Profile: Professor Jake Najman

Position:

Professor of Sociology

Contact Details:

Room 801, Building 9
Telephone: (07) 3365 3344    Facsimile: (07) 3365 1544
Email: j.najman@sph.uq.edu.au

Qualifications:

BA - Hons(Medical Sociology) University of New South Wales, PhD(Social Epidemiology) University of New South Wales

Professional activities:

Fellow - Academy of Social Sciences in Australia
Member - Sociological Association of Australia and New Zealand
Member - Public Health Association of Australia
Member - International Sociological Association

Background:

Director, Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre, 2001 - present
Professor of Sociology, School of Social Science, University of Queensland, 1995 - present
Head of Department, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Queensland, 1993 - 2001
Reader, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Queensland, 1988 - 1994

Research interests:

• Social Factors Influencing Child Health and Developemtn
• The Mental and Physical Health of Mothers as they Age
• Illicit Drugs: Patterns of Use and Access to Treatment Services

Representative publications:

Najman, J.M. & Hewitt, B. (2003) The Validity of Publication and Citation Counts for Sociology and Other Selected Disciplines. Journal of Sociology. 39(1): pp63 - 81
Brennan, P.A., Hall, J., Bor, W. & Najman, J.M. (2003) Health and Demographic Characteristics of Respondents in Relation to Early-onset Persistent Aggression in Boys and Girls. Developmental Psychology 39(2): pp1 - 15
Purdie, D.M., Dunne, M.P., Boyle, F.M, Cook, M.D. & Najman, J.M. (2002) Health and Demographic Characteristics of Respondents in an Australian National Sexuality Survey: Comparison with Population Norms. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 56(10): pp748 - 753

Teaching

SOCY1030 Introduction to Health, Illness & Society