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Dr Margaret Stebbing

Senior Lecturer — Population Health Academic

Telephone: +61 3 5128 1032
Facsimile: +61 3 5128 1080
Email: Margaret.Stebbing@monash.edu

Margaret grew up in Gippsland and she has recently returned to a new lifestyle in South Gippsland. Her professional background is in nursing and public health practice and research. She has experience in large and small population health research projects and in rural and remote public health and primary health care programs in the Northern Territory, Nepal and China. This work included epidemiological studies, disability, genetic counselling and the public health management of communicable disease, particularly tuberculosis and leprosy.  Margaret’s teaching work at MUDRIH includes lecturing in research design and methods and Evidence Informed Population Health.  Margaret’s research portfolio includes collaborative population health projects in population health, environmental health and the development of innovative health service delivery models. She is skilled in both quantitative and qualitative research methods, including narrative analysis of media texts. Margaret has particular research interests in health protection, injury prevention, Indigenous health, environmental health, communicable diseases and the health risk perceptions and health impacts of climate change.  Margaret’s PhD addressed the topic of public perceptions of health risks associated with new technology and the environment, and her Master of Public Health thesis investigated gender differences in registration and treatment outcome for tuberculosis in Nepal.

Margaret is an active member of the Public Health Association of Australia, and reviews for the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy (Public Health), Monash University 2010.
• Master of Public Health, International Health Stream, Monash University 2000.
• B.App.Sci.(Nursing) RMIT, 1982.

Research grants and projects

Year	Title	Grant Agency	Amount	CIs	Status
2011	Retention of allied health professionals at retirement age in rural Victoria	Victorian Dept. of Health, Workforce Innovation Program	213,000	Stebbing	Awarded
2010	Perceived impacts of long term water insecurity on the health and wellbeing of residents in small rural towns in Victoria.	Monash University, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences—Strategic Program Grant.	$14,034	Stebbing	Awarded
2010	Perceived impacts of long term water insecurity on the health and wellbeing of residents in small rural towns in Victoria.	Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research.	$50,061	Stebbing Carey, Sinclair, Sim.	Not Awarded
2010	Climate change and older people—a literature review	Aging and Life-course Research Group, Office of the Pro Vice Chancellor, Gippsland Campus, Monash University.	NIL	Stebbing	In progress
2010	A climate for change? Achieving public acceptance for adaptive housing on the urban fringes of Melbourne.	Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Research.	$13,096	Petersen, Stanley, Birrell, Stebbing, Ahmed, Maloney, Luther	Not Awarded
2010	The impact of bushfire smoke from controlled burning activities on respiratory health of older residents in a rural Victorian setting—a pilot study.	Helen McPherson Trust	$25,000	Loughnan, Stebbing, Carroll	Not Awarded

Recent Publications

• Linton R HARRISS, Andrew E AJANI, David HUNT, James SHAW, Brian CHAMBERS, Helen DEWEY5, Judith FRAYNE, Alison BEAUCHAMP, Karen DUVÉ, Graham G GILES, Stephen HARRAP, Dianna J MAGLIANO, Danny LIEW, John McNEIL, Anna PEETERS, Margaret STEBBING, Rory WOLFE, Andrew TONKIN.  Accuracy of national mortality codes in identifying adjudicated cardiovascular deaths. Aust NZ J Public Health. 2011;35:466-76
• Stebbing, M. (2010). Exploring risk: current issues in health risk perception in Australia. Doctoral thesis—Monash University.
• Stebbing, M. (2010). Social Amplification of Risk: News and Media and the Emergence of a "Cancer Cluster" Narrative in Australia. 11th Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas (ISSEI), Language Centre University of Helsinki Finland: 1-13.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2009. Avoiding the Trust Deficit: Public Engagement, Values, the Precautionary Principle and the Future of Nanotechnology.” 6:37-48. Bioethical Inquiry 6,37-48.
• Stebbing, Margaret., Katz, Evie, Priestly, Brian & Abramson, Michael, 2008. Social amplification of risk: news media and the emergence of a “cancer cluster” narrative in Australia. Round Table - Communicating Scientific Risk through the Mass Media: Theoretical and Empirical Explorations, (Language and the Scientific Imagination):International Society for the Study of European Ideas(ISSEI). Helsinki, Finland: ISSEI.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2008. Cancer clusters in the News: risk perception, risk communication and the media. Australian Public Health Congress, Brisbane, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2008. Poster presentation - Exploring the environmental health risk related beliefs of Australians: underlying structure and demographic differences.” Australian Public Health Congress. Brisbane, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, Katz, Evie, Priestly, Brian & Abramson, Michael, 2008. Cancer clusters in the News: risk perception, risk communication and the media. Australasian Epidemiologist, 15 (2), 27-29.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2008. Panel presentation – Cancer Cluster Investigations. Australian Public Health Congress. Brisbane, Australia.
• Priestly, Brian & Stebbing, Margaret, Year. Risk Perception and Risk Communication: Is Nanotechnology at the Crossroads in Australia? In: Mulvaney, P. & Kahn, A., eds. 2008 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Melbourne, Australia. Download from the iEEE Xplore Digital Library (PDF file, 66kb).
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2007. Qualitative methodology and questions of risk: linking the health of individuals to the health of populations. Australasian Epidemiologist, 14 (2), 29-32.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2006. Cancer Clusters and the Social Amplification of Risk Framework – content, thematic and framing analysis of media reporting of a perceived cancer cluster. ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference. Sydney, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, Mc Kenzie, Dean, Aroni, Rosalie, Priestley, Brian & Abramson, Michael, 2006. Affective evaluation, trust, perceived risk and acceptability of new technology - the case of nanotechnology in Australia. Australasian Epidemiological Association Annual Meeting 2006. Melbourne, Australia.
• Harriss, Linton, D Liew, D Magliano, M Stebbing, G Giles, D English, J McNeil & A Tonkin on behalf of the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study Group, 2004. Risk and determinants of cardiovascular disease in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. 18th World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education. Melbourne, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, Yallop, Julie, Chan, Bianca, Krum, Henry , Tonkin, Andrew & Leon Piterman, On behalf of the CHAT Study Group - Monash University, Dept. of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine,, 2003. The Chronic Heart Failure Assistance by Telephone Study. Annual Conference – Public Health Association of Australia. Sydney, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2002. The challenges of delivering DOTS in the third world – perspectives from Nepal, China and Uzbekistan. Annual Conference, Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control. Darwin, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2002. Features of treatment centres registering the highest proportion of women. In Department of Gender and Womens Health ed. Gender and Tuberculosis Fact Sheet. Geneva: World Health Organization.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2001. Factors associated with gender differences in registration and treatment outcomes for tuberculosis in Nepal. Masters research project. Monash University.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2000. Keynote presentation - Gender and TB; Perspectives from Nepal. 2000 Annual International Conference, Power, Poverty and TB. Kathmandu, Nepal.
• Stebbing, M, 1999. Factors associated with gender differences in registration and treatment outcome for tuberculosis: an international public health project. Annual Scientific Conference, Public Health Association of Australia. Darwin, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 1999. Supporting not screening - A model for refugee health screening in Central Australia. Annual Meeting, Public Health Association of Australia. Darwin, Australia
• Stebbing, M. S., 1999. DOTS is the ethical choice - so let's get it right. In Program, W.T. ed. The Observer - WHO Tuberculosis Program. May ed.: WHO Tuberculosis Program, 2.

Other publications

• Harrap, SB, Wong, ZY, Stebbing, M, Lamantia, A & Bahlo, M, 2002. Harrap SB. Wong ZY. Stebbing M. Lamantia A. Bahlo M. Blood pressure QTLs identified by genome-wide linkage analysis and dependence on associated phenotypes. [Journal Article] Physiological Genomics. Physiological Genomics, 8 (2), 99-105.
• Ellis, J, Stebbing, M & Harrap, SB, 2001. Male pattern baldness is not associated with established cardiovascular risk factors in the general population. Clinical Science, 100 (4), 401-404.
• Ellis, J, Stebbing, M & Harrap, SB, 2001. Polymorphism of the Androgen Receptor Gene is Associated with Male Pattern Baldness. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 116 (3), 452-455.
• Ellis, J, Stebbing, M & Harrap, SB, 2001. Significant Population Variation in Adult Male Height associated with the Y Chromosome and the Aromatase Gene. Journal of Endocrinology Metabolism, 86 (9), 4147-4150.
• Ellis, J, Wong, ZY, Stebbing, M & Harrap, SB, 2001. Sex, genes and blood pressure. [Journal Article] Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology. Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology, 28 (12), 1053-1055.
• Harrap, SB, Stebbing, M, Hopper, JL & Wong, Z, 2001. Familial Patterns of Covariation for Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adults: The Victorian Family Heart Study. American Journal of Epidemiology 152 (8), 704-715.
• Ellis, J, Stebbing, M & Harrap, SB, 2000. Association of the Human Y Chromosome with high blood pressure in the general population. Hypertension, 36 (5), 731-733.
• Ellis, J, Stebbing, M & Harrap, SB, 1999. Insulin gene polymorphism and premature male pattern baldness in the general population. Clinical Science, 96 (6), 659-662.
• Takami, S, Wong, ZY, Stebbing, M & al, et, 1999. Linkage analysis of endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene with human blood pressure. Journal of Hypertension, 17 (10), 1431-1436.
• Takami, S, Wong, ZY, Stebbing, M & al, et, 1999. Linkage analysis of glucocorticoid and 2 - adrenergic receptor genes with blood pressure and body mass index. American Journal of Physiology, 45, H1379-1384.
• Wong, ZYH, Stebbing, M, Ellis, J, Lamantia, A & Harrap, S, 1999. Genetic Linkage of and subunits of epithelial sodium channel to systolic blood pressure. Lancet, 353 (1222-1225).
• Ellis, J, Stebbing, M & Harrap, SB, 1998. Genetic Analysis of Male Pattern Baldness and the 5 alpha-Reductase Genes. Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 110 (6), 101-105.

Conference presentations

• Stebbing, Margaret.  2011. Water insecurity and health and wellbeing in rural Victorian towns.  Public Health Association of Australia Annual meeting, Brisbane, Australia. September 2011.
• Stebbing, Margaret.  2011.  Climate change and health: the voices of women in small rural towns in Victoria, Australia.  Gender and Climate Change: Women, research and action conference, Monash Centre Prato, Italy. September 2011.
• Stebbing, Margaret.  2011. Retention of allied health professionals at retirement age in rural Victoria. 2011 Allied Health Symposium, Churchill, Australia March 2011.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2008. Cancer clusters in the News: risk perception, risk communication and the media. Australian Public Health Congress, Brisbane, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2008. Poster presentation - Exploring the environmental health risk related beliefs of Australians: underlying structure and demographic differences.” Australian Public Health Congress. Brisbane, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2008. Panel presentation – Cancer Cluster Investigations. Australian Public Health Congress. Brisbane, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2006. Cancer Clusters and the Social Amplification of Risk Framework – content, thematic and framing analysis of media reporting of a perceived cancer cluster. ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference. Sydney, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, Mc Kenzie, Dean, Aroni, Rosalie, Priestley, Brian & Abramson, Michael, 2006. Affective evaluation, trust, perceived risk and acceptability of new technology - the case of nanotechnology in Australia. Australasian Epidemiological Association Annual Meeting 2006. Melbourne, Australia.
• Harriss, Linton, D Liew, D Magliano, M Stebbing, G Giles, D English, J McNeil & A Tonkin on behalf of the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study Group, 2004. Risk and determinants of cardiovascular disease in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. 18th World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education. Melbourne, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, Yallop, Julie, Chan, Bianca, Krum, Henry , Tonkin, Andrew & Leon Piterman, On behalf of the CHAT Study Group - Monash University, Dept. of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine,, 2003. The Chronic Heart Failure Assistance by Telephone Study. Annual Conference – Public Health Association of Australia. Sydney, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2002. The challenges of delivering DOTS in the third world – perspectives from Nepal, China and Uzbekistan. Annual Conference, Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control. Darwin, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 2000. Keynote presentation - Gender and TB; Perspectives from Nepal. 2000 Annual International Conference, Power, Poverty and TB. Kathmandu, Nepal.
• Stebbing, M, 1999. Factors associated with gender differences in registration and treatment outcome for tuberculosis: an international public health project. Annual Scientific Conference, Public Health Association of Australia. Darwin, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 1999. Supporting not screening - A model for refugee health screening in Central Australia. Annual Meeting, Public Health Association of Australia. Darwin, Australia
• Stebbing, Margaret, 1994 Family Studies and Molecular Genetics-getting to the heart of the matter. Annual Meeting, The Australian and New Zealand Data Managers Association. Coolangatta, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 1990. Genetic Co-ordinators/Counsellors—Uncharted Waters. Annual Scientific Meeting, Human Genetics Society of Australasia. Perth, Australia.
• Stebbing, Margaret, 1992. Recruitment strategies for community based studies. Satellite Meeting, Annual Conference, Statistics Society of Australia. Newcastle, Australia.