Associate Professor David Sibbritt
University of Newcastle
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David Sibbritt is an Associate Professor in Biostatistics. His career as an academic only commenced in mid 2001. During the period 1993-1997 he was employed as a statistician for the Health Services Research Group. This work consisted solely of consultancies within the Healthcare Sector, mostly related to the development of strategic planning and resource allocation models. In 1998, he undertook a PhD candidature (Medical Statistics), which he completed in August 2001. Since this time he has been employed as an academic biostatistician at the School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle.
Associate Professor Sibbritt has been involved in a number of research activities encompassing a broad range of research topics. However, the main focus of his research is in the field of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). His CAM research has involved collaboration with two large cohort studies: the HUNT Nord-Trøndelag study, Norway (90,000 adults from Nord-Trøndelag County); and the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (40,000 women across Australia). He also collaborates with researchers on the Pelotas Birth Cohort (Brazil) on non-CAM research.
Associate Professor Sibbritt's statistical expertise is acknowledged through his numerous invitations to conduct workshops and present seminars, both in Australia and internationally. He has been invited to present seminars in Brazil (Sao Paulo and Pelotas) (Sep 2005), Tokyo, Japan (May 2002), and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Jan, 2007) as well as five statistical workshops in Newcastle (2002-2004). Dr. Sibbritt also currently holds the position of Statistical Advisor for the international journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine as well as being a reviewer for several other international journals. He is also a member (Principal Researcher) of a Priority Research Centre, the Research Centre for Gender, Health and Ageing, located at the University of Newcastle. Associate Professor Sibbrit is statistical advisor to the journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine and adjunct investigator, Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health and Member (Principal Researcher), Research Centre for Gender, Health and Ageing.
PhD, University of Newcastle
Master Degree in Medical Statistics, University of Newcastle
Grad Dip in Medical Statistics, University of Newcastle
Bachelor of Mathematics, University of Newcastle
Journal articles
Books
Book Chapters
Casey Mavourneen, Adams Jon, Sibbritt David, ’An examination of the prescription and dispensing of medicines by Western herbal therapists: A national survey in Australia’, Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 15 13-20 (2007)Link to publication
Adams J, Sibbritt David, Young Anne Frances, ’Consultations with a naturopath or herbalist: The prevalence of use and profile of users amongst mid-aged women in Australia’, Public Health, 121 954-957 (2007)Link to publication
Li M, Dibley M J, Sibbritt David, Zhou X Y, Yan H, ’Physical activity and sedentary behavior in adolescents in Xi'an City, China’, Journal of Adolescent Health, 41 99-101 (2007)Link to publication
Tang H K, Dibley Michael John, Sibbritt David, Tran H M T, ’Socio-economic differences in BMI of secondary high school students in Ho Chi Minh City’, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 16 74-83 (2007)Link to publication
Sibbritt David, Adams Jon, Young Anne Frances, ’The characteristics of middle aged Australian women who consult acupuncturists’, Acupuncture in Medicine, 25 22-28 (2007)Link to publication
Steinsbekk A, Adams J, Sibbritt David, Jacobsen G, Johnsen R, ’The profiles of adults who consult alternative health practitioners and/or general practitioners’, Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 25 86-92 (2007)Link to publication
Sibbritt David, Adams Jon, Young Anne Frances, ’A profile of middle-aged women who consult a chiropractor or osteopath: Findings from a survey of 11,143 Australian women’, Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 29 349-353 (2006)Link to publication
Casey Mavourneen, Adams J, Sibbritt David, ’Australian herbalists' perceptions of professional clinical support’, Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism, 18 93-98 (2006)
Li M, Dibley Michael John, Sibbritt David, Yan H, ’Factors associated with adolescents' physical inactivity in Xi'an City, China’, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 38 2075-2085 (2006)
Watson Trent Anthony, Callister Robin, Taylor Robert Donald, Sibbritt David, MacDonald-Wicks Lesley Karen, Garg Manohar Lal, ’Antioxidant restriction and oxidative stress in short-duration exhaustive exercise’, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 37 63-71 (2005)
Adams Jon, Sibbritt David, Young Anne Frances, ’Naturopathy/herbalism consultations by mid-aged Australian women who have cancer’, European Journal of Cancer Care, 14 443-447 (2005)Link to publication
Girgis Afaf, Adams Jon, Sibbritt David, ’The use of complementary and alternative therapies by patients with cancer’, Oncology Research, 15 281-289 (2005)Link to publication
Sibbritt David, Adams Jon, Young Anne Frances, ’A Longitudinal Analysis of Mid-Age Women's Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine CAM) in Australia 1996-1998’, Women & Health, 40 41-56 (2004)Link to publication
Adams Jon, Sibbritt David, Gary Easthope, ’Researching the utilisation of Complementary and alternative medicine’, Evidence- Based Integrative Medicine, 1 169-172 (2004)Link to publication
Hope-Allan H, Adams Jon, Sibbritt David, Tracy Sally, ’The Use of acupuncture in maternity care: A pilot study evaluating the acupuncture service in an Australian hospital antenatal clinic’, Complementary Therapies in Nursing & Midwifery, 10 229-232 (2004) Link to publication
Parvathy Mulavana Santha Devi, Sibbritt David, Adams Jon, ’The use of herbal medicines for the treatment of menopausal symptoms’, Australian Family Physician, 33 955-956 (2004) Link to publication
Sibbritt David, Adams Jon, Easthope G, Young Anne Frances, ’Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among elderly Australian women who have cancer’, Supportive Care in Cancer, 11 548-550 (2003)Link to publication
Adams Jon, Sibbritt David, Easthope David, Young Anne Frances, ’The profile of women who use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Australia’, Medical Journal of Australia, 179 297-300 (2003) Link to publication
Sibbritt D (2007) Utilising existing data sets for CAM-consumption research: the case of cohort studies. In Adams J (Ed) (2007) Researching Complementary and Alternative Medicine. London & New York: Routledge.Link to publication