Associate Professor Richard Ollerton

Associate Professor Richard Ollerton

ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,
Deans Unit School of Computing, Engineering & Math

Personal

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Technology, Sydney
  • MAppSc University of Technology, Sydney
  • DipEd University of Sydney
  • BSc University of Sydney

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Deans Unit School of Computing, Engineering & Math

Professional Memberships

  • CMath, CSi, FIMA (1990-02-01)

Contact

Email:R.Ollerton@uws.edu.au
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Biography

Interests

  • Biomathematics
  • Mathematical Education
  • Medical Statistics
  • Recurrence Relations

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Newton, P., Davidson, P., Krum, H., Ollerton, R. and Macdonald, P. (2012), 'The acute haemodynamic effect of nebulised frusemide in stable, advanced heart failure', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 7.
  • Ollerton, R. and Ollerton, R. (2012), 'Lagrange multipliers, adjoint equations, the Pontryagin Maximum Principle and heuristic proofs', International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, .
  • Pinto, U., Maheshwari, B. and Ollerton, R. (2012), 'Analysis of long-term water quality for effective river health monitoring in peri-urban landscapes-a case study of the Hawkesbury-Nepean river system in NSW, Australia', Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 19.
  • Berry, A., Davidson, P., Masters, J., Rolls, K. and Ollerton, R. (2011), 'Effects of three approaches to standardized oral hygiene to reduce bacterial colonization and ventilator associated pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients: A randomised control trial', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 8.
  • Leonard, R., Bellamy, J. and Ollerton, R. (2009), 'Volunteering among Christian church attendees 1991-2006', Australian Journal on Volunteering, 9.
  • Chudleigh, R., Ollerton, R., Dunseath, G., Peter, R., Harvey, J., Luzio, S. and Owens, D. (2009), 'Use of cystatin C-based estimations of glomerular filtration rate in patients with type 2 diabetes', Diabetologia, 5.
  • Stevens, G., Stevens, G., Byrne, S., Raphael, B. and Ollerton, R. (2008), 'Disaster Medical Assistance Teams: What Psychosocial Support is Needed', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine: an international journal, 6.
  • Halcomb, E., Davidson, P., Salamonson, Y., Ollerton, R. and Griffiths, R. (2008), 'Nurses in Australian general practice: Implications for chronic disease management', Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness in association with Journal of Clinical Nursing, 10.
  • Chudleigh, R., Ollerton, R., Dunseath, G., Peter, R., Harvey, J., Luzio, S. and Owens, D. (2008), 'Performance of the revised '175' Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation in patients with type 2 diabetes', Diabetologia, 5.
  • Ollerton, R. (2008), 'Proof without words: Fibonacci Tiles', Mathematics Magazine, 1.
  • Chudleigh, R., Dunseath, G., Peter, R., Harvey, J., Ollerton, R., Luzio, S. and Owens, D. (2008), 'Influence of Body Weight on the Performance of Glomerular Filtration Rate Estimators in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes', Diabetes Care, 3.
  • Newton, P., Davidson, P., Macdonald, P., Ollerton, R. and Krum, H. (2008), 'Nebulised furosemide for the management of dyspnea: does the evidence support its use', Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 18.
  • Chudleigh, R., Dunseath, G., Evans, W., Harvey, J., Evans, P., Ollerton, R. and Owens, D. (2007), 'How reliable is estimation of glomerular filtration rate at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes', Diabetes Care, 6.
  • Ollerton, R. (2007), 'Gamma and related functions generalized for sequences', International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 8.
  • Phillips, J., Davidson, P., Ollerton, R., Jackson, D. and Kristjanson, L. (2007), 'A survey of commitment and compassion among nurses in residential aged care', International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 9.
  • Ollerton, R. and Shannon, A. (2006), 'Lucas' theorem for extended generalized binomial coefficients', Notes on number theory and discrete mathematics, 5.
  • Atanassov, K., Knott, R., Ollerton, R. and Shannon, A. (2006), 'An extremal problem related to the Fibonacci sequence', Notes on number theory and discrete mathematics, 8.
  • Ollerton, R. (2006), 'Partial row-sums of Pascal's triangle', International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 4.
  • Ollerton, R. (2006), 'Fibonacci cubes', International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 3.
  • Ollerton, R. and Shannon, A. (2006), 'Robust approximation to adaptive control by use of representative parameter sets with particular reference to type 1 diabetes', Bioautomation, 4.
  • Ollerton, R. and Shannon, A. (2005), 'Further properties of generalized binomial coefficient k-extensions', Fibonacci Quarterly, 6.
  • Ollerton, R., Luzio, S. and Owens, D. (2005), 'Contribution of fasting and postprandial plasma glucose to HbA(1c)', DIABETIC MEDICINE, 2.
  • Ollerton, R. and Shannon, A. (2004), 'Fibonacci's Odd Number Array', Journal of Recreational Mathematics, 7.
  • Ollerton, R., Luzio, S. and Owens, D. (2004), 'Modelling the relative contribution of fasting and post-prandial plasma glucose to HbA1c in healthy and type 2 diabetic subjects.', International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 4.
  • Gill-Randall, R., Adams, D., Ollerton, R., Lewis, M. and Alcolado, J. (2004), 'Type 2 diabetes mellitus - genes or intrauterine environment? An embryo transfer paradigm in rats.', Diabetologia, 6.
  • Gill-Randall, R., Adams, D., Ollerton, R. and Alcolado, J. (2004), 'Is human type 2 diabetes maternally inherited? Insights from an animal model', Diabetic Medicine, 4.
  • Ollerton, R. and Shannon, A. (2003), 'Some useful integer arrays for the teaching of generalization skills', International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 9.
  • Ollerton, R., Iskov, G. and Shannon, A. (2002), 'Three-dimensional profiles using a spherical cutting bit: problem solving in practice.', International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 6.

Research

Previous Projects

Title:Examining the Evidence for the NSW Diabetes Clinical Management Guidelines
Years:1997-02-01 - 1997-06-30
ID:P0013194
UWS Researchers:Richard Ollerton
Funding:
  • South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service
Title:Investing and Cashing in Social Capital: Using denominational differences among Christian churches to identify the costs and benefits of different network patterns
Years:2008-05-13 - 2011-05-12
ID:P0015679
UWS Researchers:Rosemary Leonard and Richard Ollerton
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
  • NCLS Research
Title:The therapeutic benefit of oxygen to relieve dyspnoea and decrease hospitalisation in advanced heart failure - No funding to UWS
Years:2007-06-14 - 2010-06-13
ID:P0015469
UWS Researchers:Phillip Newton and Richard Ollerton
Funding:
  • National Health and Medical Research Council (ACRG)
Title:Perinatal mental health: psychosocial risk, patterns of service use and outcomes in a cohort of 100 mothers and infants
Years:2009-12-04 - 2011-12-03
ID:P00017737
UWS Researchers:Virginia Schmied, Maree Johnson, Tanya Meade and Richard Ollerton
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney

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