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Associate Professor Brett Toelle is the Deputy Director of the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. He is also a Principal Research Fellow working within the Respiratory and Environmental Epidemiology Group. For over 30 years he has been involved in the population studies of lung disease which have included studies of pre-school children, schoolchildren, twins, community based adults and occupational work groups. His recent work has focussed on asthma as the participants in the Childhood Asthma Prevention Study (CAPS) transition through puberty and on COPD as part of the Australian Burden of Lung Disease (BOLD) project of adults aged 40+ years from six sites around the country.
He is also a psychologist and undertook a PhD investigating "Factors associated with non-adherence to prescribed asthma medication". During his psychology internship he worked with psychologists in the sleep research group and clinicians at the Royal Prince Alfred Insomnia Clinic.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Factors associated with non-adherence to prescribed asthma medication, The University of Sydney
Award Date: 1 Dec 2003
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Macquarie University
Award Date: 1 May 1996
Diploma of Applied Science (Nursing), The University of Sydney
Award Date: 1 Jan 1988
External positions
Deputy Director, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research Limited
1 Feb 2023 → …
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The health effects of simulated wind turbine infrasound
Marshall, N., Phillips, C., Toelle, B. & D'Rozario, A.
18/10/15 → 30/09/24
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Comparison of in vitro aerosol deposition by salbutamol pMDI with corrugated tubing and commercial spacer
He, P., Kooyman, B., Kornalla, V., Reddel, H. K., Toelle, B., Ong, H. X. & Traini, D., 2024, Respiratory Drug Delivery 2024. Dalby, R. N., Peart, J., Suman, J. D., Young, P. M., Traini, D. & Watts, A. (eds.). United States: RDD Online, p. 557-561 5 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review
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COPD in never-smokers: BOLD Australia study
Ivey, M. A., Smith, S. M., Benke, G., Toelle, B. G., Hunter, M. L., James, A. L., Maguire, G. P., Wood-Baker, R., Johns, D. P., Marks, G. B. & Abramson, M. J., 2024, In: International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 19, p. 161-174 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prevalence and burden of difficult-to-treat and severe asthma in Australia: a national population survey
Davis, S. R., Ampon, R. D., Poulos, L. M., Lee, T., Marks, G. B., Toelle, B. G. & Reddel, H. K., Aug 2024, In: Respirology. 29, 8, p. 685-693 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prevalence of chronic cough, its risk factors and population attributable risk in the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study: a multinational cross-sectional study
Abozid, H., Patel, J., Burney, P., Hartl, S., Breyer-Kohansal, R., Mortimer, K., Nafees, A. A., Al Ghobain, M., Welte, T., Harrabi, I., Denguezli, M., Loh, L. C., Rashid, A., Gislason, T., Barbara, C., Cardoso, J., Rodrigues, F., Seemungal, T., Obaseki, D., Juvekar, S., & 17 others , Feb 2024, In: eClinicalMedicine. 68, p. 1-12 12 p., 102423.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changes in asthma medications, symptom control and urgent health care for asthma in Australia between 2012 and 2021, from nationally representative web surveys
Reddel, H., Ampon, R., Davis, S., Toelle, B., Marks, G. B., Poulos, L. & Lee, T., 1 May 2023, In: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 207, Abstract Issue, 1 p., A6646.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review