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Michael O'Callaghan

Michael O'Callaghan

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D-Index
82
Citations
18477
World Ranking
16344
National Ranking
547

Overview

Michael O'Callaghan is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans across medicine and environmental science, with a strong focus on surgery, ecology, physiology, biomedical engineering, and emergency medicine as subfields of study.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Avian Ecology and Behavior
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases

O'Callaghan has published in a variety of venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
  • Perfusion
  • European Journal of Wildlife Research
  • Neurology
  • Water Resources Research

Their recent papers include:

  • The approach to extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) in children. A narrative review by the paediatric ECPR working group of EuroELSO (2024, Perfusion)
  • Hares in the long grass: increased aircraft related mortality of the Irish hare (Lepus timidus hibernicus) over a 30-year period at Ireland's largest civil airport (2021, European Journal of Wildlife Research)
  • Investigating the Effects of Brain Cholesterol Metabolism Using CYP46A1 Gene Therapy in Subjects with Huntington's Disease (P1-11.016) (2023, Neurology)
  • Monitoring the Large Wood Regime in a Partially Regulated Alpine River Following Several Experimental Floods (2025, Water Resources Research)
  • Five-year oncological results of intra-operative frozen section (Neurosafe) during robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (2024, European Urology)

Frequent collaborators with O'Callaghan include:

  • Aparna Hoskote
  • Cormac McCarthy
  • H.J.A. Mensink
  • Ajay Desai
  • Mirjana Cvetkovic

Best Publications

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Epidemiologic Evidence for the Fetal Overnutrition Hypothesis: Findings from the Mater-University Study of Pregnancy and Its Outcomes

    Debbie A. Lawlor;George Davey Smith;Michael O'Callaghan;Rosa Alati

  • Emotional and behavioural antecedents of young adults who screen positive for non-affective psychosis: A 21-year birth cohort study

    J. Welham;J. Scott;George Williams;J. Najman

  • Associations of maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and excess pregnancy weight gains with adverse pregnancy outcomes and length of hospital stay

    Abdullah A Mamun;Leonie K. Callaway;Leonie K. Callaway;Michael J O’Callaghan;Gail M Williams

  • Family Poverty Over the Early Life Course and Recurrent Adolescent and Young Adult Anxiety and Depression: A Longitudinal Study

    Jake M. Najman;Mohammad R. Hayatbakhsh;Alexandra Clavarino;William Bor

  • Child maltreatment and adolescent mental health problems in a large birth cohort

    Ryan Mills;James Scott;Rosa Alati;Michael O'Callaghan

  • In utero alcohol exposure and prediction of alcohol disorders in early adulthood: a birth cohort study.

    Rosa Alati;Abdullah Al Mamun;Gail M. Williams;Michael O’Callaghan

  • Psychotic-Like Experiences in Major Depression and Anxiety Disorders: A Population-Based Survey in Young Adults

    Daniel Varghese;James Scott;Joy Welham;William Bor

  • Learning, cognitive, and attentional problems in adolescents born small for gestational age.

    Michael J O'Keeffe;Michael O'Callaghan;Gail M Williams;Jake M Najman

  • Maternal Anxiety and Depression, Poverty and Marital Relationship Factors During Early Childhood as Predictors of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence

    Susan H. Spence;Jake M. Najman;William Bor;Michael J. O'Callaghan

  • Cohort Profile Update: The Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy (MUSP)

    Jake M Najman;Rosa Alati;William Bor;Alexandra Clavarino

  • Does Breastfeeding Protect Against Substantiated Child Abuse and Neglect? A 15-Year Cohort Study

    Lane Strathearn;Abdullah A. Mamun;Jackob M. Najman;Michael J. O'Callaghan

  • The generational transmission of socioeconomic inequalities in child cognitive development and emotional health

    Jake M Najman;Rosemary Aird;William Bor;Michael O’Callaghan

  • Child Abuse and Neglect and Cognitive Function at 14 Years of Age: Findings From a Birth Cohort

    Ryan Mills;Rosa Alati;Michael O'Callaghan;Jake M. Najman

  • The Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy (MUSP)

    J. M. Najman;W. Bor;M. O'callaghan;G. M. Williams

  • Childhood Neglect and Cognitive Development in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants: A Prospective Study

    Lane Strathearn;Peter H. Gray;Michael J. O'Callaghan;David O. Wood

  • The effect of breastfeeding on child development at 5 years: A cohort study.

    P. J. Quinn;M. J. O'Callaghan;G. M. Williams;J. M. Najman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jake M. Najman
Jake M. Najman University of Queensland
Gail M. Williams
Gail M. Williams University of Queensland
William Bor
William Bor University of Queensland
Abdullah Al Mamun
Abdullah Al Mamun University of Queensland
Rosa Alati
Rosa Alati Curtin University
Debbie A. Lawlor
Debbie A. Lawlor University of Bristol
Alexandra Clavarino
Alexandra Clavarino University of Queensland
James G. Scott
James G. Scott QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
John J. McGrath
John J. McGrath Aarhus University
Nicholas Lennox
Nicholas Lennox University of Queensland

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