Dr Katrina Roper
Areas of expertise
- Epidemiology 4202
- Disease Surveillance 420202
- Microbiology 3107
- Infectious Agents 310702
Current student projects
2023 - Dr Grace Hood, BVSc - PhD candidate, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford. Project title: Immune responses in wildlife workers in Australia.
Past student projects
2019 - Busayo Ajuwon - Doctor of Philosophy. Project title: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Nigeria: Disease Prevalence and Machine Learning Intervention for Early Detection. Completed Jan 2024.
2017 - Dr Patiyan Andersson - Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology). Thesis title: Applied Epidemiology: within, at the border and outside Australia. Field placements: Health Mergency Management Branch, and Immunisation Branch, Office of Health Protection, Australia Government Department of Health. Completed Oct 2018.
2016 - Siobhan St George - Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology). Thesis title: Applied Epidemiology of Dommunicable Diseases, Victoria 2016-2017. Field placement: OzFoodNet, Health and Human Services, Victoria State Government. Completed Feb 2018.
2016 - Rosemary Wright - Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology). Thesis title: Applied epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases, Victoria 2016-2017. Field placements: Health and Human Service, Victoria State Government, and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. Completed Nov 2017.
2016 - Julie Collins - Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology). Thesis title: Applied Epidemiology in the Hunter New England and Western Pacific regions. Field placement: OzFoodNet, Hunter New England Population Health, NSW Health. Completed Nov 2017.
2016 - Linda Garton - Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology). Thesis title: Appled Epidemiology in Australia. Field placements: NT Centre for Disease Control, and Sydney Local Health District, NSW Health. Completed Jun 2020.
2016 - Kathleen McDermott - Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology). Field placement: National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, Northern Territory. Completed.
2015 - Samantha Siripol - Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology). Thesis title: The health and epidemiology of at risk populations. Field placement: Indigenous Health Division, Australian Government Department of Health. Completed Feb 2018.
2015 - Dr Craig Thompson - Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology). Thesis title: Applied Epidemiology of Vaccine Preventable Diseases and Outbreaks in New South Wales. Field placement: National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveiilance. Completed Nov 2016.
Publications
- Ajuwon B, Richardson A, Roper K and Lidbury BA, 2023, 'Clinical Validity of a Machine Learning Decision Support System for Early Detection of Hepatitis B Virus: A Binational External Validation Study', Viruses, vol. 15, no. 8.
- Ajuwon B, Richardson A, Roper K, Sheel M, Audu R, Salako, BL, Bojuwoye MO, Katibi IA and Lidbury BA, 2023, 'The development of a machine learning algorithm for early detection of viral hepatitis B infection in Nigerian patients', Scientific Reports, vol. 13.
- Ajuwon B, Awotundun O, Richardson A, Roper K, Sheel M, Rahman N, Salako A and Lidbury BA, 2023, 'Machine learning prediction models for clinical management of blood-borne viral infections: a systematic review of current applications and future impact', International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol. 179.
- Ajuwon B, Yujuico I, Roper K, Richardson A, Sheel M and Lidbury BA, 2021, 'Hepatitis B virus infection in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis of data published between 2010 and 2019', BMC Infectious Diseases, vol. 21, no. 1.
- Ajuwon B, Roper K, Richardson A and Lidbury BA, 2021, 'One Health Approach: A Data-Driven Priority for Mitigating Outbreaks of Emerging and Re-Emerging Zoonotic Infectious Diseases', Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, vol. 7, no. 4.
- Pavlin B, Hall, A Hajek, Raja MA, Sharma V, Ramadan OP, Mishra S, Rangel A, Kitching A, Roper K, O’Dempsey T, Starkulla J, Parry AE, Kamara R, and Wurie AH, 2020, 'Atypical clinical presentation of Ebola virus disease in pregnancy: Implications for clinical and public health management [IN PRESS]', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.064
- Andersson P, Beckingham W, Gorrie CL, Kennedy K, Daveson K, Ballard SA, Chen M, Roper K and Coatsworth N, 2019, 'Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit and special care nursery at a tertiary-care hospital in Australia - A retrospective case-control study', Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 551-558.
