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Melanie C. Matheson

Melanie C. Matheson

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Immunology

D-Index
64
Citations
18208
World Ranking
2906
National Ranking
118

Overview

Melanie C. Matheson is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pharmacy, Clinical Psychology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Physiology.

The research topics addressed by Matheson include:

  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Respiratory and Cough-Related Research
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Occupational exposure and asthma
  • Nuts composition and effects

Their publication record includes studies published in various academic venues, reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of their research. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International Journal of Obesity
  • Respirology
  • Proceedings of The Nutrition Society
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • ACS Bio & Med Chem Au

Melanie C. Matheson has authored or co-authored several papers in recent years:

  • Life course BMI trajectories from childhood to mid-adulthood are differentially associated with anxiety and depression outcomes in middle age, 2023, International Journal of Obesity
  • Associations Between Occupational Exposures and Cough Subclasses Among Middle-Aged Australians, 2025, Respirology
  • Changes in liver health biomarkers following consumption of energy restricted diets containing almonds compared with carbohydrate-rich snack foods for 9 months, 2024, Proceedings of The Nutrition Society
  • Genetic and environmental risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2021, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Structural and Biochemical Characterization of Fusobacterium nucleatum Enoyl-ACP Reductase II (FabK) Reveals the Basis for Bacterial Species-Specific Inhibition, 2025, ACS Bio & Med Chem Au

Their collaborations include frequent co-authorship with several researchers, such as:

  • Jennifer L. Perret
  • Caroline Lodge
  • Garun S. Hamilton
  • Dinh Bui
  • Michael J. Abramson

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in the general population: A systematic review.

    Chamara V. Senaratna;Chamara V. Senaratna;Jennifer L. Perret;Caroline J. Lodge;Adrian J. Lowe

  • Prevalence of challenge-proven IgE-mediated food allergy using population-based sampling and predetermined challenge criteria in infants.

    Nicholas J. Osborne;Jennifer J. Koplin;Pamela E. Martin;Lyle C. Gurrin

  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Johannes Waage;Hansjoerg Baurecht

  • Childhood predictors of lung function trajectories and future COPD risk: a prospective cohort study from the first to the sixth decade of life

    Dinh S Bui;Dinh S Bui;Caroline J Lodge;John A Burgess;Adrian J Lowe

  • Shared genetic origin of asthma, hay fever and eczema elucidates allergic disease biology

    Manuel A. Ferreira;Judith M. Vonk;Hansjörg Baurecht;Ingo Marenholz;Ingo Marenholz

  • Can early introduction of egg prevent egg allergy in infants? A population-based study.

    Jennifer J. Koplin;Nicholas J. Osborne;Melissa Wake;Melissa Wake;Pamela E. Martin

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O.C. Cookson

  • Atopic dermatitis and the atopic march revisited

    Shyamali C Dharmage;Shyamali C Dharmage;A J Lowe;A J Lowe;Melanie C Matheson;John Burgess

  • The influence of childhood traffic‐related air pollution exposure on asthma, allergy and sensitization: a systematic review and a meta‐analysis of birth cohort studies

    G. Bowatte;C. Lodge;A. J. Lowe;B. Erbas

  • Identification of IL6R and chromosome 11q13.5 as risk loci for asthma

    Manuel A Ferreira;Melanie C Matheson;David L Duffy;Guy B Marks

  • Biological dust exposure in the workplace is a risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Melanie Matheson;Geza Benke;Joan Raven;Malcolm Sim

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies three new risk loci for atopic dermatitis.

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Chih-Mei Chen;Adaikalavan Ramasamy

  • The prevalence of food allergy and other allergic diseases in early childhood in a population-based study: HealthNuts age 4-year follow-up.

    Rachel L. Peters;Jennifer J. Koplin;Lyle C. Gurrin;Shyamali C. Dharmage

  • Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with challenge-proven food allergy in infants

    Katrina J. Allen;Katrina J. Allen;Jennifer J. Koplin;Anne-Louise Ponsonby;Lyle C. Gurrin

  • Which infants with eczema are at risk of food allergy? Results from a population-based cohort.

    P. E. Martin;P. E. Martin;J. K. Eckert;J. J. Koplin;J. J. Koplin;A. J. Lowe

  • Genome-Wide Association Studies of Asthma in Population-Based Cohorts Confirm Known and Suggested Loci and Identify an Additional Association near HLA

    Adaikalavan Ramasamy;Mikko Kuokkanen;Sailaja Vedantam;Sailaja Vedantam;Zofia K Z Gajdos;Zofia K Z Gajdos

  • Childhood allergic rhinitis predicts asthma incidence and persistence to middle age: A longitudinal study

    John A. Burgess;E. Haydn Walters;Graham B. Byrnes;Melanie C. Matheson

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies ten loci influencing allergic sensitization

    Klaus Bønnelykke;Melanie C Matheson;Tune Hannes Pers;Raquel Granell

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies 11 risk variants associated with the asthma with hay fever phenotype.

    Manuel A.R. Ferreira;Melanie C. Matheson;Clara S. Tang;Clara S. Tang;Raquel Granell

  • Validity of the Berlin questionnaire in detecting obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Chamara V Senaratna;Chamara V Senaratna;Jennifer L Perret;Melanie C Matheson;Caroline J Lodge

  • Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

    Florence Demenais;Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin;Kathleen C. Barnes;William O. C. Cookson

Frequent Co-Authors

Shyamali C. Dharmage
Shyamali C. Dharmage University of Melbourne
Michael J. Abramson
Michael J. Abramson Monash University
Adrian J. Lowe
Adrian J. Lowe University of Melbourne
Katrina J. Allen
Katrina J. Allen University of Melbourne
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Mimi L.K. Tang
Mimi L.K. Tang Royal Children's Hospital
John L. Hopper
John L. Hopper University of Melbourne
Eugene Haydn Walters
Eugene Haydn Walters University of Tasmania
Jennifer J. Koplin
Jennifer J. Koplin University of Queensland
Melissa Wake
Melissa Wake University of Melbourne

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