Nicole currently works as a Lecturer in the College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences (CPHMVS). Previously, she held a co-appointment with Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM) and CPHMVS. She has worked on the development of Australia’s first model of cancer patients’ health service use, health system costs and out-of-pocket costs based upon administrative data. Nicole's PhD project aims to quantify the cost of cancer in Australia, and the distribution of these costs by population groups experiencing poorer outcomes.

Nicole also has a Bachelor of Pharmacy and Master of Pharmaceutical Public Health from JCU and has previously worked as a Community Pharmacist, and as a Senior Medical Education Officer at the Townsville Hospital.  

 

Teaching

• HS2402: Health Professional Research 1 (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• HS2405: Health Professional Research 2 (Level 2; TSV)
• HS3401: Health Professional Research 2 (Level 3; TSV)
• TM5515: Epidemiology for Public Health (Level 5; TSV)
• TM5516: Biostatistics for Public Health (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Research

• Health Economics, Public Health Policy, Epidemiology

Experience

• 2019 to present - Lecturer, James Cook University
• 2017 to 2018 - Research Officer, James Cook University
• 2017 to 2018 - Associate Lecturer, James Cook University
• 2015 to 2017 - Senior Medical Education Officer, Townsville Hospital and Health Service
• 2010 to 2015 - Pharmacist, Community pharmacy

Research Disciplines

• Public Health and Health Services (1117)
• Applied Economics (1402)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Public Health (9204)
• Health and Support Services (9202)
• Microeconomics (9102)

Awards

• 2016 to 2018 - Australian Postgraduate Award

Memberships

• 2016 - International Health Economics Association
• 2010 - AHPRA Pharmacist

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Journal Articles

• Bates N, Callander E, Lindsay D and Watt K (2018) Labour force participation and the cost of lost productivity due to cancer in Australia. BMC Public Health, 18.
• Turner D, Harrison S and Bates N (2016) Sun-protective behaviors of student spectators at inter-school swimming carnivals in a tropical region experiencing high ambient solar ultraviolet radiation. Frontiers in Public Health, 4. pp. 1-11

Other research outputs

• Callander E, Topp S, Larkins S, Sabesan S and Bates N (2017) Quantifying Queensland patients with cancer health service usage and costs: study protocol. BMJ Open, 7 (1). pp. 1-6
• Bates N, Emeto T, Turner D, Nikles J and Harrison S (2016) Sun protection provided by regulation school uniforms worn by primary school students in Queensland during summer. Abstracts from the Townsville Health Research Week 2016. In: Townsville Health Research Week 2016: Spotlight on Preventative Health, 12-15 September 2016, Townsville, QLD, Australia
• Turner D, Bates N and Harrison S (2015) Sun-protective behaviours of primary school students at swimming carnivals in Townsville. Annals of the Australian College of Tropical Medicine. In: Townsville Health Symposium 2015: Spotlight on Local Researchers, 7-9 October 2015, Townsville, QLD, Australia

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• Callander, E. (2017) CancerCostMOD. James Cook University

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