Publications

1. Dronavalli M, Page A, Sperandei S, Uribe G, Huckel Schneider C, Eastwood J. Determinants and health outcomes of trajectories of social mobility in Australia. SSM Popul Health. 2023 Jan 5;21:101336. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101336. PMID: 36660174; PMCID: PMC9843487.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36660174/

Keywords: Socio-economic status, social mobility, health outcomes, random forest, k-means longitudinal, survival analysis,

2. Leonard E, Kwinda Z, Baernighausen T, Dronavalli M, Adam M, Pillay Y. Optimizing knowledge and behavioral intention of women and their partners in the perinatal period in South Africa: a randomized control trial study protocol in the Tshwane district, Gauteng province, South Africa. BMC Public Health. 2022;22(1):1224 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35725421

Keywords: Health Education / Breast Feeding & Randomised Control Trials

3. Wetherell L, K athurusinghe S, Dior U, et al. POMMS: Pre-operative misoprostol in myomectomy surgery: A randomised controlled pilot study. European https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35853272/

Keywords: Gynaecology, Randomised Control Trials

4. James DB, Lee KSK, Dronavalli M, Courtney RJ, Conigrave KM, Conigrave JH, Shakeshaft A. Predictors of length of treatment, discharge reason, and re-admission to Aboriginal alcohol and other drug residential rehabilitation services in New South Wales, Australia. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2021 Oct 13. doi: 10.1111/dar.13388. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 3464442 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/MAGGAAKPHZDDFECWT9TK?target=10.1111/dar.13388

Keywords: Addiction, Aboriginal Health, Competing Risks Survival Analysis

5. Adam M, Johnston J, Job N, Dronavalli M, Le Roux I, et al. (2021) Evaluation of a community-based mobile video breastfeeding intervention in Khayelitsha, South Africa: The Philani MOVIE cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLOS Medicine 18(9): e1003744. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003744

Keywords: Health Education, Breast Feeding in Poverty

6. Farnbach S, Economidis G, Aiken A, Dronavalli M, Shakeshaft A. A randomised stepped-wedge evaluation of the impact of a guideline-driven process for improving the cultural competence of non-Aboriginal drug and alcohol treatment services.: NDARC, UNSW; 2020. (CONFIDENTIAL GOVERNMENT REPORT, Available on Request)

Keywords: Aboriginal Health, Cultural Competence Training, Triple Difference in Difference

7. Dronavalli M, Lord H, Alexander K, Boonwaat L, Pal N, Fletcher-Lartey SM. Effectiveness of Oseltamivir Prophylaxis in Influenza Outbreaks in Residential Aged Care. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health. 2020 Apr. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7310780/

Keywords: Aged Care Facilities, Influenza, Poisson Regression

8. Ghosh S, Dronavalli M, Raman S. Tuberculosis infection in under-2-year-old refugees: Should we be screening? A systematic review and meta-regression analysis. J Paediatr Child Health. 2019 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jpc.14701

Keywords: Infants, Refugee Health, Tuberculosis, Meta-regression

9. Fletcher-Lartey, S.; Dronavalli, M.; Alexander, K.; Ghosh, S.; Boonwaat, L.; Thomas, J.; Robinson, A.; Patel, Z.; Forssman, B.; Pal, N. Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Neisseria Gonorrhoeae in Australia and New Zealand: A Meta-analysis and Systematic Review. Antibiotics 2019, 8, 191 https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(20)30855-9/fulltext

Keywords: Meta-regression, Meta-analysis

10. Chan DJ, Furner V, Smith DE, Dronavalli M, Bopage RI, Post JJ, et al. Non-AIDS complexity amongst patients living with HIV in Sydney: risk factors and health outcomes. AIDS Res Ther. 2018;15(1):6. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12981-018-0193-z

Keywords: HIV, Complex Care, Directed Acyclic Graphs, 

11. Dronavalli M, Bhagwat MM, Hamilton S, Gilles M, Garton-Smith J, Thompson SC. Findings from a clinical audit in regional general practice of management of patients following acute coronary syndrome. Aust J Prim Health. 2016. https://www.proquest.com.acs.hcn.com.au/docview/1886922217?accountid=130851

