BIOGRAPHY - Arul Earnest

Title:	Mr
Full Name:	Arul Earnest
Email:	arule@nrahs.nsw.gov.au
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State:	NSW
Country:	Australia
Working Details
Institution:	University of Sydney
Department:	Northern Rivers University Dept of Rural Health
Position:	Biostatistician
Participation
Participation:	Participation in the Network's Paradigm and Applications Working Group (select the appropriate options) Paradigm Working Groups Socio-spatial theory Methodologies, tools and techniques Scenarios and forecasting Sources, data quality and data integration Application Working Groups National and regional socio-economic change Population, economic and information flows Social and economic networks Regional development and community capacity building Behaviour and well-being in socio-spatial settings
Project Involvement

Publication History
Publications:	Publication 1: Earnest A, Chen MI, Seow E. Exploring if day and time of admission is associated with average length of stay among inpatients from a tertiary hospital in Singapore: an analytic study based on routine admission data. BMC Health Serv Res. 2006 Jan 22;6(1):6 Publication 2: Ong KC, Earnest A, Lu SJ. A multidimensional grading system (BODE index) as predictor of hospitalization for COPD. Chest. 2005 Dec;128(6):3810-6. Publication 3: Lee VJ, Earnest A, Chen MI, Krishnan B. Predictors of failed attendances in a multi-specialty outpatient centre using electronic databases. BMC Health Serv Res. 2005 Aug 6;5:51. Publication 4: Earnest A, Chen MI, Ng D, Sin LY. Using autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models to predict and monitor the number of beds occupied during a SARS outbreak in a tertiary hospital in Singapore. BMC Health Serv Res. 2005 May 11;5(1):36. Publication 5: Wilder-Smith A, Earnest A, Paton NI. Use of simple laboratory features to distinguish the early stage of severe acute respiratory syndrome from dengue Fever. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Dec 15;39(12):1818-23. Epub 2004 Nov 19. Publication 6: Lew TWK, Kwek TK, Tai D, Earnest A, Singh K,Shi L, Kwan KM. Acute Respiratory Distress in Patients with SARS- Caring for the Critically Ill Patient. JAMA Vol. 290 No. 3, July 16, 2003. Publication 7: Paton NI, Earnest A, Ng YM, Karim F, Aboulhab J. Lipodystrophy in a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus-infected asian patients: prevalence, associated factors, and psychological impact. Clin Infect Dis 2002 Nov 15; 35(10):1244-9. Publication 8: Wilder-Smith A, Barkham T, Earnest A, Paton N. Acquisition of W135 meningococcal carriage in Hajj pilgrims and transmission to household contacts: prospective study. British Medical Journal 2002 Aug 17: 325: 365-366. Publication 9: Cham GW, Tan WP, Earnest A, Soh CH. Clinical predictors of acute respiratory acidosis during exacerbation of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Eur J Emerg Med 2002 Sep 9(3):225-232. Publication 10: Teleman MD, Chee CB, Earnest A, Wang YT. Hepatotoxicity of tuberculosis chemotherapy under general programme conditions in Singapore. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2002;Vol 6(8): 699-705.
Current Research Interests
Current Research:	Current Research 1: Develop and Apply Bayesian Spatio-temporal Models in Small Area Statistics Current Research 2: Random Effects Models Current Research 3: Spatial Analysis