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Ann J. Woolcock was affiliated with Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Australia. Their research predominantly focused on the field of Medicine, contributing to various subfields including Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Emergency Medical Services, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and the Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist collaborated with several frequent co-authors during their career, including Julie-Anne Martyn, Angela Ratsch, Elizabeth Burmeister, Aunty Veronica Bird, and Aunty Joyce Bonner.

Ann J. Woolcock published work in notable venues such as The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Their research addressed multiple interdisciplinary topics, reflecting a focus on both medical and social determinants of health. Main topics of their work included:

  • Appreciative Inquiry and Organizational Change
  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Their recent papers demonstrated a blend of public health and indigenous health concerns. Among these were:

  • "An appreciative inquiry to identify the continuing education needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners in regional Queensland," published in 2020 in The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
  • "Tobacco, nicotine, and cannabis use and exposure in an Australian Indigenous population during pregnancy: A protocol to measure parental and foetal exposure and outcomes," published in 2024 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Ann J. Woolcock's work reflected engagement with indigenous health education and prenatal substance exposure research, integrating clinical, educational, and community health perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Changing prevalence of asthma in Australian children

    J. K. Peat;R. H. van den Berg;W. F. Green;C. M. Mellis

  • House dust mite allergens. A major risk factor for childhood asthma in Australia.

    J K Peat;E Tovey;B G Toelle;M M Haby

  • Obesity is a risk for asthma and wheeze but not airway hyperresponsiveness

    L M Schachter;C M Salome;J K Peat;A J Woolcock

  • A scale for the measurement of quality of life in adults with asthma

    Guy B. Marks;Stewart M. Dunn;Ann J. Woolcock

  • Consumption of oily fish and childhood asthma risk

    Linda Hodge;Cheryl M Salome;Jennifer K Peat;Michelle M Haby

  • The shape of the dose-response curve to histamine in asthmatic and normal subjects.

    Ann J. Woolcock;C. M. Salome;K. Yan

  • Toward a definition of asthma for epidemiology.

    Brett G. Toelle;Jennifer K. Peat;Cheryl M. Salome;Craig M. Mellis

  • Longitudinal changes in atopy during a 4-year period: Relation to bronchial hyperresponsiveness and respiratory symptoms in a population sample of Australian schoolchildren

    J.K. Peat;C.M. Salome;A.J. Woolcock

  • Predictive markers of asthma exacerbation during stepwise dose reduction of inhaled corticosteroids.

    Jörg D. Leuppi;Cheryl M. Salome;Christine R. Jenkins;Sandra D. Anderson

  • Evidence for the Increase in Asthma Worldwide

    Ann J. Woolcock;Jennifer K. Peat

  • Asthma management plan, 1989

    Ann Woolcock;J. Paul Seale;Abraham R. Rubinfeld;Louis L. Landau

  • Differences between asthma exacerbations and poor asthma control

    Helen Reddel;Sandra Ware;Guy Marks;Cheryl Salome

  • Prevalence of bronchial hyperresponsiveness and asthma in a rural adult population.

    A J Woolcock;J K Peat;C M Salome;K Yan

  • Bronchial hyperresponsiveness in two populations of Australian schoolchildren. I. Relation to respiratory symptoms and diagnosed asthma

    C. M. Salome;J. K. Peat;W. J. Britton;A. J. Woolcock

  • Importance of house dust mite and Alternaria allergens in childhood asthma: an epidemiological study in two climatic regions of Australia.

    J. K. Peat;E. Tovey;C. M. Mellis;S. R. Leeder

  • Substance P immunoreactive nerves in airways from asthmatics and nonasthmatics

    SL Ollerenshaw;D Jarvis;CE Sullivan;AJ Woolcock

  • Characteristics of the Inflammation in Biopsies from Large Airways of Subjects with Asthma and Subjects with Chronic Airflow Limitation

    Suzanne L. Ollerenshaw;Ann J. Woolcock

  • Absence of immunoreactive vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in tissue from the lungs of patients with asthma.

    Suzanne Ollerenshaw;Deborah Jarvis;Ann Woolcock;Colin Sullivan

  • Factors associated with bronchial hyperresponsiveness in Australian adults and children.

    JK Peat;CM Salome;AJ Woolcock

  • Nocturnal asthma: role of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.

    C. Shu Chan;Ann J. Woolcock;Colin E. Sullivan

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy B. Marks
Guy B. Marks University of New South Wales
Stephen R. Leeder
Stephen R. Leeder University of Sydney
Helen K. Reddel
Helen K. Reddel Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Euan R. Tovey
Euan R. Tovey Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Sandra D. Anderson
Sandra D. Anderson Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Michael P. Alpers
Michael P. Alpers Curtin University
Colin E. Sullivan
Colin E. Sullivan University of Sydney
Warwick J. Britton
Warwick J. Britton University of Sydney
Adrian Bauman
Adrian Bauman University of Sydney
Antony Basten
Antony Basten Garvan Institute of Medical Research

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