Staff Profile
A/Prof Geoffrey Marks
Position: Head - Nutrition, Disease and Injury Control Academic Group
Phone: +61 7 336 55402
Fax: +61 7 336 55540
Email: g.marks@sph.uq.edu.au
Location: 319
Building: Public Health Building
Centre or Group: Nutrition, Disease and Injury Control
Biography:
Dr Marks has a broad experience in public health nutrition, including research, teaching, consultancy, advisory and operational positions. His primary focus has been on addressing health issues through effective nutrition policy and programming, with experience in surveillance/ monitoring, evaluation, and a recent focus on implementation research. His research interests fall into three main areas, with involvement in projects in Australia and various locations in the Asia-Pacific region: evidence for nutrition policy & programming; prevention of micronutrient malnutrition; and valid nutritional assessment in cancer prevention and related chronic disease research.Qualifications:
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PhD (1989)
Cornell University
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Master of Science (1985)
Cornell University
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Diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics (1976)
Sydney University
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Bachelor of Science (1975)
Sydney University
Research Interests:
- Epidemiology
- Health Policy
- International and Tropical Health
- Nutrition
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- Ansems TM, van der Pols JC, Hughes MC, Ibiebele T, Marks GC, Green AC. Alcohol intake and risk of skin cancer: a prospective study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2008 Mar 28; 62(2):162-70.
- Gobotswang KS, Marks GC, O'Rourke P. Determinants of rural household income: Gender or Household size?. PULA: Botswana Journal of African Studies. 2007; 19(2):129-140.
- Heinen MM, Hughes MC, Ibiebele TI, Marks GC, Green AC, van der Pols JC. Intake of antioxidant nutrients and the risk of skin cancer. European Journal of Cancer. 2007; .
- Ibiebele TI, van der Pols JC, Hughes MC, Marks GC, Williams GM, Green AC. Dietary pattern in association with squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: a prospective study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2007 May; 85(5):1401-8.
- Marks GC. Changing Nutritional Health in South East Asia. In: Ohtsuka R, Ulijaszek SJ, editors. Health Changes in the Asia Pacific Region Cambridge. Cambridge University Press; ;
- McNaughton SA, Hughes MC, Marks GC. Validation of a FFQ to estimate the intake of PUFA using plasma phospholipid fatty acids and weighed foods records. British Journal of Nutrition. 2007 Mar; 97(3):561-568.
- Rutishauser I, Webb KL, Marks GC. Monitoring food and nutrition in populations. In: Lawrence M, Worsley A, editors. Publication Health Nutrition - from Principles to Practice. Sydney. Allen & Unwin; ;
- Shannon C, Leon D, Marks GC. Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Food and Nutrition Strategy. Brisbane. Queensland Health; ;
- Englberger L, Aalbersberg W, Dolodolotawake U, Schierle J, Humphries J, Iuta T, et al. Carotenoid content of pandanus fruit cultivars and other foods of the Republic of Kiribati. Public Health Nutrition. 2006 Aug; 9(5):631-643.
- Englberger L, Aalbersberg W, Schierle J, Marks G C, Fitzgerald M H, Muller F, et al. Carotenoid content of different edible pandanus fruit cultivars of the republic of the Marshall Islands. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 2006 Sep-Nov; 19(6-7):484-494.
- Englberger L, Schierle J, Aalbersberg W, Hofmann P, Humphries J, Huang A, et al. Carotenoid and vitamin content of Karat and other Micronesian banana cultivars. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 2006 Aug-Sep; 57(5-6):399-418.
- Hughes M C, van der Pols J C, Marks G C, Green A C. Food intake and risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin in a community: The Nambour skin cancer cohort study. International Journal of Cancer. 2006 Oct 15; 119(8):1953-1960.
- Hughes R, Marks GC, Coyne T, Schubert L. Final Evaluation Report 1: Overall Results, Lessons Learned and Recommendations, To Undertake a Comprehensive Research Project to Evaluate How Food and Nutrition Strategies Influence Determinant Risk Behaviours of Chronic Disease at a Local Level.. Brisbane. Health Promotion Queensland Funded Project; ;
- Hughes R, Marks GC, Coyne T, Schubert L. Final Evaluation Reports 2-5 (Individual Project Evaluations), To Undertake a Comprehensive Research Project to Evaluate How Food and Nutrition Strategies Influence Determinant Risk Behaviours of Chronic Disease at a Local Level.. Brisbane. Health Promotion Queensland Funded Project; ;
- Marks G C, Hughes M C, van der Pols J C. The effect of personal characteristics on the validity of nutrient intake estimates using a food-frequency questionnaire. Public Health Nutrition. 2006 May; 9(3):394-402.
- Marks G C, Hughes M C, van der Pols J C. Relative validity of food intake estimates using a food frequency questionnaire is associated with sex, age, and other personal characteristics. Journal of Nutrition. 2006 Feb; 136(2):459-465.
- Masters G, Coles-Rutishauser I, Webb K L, Marks GC, Pearse L. National Food and Nutrition Monitoring and Surveillance System: A Framework and a Business Case.. Canberra. Department of Health and Ageing; ;
- Webb KL, Rutishauser IH, Marks GC, Masters G, Leeder SR. Nutrition surveys or surveillance: one-night stands or a long-term commitment?. Medical Journal of Australia. 2006 Sep 4; 185(5):248-249.
- Ahmed F, Khan M R, Akhtaruzzaman M, Karim R, Marks G C, Banu C P, et al. Efficacy of twice-weekly multiple micronutrient supplementation for improving the hemoglobin and micronutrient status of anemic adolescent schoolgirls in Bangladesh. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2005 Oct; 82(4):829-835.
- Akbar H, Hill P S, Rotem A, Riley I D, Zwi A B, Marks G C, et al. Identifying competencies for Australian health professionals working in international health. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2005; 17(2).
