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Personal profile
Biography
Professor Robin Bell is a medical epidemiologist with broad-based experience in women's health epidemiology having previously worked at the Research Unit of the Jean Hailes Foundation, the Royal Women's Hospital and the Perinatal Data Collection Unit of the Victorian Department of Human Services. Professor Bell is Deputy Director of the Women's Health Research Program at Monash University and has published over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts in women's health. Professor Bell is the coordinator of a large prospective cohort study of Victorian women with their first diagnosis of invasive breast cancer. She held a Victorian Cancer Agency Public Health Fellowship between 2011 and 2012 and her breast cancer research has also been supported by grants from the Bupa Health Foundation. She has had extensive funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia including being a CI on project grants, a Centre of Clinical Research Excellence and a Partnership grant. Professor Bell has experience with designing, running and analysing randomised trials, cohort studies and case control studies. She oversees the teaching into the undergraduate MBBS program from the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
Research area keywords
- Women's Health
- Epidemiology
- Breast Cancer
Network
Projects
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Optimising the health of women at midlife to minimise immediate and long-term morbidity
Davis, S., Brown, H., Bell, R., Green, S. & Coles, J.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/07/18 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Literature Review on the Effects of Fuel Solvent Exposure on Human Male Reproductive Outcomes
Kelsall, H., Sim, M., Glass, D., Bell, R., Wallace, E., Newman, D., McLachlan, R. & Webster, W.
19/03/18 → 31/05/19
Project: Research
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Literature Review on Effects of Fuel Solvent Exposure on Human Female Reproductive Outcomes
Kelsall, H., Sim, M., Glass, D., Priestly, B., Bell, R., Wallace, E., Newman, D. & Webster, W.
27/02/17 → 31/10/17
Project: Research
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MBBS- MD transition: Developing skills and resources in research methods in medicine.
Diug, B., Bell, R., Ilic, D., Wallace, M. & Robinson, P.
2/04/16 → 2/12/17
Project: Research
Research output
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Associations between androgens and sexual function in premenopausal women: a cross-sectional study
Zheng, J., Islam, R. M., Skiba, M. A., Bell, R. J. & Davis, S. R., Aug 2020, In : The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. 8, 8, p. 693-702 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus) -
Distribution of body hair in young Australian women and associations with serum androgen concentrations
Skiba, M. A., Bell, R. J., Islam, R. M., Karim, M. N. & Davis, S. R., Apr 2020, In : Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 105, 4, p. 1186-1195 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Don’t skip the methods section! Randomized controlled trials are not all the same
Bell, R. J., May 2020, In : Climacteric. 23, 3, p. 224-225 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
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Estrone Is a Strong Predictor of Circulating Estradiol in Women Age 70 Years and Older
Davis, S. R., Martinez-Garcia, A., Robinson, P. J., Handelsman, D. J., Desai, R., Wolfe, R., Bell, R. J. & on behalf of the ASPREE Investigator Group, Sep 2020, In : Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 105, 9, p. e3348-e3354 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Iron insufficiency among young Australian women: a population‐based survey
Islam, R. M., Bell, R. J., Skiba, M. A., Trambas, C. & Davis, S., Apr 2020, In : Internal Medicine Journal. 50, 4, p. 420-426 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review