, Atkins, Tiffany, Perera, Withanage and Waller, Michael (2023). Trajectories of parental warmth and the role they play in explaining adolescent prosocial behavior. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 53 (3), 526-536. doi: 10.1007/s10964-023-01887-3
Baneshi, Mohammad Reza, Eynstone-Hinkins, James, McElwee, Paul, Mishra, Gita D., Moran, Lauren, Waller, Michael and Dobson, Annette (2023). What can death records tell us about multimorbidity?. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 77 (8), 1-8. doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220654
Dobson, Annette, McElwee, Paul, Baneshi, Mohammad Reza, Eynstone-Hinkins, James, Moran, Lauren and Waller, Michael (2023). A new data driven method for summarising multiple cause of death data. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 23 (1) 83, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12874-023-01901-z
Dobson, Annette J., Flicker, Leon, Almeida, Osvaldo P., Waller, Michael and Anstey, Kaarin (2023). Different estimates of the prevalence of dementia in Australia, 2021. Medical Journal of Australia, 218 (7), 320-321. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51838
Runge, Catherine E., Moss, Katrina M., Dean, Judith A. and Waller, Michael (2023). Australian military personnel perspectives on family, service, and deployment: an analysis of open-ended survey data. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 9 (3), 41-49. doi: 10.3138/jmvfh-2022-0054
Engstrom, Teyl, Waller, Michael, Mullens, Amy B., Debattista, Joseph, Durham, Jo, Gu, Zhihong, Wenham, Kathryn, Daken, Kirstie, Ariana, Armin, Gilks, Charles F., Bell, Sara F. E., Williams, Owain D., Dingle, Kaeleen and Dean, Judith A. (2023). STI and HIV testing: examining factors that influence uptake among domestic Australian-born, domestic overseas-born and international tertiary students studying in Australia. BMC Public Health, 23 (1) 505, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15418-z
Leong, David, Gill, Anthony J., Turchini, John, Waller, Michael, Clifton-Bligh, Roderick, Glover, Anthony, Sywak, Mark and Sidhu, Stan (2023). The prognostic impact of extent of vascular invasion in follicular thyroid carcinoma. World Journal of Surgery, 47 (2), 412-420. doi: 10.1007/s00268-022-06696-6
Dobson, Annette J., Almeida, Osvaldo P., Anstey, Kaarin J., de Crespigny, Fleur, Fitzgerald, Patrick, Vu, Thao Anna, Waller, Michael and Flicker, Leon (2022). Methodological strengths and weakness of cohorts and administrative data for developing population estimates of dementia. Alzheimer's and Dementia, 18 (S8) e059648, 1-2. doi: 10.1002/alz.059648
Cullerton, Katherine, Patay, Dori, Waller, Michael, Adsett, Eloise and Lee, Amanda (2022). Competing public narratives in nutrition policy: insights into the ideational barriers of public support for regulatory nutrition measures. Health Research Policy and Systems, 20 (1) 86, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s12961-022-00891-6
Flicker, Leon, Anstey, Kaarin J., Almeida, Osvaldo P., Waller, Michael, Fitzgerald, Patrick, De Crespigny, Fleur, Vu, Thao and Dobson, Annette J. (2022). Differing methodologies are required to estimate prevalence of dementia: single study types are no longer reliable. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 88 (3), 943-948. doi: 10.3233/JAD-220093
Gete, Dereje G., Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita D. (2022). The role of child diets in the association between pre-pregnancy diets and childhood behavioral problems: a mediation analysis. Public Health Nutrition, 25 (10), 1-10. doi: 10.1017/s1368980022001410
Mayfield, Helen J., Lau, Colleen L., Sinclair, Jane E., Brown, Samuel J., Baird, Andrew, Litt, John, Vuorinen, Aapeli, Short, Kirsty R., Waller, Michael and Mengersen, Kerrie (2022). Designing an evidence-based Bayesian network for estimating the risk versus benefits of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccine, 40 (22), 3072-3084. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.004
Xu, Zhiwei, Hockey, Richard, McElwee, Paul, Waller, Michael and Dobson, Annette (2022). Accuracy of death certifications of diabetes, dementia and cancer in Australia: a population-based cohort study. BMC Public Health, 22 (1) 902, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13304-8
Mishra, Shiva R., Waller, Michael, Chung, Hsin-Fang and Mishra, Gita D. (2022). Association between reproductive lifespan and risk of incident type 2 diabetes and hypertension in postmenopausal women: findings from a 20-year prospective study. Maturitas, 159, 52-61. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2022.01.001
Shanks, G Dennis and Waller, Michael (2022). Malaria Relapses Following Parasite-Free Blood Transfusions in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 106 (4), 1237-1239. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-1274
Runge, Catherine E., Moss, Katrina M., Dean, Judith A. and Waller, Michael (2022). What did we miss? analysis of military personnel responses to an open-ended question in a post-deployment health survey. Military Medicine, 188 (7-8), e2325-e2332. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usab565
Mishra, Shiva R., Waller, Michael, Chung, Hsin-Fang and Mishra, Gita D. (2022). Epidemiological studies of the association between reproductive lifespan characteristics and risk of Type 2 diabetes and hypertension: a systematic review. Maturitas, 155, 14-23. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.09.009
Gete, Dereje G., Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita D. (2021). Changes in dietary patterns from preconception to during pregnancy and its association with socio-demographic and lifestyle factors. Public Health Nutrition, 50 (S1), 1-11. doi: 10.1017/s136898002100450x
Lau, Colleen L, Mayfield, Helen J, Sinclair, Jane E, Brown, Samuel J, Waller, Michael, Enjeti, Anoop K, Baird, Andrew, Short, Kirsty, Mengersen, Kerrie and Litt, John (2021). Risk-benefit analysis of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Australia using a Bayesian network modelling framework. Vaccine, 39 (51), 7429-7440. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.10.079
Gete, Dereje, Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita (2021). Changes in dietary patterns from preconception to during pregnancy and its association with socio-demographic factors. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50 (Supplement 1), i79-i79. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab168.218
Holman, Benjamin W.B., Bekhit, Alaa El-Din A., Waller, Michael, Bailes, Kristy L., Kerr, Matthew J. and Hopkins, David L. (2021). The association between total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N) concentration and other biomarkers of quality and spoilage for vacuum packaged beef. Meat Science, 179 108551, 108551. doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2021.108551
Moriarty, Sunayana, Brown, Nathan, Waller, Michael and Chu, Kevin (2021). Isolated vehicle rollover is not an independent predictor of trauma injury severity. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2 (4) e12470, 1-9. doi: 10.1002/emp2.12470
Waller, Michael, Buckley, Rachel F., Masters, Colin L., Nona, Francis R., Eades, Sandra J. and Dobson, Annette J. (2021). Deaths with dementia in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: A nationwide study. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 81 (4), 1589-1599. doi: 10.3233/JAD-201175
Gete, Dereje G., Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita D. (2021). Pre-pregnancy diet quality is associated with lowering the risk of offspring obesity and underweight: Finding from a prospective cohort study. Nutrients, 13 (4) 1044, 1044. doi: 10.3390/nu13041044
Runge, C. E., Moss, K. M., Dean, J. A. and Waller, M. J. (2021). Self-reported pain or injury from equipment used on military deployment. Occupational Medicine, 71 (2), 79-85. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqab010
Charlson, Fiona, Gynther, Bruce, Obrecht, Karin, Waller, Michael and Hunter, Ernest (2021). Multimorbidity and vulnerability among those living with psychosis in Indigenous populations in Cape York and the Torres Strait. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 55 (9), 000486742098483-902. doi: 10.1177/0004867420984832
Mishra, Shiva Raj, Waller, Michael, Chung, Hsin-Fang and Mishra, Gita D. (2021). Association of the length of oestrogen exposure with risk of incident stroke in postmenopausal women: insights from a 20-year prospective study. International Journal of Cardiology, 328, 206-214. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.12.022
Engstrom, Teyl, Waller, Michael, Mullens, Amy B., Durham, Jo, Debattista, Joseph, Wenham, Kathryn, Bell, Sara F. E., Ariana, Armin, Gu, Zhihong, Daken, Kirstie, Dingle, Kaeleen, Gilks, Charles F., Williams, Owain D. and Dean, Judith A. (2021). STI and HIV knowledge and testing: a comparison of domestic Australian-born, domestic overseas-born and international university students in Australia. Sexual Health, 18 (4), 346-348. doi: 10.1071/sh21055
Waller, Michael, Mishra, Gita D. and Dobson, Annette J. (2020). A comparison of cause-specific and competing risk models to assess risk factors for dementia. Epidemiologic Methods, 9 (1) 20190036. doi: 10.1515/em-2019-0036
Mishra, Shiva R., Chung, Hsin‐Fang, Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita D. (2020). Duration of oestrogen exposure during reproductive years, age at menarche and age at menopause, and risk of cardiovascular disease events, all‐cause and cardiovascular mortality: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 128 (5) 1471-0528.16524, 809-821. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16524
Mishra, Shiva R., Chung, Hsin-Fang, Waller, Michael, Dobson, Annette J., Greenwood, Darren C., Cade, Janet E., Giles, Graham G., Bruinsma, Fiona, Simonsen, Mette Kildevæld, Hardy, Rebecca, Kuh, Diana, Gold, Ellen B., Crawford, Sybil L., Derby, Carol A., Matthews, Karen A., Demakakos, Panayotes, Lee, Jung Su, Mizunuma, Hideki, Hayashi, Kunihiko, Sievert, Lynnette L., Brown, Daniel E., Sandin, Sven, Weiderpass, Elisabete and Mishra, Gita D. (2020). Association between reproductive life span and incident nonfatal cardiovascular disease: a pooled analysis of individual patient data from 12 studies. JAMA Cardiology, 5 (12), 1410-1418. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.4105
Runge, Catherine E., Waller, Michael J., Moss, Katrina M. and Dean, Judith A. (2020). Military personnel ratings of a deployment and their positive and negative deployment experiences. Military Medicine, 185 (9-10), e1615-e1623. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usaa109
Gete, Dereje G., Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita D. (2020). Pre-pregnancy diet quality and its association with offspring behavioral problems. European Journal of Nutrition, 60 (1), 503-515. doi: 10.1007/s00394-020-02264-7
Gete, Dereje G., Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita D. (2020). Prepregnancy dietary patterns and risk of preterm birth and low birth weight: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 111 (5), 1048-1058. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa057
Dobson, Annette J., Waller, Michael J., Hockey, Richard, Dolja-Gore, Xenia, Forder, Peta M. and Byles, Julie E. (2020). Impact of dementia on health service use in the last 2 years of life for women with other chronic conditions. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21 (11), 1651-1657.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.02.018
Gete, Dereje G., Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita D. (2020). Effects of maternal diets on preterm birth and low birth weight: a systematic review. British Journal of Nutrition, 123 (4) PII S0007114519002897, 446-461. doi: 10.1017/S0007114519002897
Buckley, Rachel F., Waller, Michael, Masters, Colin L. and Dobson, Annette (2019). To what extent does age at death account for sex differences in rates of mortality from Alzheimer disease?. American Journal of Epidemiology, 188 (7) kwz048, 1213-1223. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz048
Gynther, Bruce, Charlson, Fiona, Obrecht, Karin, Waller, Michael, Santomauro, Damian, Whiteford, Harvey and Hunter, Ernest (2019). The epidemiology of psychosis in Indigenous populations in Cape York and the Torres Strait. EClinicalMedicine, 10, 68-77. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2019.04.009
Peeters, Geeske, Waller, Michael and Dobson, Annette J. (2019). SF-36 normative values according to level of functioning in older women. Quality of Life Research, 28 (4), 979-989. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-2077-z
Shanks, D. and Waller, M. (2019). Comparison of two co-located Infantry Battalions during the 1918 influenza pandemic with very different mortality experiences. Journal of Military and Veterans Health, 27 (1), 6-10.
Fitzgerald, David, Hockey, Richard, Jones, Mark, Mishra, Gita, Waller, Michael and Dobson, Annette (2018). Use of on-line or paper surveys by Australian women: a longitudinal study of users, devices and cohort retention. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21 (3) e10672, 1-18. doi: 10.2196/10672
Lui, Chi-Wai, Waller, Michael, Bell, Alison and van der Pols, Jolieke C. (2018). Retrospective self-reported dietary supplement use by Australian military personnel during deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan: results from the Middle East area of operations health study. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 44 (6) apnm-2018-0576, 1-7. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2018-0576
Buckley, Rachel F., Mormino, Elizabeth C., Amariglio, Rebecca E., Properzi, Michael J., Rabin, Jennifer S., Lim, Yen Ying, Papp, Kathryn V., Jacobs, Heidi I. L., Burnham, Samantha, Hanseeuw, Bernard J., Doré, Vincent, Dobson, Annette, Masters, Colin L., Waller, Michael, Rowe, Christopher C., Maruff, Paul, Donohue, Michael C., Rentz, Dorene M., Kirn, Dylan, Hedden, Trey, Chhatwal, Jasmeer, Schultz, Aaron P., Johnson, Keith A., Villemagne, Victor L., Sperling, Reisa A., Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Australian Imaging, Biomarker and Lifestyle study of ageing and Harvard Aging Brain Study (2018). Sex, amyloid, and APOE ε4 and risk of cognitive decline in preclinical Alzheimer's disease: Findings from three well-characterized cohorts. Alzheimers and Dementia, 14 (9), 1193-1203. doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.04.010
Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Waller, Michael, Whitty, Jennifer A. and Mishra, Gita D. (2018). Physical activity and body mass shape quality of life trajectories in mid-age women. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42 (4), 403-409. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12802
Waller, Michael, Mishra, Gita D. and Dobson, Annette J. (2017). Estimating the prevalence of dementia using multiple linked administrative health records and capture–recapture methodology. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 14 (3) 3, 3-9. doi: 10.1186/s12982-017-0057-3
Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Waller, Michael, Whitty, Jennifer A. and Mishra, Gita D. (2017). Multimorbidity and quality of life at mid-life: A systematic review of general population studies. Maturitas, 109, 53-62. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2017.12.004
Vissers, L. E. T., Waller, M., van der Schouw, Y. T., Hebert, J. R., Shivappa, N., Schoenaker, D. A. J. M. and Mishra, G. D. (2017). A pro-inflammatory diet is associated with increased risk of developing hypertension among middle-aged women. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 27 (6), 564-570. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2017.03.005
Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Waller, Michael, Whitty, Jennifer A. and Mishra, Gita D. (2017). The relationship between SF-6D utility scores and lifestyle factors across three life stages: evidence from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. Quality of Life Research, 26 (6), 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s11136-017-1498-4
Runge, C. E., MacKenzie, A., Loos, C., Waller, M., Gabbett, M., Mills, R. and Eley, D. S. (2016). Characteristics of Queensland physicians and the influence of rural exposure on practice location. Internal Medicine Journal, 46 (8), 981-985. doi: 10.1111/imj.13156
Shanks, G. Dennis, Burroughs, Steven, Sohn, Joshua D., Waters, Norman C., Smith, Virginia F., Waller, Michael and Brundage, John F. (2016). Variable mortality from the 1918–1919 influenza pandemic during military training. Military Medicine, 181 (8), 878-882. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-15-00124
Vissers, Linda E. T., Waller, Michael A., van der Schouw, Yvonne T., Hebert, James R., Shivappa, Nitin, Schoenaker, Danielle A. J. M. and Mishra, Gita D. (2016). The relationship between the dietary inflammatory index and risk of total cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease: findings from an Australian population-based prospective cohort study of women. Atherosclerosis, 253, 164-170. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.07.929
Shanks, G.D., Burroughs, S.A., Sohn, J.D., Waters, N.C., Smith, V.F., Waller, M. and Brundage, J.F. (2016). Enhanced risk of illness during the 1918 influenza pandemic after previous influenza-like illnesses in three military populations. Epidemiology and Infection, 144 (10), 2043-2048. doi: 10.1017/S0950268816000479
McGuire, Annabel C. L., Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Runge, Catherine E., Ireland, Renee, Waller, Michael and Dobson, Annette J. (2016). The effect of multiple deployments on military families: a cross sectional study of health and well-being of partners and children. Military Medicine, 181 (4), 319-327. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00310
Kanesarajah, J., Waller, M., Zheng, W. Y. and Dobson, A. J. (2016). Unit cohesion, traumatic exposure and mental health of military personnel. Occupational Medicine, 66 (4), 308-315. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqw009
Zheng, Wu Yi, Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Waller, Michael, McGuire, Annabel C., Treloar, Susan A. and Dobson, Annette J. (2016). Childhood adversity and traumatic exposures during deployment as predictors of mental health in Australian military veterans. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40 (1), 10-15. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12499
Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Waller, M, Zheng, W.Y. and Dobson, A.J. (2015). Factors associated with low unit cohesion in Australian Defence Force members who deployed to the Middle East (2001-2009).. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 162 (5), 366-372. doi: 10.1136/jramc-2015-000484
Waller, Michael, McGuire, Annabel C. L. and Dobson, Annette J. (2015). Alcohol use in the military: associations with health and wellbeing. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 10 (27) 27, 27-49. doi: 10.1186/s13011-015-0023-4
Waller, M., Charlson, F. J., Ireland, R. E. E., Whiteford, H. A. and Dobson, A. J. (2015). Time-course of PTSD symptoms in the Australian Defence Force: a retrospective cohort study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 25 (4), 393-402. doi: 10.1017/S2045796015000517
Shanks, G. D., Waller, M., Briem, H. and Gottfredsson, M. (2015). Age-specific measles mortality during the late 19th-early 20th centuries.. Epidemiology and Infection, 143 (16), 3434-3441. doi: 10.1017/S0950268815000631
McLaughlin, R., Nielsen, L. and Waller, M. (2015). Erratum: An evaluation of the effect of military service on mortality: quantifying the healthy soldier effect (vol 18, page 928, 2008). Annals of Epidemiology, 25 (2), 143-143. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.12.003
Runge, Catherine E., Waller, Michael, MacKenzie, Alison and McGuire, Annabel C. L. (2014). Spouses of military members' experiences and insights: qualitative analysis of responses to an open-ended question in a survey of health and wellbeing. PLoS ONE, 9 (12) e114755, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114755
Ireland, Renee, Waller, Michael, MacKenzie, Alison, Peake, Jonathan and Nasveld, Peter (2014). Assessment of revised recruitment standards for asthma in the Australian defence force. Military Medicine, 179 (11), 1384-1390. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00009
Shanks, G. D., Milinovich, G. J., Waller, M. and Clements, A. C. A. (2014). Spatio-temporal investigation of the 1918 influenza pandemic in military populations indicates two different viruses.. Epidemiology and Infection, 760 (9), 1816-25. doi: 10.1017/S0950268814002805
Wilson, Nick, Oliver, Jane, Rice, Geoff, Summers, Jennifer A., Baker, Michael G., Waller, Michael and Shanks, G. Dennis (2014). Age-specific mortality during the 1918-19 influenza pandemic and possible relationship to 1889-92 pandemic. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 210 (6), 993-995. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu191
Shanks, G. Dennis, Hu, Zheng, Waller, Michael, Lee, Seung-eun, Terfa, Daniel, Howard, Alan, van Heyningen, Elizabeth and Brundage, John F. (2014). Measles epidemics of variable lethality in the early 20th Century. American Journal of Epidemiology, 179 (4), 413-422. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwt282
Shanks, G. D., Waller, M. and Smallman-Raynor, M. (2013). Spatiotemporal patterns of pandemic influenza-related deaths in Allied naval forces during 1918. Epidemiology and Infection, 141 (10), 2205-2212. doi: 10.1017/S0950268812003032
Crocombe, L. A., Mahoney, G. D., Spencer, A. J. and Waller, M. (2013). Will improving access to dental care improve oral health-related quality of life?. Australian Dental Journal, 58 (2), 192-199. doi: 10.1111/adj.12060
Shanks, G. Dennis, MacKenzie, Alison, Waller, Michael and Brundage, John F. (2012). Relationship between "purulent bronchitis" in military populations in Europe prior to 1918 and the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 6 (4), 235-239. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2011.00309.x
Waller, Michael, Treloar, Susan A., Sim, Malcolm R., McFarlane, Alexander C., McGuire, Annabel C. L., Bleier, Jonathan and Dobson, Annette J. (2012). Traumatic events, other operational stressors and physical and mental health reported by Australian Defence Force personnel following peacekeeping and war-like deployments. BMC Psychiatry, 12 (1) 88, 88.1-88.11. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-88
Peake, Jonathan, Gargett, Susan, Waller, Michael, McLaughlin, Ruth, Cosgrove, Tegan, Wittert, Gary, Nasveld, Peter and Warfe, Peter (2012). The health and cost implications of high body mass index in Australian defence force personnel. BMC Public Health, 12 (1) 451, 451-1-451-10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-451
Ebringer, Andrew, Heathcote, Gary, Baker, Joanne, Waller, Michael, Shanks, G. Dennis and Edstein, Michael D. (2011). Evaluation of the safety and tolerability of a short higher-dose primaquine regimen for presumptive anti-relapse therapy in healthy subjects. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 105 (10), 568-573. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.07.001
Shanks, G. Dennis, Waller, Michael, MacKenzie, Alison and Brundage, John F. (2011). Determinants of mortality in naval units during the 1918-19 influenza pandemic. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 11 (10), 793-799. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70151-7
Shanks, G. Dennis, MacKenzie, Alison, Waller, Michael and Brundage, John F. (2011). Low but highly variable mortality among nurses and physicians during the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 5 (3), 213-219. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2010.00195.x
Waller, Michael and McGuire, Annabel C.L. (2011). Changes over time in the "health soldier effect". Population Health Metrics, 9 (1) 7, Article 7. doi: 10.1186/1478-7954-9-7
Bleier, Jonathan, McFarlane, Alexander, McGuire, Annabel, Treloar, Susan, Waller, Michael and Dobson, Annette (2011). Risk of adverse health outcomes associated with frequency and duration of deployment with the Australian Defence Force. Military Medicine, 176 (2), 139-146. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00241
Shanks, G. Dennis, MacKenzie, Alison, Mclaughlin, Ruth, Waller, Michael, Dennis, Peter, Lee, Seung-eun and Brundage, John F. (2010). Mortality risk factors during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in the Australian Army. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 201 (12), 1880-1889. doi: 10.1086/652868
Barton, CA, McGuire, A, Waller, M, Treloar, SA, McClintock, C, McFarlane, AC and D'Este, C (2010). Smoking Prevalence, Its Determinants and Short-Term Health Implications in the Australian Defence Force. Military Medicine, 175 (4), 267-272. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00287
McGuire, Annabel, Waller, Michael, Loos, Colleen, McClintock, Christine, McFarlane, Alexander C., Neilsen, Lisa, Treloar, Susan A., Dobson, Annette and D'Este, Catherine (2009). Self-reported indicators of psychological health. Psychiatric Annals, 39 (2) 00485713-20090201-06, 48-55. doi: 10.3928/00485713-20090201-06
Macafee, D. A. L., Waller, M., Whynes, D. K., Moss, S. and Scholefield, J. H. (2008). Population screening for colorectal cancer: The implications of an ageing population. British Journal of Cancer, 99 (12), 1991-2000. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604788
McLaughlin, R., Nielsen, L. and Waller, M. (2008). An Evaluation of the Effect of Military Service on Mortality: Quantifying the Healthy Soldier Effect. Annals of Epidemiology, 18 (12), 928-936. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.09.002
Waller, Michael, Moss, Sue, Watson, Joanna and Moller, Henrik (2007). The Effect of Mammographic Screening and Hormone Replacement Therapy Use on Breast Cancer Incidence in England and Wales. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 16 (11), 2257-2261. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-07-0262
Evans, A. J., Kutt, E., Record, C., Waller, M., Bobrow, L. and Moss, S. (2007). Radiological and pathological findings of interval cancers in a multi-centre, randomized, controlled trial of mammographic screening in women from age 40–41 years. Clinical Radiology, 62 (4), 348-352. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.10.010
Moss, Sue, Cuckle, Howard, Evans, Andy, Johns, Louise, Waller, Michael and Bobrow, Lynda (2007). Mammographic screening from age 40 years - Authors' reply. Lancet, 369 (9563). doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60351-1
Moss, S. M., Cuckle, H., Evans, A., Johns, L., Waller, M. and Bobrow, L. (2007). Is it necessary to organize breast cancer mass screening before the age of 50 years? Faut-il organiser le dépistage de masse du cancer du sein avant l'âge de 50 ans?. Imagerie de la Femme, 17 (2). doi: 10.1016/s1776-9817(07)88749-9
Moss, Sue M., Cuckle, Howard, Evans, Andy, Johns, Louise, Waller, Michael, Bobrow, Lynda and Trial Management Group (2006). Effect of mammographic screening from age 40 years on breast cancer mortality at 10 years' follow-up: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 368 (9552), 2053-2060. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69834-6
Evans, A. J., Kutt, E., Record, C., Waller, M. and Moss, S. (2006). Radiological findings of screen-detected cancers in a multi-centre randomized, controlled trial of mammographic screening in women from age 40 to 48 years. Clinical Radiology, 61 (9), 784-788. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.04.013
Griffiths, D. F. R., Melia, J., McWilliam, L. J., Ball, R .Y., Grigor, K., Harnden, P., Jarmulowicz, M., Montironi, R., Moseley, R., Waller, M., Moss, S. and Parkinson, M. C. (2006). A study of Gleason score interpretation in different groups of UK pathologists; techniques for improving reproducibility. Histopathology, 48 (6), 655-692. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2006.02394.x
Melia, J., Moseley, R., Ball, R. Y., Griffiths, D. F., Grigor, K., Harnden, P., Jarmulowicz, M., McWilliam, L. J., Montironi, R., Waller, M., Moss, S. and Parkinson, M. C. (2006). A UK-based investigation of inter- and intra-observer reproducibility of Gleason grading of prostatic biopsies. Histopathology, 48 (6), 644-654. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2006.02393.x
Cubie, Heather A., Moore, Catherine, Waller, Michael and Moss, Sue (2005). The development of a quality assurance programme for HPV testing within the UK NHS cervical screening LBC/HPV studies. Journal of Clinical Virology, 33 (4), 287-292. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2004.12.011
Moss, S., Waller, M., Anderson, T. J. and Cuckle, H. (2005). Randomised controlled trial of mammographic screening in women from age 40: predicted mortality based on surrogate outcome measures. British Journal of Cancer, 92 (5), 955-960. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602395
Anderson, Thomas J., Waller, Michael, Ellis, Ian, O., Bobrow, Lynda and Moss, Susan (2004). Influence of annual mammography from age 40 on breast cancer pathology. Human Pathology, 35 (10), 1252-1259. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2004.07.011
Blanks, R. G., Waller, M., Sanchez-Galvez, A. and Moss, S. M. (2004). Monitoring and evaluating the performance of the UK NHS Cervical Screening Programme: Monitoring performance by using cytology outcomes adjusted for population characteristics. Cytopathology, 15 (1), 5-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2003.00123.x
Conference Papers
Pizzino, Stacey, Waller, Michael, Tippett, Vivienne and Durham, Jo (2023). The Hard-to-Reach Data (HaRD) framework: a case study in humanitarian mine action. World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine Congress, Killarney, Ireland, 9-12 May 2023.
Pizzino, Stacey, Waller, Michael, Tippett, Vivienne and Durham, Jo (2023). Mortality from landmines and explosive hazards: findings from a global epidemiological analysis. World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine Congress, Killarney, Ireland, 9-12 May 2023.
Pizzino, Stacey, Durham, Jo, Waller, Michael and Tippett, Vivienne (2022). Health impacts of landmines and unexploded ordnance: the enduring legacy of war. 14th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion , Adelaide, SA, Australia, 27 - 30 November 2022. Deakin, ACT, Australia: Public Health Association of Australia.
Gete, Dereje, Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita (2022). The role of child diets in the association between pre-pregnancy diets and childhood behavioral problems: a mediation analysis. Nutrition 2022 Live Online, Virtual, 14-16 June 2022. New York, United States: Oxford University Press . doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzac067.023
Gete, Dereje, Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita (2021). Pre-pregnancy Diet Quality Is Associated With Lowering the Risk of Offspring Obesity and Underweight: Finding From a Prospective Cohort Study. Nutrition 2021 Live Online, Online, 7-10 June 2021. New York, NY United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzab038_020
Gete, Dereje Gedle, Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita D. (2020). Pre-pregnancy dietary patterns and risk of preterm birth and low birth weight: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Optimizing Nutrition for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - Keystone Symposia, Online, 21-24 October 2020.
Gete, Dereje, Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita (2020). Pre-Pregnancy Diet Quality and Its Association with Offspring Behavioral Problems. Nutrition 2021 Live Online, Online, 7-10 June 2021. New York, NY United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa046_022
Mishra, Shiva Raj, Chung, Hsin-Fang, Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita D. (2020). Oestrogen exposure indices and incident stroke in post menopausal women, insights from Australian longitudinal study on women's health. ACC 2.0 with World Congress of Cardiology, Chicago, IL, United States, 28 - 30 March 2020. New York, NY, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(20)34104-8
Mishra, Shiva Raj, Chung, Hsin-Fang, Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita D. (2020). Duration of oestrogen exposure during reproductive years, age at menarche, age at menopause, and risk of cardiovascular disease events, all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, a systematic review. ACC 2.0 with World Congress of Cardiology, Chicago, IL, United States, 28 - 30 March 2020. New York, NY, United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(20)34155-3
Gete, Dereje Gedle, Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita D. (2019). Effects of maternal diets on preterm birth and low birth weight: a systematic review. 11th DOHaD 2019 World Congress, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 20-23 October 2019. doi: 10.1017/S2040174419000643
Gedle Gete, Dereje, Waller, Michael and Mishra, Gita D. (2019). Pre-pregnancy diet quality and its association with offspring behavioral problems. The 11th DOHaD 2019 World Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 20-23 October 2019. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/S2040174419000643
Rolley, Adam, Waller, Michael, Bell, Sara Fiona Elisabeth, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Williams, Owain, Gilks, Charles, Russell, Darren and Dean, Judith Ann (2019). Queensland PrEP demonstration study: risk compensation, STI rates and adherence. 2019 Australasian HIV and AIDS Conference, Perth, WA Australia, 17-20 September 2019. Herston, QLD Australia:
Gardiner, P., Waller, M., Mishra, G. and Dobson, A.J. (2017). Frailty and risk for dementia: the Australian longitudinal study on women’s health. 21st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) World Congress, San Francisco, CA United States, 23-27 July 2017. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.3823
Gardiner, P., Jagger, C., Waller, M., Mishra, G. and Dobson, A.J. (2017). Impact of obesity on dementia: free life expectancies in older Australian women. 21st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) World Congress, San Francisco, CA United States, 23-27 July 2017 . Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press . doi: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.4545
MacKenzie, A., Gabbett, M., Loos, C., Waller, M., Kanesarajah, J., Flynn, J., Mills, R., Warfe, P., Doherty, R. and Nasveld, P. (2014). Barriers to Maintaining a Regional and Rural Medical Workforce in Queensland, Australia. RACP Congress 2014 - Future Directions in Health, Auckland, New Zealand, 18-21 May 2014. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/imj.12435
Waller, M. and McGuire, A. (2010). How does the 'healthy soldier effect' change over time?. Australian Epidemiological Assocation Annual Conference (AEA 2010), Sydney, Australia, 29 September - 1 October 2010.
McClintock, C., Treloar, S. A., McGuire, A., Waller, M., Bleier, J., Nielsen, L., Loos, C., Nasveld, P. and Dobson, A. (2009). The Defence Deployed Bougainville Health Study: Overview of findings. Australian Military Medicine Association Conference., Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 30 October - 1 November 2009.
Barton , C., McGuire, A.., Waller, M., Treloar, S.A., McClintock, C., McFarlane, A.C. and D’Este, C. (2009). Smoking prevalence, its determinants and short term health implications in the Australian Defence Force.. Australian Military Medical Association Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, October 30-November 1 2009.
Bleier, J., McGuire, A.,, Waller, M., Treloar, S.A. and Dobson, A. (2009). Deployment frequency and health in the NNAI study group. Australian Defence Force.. Australian Military Medical Association Conference, Gold Coast , QLD, Australia, October 30-November 1 2009.
Loos, C., Nielsen, L., Cosgrove, T., Treloar, S., McClintock, C., Waller, M. and McGuire, A. (2009). The Australian Deployment Health Surveillance Program: An evaluation of recruitment and data collection strategies.. Australasian Epidemiological Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Otago, New Zealand, 30 August – 1 September 2009.
McClintock, C., Waller, M., McGuire,A., Loos,C., Nielsen, L., McFarlane, AC., Dobson, A., Treloar ,S.A. and D’Este, C (2009). Deployment Health Surveillance Program – results of the Solomon Islands study.. Pacific Military Medicine Conference, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 6-10 April 2009.
McGuire,A, Waller,M, Benassi, H, Nicholson,C, McFarlane, AC, Treloar, S and D'Este, C (2009). Are there differences in mental health, as measured by K-10 and PCL-C, depending upon where, when and who asks the questions?. Force Health Protection Conference, Albuquerque NM USA, August 15-24 2009.
McClintock, C., Waller, M., McGuire, A., Loos, C., Nielsen, L., McFarlane, A.C., Dobson,A., Treloar, S. and D’Este,C. (2009). Defence Deployed Solomon Islands Study – Classical Epidemiological Trends.. Public Health Association Queensland State Conference, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Australia, 23-24th July 2009.
Bleier, J., Waller, M., McGuire, A., Nicholson, C., McFarlane, A.C., Treloar, S. and Dobson, A. (2009). The Near North Area of Influence study group: Comparison of Health outcomes for personnel who had not been on a military deployment compared with those who had been to East Timor and the Middle East Area of Operations. Australian Military Medicine Association Conference, Gold Coast , QLD, Australia, October 30-November 1 2009.
Treloar, S. A., McGuire, A., McClintock, C., Waller ,M., Bleier, J., Nielsen, L., Loos, C., Nasveld, P. and Dobson, A. (2009). The Defence Deployed East Timor Health Study: Overview of findings. Australian Military Medicine Association Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 30 October - 1 November 2009.
Waller, M., Bleier, J., McGuire, A., D'Este, C., Sim, M., Treloar, S.A. and Dobson, A. (2009). Analysis of self report symptoms reported by the Australian Defence Force in the Near North Area of Influence Health Studies. Australian Military Medicine Association Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 30 October - 1 November 2009.
Loos, C., Nielsen, L., Cosgrove, T., Treloar, S. A., McClintock, C., Waller,M. and McGuire, A. (2009). The Australian Deployment Health Surveillance Program: an evaluation of recruitment and data collection strategies.. Australian Military Medicine Association Conference., Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 30 October - 1 November 2009.
Waller, M., Bleier, J., McGuire, A. and D’Este, C. (2009). Analysis of self-report symptoms reported by the Australian Defence Force in the Near North Area of Influence Studies. Australasian Epidemiological Association Annual Scientific Meeting, Otago, New Zealand, 30 August – 1 September 2009.
Moss, S., Waller, M., Anderson, T. and Cuckle, H. (2004). Interim results from the Age Trial. Symposium Mammographicum 2004, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 19 - 20 July 2004. London, United Kingdom: BioMed Central. doi: 10.1186/bcr848
Ellis, I.O., Anderson, T. J., Waller, M., Bobrow, L., Hanby, A. and Moss, S. (2004). Pathology results from the UK Age Trial. Symposium Mammographicum 2004, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 19 - 20 July 2004. London, United Kingdom: BioMed Central. doi: 10.1186/bcr850
Thesis
Waller, Michael (2016). The “Healthy Soldier Effect” and experiences of deployed Australian Defence Force personnel. PhD Thesis, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.135
Newspaper Articles
Pizzino, Stacey, Durham, Jo and Waller, Michael (2023, 11 14). Dampak perang bagi lingkungan: pencemaran, ranjau darat, dan emisi militer The Conversation
Pizzino, Stacey, Durham, Jo and Waller, Michael (2023, 11 14). Conflict pollution, washed-up landmines and military emissions – here’s how war trashes the environment The Conversation
Pizzino, Stacey, Durham, Jo and Waller, Michael (2023, 02 13). Війна залишає токсичну спадщину для середовища та здоров'я людей Novyny Live
Pizzino, Stacey, Durham, Jo and Waller, Michael (2023, 01 25). War leaves a toxic legacy that lasts long after the guns go quiet. Can we stop it? The Conversation
Data Collections
Annette Dobson, Ph.D., Paul McElwee, Mohammad Reza Baneshi, Ph.D., James Eynstone-Hinkins, Lauren Moran and Michael Waller, Ph.D. (2023). MCoD_WORK. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/25f6577
Nasveld, Peter, Waller, Michael and Peake, Jonathon (2014). Asthma Phase 2 Surveillance and Assessment of the revised recruiting standards. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.579
Research Reports
Waller, M., Runge, C. E., Charlson, F. J. and Whiteford, H. A. (2018). Self-reported health of Australian Defence Force personnel after use of anti-malarial drugs on deployment. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, School of Public Health.
Runge, Catherine, Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Loos, Colleen, Waller, Michael and Nasveld, Peter (2014). Rwanda Deployment Health Study Report. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: Centre for Australian Military and Veterans' Health, The University of Queensland.
McGuire, Annabel, Runge, Catherine, Cosgrove, Luke, Bredhauer, Katrina, Anderson, Renee, Waller, Michael, Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Dobson, Annette and Nasveld, Peter (2012). Timor-Leste Family Study Report. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland, Centre for Military and Veterans' Health.
McGuire, Annabel, Waller, Michael, Bleier, Jonathan, Loos, Colleen, Nielsen, Lisa, Cosgrove, Tegan, McClintock, Christine, Nasveld, Peter, Treloar, Susan and Dobson, Annette (2009). Bougainville health study: project completion report. Herston, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, Centre for Military and Veterans’ Health.
Department Technical Reports
Mishra, Gita, Chan, Hsiu-Wen, Hockey, Richard, Waller, Michael, Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Byles, Julie and Dobson, Annette (2016). Future health service use and cost: Insights from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health. Report prepared for the Australian Government Department of Health, June 2016.. Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH).
Waller, Michael, Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Zheng, Wu Yi and Dobson, Annette Jane (2014). The Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO) mortality and cancer incidence study. Centre for Australian Military & Veterans' Health, The University of Queensland.
Dobson, Annette, Treloar, Susan, Zheng, Wu Yi, Anderson, Renée, Bredhauer, Katrina, Kanesarajah, Jeeva, Loos, Colleen, Pasmore, Kara and Waller, Michael (2013). The Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO) Health Study: Census Study Report. Centre for Australian Military & Veterans' Health, The University of Queensland.
McGuire, Annabel, Waller, Michael, Bleier, Jonathan, Loos, Colleen, Nielsen, Lisa, Cosgrove, Tegan, McClintock, Christine, Nasveld, Peter, Treloar, Susan and Dobson, Annette (2009). East Timor health study: project completion report. 1. Centre for Military and Veterans' Health.