Dr Magnolia Cardona has a background in Medicine from Latin America with Australian postgraduate qualifications in Public Health (MPH) and Applied Epidemiology (PhD and Grad Dipl Appl Epidemiology). She has worked with international aid agencies in Europe and Africa, at State Health Departments and Universities in Australia, and has eight years experience teaching at the Master's level. Her research interests are health services research, gerontology and geriatrics, reducing low-value care, health program evaluation, patient safety, end-of-life care,  international health, and evidence-based health policy. 

At UNSW (2013-2018 ) she led a program of research to improve end-of-life care for patients, families and health professionals (https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/sense-ending). Currently in conjunction with the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, she is undertaking the development of an electronic decision aid for older people near the end of life.

Central to this is the development, implementation and validation of a checklist for identifying terminal patients and facilitating doctor's conversations with patients and families about end-of-life care preferences. See CriSTAL project page, available at:

https://swscs.med.unsw.edu.au/project/validation-cristal-criteria-screening-and-triaging-appropriate-alternative-care

Another research initiative which recently attracted international media attention was a review of unnecessary treatments in hospitals at the end of life. The global publicity indicated that these sensitive topics apply across cultures and highlighted the willingness of clinicians and service managers to address them in several health systems.

http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/global-analysis-finds-unnecessary-end-life-treatment-widespread

http://theconversation.com/doctors-still-provide-too-many-dying-patients-with-needless-treatment-61091

https://croakey.org/please-dont-let-this-happen-to-me-too-much-medicine-at-the-end-of-life/

https://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/2019/03/dont-beat-around-the-bush-older-people-on-prognoses/

https://bond.edu.au/news/58299/when-medicine-can-t-offer-cure-let-our-elderly-die-dignity

Our research program supports Dying to Know Day, a time to bring conversations on the importance of stating your last wishes before it is too late.

  https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/day-voice-your-dying-preferences

In consultation with doctors, nurses and health service managers she designed the evaluation of an initiative to provide a safer environment in acute hospitals through the introduction of continuous monitoring of vital signs among patients admitted to general wards: See the Vigilance with Vital Signs project (VVS) page. The ultimate goal is to prevent unplanned admissions to intensive care and reduce avoidable in-hospital deaths.

Publications by this person

END-OF-LIFE (EOL) RESEARCH

RECENT PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

Cardona M, Stehlik P, Fawzy P, et al. Effectiveness and sustainability of deprescribing for hospitalised older patients near end of life: A systematic review. Current Opinion on Drug Safety, 2020 (In press). doi:10.1080/14740338.2021.1853704

Eguaras I,  Sanchez P, Herrera J, Galbete A, Cardona M. External Prospective Validation of the Modified CriSTAL Score for 30- and 90-day Mortality in Geriatric Urgent Surgical Patients. J Gastroint Surg 2020; doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04822-0   

Ooi M, Lewis ET, Brisbane J …Cardona M. Feasibility of using a risk assessment score to predict hospital transfer or death for older people in Australian residential aged care.  Manuscript under review at MDPI Healthcare 2020;8,284; doi:10.3390/healthcare8030284

Byambasuren O, Cardona M, Bell K, McLaws ML, Glasziou P. Estimating the extent of true asymptomatic COVID-19 and its potential for community transmission: systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMMI https://jammi.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/jammi-2020-0030  

Cardona M, Williamson M, Jones M et al. It is feasible to flag near end of life status in older patients from routine general practice data. Australian Journal of General Practice 2020; Nov;49(11):752-758. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-08-19-5033

Ross S, Kumar M, Dillon M, Bahudin D, Cardona M.  COVID-19 impact on medical education and the future post-pandemic era for medical students. BSDJ 2020; 4(2):54-59 http://doi.org/10.18573/bsdj.170

Raftery C, Lewis ET, Cardona M. The crucial role of nurses and social workers in initiating end-of-life communication to reduce overtreatment in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gerontology 2020. https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/509103

Cardona M, Anstey M, Lewis ET, et al. Appropriateness of intensive care treatments near the end of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Breathe 2020;16:200062. https://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/16/2/200062

Lewis ET, Nicholson M, … Cardona M. Are we ready for universal risk-of-death screening among older people in routine clinical practice? Aging Clin Exp Res 2020. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32458357/

Lewis ET, Mahimbo A, Linhart C,…Cardona M.  General practitioners’ perceptions on the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a risk prediction checklist to support their end-of-life discussions in routine care: a qualitative study. Fam Pract 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmaa036

Cardona M, Lewis E, Stehlik P, Sun S, Clark J. Inappropriate hospitalisations, aggressive treatments, and insufficient deprescribing: the medicalisation of death from natural causes. BMJ EBM 2019;24 (Suppl 2):A17 https://ebm.bmj.com/content/24/Suppl_2/A17.1

Cardona M, Lewis E, Shanmugam S, Nicholson M, Williamson M, Hanly L, Hillman K. Dissonance on perceptions of end-of-life needs between healthcare providers and members of the public: quantitative cross-sectional surveys. Australasian Journal on Ageing 2019; 00:1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12630

Lewis E, Harrison R, Hanly L, Psirides A, Zammit A, McFarland K, Dawson A, Hillman K, Barr, Cardona M. End-of-life priorities of older adults with terminal illness: a qualitative consultation. Health Expectations, Jan 2019; DOI https://doi.org/10.111/hex.12860

Lewis E, Dent E, Kellett J, Alkhouri H, Williamson M, [7 other authors], Cardona M. Which frailty scale for patients admitted via Emergency Department? A cohort study. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2019;80:104-114.

Cardona M, Lewis ET,  Kristensen MR, Skjøt-Arkil H, Turner RM, Alkhouri H, et al. Predictive validity of the CriSTAL tool for short-term mortality in older people presenting at Emergency Departments: a prospective study. European Geriatric Medicine, 2018;6(6):891-201 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-018-0123-6

Cardona M, O’Sullivan M, Lewis E, Turner M, Garden F, et al. Prospective validation of a checklist to predict short-term death in older patients after emergency department admission in Australia and Ireland. Academic Emergency Medicine, Nov 2018; https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.13664

Trankle S, Shanmugam S, Lewis E, Nicholson M, Cardona M. Are we making progress on communication with people who are near the end of life in the Australian health system? A thematic analysis. Health Communication; 2018 doi: 10.1080/10410236.2018.1548335

Cardona M, Kellett J, Lewis E, Brabrand M, Ni Chroninin D. Truth disclosure on prognosis: Is it ethical not to communicate personalised risk of death? Int J Clin Pract. 2018 Jul 16:e13222 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30011111 

Cardona M, Lewis E, Alkhouri H, Williamson M, Hillman K. Who benefits from aggressive Rapid Response System treatments near the end of life? A retrospective cohort study.
Journal: The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, July 2018;  https://www.jointcommissionjournal.com/article/S1553-7250(17)30450-6/abstract

Cardona M, Lewis E, Turner RM, Alkhouri H, Asha S, Mackenzie J, et al. Efficacy of a tool to predict short-term mortality in older people presenting at emergency departments: Protocol for a multi-centre cohort study. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2018; 76:169-174. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167494318300347 

Cardona-Morrell M, Lewis E, Suman S, Haywood C, Williams M, Brousseau AB, Greenaway S, Hillman K, Dent E. Narrative review. Recognising older frail patients near the end of life: What next? European Journal of Internal Medicine 2017:;45:84-90. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28993099 

Williams M, Cardona-Morrell M, Stevens P, Bey J, Glasgow ME. Timing of palliative care team referrals for inpatients receiving rapid response services: A retrospective pilot study in a US hospital. International Jnl Nursing Studies 2017; 71:147-153.  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020748917301694?via%3Dihub    

   Lewis E, Kristensen M, O'Sullivan M, Eakman A, Skjot-Arkil H, Nygaard H,   Cardona-Morrell M. Challenges of measuring frailty in emergency departments and proposed solutions. Innovations in Aging, 2017; 1 (Suppl_1):383. https://academic.oup.com/innovateage/article/1/suppl_1/383/3898231

