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Research Biography
Harriet Whiley is an Associate Professor in Environmental Health. As an environmental microbiologist her research is aimed at informing the environmental health profession of best practice to protect human health from pathogens present in the environment. Her research areas include infection control, biofilms, water quality, food safety and risk assessment.
Harriet is available for Honours, Masters and PhD supervision.
Research Interests
The aim of my research is to inform Environmental Health Officers of best practice to protect human health from pathogens present in the environment. Through industry collaboration, my research utilises a multidisciplinary approach to tackle a range of public health issues present in a number of environments.
My research interests include:
Environmental health; public health; environmental microbiology; molecular biology; water quality; water reuse; water distribution systems; biofilms; food microbiology; food safety; food policy; opportunistic pathogens; Legionella pneumophila; Legionella longbeachae; Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC); Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM); Campylobacter spp.; Salmonella spp.
Completed Supervisions
Principal Supervisions:
- Microbiology/ environmental health (1)
Associate Supervisions:
- Environmental health (1)
- Environmental health/parasitology (1)
Supervision
- Registered
Supervisory Interests
- Environmental health
- Public health
- Microbiology
- Molecular biology
- Water reuse
- Biofilms
- Food microbiology
- Potting mix
- Mycobacterium avium
- Water quality
- Water distribution systems
- Legionella pneumophila
- Legionella longbeachae
- Campylobacter spp
- Salmonella spp
- Food policy
- Food policy and regulation
- Environmental microbiology
- Microbial ecology
- Drinking water treatment
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Climate Change and Health: Local Government Capacity for Health Protection in Australia
Smith, J. C., Whiley, H. & Ross, K. E., 1 Feb 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 3, 12 p., 1750.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Detection and quantification of viable but non-culturable Legionella pneumophila from water samples using flow cytometry-cell sorting and quantitative PCR
Nisar, M. A., Ross, K. E., Brown, M. H., Bentham, R., Best, G. & Whiley, H., 30 Jan 2023, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 14, 12 p., 1094877.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of commercially available methamphetamine presumptive tests for site contamination
Kuhn, E. J., Walker, G. S., Whiley, H., Wright, J. & Ross, K. E., 2023, In: Toxicology Communications. 7, 1, 7 p., 2238154.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stagnation arising through intermittent usage is associated with increased viable but non culturable Legionella and amoeba hosts in a hospital water system
Nisar, M. A., Ros, K. E., Brown, M. H., Bentham, R., Best, G., Xi, J., Hinds, J. & Whiley, H., 7 Jun 2023, In: Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13, 12 p., 1190631.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The composition of planktonic prokaryotic communities in a hospital building water system depends on both incoming water and flow dynamics
Nisar, M. A., Ross, K. E., Brown, M. H., Bentham, R., Xi, J., Hinds, J., Jamieson, T., Leterme, S. C. & Whiley, H., 1 Sept 2023, In: Water Research. 243, 12 p., 120363.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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