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Dr Marie Pirotta
Senior Lecturer |
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200 Berkeley Street
Carlton
VICTORIA 3053 |
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+61 3 8344 9723 |
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+61 3 9347 6136 |
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m.pirotta@unimelb.edu.au |
| job description |
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Dr Marie Pirotta is a part-time senior lecturer. Her research interests are evidence-based complementary therapies for common problems encountered by general practitioners and women's health. |
| qualifications |
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MBBS, PhD, M Med (Women's Health), Grad Dip Epid & Biostatistics, DRANZCOG, FRACGP |
| professional history |
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Dr Marie Pirotta has been an academic general practitioner with the Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne since 1995. Marie completed her PhD in 2005, which examined whether one popular and commonly used complementary therapy, the probiotic lactobacillus, can prevent post-antibiotic vulvovaginitis, using a randomised controlled factorial trial based in the primary care setting. She has used other research methods also, including mail-out and waiting room surveys, audit of hospital and GP medical records and tests for diagnostic accuracy. |
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Pirotta M, Chondros P. Data monitoring (and safety) committees - what are they and why do we need them? Australian Family Physician 2004. 33(11):950-952.
Pirotta M, Gunn J, Chondros P, Grover S, Hurley S, Garland S. The PAV trial: Does lactobacillus prevent post-antibiotic vulvovaginal candidiasis? Protocol of a randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN24141277]. BMC Family Practice 2004. 5: 5.
Pirotta M, Gunn J, Chondros P, Grover S, O'Malley P, Hurley S, Garland S. Effect of lactobacillus in preventing post-antibiotic vulvovaginal candidiasis: A randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal 2004 329 548-551.
Lewis J, Marjoribanks T, Pirotta M. Changing professions: General Practitioners' perceptions of autonomy. Journal of Sociology 2003; 39(1):44-61.
Pirotta M, Gunn J, Chondros P. "Not thrush again!" Women's experience of post-antibiotic vulvoginitis. Medical Journal of Australia 2003; 179: 43-46.
Pirotta M, Farish SJ, Vicki V, Marc M. Characteristics of Victorian general practitioners who practice complementary therapies. Australian Family Physician 2002; 31(12):1133-1138.
Pirotta M, Gunn JM, Harrison DA. Accurate sampling in general practice waiting rooms: methodological issues. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2002; 26(2):152-155.
Pirotta M, Cohen M, Kotsirilos V, Farish S. Complementary therapies have they become accepted in general practice? Medical Journal of Australia 2000; 172(3):105-109.
Pirotta M, Gunn J, Farish S, Karabatsos G. Primer postcard improves postal survey response rates. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 1999; 23(2):196-197.
Pirotta M. Formulation of a Research Plan. Australian Family Physician 1997. 26(Supp 1):S51-S52.
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