Pat joined the Kirby Institute in 2001, and has been a Research Assistant with the HIM (Health in Men) and pH (Positive Health) Studies, data manager for the ATAHC Study in VHCRP, responsible for recruitment, enrolment and retention of participants in the 8-year SPANC Study (Study for the Prevention of Anal Cancer, 2010-2018), and is currently Research Assistant with the REACH Study (Research Evaluating Anal cancer screening by HPV).
Research Assistant
Mr Patrick McGrath
BA, UNSW 1975
Dip. Ed, UNSW, 1976
Graduate Diploma in Social Research, UNSW, 2009
Publications
Journal articles
Goddard SL; Templeton DJ; Petoumenos K; Jin F; Hillman RJ; Law C; Roberts JM; Fairley CK; Garland SM; Grulich AE; Poynten IM; Farnsworth A; Biro C; Richards A; Thurloe J; Ekman D; McDonald R; Adams M; Tabrizi S; Phillips S; Luque MM; Comben S; McCaffery K; Howard K; Kelly P; Seeds D; Carr A; Feeney L; Gluyas R; Prestage G; Law M; Acraman B; McGrath P; Mellor R; Pezzopane P; Varma R; Langton-Lockton J; Tong W; Han A, 2020, 'Prevalence and association of perianal and intra-anal warts with composite high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions among gay and bisexual men: Baseline data from the study of the prevention of anal cancer', AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 34, pp. 436 - 443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/apc.2020.0067
2020
Templeton DJ; Roberts JM; Poynten IM; Law C; Hillman RJ; Farnsworth A; Fairley CK; Tabrizi SN; Garland SM; Grulich AE; Jin F; Acraman B; Carr A; Carroll S; Cooper D; Cornall A; Crampton L; Fairley K; Feeney L; Fraissard E; Howard K; Law M; MacHalek D; McCaffery K; McGrath P; Mellor R; Norris R; O'Dwyer M; Pendlebury S; Petoumenos K; Phillips S; Prestage G; Richards A; Schema L; Seeds D; Segelov E; Thurloe J; Tong W; Varma R, 2017, 'Prevalence and predictors of unsatisfactory anal cytology tests in a cohort of gay and bisexual men in Sydney, Australia: Baseline findings from the Study of the Prevention of Anal Cancer (SPANC)', European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 26, pp. 212 - 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000321
2017
Jin F; Roberts JM; Grulich AE; Poynten IM; MacHalek DA; Cornall A; Phillips S; Ekman D; McDonald RL; Hillman RJ; Templeton DJ; Farnsworth A; Garland SM; Fairley CK; Tabrizi SN; Law C; Biro C; Richards A; Thurloe J; Adams M; McCaffery K; Howard K; Kelly P; Seeds D; Garcia M; Carr A; Feeney L; Gluyas R; Prestage G; Petoumenos K; Law M; Acraman B; McGrath P; Mellor R; Pezzopane P, 2017, 'The performance of human papillomavirus biomarkers in predicting anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in gay and bisexual men', AIDS, 31, pp. 1303 - 1311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000001462
2017
Roberts JM; Jin F; Thurloe JK; Ekman D; Adams MK; McDonald RL; Biro C; Poynten IM; Grulich AE; Farnsworth A; Aarnsworth R; Acraman B; Carr A; Carroll S; Cooper D; Cornall A; Crampton L; Fairley C; Farnsworth A; Feeney L; Garcia M; Garland S; Gluyas R; Hillman R; Howard K; Lawa F; Law C; Law M; Machalek D; McCaffery K; McGrath P; Mellor R; Pendlebury S; Petoumenos K; Pezzopane P; Phillips S; Mary Poynten I; Prestage G; Richards A; Seeds D; Segelov E; Tabrizi S; Templeton D; Tong W; Varma R, 2016, 'The value of a transformation zone component in anal cytology to detect HSIL', Cancer Cytopathology, 124, pp. 596 - 601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cncy.21730
2016
Machalek DA; Jin F; Poynten IM; Hillman RJ; Templeton DJ; Law C; Roberts JM; Tabrizi SN; Garland SM; Farnsworth A; Fairley CK; Grulich AE; Acraman B; Adams M; Carr A; Carroll S; Cooper D; Cornall A; Crampton L; Ekman D; Feeney L; Fraissard E; Howard K; Law M; McCaffery K; McDonald R; McGrath P; Mellor R; Norris R; O'Dwyer M; Pendlebury S; Petoumenos K; Phillips S; Prestage G; Richards A; Schema L; Seeds D; Segelov E; Thurloe J; Tong W; Varma R, 2016, 'Prevalence and risk factors associated with high-grade anal squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL)-AIN2 and HSIL-AIN3 in homosexual men', Papillomavirus Research, 2, pp. 97 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pvr.2016.05.003
2016
Machalek DA; Poynten IM; Jin F; Hillman RJ; Templeton DJ; Law C; Roberts JM; Tabrizi SN; Garland SM; Farnsworth A; Fairley CK; Grulich AE; Acraman B; Adams M; Carr A; Carroll S; Cooper D; Cornall A; Crampton L; Ekman D; Fairley K; Feeney L; Fraissard E; Howard K; Law M; McCaffery K; McDonald R; McGrath P; Mellor R; Norris R; O'Dwyer M; Pendlebury S; Petoumenos K; Phillips S; Prestage G; Richards A; Schema L; Seeds D; Segelov E; Thurloe J; Tong W; Varma R, 2016, 'A composite cytology-histology endpoint allows a more accurate estimate of anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion prevalence', Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 25, pp. 1134 - 1143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-1106
2016
Molano M; Tabrizi SN; Garland SM; Roberts JM; MacHalek DA; Phillips S; Chandler D; Hillman RJ; Grulich AE; Jin F; Poynten IM; Templeton DJ; Cornall AM; McCaffery K; Howard K; Farnsworth A; Fairley K; Prestage G; Carr A; Tong W; Law C; Acraman B; Crampton L; Feeney L; Fraissard E; Law M; McGrath P; Mellor R; Norris R; O'Dwyer M; Pendlebury S; Petoumenos K; Richards A; Schema L; Seeds D; Segelov E; Thurloe J; Varma R; Han A, 2010, 'CpG methylation analysis of hpv16 in laser capture microdissected archival tissue and whole tissue sections from high grade anal squamous intraepithelial lesions: A potential disease biomarker', PLoS ONE, 11, pp. e0160673, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160673
2010