Dr Guy Marks

Dr Guy Marks

Conjoint Professor
Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine

Research Interests:

Guy Marks is a respiratory physician and epidemiologist and a public health physician. He has led the Respiratory and Environmental Epidemiology group at the Woolcock since 1997. The major focus of his research interest is lung health with specific focus on airways disease, air pollution and tuberculosis. He also has a strong commitment to capacity building for lung health research.

Broad Research Areas:
Pulmonary Disease, Epidemiology

Qualifications:
BMedSc MB BS UN...

Mobile
0419251565
Phone
02 8738 3000
E-mail
g.marks@unsw.edu.au
Location
Liverpool Hospital

Title

Investigators

Source

Years

Funds ($)

Prevention of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in a high prevalence setting: ‘Connecting the DOTS’ in Vietnam

G Fox
G Marks
R Menzies
NV Nhung
B Marais
S Graham
M Behr
D Dowdy
A Benedetti

NHMRC Project Grant

1081443

2015 – 2019

$753,157
$800,219
$800,219
$399,885
$481,065

National Clinical Centre of Research Excellence in Severe Asthma

P Gibson
G Marks
V McDonald
P Wark
G King
B Thompson
H Reddel
J Upham
L Smith
A James

NHMRC

Centre for Research Excellence

1078579

2015- 2019

$551,896
$593,915
$645,933
$416,242
$290,186

Multidimensional Assessment of the Health Impacts of Infrasound: Two Randomised Controlled Trials

Guy Marks
Ronald Grunstein
Renzo Tonin
Nathaniel Marshall
Miriam Welgampola
Nicholas Glozier
Craig Phillips
Brett Toelle
Delwyn Bartlett
Christine Cowie

NHMRC

Targeted Research Grant

APP1113615

 

2016-2020 

$902,263
$446,641
$219,652
$219,652
$155,724

Energy transitions, air pollution and health in Australia

Guy Marks
Bin Jalaludin
Michael Abramson
Lidia Morawska
Shyamali Dharmage
Fay Johnston
Geoffrey Morgan
Jane Heyworth
Graeme Zosky
Yuming Guo

NHMRC

Centre for Research Excellence

1116412

2017-
2021

$498,245
$498,245
$498,245
$498,245
$498,245
 

Development and validation of a latent tuberculosis diagnostic

A. Kelleher
J. Zaunders
J.B. Belicha
G. Marks
JMT Morgado

NHMRC

Development grant

1118550

2017-
2019

$534,865

An integrated health-sector strategy to combat COPD and asthma in Vietnam: A pragmatic stepped intervention cluster randomized trial

G Fox
G Marks
J Negin
S Jan
NV Nguyen
B Tran
CQ Ngo

NHMRC

Global Alliance for Chronic Disease

1166020

2016 - 2021

$1,894,349

Air pollution and mortality and morbidity in adult Australians (APMMA Study): a large population based cohort study

G Marks
B Jalaludin
G Morgan
C Cowie
Y Guo
M Cope
L Knibbs
L Morawska
J Heyworth
A Hinwood

NHMRC

Project Grant

1142222

2018-2020

$537,062

$254,747

$249,599

Improving Global Tuberculosis Control with the AuTuMN Platform

J Trauer
E McBryde
T Doan
G Marks
J Denholm

NHMRC

Project grant

1144570

2018-
2020

$228,353

$213,353

$213,353

Combating the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistant infectious diseases in Vietnam: the V-RESIST study

G Fox
J Negin
G Marks
S Jan
J Iredell
B Marais
Tran Hoang
Nhung Nguyen
K Viney
J Beardsley

NHMRC/DFAT

International Joint Call

IndoPacific Health Security

App1153346

2018-2020

$855,356

$879,779

$740,627

  • Title

    Prevention of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in a high prevalence setting: ‘Connecting the DOTS’ in Vietnam

    Investigators

    G Fox
    G Marks
    R Menzies
    NV Nhung
    B Marais
    S Graham
    M Behr
    D Dowdy
    A Benedetti

    Source

    NHMRC Project Grant

    1081443

    Years

    2015 – 2019

    Funds ($)

    $753,157
    $800,219
    $800,219
    $399,885
    $481,065

  • Title

    National Clinical Centre of Research Excellence in Severe Asthma

    Investigators

    P Gibson
    G Marks
    V McDonald
    P Wark
    G King
    B Thompson
    H Reddel
    J Upham
    L Smith
    A James

    Source

    NHMRC

    Centre for Research Excellence

    1078579

    Years

    2015- 2019

    Funds ($)

    $551,896
    $593,915
    $645,933
    $416,242
    $290,186

  • Title

    Multidimensional Assessment of the Health Impacts of Infrasound: Two Randomised Controlled Trials

    Investigators

    Guy Marks
    Ronald Grunstein
    Renzo Tonin
    Nathaniel Marshall
    Miriam Welgampola
    Nicholas Glozier
    Craig Phillips
    Brett Toelle
    Delwyn Bartlett
    Christine Cowie

    Source

    NHMRC

    Targeted Research Grant

    APP1113615

     

    Years

    2016-2020 

    Funds ($)

    $902,263
    $446,641
    $219,652
    $219,652
    $155,724

  • Title

    Energy transitions, air pollution and health in Australia

    Investigators

    Guy Marks
    Bin Jalaludin
    Michael Abramson
    Lidia Morawska
    Shyamali Dharmage
    Fay Johnston
    Geoffrey Morgan
    Jane Heyworth
    Graeme Zosky
    Yuming Guo

    Source

    NHMRC

    Centre for Research Excellence

    1116412

    Years

    2017-
    2021

    Funds ($)

    $498,245
    $498,245
    $498,245
    $498,245
    $498,245
     

  • Title

    Development and validation of a latent tuberculosis diagnostic

    Investigators

    A. Kelleher
    J. Zaunders
    J.B. Belicha
    G. Marks
    JMT Morgado

    Source

    NHMRC

    Development grant

    1118550

    Years

    2017-
    2019

    Funds ($)

    $534,865

  • Title

    An integrated health-sector strategy to combat COPD and asthma in Vietnam: A pragmatic stepped intervention cluster randomized trial

    Investigators

    G Fox
    G Marks
    J Negin
    S Jan
    NV Nguyen
    B Tran
    CQ Ngo

    Source

    NHMRC

    Global Alliance for Chronic Disease

    1166020

    Years

    2016 - 2021

    Funds ($)

    $1,894,349

  • Title

    Air pollution and mortality and morbidity in adult Australians (APMMA Study): a large population based cohort study

    Investigators

    G Marks
    B Jalaludin
    G Morgan
    C Cowie
    Y Guo
    M Cope
    L Knibbs
    L Morawska
    J Heyworth
    A Hinwood

    Source

    NHMRC

    Project Grant

    1142222

    Years

    2018-2020

    Funds ($)

    $537,062

    $254,747

    $249,599

  • Title

    Improving Global Tuberculosis Control with the AuTuMN Platform

    Investigators

    J Trauer
    E McBryde
    T Doan
    G Marks
    J Denholm

    Source

    NHMRC

    Project grant

    1144570

    Years

    2018-
    2020

    Funds ($)

    $228,353

    $213,353

    $213,353

  • Title

    Combating the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistant infectious diseases in Vietnam: the V-RESIST study

    Investigators

    G Fox
    J Negin
    G Marks
    S Jan
    J Iredell
    B Marais
    Tran Hoang
    Nhung Nguyen
    K Viney
    J Beardsley

    Source

    NHMRC/DFAT

    International Joint Call

    IndoPacific Health Security

    App1153346

    Years

    2018-2020

    Funds ($)

    $855,356

    $879,779

    $740,627

  • Alumni Award for Achievement, University of NSW. 1981
  • Norman Rose Memorial Travelling Scholarship, Sydney Hospitallers, 1992
  • Lillian Roxon Memorial Travel Grant, Asthma Foundation of Victoria, 1992
  • Cottrell Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1992.
  • Travelling Fellowship, Asthma Foundation of NSW, 1992
  • Rolf Edgar Lake Research Fellow, University of Sydney, 1997
  • Medical Research Media Award, Research Australia, 2006
  • Consultant Teacher of the Year award, Liverpool Hospital, 2007
  • European Respiratory Society Visiting Professor, 2008
  • Hall of Fame Award, Asthma Foundation of NSW, 2008
  • Research Medal, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, 2010
  • NHMRC Achievement Award for Top Ranked Practitioner Fellow, 2010
  • NHMRC Achievement Award for Top Ranked Research Fellow, 2013
  • Lady Mary Fairfax Distinguished Research Award, Ingham Institute 2014
  • South Western Sydney Clinical School (UNSW), Distinguished Research Award 2014
  • Award from Vietnam National TB Program for contribution to TB control, 2017
  • Scientia Professor, University of NSW Sydney, 2019
  • elected Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences

Current appointments

  1. Professor of Respiratory Medicine, South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of NSW
  2. National Health and Medical Research Council Australia (NHMRC) Senior Principal Research Fellow
  3. Respiratory Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool Hospital
  4. Head, Respiratory and Environmental Epidemiology, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
  5. Director, Australian Centre for Airways Disease Monitoring (ACAM)
  6. Honorary Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
  7. Principal Investigator, Centre for Air Pollution, Energy and Health Research (an NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence)
  8. Principal Investigator, Respiratory, Sleep and Environmental and Occupational Health (RSEOH) Clinical Academic Group, SPHERE, Sydney, Australia
  9. Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

International

  1. President, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, (Member of the Board since 2010, Secretary-General 2013-14, Vice-President 2014-18)
  2. Editor in Chief, International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2012-2019
  3. Member, Steering Committee, Global Asthma Network, 2012-
  4. Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, American Thoracic Society, 2014-
  5. Co-Convenor, Vietnam Integrated Center for TB and lung diseases Research (VICTORY), 2015-
  6. Member, Education Committee, Asia Pacific Society for Respirology, 2016-

Local and National

  1. Member, NSW Health Department Tuberculosis Advisory Committee 1999-
  2. Member, NSW Health Department committee on Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis 1999-
  3. Chair, NSW Chief Health Officer’s Expert Advisory Committee on Air Pollution 2010-
  4. Member, Health Research Ethics Committee, South Western Sydney Local Health District, 2012-
  5. NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence (CRE) Population Health Research Grant Review Panel 2018