Cardona-Morrell M, Kim JCH, Turner RM, Brabrand M, Gallego-Luxan B, Hillman K. What is inappropriate hospital use near the end of life? A systematic review. European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2017. S0953-6205(17)30162-0. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28502866  

Cardona-Morrell M, Kim JCH, Anstey M, Mitchell I, Hillman K. Non- beneficial treatments in hospital at the end of life – A systematic review on extent of the problem. International Journal for Quality in Helathcare, 2016 http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/06/16/intqhc.mzw060

Hillman KM, Cardona-Morrell M. The ten barriers to appropriate management of patients at the end of their life. Intensive Care Med. 2015;41(9):1700-2

Cardona-Morrell M and Hillman K. Development of a tool for defining and identifying the dying patient in hospital: Criteria for Screening and Triaging to Appropriate aLternative care (CriSTAL). BMJ Support Palliat Care 2015;5:78-90. http://spcare.bmj.com/content/5/1/78.full.pdf+html 

Lewis E, Cardona-Morrell M, Ong KY, Trankle S, Hillman K. Evidence still insufficient for advance care documentation leading to timely engagement of healthcare professionals in end-of-life discussions: A systematic review. Palliative Medicine, 2016 http://pmj.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/03/07/0269216316637239.abstract

Cardona-Morrell M, Benfatti-Olivato G, Jansen J, Turner RM, Fajardo-Pulido D, Hillman K. A systematic review of effectiveness of decision aids to assist patients and healthcare providers at the end of life. Patient Education and Counseling, 2016 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738399116304578

Cardona-Morrell M, Chapman A, Turner R, Lewis E, Gallego-Luxan B, Parr M, Hillman K. Pre-existing risk factors for in-hospital death among patients requiring a Rapid Response System call: a case-control study. Resuscitation, 2016. http://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(16)30502-0/abstract

Dent E, Hoogendijk E, Cardona-Morrell M, Hillman K. Frailty in Emergency Departments. The Lancet, 2016;387(10017), 434.

Cardona-Morrell M, Prgomet M, Turner RM, Nicholson M, Hillman K. Effectiveness of continuous or intermittent vital signs monitoring in preventing adverse events on general wards: A systematic review and meta-analysis.  International Journal of Clinical Practice, 2016 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijcp.12846/abstract

Prgomet M, Cardona-Morrell M, Nicholson M, Lake R, LongJ, Westbrook J, Braithwaite J, Hillman K. Vital signs monitoring on general wards: clinical staff perceptions of current practices and the planned introduction of continuous monitoring technology. International Journal for Quality in Helathcare, 2016. http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/06/17/intqhc.mzw062

Cardona-Morrell M, Prgomet M, Lake R, Nicholson M, Long J, Harrison R, Westbrook J, Braithwaite J, Hillman K.  Vital signs monitoring and nurse-patient interaction: An observational study of hospital practice. International Journal of Nursing Studies, Dec 2015.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.12.007

BOOK CHAPTERS

Cardona-Morrell M, Nicholson M, Hillman K. Vital Signs: From Monitoring to Prevention of Deterioration in General Wards. In: Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2015 Volume 2015, pp 533-545. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-13761-2_39

Cardona-Morrell M and Hillman K. Dying Safely. Chapter 27 In: Textbook of Rapid Response Systems. Concept and Implementation. DeVita, Michael A., Hillman, Ken, Bellomo, Rinaldo (Eds.) 3rd Edition, 2017. p288-299. 

Cardona-Morrell M, Zimlichman E, Taenzer A. Continuous monitoring for early detection of deterioration on general care units. Chapter 26 In: Textbook of Rapid Response Systems. Concept and Implementation. DeVita, Michael A., Hillman, Ken, Bellomo, Rinaldo (Eds.) 3rd Edition, 2017, pp. 277-287. 
 

END-OF-LIFE CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Cardona-Morrell M and McCarthy S. End of life in the emergency department. Identifying the best way forward. Workshop session in Sydney: Australasian College of Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific meeting., November 2017.  

