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Associate Professor David Harley BSc, MBBS, PhD ( University of Queensland ), FAFPHM ( Royal Australasian College of Physicians), MMedSc (Clin Epid; Newcastle) Current Position: Associate Professor 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 6125 2517 F: +61 2 6125 0740 Email

Research Interests

• Epidemiology
• Arboviruses, including Ross River and Chikungunya viruses
• Developmental disability medicine, particularly psychotropic drug use in adults with intellectual disability
  

Selected Recent Publications

Tyrer P, Oliver-Africano PC, Bouras N, Cooray S, Ahmed Z, Hare M, Murphy D, Meade M, Reece B, Kramo K, Bhaumik S, Harley D , Karatela S, Regan R, Thomas D, Rao B, North B, Eliahoo J, Soni A, & Crawford M. Risperidone, haloperidol and placebo in the treatment of aggressive challenging behaviour in intellectual disability: Randomised controlled trial Lancet 2008;371(9606):57-63.

Harley D, Ritchie S, Bain C, Sleigh A. Risks for Ross River virus disease in tropical Australia. International Journal of Epidemiology 2005;34(3):548-555 http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/dyh411?ijkey=3h79SSB6gF8O5g2&keytype=ref

Rowell M, Harley D. Prader-Willi Syndrome, in Management Guidelines: Developmental Disability . Version 2, 2005, Edited by Nicholas Lennox

Harley D, Bossingham D, Purdie DM, Pandeya N, Sleigh AC. Ross River virus disease in tropical Queensland: evolution of rheumatic manifestations in an inception cohort followed for six months The Medical Journal of Australia 2002;177:352-355. http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/177_07_071002/har10645_fm.pdf

Harley D, Sleigh A, Ritchie S. Ross River virus transmission, infection and disease: a cross-disciplinary review Clinical Microbiology Reviews 2001;14(4):909-932. http://cmr.asm.org/cgi/reprint/14/4/909.pdf