Julie Byles
The University of Newcastle
Julie Byles
Emeritus Professor Julie Byles AO BMed PhD FAAHMS, is an Honorary Professor at the University of Newcastle.
As a clinical epidemiologist, Professor Byles interests are in risk determination, health assessment, other health care evaluation, and measurement of health outcomes. As a Gerontologist and Fellow of the Australian Association of Gerontology, Professor Byles’ research interests in ageing include the role of health services, preventive activities, and treatments in maintaining quality of life for older people, and in determining physical, psychological and social factors associated with optimal physical and mental health of men and women as they age. Her work has included health assessment, medications used by older people, sleep disturbance, health effects of alcohol, nutrition screening and interventions, health and retirement, and prevention of falls in residential care.
Professor Byles has earned over $50 million dollars in external research grants. She has authored over 440 publications in peer reviewed refereed journals as well as numerous book chapters, official reports to government and other agencies. She has also delivered over 200 conference presentations, and numerous interactive conference workshops.
Professor Byles is Head, International Longevity Centre-Australia and Co-President, International Longevity Centre – Global Alliance
FURTHER INFORMATION
| Countries | Australia; Australia (South Australia); |
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| Topics | Access to care; Care needs poverty and deprivation; Care trajectories; Community-based LTC; Epidemiology and ageing trajectories; Gender and care; LTC systems in LMIC countries; |
| Methods | Causal inference in Long-Term Care; Longitudinal data analysis; |
| Role | Research; |
| Interest Groups | Community-based approaches to dementia care; Long-Term Care Policy; |
| Website | https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/julie-byles |
| ORC.ID | 0000-0002-3984-6877 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-byles-8497b335/ | |
| Research interests | Healthy Ageing Age Friendly Cities and Communities Long Term Care |
| Key publications | Byles, J, Cavenagh, D, Bryant, J, Carey, M, Mazza, D, Sanson-Fisher, R. Do health assessments affect time to permanent residential aged care admission for older women with and without dementia? Geriatr. Gerontol. Int. 2023; 1– 8. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.14631 Kofi Awuviry-Newton, Meredith Tavener, Kylie Wales, Alexandra M.J. Denham & Julie Byles (2023) A meta-synthesis of care and support for older adults in Africa, Journal of Family Studies, 29:1, 431-452, DOI: 1080/13229400.2021.1897031 Thomas, S., Bolsewicz, K., Latta, R., Hewitt, J., Byles, J., & Durrheim, D. (2022). The Impact of Public Health Restrictions in Residential Aged Care on Residents, Families, and Staff During COVID-19: Getting the Balance Right. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 36(6), 1318–1337. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2022.2110802 Byles, J., Cavenagh, D., Bryant, J., Mazza, D., Browning, C., O’Loughlin, S., Sanson-Fisher, R. Use of medical services by older Australian women with dementia: a longitudinal cohort study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2021. doi: 10.1111/1753- 6405.13146 Byles, J.E., Princehorn, E.M., Forder, P.M., Rahman, M. Housing and Care for Older Women in Australia. Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 2021. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.566960 Rahman M, Byles JE. Trajectories of long-term residential care needs among older Australian women: a cohort study using linked data. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2020; 21(6): 786-792. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2019.08.019 Rahman M, Byles J. Older women’s patterns of home and community care use and transition to residential aged care: An Australian cohort study. Maturitas, 2020; 131: 28-33. doi: 1016/j.maturitas.2019.10.004 |