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School of Population Health
School of Population Health
Staff Profile

Dr Rosa Alati

Position: NHMRC Research Fellow

Phone: +61 7 336 55281

Fax: +61 7 336 55509

Email: r.alati@sph.uq.edu.au

 

Location: 120

Building: Public Health Building

Centre or Group: Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Biography:

Dr Rosa Alati is a NHMRC research fellow with a background in alcohol studies and Indigenous health research. During her early research career, she has taught and researched in the field of Indigenous alcohol misuse, and has had considerable experience in working with Australian Indigenous traditional and non traditional people. In 2001, Rosa Alati returned to full-time PhD studies and became associated with the Mater University Study of Pregnancy, a 21 year birth cohort study started in Brisbane (Australia) in 1981. Following completion of her PhD, she was awarded a 4 year NHMRC Post-doctoral Training Fellowship (Public Health) and joined the Longitudinal Study Unit and the Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre (School of Population Health – University of Queensland). She currently holds a NHMRC Career Development Award to continue her research work on the lifecourse epidemiology of psychiatric disorders. Dr Alati’s research interests are in the life course epidemiology of alcohol and other mental health disorders. She has published on the association between alcohol use and mental health status and on the effects of prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure on adverse outcomes such as asthma, obesity and alcohol disorders. in June 2008, Dr Alati was awarded the 2008 National Drug and Alcohol Award for ‘Excellence in research’.

Qualifications:

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Queensland (Australia)  (2004)
    University of Queensland (Australia)
  • Master of Applied Science, La Trobe University (Australia)  (1999)
    La Trobe University (Australia)
  • Graduate Diploma (Aboriginal Studies), La Trobe University (Australia)  (1992)
    La Trobe University (Australia)
  • Batchelor of Arts with Honours, Universita' degli Studi di Bologna (Italia)  (1984)
    Universita' degli Studi di Bologna (Italia)

 

Publications

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  • Martin A, Alati R, Najman JM, Bor W, Williams GM. A longitudinal analysis of maternal risk factors for childhood sexual abuse: The role of early attitudes and behaviours, socioeconomic status, and mental health. Child Abuse and Neglect. under review; .
  • Alati R, Clavarino AM, Najaman JM, O’Callaghan M, Bor W, Williams GM. Fetal Growth and behaviour problems in early adolescence: findings from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy. International Journal of Epidemiology. under review; .
  • Dingle K, Alati R, Williams GM, Najman JM, Bor W, Clavarino A. The ability of CBCL, YSR and YASR DSM-oriented depression scales to predict DSM-IV depression in young adults: a longitudinal study. Journal of Affective Disorders. in press; provisionally accepted 24/02/2009.
  • Alati R, Gunnell D, Najman JM, Williams GM, Lawlor DA. Is IQ in childhood associated with suicidal thoughts and attempts? Findings from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes. Suicide and Life-threatening behaviour. in press; accepted 27/10/2008.
  • Alati R, Clavarino AM, Van Dooran K, Najaman JM, Williams GM. Early weaning and alcohol disorders in offspring: residual confounding, mediating factors or biological effect?. Addiction. 2009 accepted 2nd April; .
  • Sayal K, Heron J, Golding J, Alati R, Davey-Smith G, Gray R, et al. Binge pattern of alcohol consumption during pregnancy and childhood mental health outcomes: longitudinal population-based study. Pediatrics. 2009; 123(2):e289-e296.
  • Moore E, Coffey C, Carlin J, Alati R, Patton G. Assessing alcohol guidelines in teenagers: results from a ten-year prospective study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2009; 33(2):154-59.
  • Khatun Mohsina, Clavarino Alexandra M, Callaway Leonie, Alati Rosa, Najman Jake M, Williams Gail M, et al. Common symptoms during pregnancy predict depression and health status 14 years post-partum. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2009; doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.10.019.
  • Macleod J, Hickman M, Bowen E, Alati R, Tilling K, Davey-Smith G. Parental drug use, early adversities, later childhood problems and children's use of tobacco and alcohol at age 10: birth cohort study. Addiction. 2008; 103(10):1731-1743. View Publication
  • Hutchinson DM, Alati R, Najman JM, Mattick RP, Bor W, Callaghan M, et al. Maternal attitudes in pregnancy predict drinking initiation in adolescence. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2008; 42(4):324 - 334. View Publication
  • Hayatbakhsh MR, O’Callaghan MJ, Jamrozik K, Najman JM, Mamun AA, Alati R, et al. The association between school performance at 14 years and young adults’ use of cannabis: An Australian birth cohort study. Journal of Drug Issues. 2008; 38(2):401-418.
  • Hayatbakhsh Mohammad R, Mamun Abdullah A, Najman Jake M, O’Callaghan Michael J, Bor William, Alati Rosa. Early childhood predictors of early substance use and substance use disorders: prospective study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2008; 42(8):720 — 731.
  • Hayatbakhsh M, Najman J, Jamrozik K, Al Mamun A, Bor W, Alati R. Adolescent problem behaviours predicting DSM-IV diagnoses of multiple substance use disorder. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2008; 43(5):356-363. View Publication
  • Dingle K, Alati R, Clavarino AM, Williams GM, Najman J M. Pregnancy loss and psychiatric disorders in young women: an Australian birth cohort study. British Journal of Psychiatry. 2008; 193(6):455-460.
  • Alati Rosa, Macleod John, Hickman Matthew, Sayal Kapil, May Margaret, Smith George Davey, et al. Intrauterine Exposure to Alcohol and Tobacco Use and Childhood IQ: Findings from a Parental-Offspring Comparison within the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Pediatric Research. 2008; 64(6):659-666.
  • Alati R, Kinner S, Hayatbakhsh R, Najman JM, Mamun AA, Williams GM. Pathways to ecstacy use in young adults: anxiety, depression or behavioural deviance?. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2008; 92(1-3):108–115.
  • Alati Rosa, Clavarino Alexandra, Najman Jake M, O'Callaghan Michael, Bor William, Mamun Abdullah Al, et al. The developmental origin of adolescent alcohol use: Findings from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2008; 98(1-2):136-143. View Publication
  • Mamun AA, Lawlor DA, Alati R, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM, Najman JM. Authors' reply - RE: "Does Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy have a Direct Effect on Future offspring Obesity? Evidence from a Prospective Birth Cohort Study". American Journal of Epidemiology. 2007; :490-491.
  • Mamun AA, Lawlor DA, Alati R, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM, Najman JM. Increasing body mass index from age 5 to 14 years predicts asthma among adolescents: evidence from a birth cohort study. International Journal of Obesity. 2007 Apr; 31(4):578-583.
  • Mamun AA, Alati R, O'Callaghan M, Hayatbakhsh MR, O'Callaghan FV, Najman JM, et al. Does childhood sexual abuse have an effect on young adults' nicotine disorder (dependence or withdrawal)? Evidence from a birth cohort study. Addiction. 2007 Apr; 102(4):647-654.

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