Dr Ellie Paige
Ellie Paige
Visiting Fellow
BSc (ANU), MEpi (UQ), PhD (ANU)
email ellie.paige@anu.edu.au

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Dr Ellie Paige is a Team Head of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and a Visiting Research Fellow with the Epidemiology for Policy and Practice group at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health. She is an epidemiologist with interest and experience in the analysis of large-scale cohort and administrative data and modelling of longitudinal data for chronic disease research. Her main research interests are in chronic disease prevention, with a focus on using large-scale data for cardiovascular disease predictive modelling.

Affiliations

Research interests

  • Analysis of large-scale epidemiological and administrative datasets
  • Longitudinal data analysis
  • Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Chronic disease epidemiology
  • Absolute cardiovascular disease risk assessment
  • Cardiovascular disease prevention

Projects

Publications

  • Butler, D, Agostino, J, Paige, E et al. 2022, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health checks: sociodemographic characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors', Public Health Research & Practice, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 1-9.
  • Paige, E, Banks, E, Agostino, J et al. 2022, 'The relationship of socioeconomic factors to the use of preventative cardiovascular disease medications: A prospective Australian cohort study', Preventive Medicine, vol. 154, pp. 1-8.
  • Wijnen, A, Bishop, K, Joshy, G et al. 2022, 'Observed and predicted premature mortality in Australia due to non-communicable diseases: a population-based study examining progress towards the WHO 25X25 goal', BMC Medicine, vol. 20, no. 1.
  • Butler, D, Paige, E, Welsh, J et al. 2022, 'Factors related to under-treatment of secondary cardiovascular risk, including primary healthcare: Australian National Health Survey linked data analysis', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 533-539.
  • Bin Sayeed, M, Joshy, G, Paige, E et al. 2021, 'Cardiovascular disease subtypes, physical disability and workforce participation: A cross-sectional study of 163,562 middle-aged Australians', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 16, no. 4.
  • Paige, E, Doyle, K, Jorm, L et al. 2021, 'A Versatile Big Data Health System for Australia: Driving Improvements in Cardiovascular Health', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol. 30, no. 10, pp. 1467-1476.
  • Lotta, L, Pietzner, M, Stewart, I et al. 2021, 'A cross-platform approach identifies genetic regulators of human metabolism and health', Nature Genetics, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 54-64.
  • Welsh, J, Korda, R, Paige, E et al. 2021, 'The ATHENA COVID-19 Study: Cohort profile and first findings for people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Queensland, 1 January to 31 December 2020', Communicable Diseases Intelligence, vol. 45.
  • Barrett, E, Paige, E, Welsh, J et al. 2021, 'Differences between men and women in the use of preventive medications following a major cardiovascular event: Australian prospective cohort study', Preventive Medicine Reports, vol. 22.
  • Agostino, J, Wong, D, Paige, E et al. 2020, 'Cardiovascular disease risk assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged under 35 years: a consensus statement', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 212, no. 9, pp. 422-427.
  • Agostino, J, Wong, D, Paige, E et al 2020, 'Cardiovascular disease risk assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults aged under 35 years: a consensus statement', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 212, no. 9, pp. 422-427.
  • Hughes, V, Paige, E, Welsh, J et al. 2020, 'Education-related variation in coronary procedure rates and the contribution of private health care in Australia: a prospective cohort study', International Journal for Equity in Health, vol. 19, no. 139, pp. 1-12.
  • Banks, E, Welsh, J, Joshy, G et al. 2020, 'Comparison of cardiovascular disease risk factors, assessment and management in men and women, including consideration of absolute risk: A nationally representative cross-sectional study', BMJ Open, vol. 10, no. 12.
  • Barrett, E, Joshy, A, Cohen, R et al. 2020, REVIEW OF META - ANALYSES : RISK FACTORS
    ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE COVID - 19 OUTCOMES.
  • Sarich, P, Canfell, K, Banks, E et al. 2019, 'A Prospective Study of Health Conditions Related to Alcohol Consumption Cessation Among 97,852 Drinkers Aged 45 and Over in Australia', Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 710-721pp.