Cardona-Morrell M, Kim J, Lewis E, Turner R, Alkhouri H, McCarthy S, Williamson M, Greenaway S, Hillman K. Clinical futility at the end of life: how significant is the problem, who drives it and how to minimise it? Adelaide: Australian Palliative Care Conference, September 2017.

Cardona-Morrell M, Yap S-J, Lewis E, & Hillman K. Choosing your surgical candidates wisely. Sydney: Vascular Focus Conference, June 2017.

Cardona-Morrell M, Lewis E, Alkhouri H, Turner RM, Nicholson M, Middleton P, Nagaraj G, Wiltshire J, and Hillman K. The Goals of Care: a new model of service for the dying older patient presenting at emergency services. Sydney: Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research Showcase, June 2017.

Cardona-Morrell M, Lewis E, Hillman. Early identification and decision-making of frail elderly at the end of life: What next? Crawley, UK: Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Network Roadshow, 24 January 2017.

Cardona-Morrell M, Lewis E, Alkhouri H, Turner R, McCarthy S, and Hillman K. The challenges of translational end-of-life research in the ED and beyond. Australasian College of Emergency Medicine. Queenstown, New Zealand: Annual Scientific Meeting, December 2016.

Cardona-Morrell M, Lewis E, Hillman K. Practicalities of measuring frailty in emergency departments. Annual Aged Care and Rehabilitation Conference, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, 13 December, 2016. 

Cardona-Morrell M, Lewis E, Nicholson M, Hanly L, Chapman A, Kim J, Trankle S, Turner R, Ong K, Shanmugan S, Alkhouri H, Asha S, Perkins M, Holdgate A, Suri S,Winoto L, Harrison R, Benfatti-Olivato G, Zammit A, and Hillman K. Challenges of research on sensitive topics: the end-of-life experience. Sydney: Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research Showcase, November 2016.

Cardona-Morrell M, Lewis E, Hillman K. Identifying and managing the frail elderly to prevent non-beneficial hospital treatments. Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine Annual Symposium . Invited oral presentation, Sydney, 23rd September 2016.

Cardona-Morrell M, Lewis E, Hillman K. Non-beneficial treatments at the end of life: extent, causes, potential solutions and future research. Emergency Care Institute Leadership Forum. Invited oral presentation, Sydney, 5th August 2016.

Cardona-Morrell M, Lewis E, Hillman K, et al. Improving the end-of-life experience: from identification to response. International Rapid Response Systems Conference. Oral presentation, Melbourne, 2nd May 2016

Cardona-Morrell M. Clinical Staff and Public acceptability of a tool to estimate risk of death. National Health Roundtable on End-of-Life Improvement. Invited oral presentation, Sydney, 6^th April, 2016.

Cardona-Morrell M.  Towards a National Consensus Statement on best practice for patient safety at the end of life. National Health Roundtable on End-of-Life Improvement. Invited oral presentation, Sydney, Australia. 6^th April 2016

Cardona-Morrell M, Lewis E,  Nicholson M, Alkhouri H, McCarthy S, Hanly L, Samperi S, Ashton A, Shantiban S, Trankle S, Hillman K. Recruiting the hard-to-reach groups for research in real-life settings: The CriSTAL Program. Emergency Care Institute Annual Symposium. Poster, Sydney, Nov 2015

Cardona-Morrell M, Lewis E, Nicholson M, Shanmugam S, Hanly L, Hillman K. Public and clinician’s readiness to discuss end of life: moving from knowledge to action. Ingham Institute Research Showcase. Oral presentation, Sydney, Nov 2015

Cardona-Morrell M, Turner R, Chapman A, Werner M,  Parr M, Hillman K. Futility at the end-of-life: where do we draw the line for hospital admissions and RRS attendances? Oral presentation for the ANZICS conference. Gold Coast (QLD) 2015.

