Dr Angela Gialamas
Lecturer
School of Public Health
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
School of Public Health | BetterStart Child Health and Development Research Group
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Angela is a Lecturer in the School of Public Health at the University of Adelaide.
Her PhD investigated the association between the type, time and quality of child care in the first three years of life and children’s cognitive and socio-emotional development as they started school. Her post-doctoral research focuses on the effects of early life disadvantage on children's later development, including analyses of socioeconomic disadvantage, child care, and parenting investments in children. She uses many Australian datasets including the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children, and the Better Evidence Better Outcomes Linked Data (BEBOLD) platform to explore the areas of research listed above. She is currently a member of the BetterStart | Child Health and Development Research Group.
The School of Public Health offers a number of research opportunities for students at a variety of levels including PhD, MPhil, Honours, MPH Coursework Thesis and Dissertation, MClinSci and Summer Vacation Scholarships. Details of the projects that are available for students can be found in the following booklet: School of Public Health Student Projects
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2015 - ongoing Postdoctoral Researcher University of Adelaide 2011 - 2014 Research Associate University of Adelaide 2009 - 2011 Research Associate University of South Australia 2005 - 2009 Research Associate University of Adelaide 1999 - 2004 Project Officer University of Adelaide 1993 - 1999 Scientific Officer SA Department of Health -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2014 Award Best Overall Presentation Public Health Association, State Population Health Conference, Adelaide Australia - 2014 Award Most Popular Session Public Health Association, State Population Health Conference, Adelaide Australia - 2009 Achievement Sir Richard Stawell Memorial Prize Medical Society of Victoria Australia 2009 2009 Award Medical Journal of Australia/Wyeth Award for the best original research - - - -
Language Competencies
Language Competency Greek, Modern (1453-) Can read, write, speak and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2011 - 2015 University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2009 - 2010 University of Adelaide Australia Graduate Certificate of Public Health 1990 - 1992 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Health Sciences -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Books
Year Citation 1999 Brinkman, S. A., Gialamas, A., Jones, L., Edwards, P., & Maynard, E. J. (1999). Child Activity Patterns for Environmental Exposure Assessment in the Home. Glenelg Press. -
Book Chapters
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2021 Gialamas, A., Haag, D., Mittinty, M., & Lynch, J. (2021). Effects of educational activities prior to school entry are more important for socioeconomically disadvantaged children. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Vol. 50 (pp. 2 pages). OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
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Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2017 Pilkington, R., Grant, J., Chittleborough, C., Gialamas, A., Montgomerie, A., & Lynch, J. (2017). Child Protection in South Australia. 2017 Gialamas, A., Montgomerie, A., Pilkington, R., & Lynch, J. (2017). Risk Factors for Child Protection Notification Under Age One: SA Birthing Hospitals 2010-2013. 2017 Gialamas, A., Pilkington, R., & Lynch, J. (2017). CaFHS Foundation Services Priority Groups. 2016 Nuske, T., Pilkington, R., Gialamas, A., Chittleborough, C., Smithers, L., & Lynch, J. (2016). The SA Early Childhood Data Project: Updated Report. Adelaide: University of Adelaide. 2015 Pilkington, R., Gialamas, A., & Lynch, J. (2015). Emotionally Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Boys. 2015 Pilkington, R., Gialamas, A., & Lynch, J. (2015). Emotionally Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Boys. 2015 Pilkington, R., Gialamas, A., & Lynch, J. (2015). Service Contact Profiles across the South Australian Government: The Top 100 Children. 2014 Pilkington, R., Scalzi, D., Gialamas, A., Smithers, L. G., Chittleborough, C., & Lynch, J. (2014). The South Australian early childhood health and development project: initial report. Adelaide: The University of Adelaide. 2014 Sawyer, A., Gialamas, A., Pearce, A., Sawyer, M., & Lynch, J. (2014). A Supporting Systems Framework for Child Health and Development, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide. -
Theses
Year Citation 2015 Gialamas, A. (2015). The quality, type and time spent in child care in the first three years of life and children’s cognitive and socio-emotional development at school entry. (PhD Thesis, University of Adelaide).
Competitive Research Funding
National Competitive Schemes
Date |
Project |
Investigators |
Funding Body |
Amount |
2020 |
Social Impact Investment, Baseline Measurement for Child Protection Bond |
John Lynch, Rhiannon Pilkington, Angela Gialamas, Alicia Montgomerie, Dandara Haag |
SA Department of Treasury and Finance |
$197,000 |
2019 |
Menu Build for Children and Families |
John Lynch, Rhiannon Pilkington, Catherine Chittleborough, Angela Gialamas, Lisa Smithers, Janet Grant, Dandara Haag
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Victorian Department of Health and Human Services |
$488,000
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2017 |
Parenting as an investment in child development: what matters and when? |
Angela Gialamas, John Lynch, Murthy Mittinty |
Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation |
$69,574 |
2016 |
The Early Childhood Data Project: a Government-Academic partnership |
John Lynch, Rhiannon Pilkington, Angela Gialamas, Catherine Chittleborough |
The South Australian Department for the Premier and Cabinet |
$998,989 |
2008 |
Improving patient adherence to statins in Australian general practice |
Angela Gialamas, Simon Vanlint, Paul Aylward |
Primary Health Care and Research Evaluation Development |
$7,380 |
2022: Course Coordinator, Health and Illness in Populations S2, Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences
2022: Course Coordinator, Introduction to Epidemiology, Master of Public Health Program
2021: Co-course Coordinator, Introduction to Epidemiology, Master of Public Health Program
2019: Course Coordinator, Introduction to Epidemiology, Master of Public Health Program
2018: Teaching Assistant, Epidemiological Research Methods, Master of Public Health Program
2015-2019: Practical Facilitator, Health and Illness in Populations, Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2018 Co-Supervisor Smoking in Pregnancy Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mrs Cherise Jaye Fletcher -
Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2018 - 2018 Principal Supervisor How well characteristics at birth and the Ages and Stages Questionnaire predict developmentally vulnerability at age 5? The University of Adelaide Master in Public Health Master Full Time Kelsey Malana Clifton 2016 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Age and Sex Trends in Leading Causes of Death in Australia University of Adelaide Master of Public Health Master Full Time Florence Fowodu -
Mentoring
Date Topic Location Name 2016 - 2018 I had the privilege of mentoring Simon through the Healthy Development Adelaide High School Scholarship Mentoring program. This scholarship is awarded to South Australian students who are experiencing challenging life circumstances, and who want support to achieve a tertiary education. University of Adelaide Simon Lieu
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2015 - ongoing Member SAHMRI Wardliparingga Aboriginal Research Unit, Landscape Technical Reference Group - - 2009 - 2010 Member South Australian Child Health Clinical Network: Data Working Group - Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2012 - ongoing - Healthy Development Adelaide -
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