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Martyn Kirk BAppSci (Deakin) MAppEpid (ANU) Current Position: PhD Student Contact Details: (Building 62, ANU map) National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200 Australia T: +61 2 6289 2746

PhD Title

Understanding and preventing gastroenteritis and foodborne disease in elderly Australians.

Supervisors

• Professor Niels Becker (chair)
• Associate Professor Gillian Hall

Research Interests

• Foodborne disease

• Outbreak investigation

• Infectious disease surveillance

• Infections in the elderly

• Case control studies

Selected Recent Publications

Lewis HC, Kirk M, et al. Outbreaks of shigellosis in Denmark and Australia associated with imported baby corn. August 2007 - final summary. Euro Surveill. 2007; 12:Eo71004.2.

Webby RJ, Carville KS, Kirk MD, et al. Internationally distributed frozen oyster meat causing multiple outbreaks of norovirus infection in Australia. Clin Infect Dis 2007; 44:1026-1031.

Black AP, Kirk MD, Millard G. Campylobacter outbreak due to chicken consumption at an Australian Capital Territory restaurant. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 2006; 30:373-377.

McMeekin TA, Baranyi J, Bowman J, Dalgard P, Kirk M, et al. Information systems in food safety management. Int J Food Microbiol. 2006; 112:181-194.

Musto J, Kirk M, Lightfoot D, Coombs B, Mwanri L. Multi-drug resistant Salmonella Java infections acquired from tropical fish aquariums, Australia, 2003-2004. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 2006; 30: 222-227.

Ashbolt R, Kirk MD. Salmonella Missisippi infections in Tasmania: the role of native Australian animals and unreated drinking water. Epidemiology & Infection. 2006; 134: 1257-1265.

Hall GV, Kirk MD, Ashbolt R, Stafford R, Lalor K. Frequency of infections gastrointestinal illness in Australia, 2002: regional, seasonal and demographic variation. Epidemiology & Infection. 2006; 134:111-118.

Kirk MD, Kiedrzynski T, Johnson E, Elymore A, Wainiqolo I. Risk factors for cholera in Pohnpei during an outbreak in 2000: lessons for Pacific countries and territories. Pac Health Dialog. 2005; 12: 17-22.