Cardona-Morrell M and Hillman K. Enhancing prognostic certainty to improve the EOL experience for patients, families and healthcare providers. Oral presentation for the National End-of-Life Improvement Group Health Round Table. Brisbane (QLD) 2015

Cardona-Morrell M,  Chapman A, Werner M, Turner R, Lewis E, Parr M, Hillman K. Retrospective Validation of the CriSTAL checklist to predict in-hospital death for patients requiring a Rapid Response call. Oral poster for the International Rapid Response Systems Conference. Amsterdam (NL) 2015

Cardona-Morrell M and Nicholson M. Continuous monitoring of vital signs for earlier detection and management: Pre-implementation issues of the Vigilance with Vital Signs. Deteriorating Patient Conference, Melbourne, (VIC), 2014

Cardona-Morrell M and Hillman K. Criteria for Screening and Triaging to Appropriate aLternative care (CriSTAL) . Rapid Response Systems Conference, Miami, USA, 2014.

RESEARCH COVERED IN THE MEDIA

Clinical Futility - September 2017

Too much medicine at the end of life: https://croakey.org/please-dont-let-this-happen-to-me-too-much-medicine-at-the-end-of-life/

Advance Care planning - May 2017

Impact of ACP on clinician's conversations with patients: https://eapcnet.wordpress.com/2017/08/23/palliative-medicine-paper-of-the-year-award-helping-clinicians-engage-in-end-of-life-discussions-with-older-dying-patients/  

UK Tour encouraging end-of-life care discussions - January 2017

Kent-Surrey-Sussex Academic Health Science Network (page 8): http://www.kssahsn.net/what-we-do/publications-and-resources/innovate/Documents/Innovate%20issue%209_WEB_Spreads%20-%20final.pdf

Non-beneficial treatments at the end of life - June 2016

Studio appearance on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television (Morning News); interviews for ABC Radio National, Perth, Newcastle, Sydney, Adelaide, Cairns Post; SBS.com, Skynews, interviews for print media including The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, The QLD Courier, The Leader at Sutherland Shire, Byron Bay Echonet Daily, Medical Observer, Australian Doctor, The Conversation; extensive international print media coverage reporting by the London Telegraph, The Independent, UK Mirror, Daily Mail, extensive web-based by Science Daily (US), AgedCare Insite, Econo-Times, UK HomeCare.co, New Zealand’s Listener magazine, inews.co.UK, US CoxHealth Daily, US HealthBanks Houston, US AHMC, WebMD, China News, China.org, Medline Plus, consumer.healthday.com, newsy-today.com, eurekalert.org, 6minutes.com.au, Africa’s Medical Digest (Medical Brief).

CriSTAL clinical prediction tool - January 2015                                                                   

Studio appearance on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television (News at Midday); interviews for ABC Radio and Radio New Zealand; interviews for print media including The Guardian Australia, Sydney Morning Herald, Medical Observer, Australian Doctor; extensive international print media coverage reporting research into developing instrument to identify dying elderly patients in hospital (CriSTAL), including by the London Telegraph, The Independent, Daily Mail, Florida News Times; extensive web-based reportage of the CriSTAL project, including by Science Daily (US), MedScape (Australia), Biothethics Research Library (Georgetown University), Huffington Post (US), Newser (US), SeniorAU (Senior Australian News and Research), Medical Futility Blog (Australia), Pulse+IT (Australasia’s eHealth IT Magazine), HNGN (Headlines and Global News, US), MedicalXpress (US), IBTimes (UK), My Informs (UK), UK Today 24 hours, UK News Real Time, EurekaAlert! Science News (American Association for the Advancement of Science), Health Canal News (US).

OTHER RESEARCH

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

Vita P, Cardona-Morrell M, Bauman A, et al. Type 2 diabetes prevention in the community: 12-month outcomes from the Sydney Diabetes Prevention Program. Diabetes Research and CLinical Practice. 2015. http://www.diabetesresearchclinicalpractice.com/article/S0168-8227%2815%2900470-2/abstract

Hieu T Trinh, Phuong H. Hoang, Cardona-Morrell M, et al. Antibiotic therapy for inpatients with community acquired pneumonia in a developing country. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2015.Feb 19;24(2):129-36