- Sheel M, Collins J, Kama M, Nand D, Faktaufon D, Samuela J, Biaukula V, Haskew C, Flint J, Roper K, Merianos A, Kirk M & Nilles E, 2019, 'Evaluation of the early warning, alert and response system after Cyclone Winston, Fiji, 2016 ', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 97, no. 3, pp. 169-244.
- Collins J, Biaukula V, Faktaufon D, Flint J, Fullman S, Jalava K, Kailawadoko J, Merianos A, Nilles E, Roper K, Sheel M and Kama M, 2018, 'An outbreak investigation of paediatric severe acute respiratory infections requiring admission to intensive care units - Fiji, May 2016', Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1-5.
- Datema T, Roper K, Cognat S, Saad MD, Oskam L, Dolmazon V, Engelberts MFM, Hessels P and Klatser PR, 2018, 'Evaluation of the WHO laboratory quality stepwise implementation tool', Tropical Medicine and International Health, vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 943-949.
- Davies B, Bowley D & Roper K, 2015, 'Response to the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone', Nursing Standard, vol. 29, no. 26, pp. 37-41.
- Roper K, 2014, 'LQSI: a tool to enhance quality in your laboratory', GABRIEL Network Global Approach to Biological Research, Infectious diseases and Epidemics in Low-income countries, vol. 16.
- Foxwell A, McIntyre P, Quinn H, Roper K and Clements MS, 2011, 'Severe pertussis in infants: estimated impact of first vaccine dose at 6 weeks verus 8 weeks in Australia',The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 161-163.
- Michel C, Roper K, Divena M, Lee H and Taylor H, 2011 'Correlation of clinical trachoma and infection in aboriginal communities', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 5, no. 3.
- Claydon K, Roper K and Owens L, 2010, 'Attempts at producing a hybridised Penaeus monodon cell line by cellular fusion', Fish and Shellfish Immunology, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 539-543.
- Roper K, 2009, 'Outbreak of pertussis, 1 January to 31 March 2009.', Communicable Diseases Intelligence, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 36-37.
- Liu C, Stirzaker S, Knuckey D, Robinson K, Knope K, Fitzsimmons D, Wall J, Roper K, Martin N, Reynolds A, Owen R, Hii A, Barry C, Wright P, Sanders L, Fielding J, 2009, 'Australia's notifiable disease status, 2007: annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.', Communicable Diseases Intelligence, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 89-154.
- Roper K and Taylor H, 2009, 'Comparison of clinical and photographic assessment of trachoma', BJO Online (British Journal of Ophthalmology Online), vol. 93, no. 6, pp. 811-814.
- Roper K, Michel C, Kelly P and Taylor H, 2008, 'Prevalence of trachoma in Aboriginal communities in the Katherine Region of the Northern Territory in 2007', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 189, no. 7, p. 409.
- Roper K and Dempsey K, 2008, 'Diabetes, obesity and other co-morbidities among the non-Indigenous population of the Northern Territory: an analysis of the two AusDiab surveys, 2000 and 2005', The Chronicle, vol. 11, no. 2.
- Roper K, Skov S and Kelly P, 2007, 'Palmerston Safety Survey 2006: home safety, perceptions of community safety & experiences of injury', The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 34-39.
- Roper K, 2007, 'Trachoma: new advances in treatment', The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin, vol. 14, no. 4, p. 24.
- Harlock M, Roper K, Markey P, Fearnley E, Clements N, Le P, Schmitt D and Schobben X, 2007, 'An investigation of a cluster of Salmonella Oslo cases', The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 16-20.
- Roper K and Williams S, 2006, 'Outbreak of norovirus gastrointestinal illness at Robertson Barracks', The Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin, vol. 13, no. 2.
- Roper K, Owens L & West L, 2001, 'The media used in primary cell cultures of prawn tissues: a review and a comparative study', Asian Fisheries Science, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 61-75.
- Hanna P, Richardson B, Altmann K, Smith J, Roper K and Hammond L, 1994, 'The production of monoclonal antibodies for use as probes in the identification of northern Australian crown-of-thorns starfish and commercial prawn larvae', in (ed.), The Bio-Physics of Marine Larval Dispersal, Coastal and Estuarine Studies, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC United States.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Assessment of potential risks to human health posed by Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (Primary Investigator)
- Implications of culture independent diagnostic testing (CIDT) on enteric disease surveillance in Australia (Secondary Investigator)