Keywords: Rural Health, Primary Care, Cardiology, Regression, Ethics, Study Design, Chief Investigator

12. Bhagwat MM, Woods JA, Dronavalli M, Hamilton SJ, Thompson SC. Evidence-based interventions in primary care following acute coronary syndrome in Australia and New Zealand: a systematic scoping review. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2016;16(1):214. https://bmccardiovascdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12872-016-0388-y

Keywords: Primary Care, Cardiology, Meta-analysis

13. Dronavalli M, Thompson SC. A systematic review of measurement tools of health and well-being for evaluating community-based interventions. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2015;69(8):805-15. https://ciap.ovidds.com.acs.hcn.com.au/resolver?sid=google&auinit=M&aulast=Dronavalli&atitle=A+systematic+review+of+measurement+tools+of+health+and+well-being+for+evaluating+community-based+interventions&id=pmid:26041904

Keywords: Tools to measure Wellbeing, Large Systematic Review (>1000 abstracts) (TOP 5% of ALTMETRIC OUTPUT)

14. Dronavalli M, Thompson S, Mitchell K, Kerry K, Giele C. Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infection in Aboriginal People and Regional Areas of Western Australia: plotting progress or losing the plot?. 2015 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mithilesh-Dronavalli-2/publication/328760852_Rates_of_Sexually_Transmitted_Infection_in_Aboriginal_People_and_Regional_Areas_of_Western_Australia_plotting_progress_or_losing_the_plot/links/5be16d8292851c6b27aa52bc/Rates-of-Sexually-Transmitted-Infection-in-Aboriginal-People-and-Regional-Areas-of-Western-Australia-plotting-progress-or-losing-the-plot

Keywords: Aboriginal Health, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Remote Communities, Poisson Regression

15. Thompson S, Lyford M, Dronavalli M. A Review of STI Clinical Services in Western Australia 2015. In: Department of Health WA, editor. Perth: University of Western Australia; 2015. (GOVERNMENT REPORT) http://www.statistics.sastram.com/MDResearch2018/images-publications-STI%20Clinical%20Services%20Review%20Final.pdf

Keywords: Western Australia Government Commissioned Review on Sexual Health Service in WA, Various regression   analyses

16. Fricke TA, d'Udekem Y, Richardson M, Thuys C, Dronavalli M, Ramsay JM, et al. Outcomes of the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries: 25 years of experience. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012;94(1):139-45. https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(12)00538-3/fulltext

Keywords: Paediartics, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Survival Analysis

17. Vilalta A, Sahuquillo J, Merino MA, Poca MA, Garnacho A, Martinez-Valverde T, et al. Normobaric hyperoxia in traumatic brain injury: does brain metabolic state influence the response to hyperoxic challenge? J Neurotrauma. 2011;28(7):1139-48. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc3136740/

    Keywords: Neurosurgery, logistic regression

18. Yong MS, d'Udekem Y, Robertson T, Horton S, Dronavalli M, Brizard C, et al. Outcomes of surgery for simple total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage in neonates. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011;91(6):1921-7. https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(11)00243-8/fulltext

Keywords: Pediatrics, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Survival Analysis

19. Solana E, Poca MA, Sahuquillo J, Benejam B, Junque C, Dronavalli M. Cognitive and motor improvement after retesting in normal-pressure hydrocephalus: a real change or merely a learning effect? J Neurosurg. 2010;112(2):399-409. https://thejns.org/view/journals/j-neurosurg/112/2/article-p399.xml

Keywords: Neurosurgery, hydrocephalus, Random Effects Regression 

20. Sheffield LJ, Irving P, Gupta A, Byron K, Macrae FA, Phillimore H, et al. Thiopurine methyltransferase and thiopurine metabolite testing in patients with inflammatory bowel disease who are taking thiopurine drugs. Pharmacogenomics. 2009;10(7):1091-9. https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/abs/10.2217/pgs.09.60

Keywords: Pharmacogenetics, Regression

21. Dronavalli M, Statistics Without Probability www.statistics.sastram.com

22. https://youtu.be/sOhtbcO0sSQ My Public Lecture on Causation