O’Hara N, Bauman A, Eakin E, King L, Haas M, Allman-Farinelli M, Owen N, Cardona-Morrell M, Farrell L, Milat A, and Phongsavan P. Evaluation framework for translational research: Case study of Australia’s Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service. Health Promotion Practice 2013;14 (3): 380-389. http://hpp.sagepub.com/content/14/3/380.abstract

Williamson M, Cardona-Morrell M, Elliott J, Reeve J, Stocks N, Emery J, Mackson J, and Gunn J. Prescribing Data in General Practice Demonstration (PDGPD) Project - A cluster randomised controlled trial of a quality improvement intervention to achieve better prescribing for chronic heart failure and hypertension. BMC Health Services Research 2012;12:273. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/12/273

Cardona-Morrell M, Rychetnik L, Morrell SL, Espinel PT, and Bauman A. Reduction of diabetes risk in routine clinical practice: are physical activity and nutrition interventions feasible and are the outcomes from reference trials replicable? A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health 2010;10:653. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/653

Colagiuri S, Vita P, Cardona-Morrell M, Singh MF, Farrell L, Milat A, Haas M, and Bauman A. The Sydney Diabetes Prevention Program: a community-based translational study. BMC Public Health 2010;10:328. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/10/328

Cardona M, Joshi R, Ivers RQ, Iyengar S, Chow CK, Colman S, Ramakrishna G, Dandona R, Stevenson MR, and Neal BC. The burden of fatal and non-fatal injury in rural India. Inj Prev 2008;14:232–237. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18676781

Cardona M, Joshi R, and on behalf of the roundtable participants at the 36th Conference of the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium of Public Health. The challenges of research in low-income settings. Critical Public Health 2007;17:81–89. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/ccph/2007/00000017/00000001/art00008

Chow C, Cardona M, Raju PK, Iyengar S, Sukumar A, Raju R, Colman S, Madhav P, Raju R, Reddy KS, Celermajer D, and Neal B. Cardiovascular disease and risk factors among 345 adults in rural India–the Andhra Pradesh Rural Health Initiative. Int J Cardiol 2007;116:180–185. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167527306004438

Chow C, Raju P, Raju R, Reddy K, Cardona M, Celermajer D, and Neal B. The prevalence and management of diabetes in rural India. Diabetes Care 2006;29:1717–1718. http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/29/7/1717.1.full

Joshi R, Cardona M, Iyengar S, Sukumar A, Raju CR, Raju KR, Raju K, Reddy KS, Lopez A, and Neal B. Chronic diseases now a leading cause of death in rural India–mortality data from the Andhra Pradesh Rural Health Initiative. Int J Epidemiol 2006;35:1522–1529. http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/35/6/1522.long

OTHER CONFERENCE PAPERS

Cardona-Morrell M, Williamson M, and Elliott Jet al. Impact evaluation of a prescribing improvement intervention for cardiovascular disease management in Australian general practice (2009-11). RACGP Annual Conference (GP12), Gold Coast (Queensland), 2012.

Cardona-Morrell M,Williamson M, Klein L, and Gillies M. GP adherence to practice guidelines for Type 2 diabetes first-line therapy. National Medicines Symposium, Sydney, 2012.

Cardona-Morrell M, Williamson M, and Elliott J. Impact evaluation of a prescribing improvement intervention for cardiovascular disease management in Australian general practice (preliminary results). European Drug Utilisation Research Group meeting. Antwerp, Belgium, 2011.

Cardona-Morrell M, Williamson M, Klein L, and Gillies M. Using PBS data to evaluate GP adherence to practice guidelines for first-line management of diabetes over 5 years. Primary Healthcare Research Conference, Brisbane, 2011.

Cardona-Morrell M, Fiatarone-Singh M, Bauman A, Vita P, Farrell L, MiIlat A, and Colagiuri S. Who attends diabetes prevention programs? Experience from the Sydney DPP. Diabetes Epidemiology Group meeting, Dresden, Germany, 2010.

Cardona-Morrell M and Morrell S. Prevalence and risk factors for type 2 diabetes in migrants from non-English speaking backgrounds participating in The 45&Up Cohort Study. Diabetes Epidemiology Group meeting, Dresden, Germany, 2010.