  • Paige, E, Agostino, J, Phillips, C et al 2019, 'Living Guidelines for Absolute Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment and Management', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 829-832.
  • Paige, E, O'Donoughue Jenkins, L, Agostino, J et al. 2019, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander absolute cardiovascular risk assessment and management: systematic review of evidence to inform national guidelines', Public Health Research & Practice, vol. 30, no. 2.
  • Welsh, J, Paige, E, Banks, E et al 2019, 'Psychological distress and medication use for secondary prevention of cardiovascular events: Evidence from a large-scale population-based cohort study', Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 124, no. 109748, pp. 1-7.
  • Paige, E, Clement, M, Lareyre, F et al 2019, 'Interleukin-6 Receptor and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Growth Rates', Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 84-93pp.
  • O'Keeffe, L, Ramond, A, Oliver-Williams, C et al 2018, 'Mid- and Long-Term Health Risks in Living Kidney Donors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis', Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 168, no. 4, pp. 276-289.
  • Paige, E, Barrett, J, Sweeting, M et al 2018, 'Landmark models for optimizing the use of repeated measurements of risk factors in electronic health records to predict future disease risk', American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 187, no. 7, pp. 1530-1538.
  • Paige, E, Welsh, J, Agostino, J et al. 2018, 'Socioeconomic variation in absolute cardiovascular disease risk and treatment in the Australian population', Preventive Medicine, vol. 114, pp. 217-222pp.
  • Wood, A, Kaptoge, S, Paige, E et al 2018, 'Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption - Authors' reply', The Lancet, vol. 392, no. 10160, pp. 2167-2168pp.
  • Wood, A.M., Kaptoge, S., Butterworth, A.S., Willeit, P., Warnakula, S., Bolton, T., Paige, E., Paul, D.S., Sweeting, M., Burgess, S. and Bell, S., 2018. Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies. The Lancet, 391(10129), pp.1513-1523.
  • Farahi, N, Paige, E, Balla, J et al 2017, 'Neutrophil-mediated IL-6 receptor trans-signaling and the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma', Human Molecular Genetics, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 1584-1596pp.
  • Paige, E, Barrett, J, Pennells, L et al 2017, 'Repeated measurements of blood pressure and cholesterol improves cardiovascular disease risk prediction: an individual-participant-data meta-analysis', American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. Online.
  • Paige, E, Masconi, K, Tsimikas, S et al 2017, 'Lipoprotein(a) and incident type-2 diabetes: results from the prospective bruneck study and a meta-analysis of published literature', Cardiovascular Diabetology, vol. 16, no. 38, pp. 1-11pp.
  • Di Angelantonio, E, Bhupathiraju, S, Wormser, D et al 2016, 'Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents', Lancet, vol. 338, no. 10046, pp. 776-786pp.
  • Paige, E, Korda, R, Kemp, A et al 2015, 'Characteristics of antidepressant medication users in a cohort of mid-age and older Australians', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 275-290.
  • Banks, E, Joshy, G, Weber, M et al 2015, 'Tobacco smoking and all-cause mortality in a large Australian cohort study: Findings from a mature epidemic with current low smoking prevalence', BMC Medicine, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 38-38.
  • Korda, R, Joshy, G, Paige, E et al 2015, 'The relationship between body mass index and hospitalisation rates, days in hospital and costs: Findings from a large prospective linked data study', PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science), vol. 10, no. 3, pp. e0118599-e0118599.
  • Paige, E, Korda, R, Kemp-Casey, A et al 2015, 'A record linkage study of antidepressant medication use and weight change in Australian adults', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 49, no. 11, pp. 1029-1039.
  • Paige, E, Kemp-Casey, A, Korda, R et al 2015, 'Using Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data for pharmacoepidemiological research: challenges and approaches', Public Health Research & Practice, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 1-6.
  • Paige, E, Korda, R, Banks, E et al 2014, 'How weight change is modelled in population studies can affect research findings: empirical results from a large-scale cohort study', BMJ Open, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. e004860-e004860.
  • Korda RJ, Paige E, Yiengprugsawan V, et al. 2014. Income-related inequalities in chronic conditions, physical functioning and psychological distress among older people in Australia: cross-sectional findings from the 45 and up study. BMC Public Health. 14(1):741.