BIOGRAPHY - John Beard

Title:	Dr
Full Name:	John Beard
Email:	jbeard@med.usyd.edu.au
Work Phone:	0266207570
Fax:	0266207270
City:	Lismore
State:	NSW
Country:	Australia
Working Details
Institution:	Southern Cross University
Department:	Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health
Position:	Professor of Public and Environmental Health, Head of Department
Participation
Participation:	Participation in the Network's Paradigm and Applications Working Group (select the appropriate options) Paradigm Working Groups Socio-spatial theory Methodologies, tools and techniques Scenarios and forecasting Sources, data quality and data integration Application Working Groups National and regional socio-economic change Population, economic and information flows Social and economic networks Regional development and community capacity building Behaviour and well-being in socio-spatial settings
Project Involvement
Beard J, Morgan G, Bryan B, Tuffin S, Muscatello D. Spatial analysis of a linked environmental, health and social database. $225,000 (plus $210,000 industry funding) Australian Research Council (Grant LP0348628) 2003-2005
Publication History
Publications:	Publication 1: 1. Schofield D, Beard J. Baby boomer doctors and nurses: demographic change and transitions to retirement. Medical Journal of Australia 2005; 183 (2): 80-83. Publication 2: 2. Beard J, Dietrich U, Brooks L, Brooks R, Heathcote K, Kelly B. Incidence and Outcomes of Mental Disorders in a Regional Population: The Northern Rivers Mental Health Study (NoRMHS). 2005 (In Press) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Publication 3: 3. Beard J. DDT and Human Health. 2005 (In Press). Science of the Total Environment Publication 4: 4. Brooks RT, Beard J, Steel Z. Factor Structure and Interpretation of the K-10. 2005 (In Press) Psychological Assessment
Current Research Interests
Current Research:	Current Research 1: Beard J, Morgan G, Bryan B, Tuffin S, Muscatello D. Spatial analysis of a linked environmental, health and social database Australian Research Council (Grant LP0348628) 2003-2005 $225,000 (plus $210,000 industry funding) Current Research 2: Kelly B, Stain H, Carr V, Beard J, Fragar L, Lewin T. Mental health and wellbeing in rural and remote NSW. National Health and Medical Research Council (Project Grant 401241) 2006-2008 $717,750 Current Research 3: Armstrong B, Thompson J, Beard J, Curtin A. Patterns of Care for Melanoma. Cancer Institute NSW $357,000 Current Research 4: McClure R, Nixon J, Pitt R, Sheehan M, Stevenson M, Williamson A, Parker T, Beard J, Newman B, Hunter E, McDermott R, Murdoch B, Oldenburg B (2002-2006) A research-based solution to the public health problem of injury. National Partnerships in Injury, National Health and Medical Research Council, (Grant 219174) $1,335,413.