Associate Professor Robert Adams, MBBS, MD,Grad Cert Health Econ, FRACP

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Staff
Dr David Wilson, Project Officer
Dr Peter Zalewski , Research Fellow
Ms Sarah Appleton, Research Officer
North West Adelaide Health Study (NWAHS)
Mrs Sandy Pickering, Clinic Co-ordinator 
Ms Janet  Evans,  Admin Assistant
Ms Tina Stavropoulos,  Project Officer
Ms Marnie Gallio, Project Officer
Ms Megan Taylor, Project Officer
Ms Kylie Holden, Project Officer 

Higher Degree students
Ms Lata Jayaram - PhD
Dr James Martin - PhD
Dr Dion Grosser - PhD
Dr John Moran - PhD
Ms Sarah Appleton - PhD (part time)

Current Funded Research
2004-05      Systematic practice-based asthma care in the Australian setting 
  NH&MRC  ID  299024 
  CI  Justin Beilby (with Richard Ruffin, Mark Harris & Brita Perkarsky)
  2004  $320,500
  2005  $236,250

2004 The development of an algorithm for the diagnosis of asthma in the older person. 
  $162,186.75 
  Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing - ARC discovery project grant  ID DP0452805. 
  TQEH Research Foundation on behalf of The Health Observatory TQEH
  University of Adelaide Dept of Medicine - Richard Ruffin,  David Wilson & Bob Adams
  University of Adelaide Dept of General Practice - Justin Beilby
  University of South Australia   -  Julianne Cheek

2004-05   South Australian Department of Human Services. 
  Ruffin R, Taylor A, Phillips P, Wilson D, Hugo G, Adams A, Wittert G.   The  North West Adelaide Health  (cohort) Study 
  $289,710

2004-05 Australian Research Council  Discovery Project Grant ID: DP0452805.  Cheek J, Wilson D,  Price K , Adams R, Ruffin R.  Enhancing the management of people living with chronic conditions:  understanding the social space that is 'the consultation' 
  2004  - $68,000
  2005 - $68,000
  2006 - $60,000

2004-07 Australian Research Council   Linkage Grant  ID:  LP0455737
  Hugo G,  RuffinR,  Wittert G,  Taylor A, Adams R.  Obesity, Health, Social Disadvantage and Environment in Australia : Relationships and Policy Implications
  2004   $148,065
  2005   $299,696
  2006   $307,133
  2007   $155,502

Most recent publications
1. Pilotto LS, Smith BJ, McElroy HM,  Heard A, Weekley J, Bennett P, Ruffin RE.  Hospital attendance prediction tool also identifies impaired quality of life in adults with asthma in general practice.  Journal of Asthma 2003, 40:163-169.

2. Appleton S, Adams R, Porter S, Peacock M, Ruffin R . Sustained improvements in dyspnea and pulmonary function, 3 to 5 years after lung volume reduction surgery. Chest 2003, 123:1838-1846.

3. Spurrier NJ Staugas R, Sawyer MG, Wakefield MA, Ruffin RE, Jureidini  J, Arney F, Baghurst P.   Health-service use by children with asthma over a 6-month period.  J Paediatr Child Health 2003, 39:15-21.

4. Gill T, Chittleborough C, Taylor A, Ruffin R, Wilson D, Phillips P.   Body mass index, waist hip ratio, and waist circumference:  which measure to classify obesity?   Social and Preventive Medicine 2003 ,  48:191-200.

5. Goldney RD, Ruffin R, Fisher LJ, Wilson DH.   Asthma symptoms associated with depression and lower quality of life:  a population survey.  MJA 2003,  178:437-441

6. Wilson DH, Adams RJ, Appleton SL, Hugo G, Wilkinson D, Hiller J, Ryan P, Cheek J, Ruffin RE.   Prevalence of asthma and asthma action plans in South Australia:  Population surveys from 1990 to 2001  MJA 2003, 178(10) :483-485

7. Truong-Tran AQ, Grosser D, Ruffin RE, Murgia C, Zalewski PD.  Apoptosis in the normal and inflamed airway epithelium: role of zinc in epithelial protection and procaspase-3 regulation.   Biochemical Pharmacology,  2003;   66: 1459-1468.

8. Pilotto LS, Nitschke M, Smith BJ, Pisaniello D, Ruffin RE, McElroy HJ, Martin J, Hiller JE.  Randomized controlled trial of unflued gas heater replacement on respiratory health of asthmatic schoolchildren.  International Journal of Epidemiology  2003.  33:208-214

9. Adams RJ, Wilson D, Smith BJ, Ruffin RE.  Impact of coping and socio-economic factors on quality of life in adults with asthma.  Respirology 2004.  9:87-95.

10. Smith B, Heard A, Esterman A, Southcott AM, Antic R, Frith P, Hender K, Ruffin.  The impact on readmission rates and mortality of a COPD inpatient management guideline.  Chronic Respiratory Disease (accepted Dec 2003)

11. Ho LH, Ruffin RE, Murgia C, Li L, Krilis SA, Zalewski PDLabile zinc and zinc transporter ZnT4 in mast cell granules: Role in regulation of caspase  activation and NF-kB translocation J Immunol . 2004; 172:7750-60.