Dr Liana Luzzi
Liana Luzzi is a Research Fellow in the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH) at the University of Adelaide. Liana is also Director of the Dental Statistics and Research Unit (DSRU), a collaborating unit of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). She received her BSc(Ma.&Comp.Sc.) in 1995, BSc(Ma.&Comp.Sc )(Honours in Statistics) in 1996 and a PhD in 2005 from the University of Adelaide. Liana has been involved in dental health services research and in analysing data relating to oral health and access to dental care. She has worked on a range of projects involving both cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of service use such as research examining public dental service utilisation in South Australia. Areas of interest include use of dental health services, access to dental care, factors influencing dental expenditure and dentist job satisfaction.
✓ Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) — email supervisor to discuss availability.
Liana Luzzi is a Research Fellow in the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health (ARCPOH) at the University of Adelaide. Liana is also Director of the Dental Statistics and Research Unit (DSRU), a collaborating unit of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). She received her BSc(Ma.&Comp.Sc.) in 1995, BSc(Ma.&Comp.Sc )(Honours in Statistics) in 1996 and a PhD in 2005 from the University of Adelaide. Liana has been involved in dental health services research and in analysing data relating to oral health and access to dental care. She has worked on a range of projects involving both cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of service use such as research examining public dental service utilisation in South Australia. Areas of interest include use of dental health services, access to dental care, factors influencing dental expenditure and dentist job satisfaction.
Appointments
Date | Position | Institution name |
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2014 | Senior Research Fellow | University of Adelaide |
2004 - 2014 | Research Fellow | University of Adelaide, Adelaide |
1999 - 2004 | Research Officer | University of Adelaide, Adelaide |
Education
Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
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2001 - 2005 | University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD |
1992 - 1996 | University of Adelaide | Australia | BSc(Ma.&Comp.Sc.)(Hons) |
University of Adelaide | Australia | BSc(Ma.&Comp.Sc.) |
Journals
Books
Book Chapters
Year | Citation |
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2016 | Chrisopoulos, S., Ellershaw, A., Luzzi, L., Roberts-Thomson, K., & Do, L. (2016). Measuring child oral health and its influences. In L. Do, & A. Spencer (Eds.), Oral Health of Australian Children The National Child Oral Health Study 2012-14 (pp. 15-34). Adelaide, South Australia: University of Adelaide Press. |
2016 | Luzzi, L., Ha, D., Ellershaw, A., Koster, C., Brennan, D., & Chrisopoulos, S. (2016). Measuring representativeness of the study participants. In L. Do, & A. Spencer (Eds.), Oral Health of Australian Children The National Child Oral Health Study 2012-14 (pp. 48-85). Adelaide, South Australia: University of Adelaide Press. |
2016 | Do, L., Luzzi, L., Ha, D., Roberts-Thomson, K., Chrisopoulos, S., Armfield, J., & Spencer, A. (2016). Trends in child oral health in Australia. In L. Do, & A. Spencer (Eds.), Oral Health of Australian Children The National Child Oral Health Study 2012-14 (pp. 288-305). Adelaide: University of Adelaide Press. DOI |
Conference Items
Report for External Bodies
2005
Australian Dental Research Foundation (ADRF) Inc. Grant to support a study entitled: "Job satisfaction survey of the oral health labour force in Australia". Principal investigator: Luzzi L, Associate investigator: Spencer AJ
2010 - 2012
NHMRC New Investigator Project Grant ID No. 627222. Prevention and control of caries in older adults in residential aged care. CIA: Tan H, CIB: Luzzi L, AI1: Spender AJ, AI2: Pradhan A
2010
The Australian Association of Gerontology - RM Gibson Scientific Research Fund. A pilot study on prevention of caries in older adults in residential aged care. Tan H, Luzzi L, Spencer AJ
2011 - 2014
NHMRC Project Grant ID No. 1011589. Intergenerational change in oral health in Australia. CIA: Harford J, CIB: Luzzi L, CIC: Tan H, CID: Mejia G, CIE: Roberts-Thomson KF, CIF: Spencer AJ.
2015
Australian Dental Research Foundation (ADRF) Inc. Grant. ‘Impact of early childhood caries on oral health-related quality of life of preschool children-a population-based study’. Principal investigator: Hariyani N, Associate investigator: Do,L, Spencer AJ, Luzzi L
2016 - 2019
NHMRC Partnership Grant ID No. 1115649. Delivering effective dental healthcare in 2020-2030: A national longitudinal partnership study of burden of oral diseases in Australia. CIA: Peres M, CIB: Do LG, CIC: Brennan DS, CID: Spencer AJ, CIE: Karnin J, CIF: Roberts-Thomson, KF, CIG: Peres K, CIH: Thomson WM, CII: Luzzi L, CIJ: Harforf JE.
Evidence-Based Dentistry 1
Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
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2015 | Co-Supervisor | Measurement of QALY for Common Dental Diseases | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Dr Rahul Nair |
2014 | Co-Supervisor | Population Oral Health | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Ninuk Hariyani |