Dr Ken Sharpe
Consulting
My areas of expertise include:
- Experimental design
- Analysis of categorical data (logistic regression, log-linear models)
- General linear models
- Quality control
Current and/or recent projects include:
- Testing for blood-doping in sport
- The effect of weight-control/weight-loss strategies on the performance of lightweight rowers
- Predicting the outcomes of surgery for lung cancer
- The role of diet in the development of bowel cancer
- The ability of individuals with colour vision deficiencies to distinguish between different colours
Research
Areas of interest:
- Analysis of categorical data
- Discriminant analysis
- Analysis of longitudinal data
Recent publications:
2006
Slater GJ, Rice AJ, Tanner R, Sharpe K, Jenkins D, Hahn AG. Impact of two different body mass management strategies on repeat rowing performance. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2006; 38 :138-46.
G Slater, A J Rice, R Tanner, K Sharpe, C J Gore, D G Jenkins, A G Hahn. Acute weight loss followed by an aggressive nutritional recovery strategy has little impact on on-water rowing performance. Br J Sports Med. 2006; 40 :55–59.
Ken Sharpe and Michael J. Ashenden. A Third Generation approach to detect EPO abuse in athletes . To appear in Haematologica. 2006; 91 (3).
2005
Slater GJ, Rice AJ, Sharpe K, Mujika I, Jenkins D, Hahn AG. Body-mass management of Australian lightweight rowers prior to and during competition. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2005; 37 :860-6.
Slater GJ, Rice AJ, Sharpe K, Tanner R, Jenkins D, Gore CJ, Hahn AG. Impact of acute weight loss and/or thermal stress on rowing ergometer performance. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2005; 371:1387-94.
Slater GJ, Rice AJ, Mujika I, Hahn AG, Sharpe K, Jenkins DG. Physique traits of lightweight rowers and their relationship to competitive success. Br J Sports Med. 2005; 39: 736-41.
Pierce RJ, Sharpe K, Johns J, Thompson B. Pulmonary artery pressure and blood flow as predictors of outcome from lung cancer resection. Respirology. 2005; 10: 620-8.
2004
Muir JG, Yeow EGW, Keogh J, Pizzey C, Bird AR, Sharpe K, O‚Dea K, Macrae FA. Combining wheat bran with resistant starch has more beneficial effects on fecal indices than wheat bran alone. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004; 79 :1020-28.
Cole BL, Maddocks JD and Sharpe K. Visual search and the conspicuity of coloured targets for colour vision normal and colour vision deficient observers. Clin Exp Optom. 2004; 87 : 294-304.
Ashenden MJ, Sharpe K, Damsgaard R and Jarvis L. