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    Susan Jacups

    Susan Jacups

    Adjunct Senior Research Fellow

    Cairns

    Key skills

    • Analysis of data using statistics to create explanatory and predictive models
    • Scientific research publishing, especially in statistical analysis used for the assessment and monitoring of population health needs
    • People and Project Management including design and implementation of community based projects, research and external consultancy
    • Stakeholder engagement, collaboration and consultation to enhance project outcomes; including the use of web-based resources for this purpose and communication for multiple audiences including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across a range of media (written, spoken, digital and broadcast)
    • Continuous quality improvement, monitoring and evaluation
    • Teaching at community and university levels

    Teaching

    Graduate Research School – Statistical advisor, Cairns campus

    Current Students: PhD candidate- Ben Menadue (Cairns Institute/College of Arts, Society and Education)

    Graduated Students: Masters (thesis) Sharron Long (School of Public Health) 2013

    Research

    Susan commenced at The Cairns Institute in 2012, working initially on substance mis-use and homelessness issues across Northern Australia, collaborating with Professor Komla Tsey (JCU), Dr Irina Kinchin and Professor Chris Doran (UQ, now CQU). More recently, Susan accepted the position of Epidemiologist with the Primary Health Network, where she leads the Research portfolio working as the integral link to JCU, Community Primary Health and Hospital Based care- within the newly formed Academic Health centre- Tropical Australia Academic Health Centre (TAAHC). She continues her collaborations with JCU as an Adjunct Researcher with The Cairns Institute.

    Prior to arriving at the Cairns Institute Susan conducted her PhD studies comprising of equal components of ‘human health’, ‘ecology’ and ‘statistical analysis’. The overarching theme centred on mosquitoes: as vectors of disease, their breeding habitats, and evaluations of the anthropogenic ecological changes conducted to reduce their breeding.

    Selected Publications

    Over 70 international peer-reviewed publications

    PhD

    1. Jacups, S., Using statistical methods to evaluate and improve mosquito control for mosquito-borne disease reduction in the Northern Territory of Australia, inBiological Sciences 2012, Charles Darwin University: Darwin. p. 263.

    20 Best Career publications

    1. Jacups SP, Paton CJ, Ritchie SA. Residual and pretreatment application of starycide insect growth regulator (triflumuron) to control Aedes aegypti in containers. Pest management science. 2013. Epub ahead of print.

    2. Jacups, S.P., L. Rapley, S. Benjamin, P.H. Johnson, and S.A. Ritchie, BTI misting for control of Aedes in cryptic ground containers in north Queensland, Australia. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2013. 88(3): p. 490-496.

    3. Jacups, S.P., T.S. Ball, C.J. Paton, P.H. Johnson, and S.A. Ritchie, Operational use of household bleach to “crash and release” Aedes aegypti prior to Wolbachia-infected mosquito release. J Med Entomol, 2013. 50(2):p.344-351.

    4. Jacups, S.P., P.I. Whelan, and D. Harley, Arbovirus models to provide practical management tools for mosquito control and disease prevention in the Northern Territory, Australia. J Med Entomol, 2011. 48(2): p. 453-60.

    5. Jacups, S.P., P.S. Morris, and A.J. Leach, Haemophilus influenzae type b carriage in Indigenous children and children attending childcare centers in the Northern Territory, Australia, spanning pre- and post-vaccine eras. Vaccine, 2011. 29(16): p. 3083-8.

    6. Jacups, S.P. and A. Cheng, The epidemiology of community acquired bacteremic pneumonia, due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, in the Top End of the Northern Territory, Australia--over 22 years. Vaccine, 2011. 29(33): p. 5386-92.

    7. Jacups, S.P., The continuing role of Haemophilus influenzae type b carriage surveillance as a mechanism for early detection of invasive disease activity. Hum Vaccin, 2011. 7(12).

    8. Cheng, A.C., S.P. Jacups, D. Gal, M. Mayo, and B.J. Currie, Extreme weather events and environmental contamination are associated with case-clusters of melioidosis in the Northern Territory of Australia. Int J Epidemiol, 2006. 35(2): p. 323-9.

    9. Currie, B.J. and S.P. Jacups, Intensity of rainfall and severity of melioidosis, Australia. Emerg Infect Dis, 2003. 9(12): p. 1538-42.

    10. Anstey, N.M., S.P. Jacups, T. Cain, T. Pearson, P.J. Ziesing, D.A. Fisher, B.J. Currie, P.J. Marks, and G.P. Maguire, Pulmonary manifestations of uncomplicated falciparum and vivax malaria: cough, small airways obstruction, impaired gas transfer, and increased pulmonary phagocytic activity. J Infect Dis, 2002. 185(9): p. 1326-34.

    11. Jacups, S., A. Warchot, and P. Whelan, Anthropogenic ecological change and impacts on mosquito breeding and control strategies in salt-marshes, NorthernTterritory, Australia. Ecohealth, 2012. 9(2): p. 183-94.

    12. Nickson, C.P., E.B. Waugh, S.P. Jacups, and B.J. Currie, Irukandji syndrome case series from Australia's Tropical Northern Territory. Ann Emerg Med, 2009. 54(3): p. 395-403.

    13. Jacups, S.P., P.I. Whelan, P.G. Markey, S.J. Cleland, G.J. Williamson, and B.J. Currie, Predictive indicators for Ross River virus infection in the Darwin area of tropical northern Australia, using long-term mosquito trapping data. Trop Med Int Health, 2008. 13(7): p. 943-52.

    14. Johnston, F.H., S.P. Jacups, A.-J. Vickery, and D. Bowman, Ecohealth and Aboriginal testimony of the nexus between human health and place. Ecohealth, 2007(November) : p- 489-499.

    15. Ralph, A., S. Jacups, K. McGough, M. McDonald, and B.J. Currie, The challenge of acute rheumatic fever diagnosis in a high-incidence population: a prospective study and proposed guidelines for diagnosis in Australia's Northern Territory. Heart Lung Circ, 2006. 15(2): p. 113-8.

    16. Elliott, J.H., N.M. Anstey, S.P. Jacups, D.A. Fisher, and B.J. Currie, Community-acquired pneumonia in northern Australia: low mortality in a tropical region using locally-developed treatment guidelines. Int J Infect Dis, 2005. 9(1): p. 15-20.

    17. Huffam, S., S.P. Jacups, P. Kittler, and B.J. Currie, Out of hospital treatment of patients with melioidosis using ceftazidime in 24 h elastomeric infusors, via peripherally inserted central catheters.Trop Med Int Health, 2004. 9(6): p. 715-7.

    18. Cheng, A.C., D.A. Fisher, N.M. Anstey, D.P. Stephens, S.P. Jacups, and B.J. Currie,Outcomes of patients with melioidosis treated with meropenem. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 2004. 48(5): p. 1763-5.

    19. Bowden, F.J., S. Jacups, S. Huffman, J. Savage, and M. O'Brien, Azithromycin and pelvic inflammatory disease in the Northern Territory. Med J Aust, 2001. 174(7): p. 366-7.

    20. Hoy, W., A. Kelly, S. Jacups, K. McKendry, P. Baker, S. MacDonald, Z. Wang, N. Punguatji, J. Kerinauia, E. Tipiloura, and C. Harrison, Stemming the tide: reducing cardiovascular disease and renal failure in Australian Aborigines. Aust N Z J Med, 1999. 29(3): p. 480-3.

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