Asthma in Australia 2005 
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Acknowledgments

The members of the Management Committee of the Australian System for Monitoring Asthma contributed to the development of this report.

Committee Members

Professor Norbert Berend, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research

Dr Kuldeep Bhatia, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Professor Donald Campbell, Asthma Australia

Dr Ching Choi, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Professor Peter Gibson (Chair), John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle

Professor Richard Henry, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick (until December 2004)

Dr Genevieve Herbert, Department of Health and Ageing

Dr Christine Jenkins, National Asthma Reference Group

Mr Craig Lindsay, Department of Health and Ageing (until March 2005)

A/Prof Guy Marks, Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring

Professor Craig Mellis, University of Sydney (from 30 March 2005)

Professor Charles Mitchell, University of Queensland

Mr David Muscatello, National Health Information Management Group

Mr Robin Ould, National Asthma Council

Professor Richard Ruffin, University of Adelaide & Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Ms Anne Taylor, National CATI Technical Reference Group (until March 2005)

Technical and specialist advice and provision of data

The following people provided valuable advice and information relating to this report:

Deborah Baker, New South Wales Department of Health

Katherine Baldock, South Australian Department of Health

Josie Barac, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Tony Blackwell, Victorian Department of Human Services

Helena Britt, General Practice Statistics and Classification Unit, AIHW

Ilona Brockway, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Katrina Burgess, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Anne Chang, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane

Jim Codde, Western Australia Department of Health

Katherine Crouchly, Western Australia Department of Health

Lauren Di Salvia, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Tian Erho, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Margo Eyeson Annan, New South Wales Department of Health

James Fedorow, IMS Health, Australia

John Goss, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Nigel Harding, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Jenny Hargreaves, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Adam Kennedy, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Stephanie Knox, General Practice Statistics and Classification Unit, AIHW

Domenic Laria, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

Jeanette Leigh, Asthma Foundations of Australia

Kim Lim, New South Wales Department of Health

Nick Mann, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Kylie Mayo, Western Australia Department of Health

Geoff Morgan, Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health, University of Sydney

Ainsley Morrissey, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

David Muscatello, New South Wales Department of Health

Neil Powers, Victorian Department of Human Services

Adrian Serraglio and Loretta Vaughan, Victorian Department of Human Services

Kirstine Sketcher-Baker, Queensland Health

Marie Skinner, Queensland Health

Sharon Stewart, Western Australia Department of Health

Stephen Stick, Princess Margaret Hospital, Western Australia

Vijaya Sundararajan, Victorian Department of Human Services

Anne Taylor, South Australian Department of Health

Lee Taylor, New South Wales Department of Health

Roscoe Taylor, Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania

Perri Timmins, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Robert van der Hoek, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Haydn Walters, University of Tasmania

Bruce Whitby, South Australian Department of Health

Kristine Whorlow, National Asthma Council

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