Professor Michael Abramson and Screening and Reading

Michael is Deputy Head of the Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine and visiting medical officer in Allergy, Immunology & Respiratory medicine at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. He graduated in Medicine from Monash University in 1979 and received his PhD from the University of Newcastle in 1990 for research into occupational asthma. His current research program covers the epidemiology of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, including genetic and environmental risk factors such as air pollution and occupation, and the role of spirometry in managing these conditions. This work has been supported by the National Health & Medical Research Council, Department of Human Services, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, Australian Lung Foundation and Asthma Victoria. He also provides epidemiological expertise to the Australian Centre for Radiofrequency Bioeffects Research.

Michael currently teaches epidemiology and Evidence Based Clinical Practice to medical students and coordinates the Graduate Diploma / Master of Clinical Epidemiology and Doctor of Public Health at Monash University. He holds or has held positions on NHRMC and Health Research Council of New Zealand Grant Panels, and committees of the Australian Lung Foundation, Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand, Asthma Victoria and the National Asthma Council. He was a member of the Scientific Committees for the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology conference, the International Symposium on Epidemiology in Occupational Health and the Australasian Epidemiological Association conference. He has been an invited speaker at a number of international meetings.