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Dr Mahomed Patel MBBCh (South Africa), FRACP, FAFPHM Current Position: Associate Professor Contact Details: (Building 62, ANU map) National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200 Australia T: +61 2 6125 5619 F: +61 2 6125 0740 E: Mahomed.Patel@anu.edu.au

Research Interests

• The changing epidemiology of meningococcal disease
• Strengthening capacity to control communicable diseases in developing countries
• Preparedness and response to epidemic and pandemic disease
• Using surveillance data to inform and evaluate health programs and policies
• Translating research on infectious diseases to policy and practice.

Selected Recent Publications

Patel M, Phillips C, Pearce C, Kljakovic M, Dugdale P, et al. General practice and pandemic influenza: A framework for planning and comparison of plans in five countries. PLoS ONE 2008;3(5): e2269 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002269

Phillips CB, Patel MS, Glasgow N, Pearce C, Dugdale P, et al. Australian general practice and pandemic influenza: models of clinical practice in an established pandemic. Med J Aust 2007;186 : 355-8.

Patel MS. Australia's century of meningococcal disease: development and the changing ecology of an accidental pathogen. Med J Aust 2007;186 : 136-41.

McPherson M, Kelly H, Patel M, Leslie D. Persistent risk of tuberculosis in migrants a decade after arrival in Australia. Med J Aust 2008;188 : 528–531.

Condon R, Patel MS. Response of the Western Pacific Regional Office. In: SARS. How a global epidemic was stopped. Western Pacific Regional Office. p56-66. WHO 2006.

Samaan G, Patel MS , Olowokure B, Roces C, Oshitani H. Rumor Surveillance and Avian Influenza H5N1. Emerging Infectious Disease 2005;11:463-465

Patel M , Lee C. Polysaccharide vaccines for preventing serogroup A meningococcal meningitis. The Cochrane Library. Chichester , UK : John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2004.

 

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