Doctor Joanne Morris

• Biography
• Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
• Grants / Current Projects
• Awards and Recognition
• Selected Publications
• Memberships and Engagement
• Contact Details

Biography

Dr Jo Morris joined UWS as a senior lecturer in paediatrics in 2010 and is based at Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals.

She currently works as a general paediatrician at Blacktown, Mount Druitt and Blue Mountains hospitals, and as a Honorary VMO in adolescent medicine at the Children’s Hospital Westmead.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

• Paediatrics
• Adolescent medicine
• Obesity
• Refugee health

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Grants / Current Projects

Cochrane review: Use of Respiridone for autism

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Awards and Recognition

2009 - Kilham Award for ‘Best FRACP Teaching by a Fellow’ from the Children’s Hospital at Westmead.

2008 - Lorrimer Dods award - RMO Association Award for JMO Teaching and Highly Commended for Student Teaching from the University of Sydney.

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Selected Publications

“Typhoid Fever In Children- Diagnostic and Therapeutic Difficulties” Stormon M, Mcintyre P, Morris J, Fasher B.
Paediatric Infectious Diseases Journal 16;7:713-715, 1997

“Sensitivity and Specificity of the Australian Developmental Screening Test (ADST) in a Clinical Setting”. A manuscript is under review for publication.

Ongoing research includes “Performance of the Parents Evaluation of Developmental Status in Identifying Children with Developmental Delay” and Update of Cochrane systematic review of Risperidone for autism spectrum disorder.

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Memberships

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

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