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Personal profile
Biography
Fiona completed a Bachelor of Environmental Science at The University of Waterloo in Canada and was awarded her PhD, entitled “Wastewater reuse – modelling the human health risks with various reuse applications”, in 2015 from The University of Melbourne. She spent the last 3 years working as a Research Fellow at Turning Point using administrative data to assess service use amongst alcohol and other drug treatment seekers and to develop a patient characterisation model to assist with system and service planning.
Fiona is a Research Fellow in the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit of the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. Fiona’s areas of interest include risk analysis and modelling related to human exposure to alternative water sources including recycled water and she has assessed case studies in Australia, Africa and Antarctica. Fiona is a member of the International Water Association, the editorial board for the journal Microbial Risk Analysis, and reviews for a number of relevant journals.
Research area keywords
- Modelling
- Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment
- Waterborne Disease
- Public Health
- Water Recycling
- Health Risk Assessment
- Alternative Water Sources
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Projects
- 1 Active
Assessing exposure pathways for pathogens causing gastrointestinal infection and antimicrobial resistance acquisition among children living in informal coastal settlements
Leder, K., Clasen, T., Luby, S., McCarthy, D., Baker, S., Chown, S., Barker, F., Henry, R. & Kwong, L.
National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
1/01/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
Research Output
A stepped wedge cluster-randomized trial assessing the impact of a riverbank filtration intervention to improve access to safe water on health in rural India
McGuinness, S. L., O'Toole, J., Forbes, A. B., Boving, T. B., Patil, K., D'Souza, F., Gaonkar, C. A., Giriyan, A., Barker, S. F., Cheng, A. C., Sinclair, M. & Leder, K. S., 1 Jul 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Performance of riverbank filtration under hydrogeologic conditions along the upper Krishna River in southern India
Boving, T. B., Patil, K., D'Souza, F., Barker, S. F., McGuinness, S. L., O'Toole, J., Sinclair, M., Forbes, A. B. & Leder, K., 2019, In : Water. 11, 1, 17 p., 12.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Cost of gastroenteritis in Australia: A healthcare perspective
Barker, S. F., Zomer, E., O'Toole, J., Sinclair, M., Gibney, K., Liew, D. & Leder, K., 1 Apr 2018, In : PLoS ONE. 13, 4, 16 p., e0195759.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
5
Citations
(Scopus)
Effect of hygiene interventions on acute respiratory infections in childcare, school and domestic settings in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review
McGuinness, S. L., Barker, S. F., O’Toole, J., Cheng, A. C., Forbes, A. B., Sinclair, M. & Leder, K., Aug 2018, In : Tropical Medicine and International Health. 23, 8, p. 816-833 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
3
Citations
(Scopus)
Alcohol, drug and related health and wellbeing issues among young people completing an online screen
Barker, S. F., Manning, V., Best, D. W., Savic, M. & Lubman, D. I., 2017, In : Australasian Psychiatry. 25, 2, p. 130-134 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Prizes
Highly Commended Research Poster and Oral Presentation
Fiona Barker (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Melbourne Abroad Travelling Scholarship
Fiona Barker (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Post-graduate publishing award
Fiona Barker (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Travel Scholarship "Human health risks associated with wastewater reuse for vegetable irrigation"
Fiona Barker (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Editorial responsibility
Microbial Risk Analysis (Journal)
Fiona Barker (Editorial board member)2016
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility