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Overview

Gail M. Williams is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, and Parasitology.

Their research spans numerous topics including:

  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Recent publications by Gail M. Williams include:

  • Projecting the future of dengue under climate change scenarios: Progress, uncertainties and research needs, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Health-education to prevent COVID-19 in schoolchildren: a call to action, 2020, Infectious Diseases of Poverty
  • Genome-wide Association Meta-analysis of Childhood and Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms, 2022, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Intimate partner violence and subsequent depression and anxiety disorders, 2020, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • Current Status of Schistosomiasis Control and Prospects for Elimination in the Dongting Lake Region of the People's Republic of China, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Jake M. Najman
  • Darren J. Gray
  • Donald P. McManus
  • Abdullah Al Mamun
  • James G. Scott

Gail M. Williams has regularly published in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
  • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • F1000Research

Best Publications

  • A systematic review of the global prevalence of low back pain

    Damian Hoy;Christopher Bain;Gail Williams;Lyn March

  • The global burden of low back pain: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study

    Damian Hoy;Lyn March;Peter Brooks;Fiona Blyth

  • Daily sunscreen application and betacarotene supplementation in prevention of basal-cell and squamous-cell carcinomas of the skin: a randomised controlled trial.

    Adèle Green;Adèle Green;Gail Williams;Rachel Nèale;Veronica Hart

  • Current concepts - Schistosomiasis

    Allen G. P. Ross;Paul B. Bartley;Adrian C. Sleigh;G.Richard Olds

  • Reduced Melanoma After Regular Sunscreen Use: Randomized Trial Follow-Up

    Adèle C. Green;Gail M. Williams;Valerie Logan;Geoffrey M. Strutton

  • Chronicity, severity, and timing of maternal depressive symptoms: Relationships with child outcomes at age 5.

    Patricia A. Brennan;Constance Hammen;Margaret J. Andersen;William Bor

  • Global variation in the effects of ambient temperature on mortality: a systematic evaluation.

    Yuming Guo;Antonio Gasparrini;Ben Armstrong;Shanshan Li

  • Heat Wave and Mortality: A Multicountry, Multicommunity Study.

    Yuming Guo;Yuming Guo;Antonio Gasparrini;Ben G. Armstrong;Benjawan Tawatsupa

  • Advances in the meta-analysis of heterogeneous clinical trials I: The inverse variance heterogeneity model.

    Suhail A.R. Doi;Jan J. Barendregt;Shahjahan Khan;Lukman Thalib

  • Air pollution and child respiratory health: a case-crossover study in Australia and New Zealand.

    Adrian G. Barnett;Gail M. Williams;Joel Schwartz;Anne H. Neller

  • Mothers' mental illness and child behavior problems: cause-effect association or observation bias?

    Jake M. Najman;Gail M. Williams;Jane Nikles;Sue Spence

  • Prolonged prevention of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin by regular sunscreen use.

    Jolieke C. van der Pols;Gail M. Williams;Nirmala Pandeya;Valerie Logan

  • Schistosomiasis in the People's Republic of China: Prospects and Challenges for the 21st Century

    Allen G. P. Ross;Adrian C. Sleigh;Yuesheng Li;George M. Davis

  • The effects of air pollution on hospitalizations for cardiovascular disease in elderly people in Australian and New Zealand cities

    Adrian G. Barnett;Gail M. Williams;Joel Schwartz;Trudi L. Best

  • Bias influencing maternal reports of child behaviour and emotional state

    J. M. Najman;G.M. Williams;J. Nikles;S. Spence

  • Associations of Gestational Weight Gain With Offspring Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure at 21 Years of Age Evidence From a Birth Cohort Study

    Abdullah A. Mamun;Michael O'Callaghan;Leonie Callaway;Gail Williams

  • Schistosomiasis elimination: lessons from the past guide the future

    Darren Gray;Darren Gray;Darren Gray;Donald P McManus;Yuesheng Li;Gail M Williams

  • Associations of excess weight gain during pregnancy with long-term maternal overweight and obesity: evidence from 21 y postpartum follow-up

    Abdullah A Mamun;Mansey Kinarivala;Michael J O'Callaghan;Gail M Williams

  • Association Between Cannabis Use and Psychosis-Related Outcomes Using Sibling Pair Analysis in a Cohort of Young Adults

    John McGrath;Joy Welham;James Scott;Daniel Varghese

  • Associations of parental, birth, and early life characteristics with systolic blood pressure at 5 years of age. Findings from the Mater-University Study of Pregnancy and its Outcomes

    Debbie A. Lawlor;Jake M. Najman;Jonathan Sterne;Gail M. Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Jake M. Najman
Jake M. Najman University of Queensland
Michael O'Callaghan
Michael O'Callaghan University of Queensland
William Bor
William Bor University of Queensland
Donald P. McManus
Donald P. McManus Australian National University
Darren J. Gray
Darren J. Gray QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Rosa Alati
Rosa Alati Curtin University
Abdullah Al Mamun
Abdullah Al Mamun University of Queensland
Alexandra Clavarino
Alexandra Clavarino University of Queensland
Adèle C. Green
Adèle C. Green QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Archie C. A. Clements
Archie C. A. Clements Queen's University Belfast

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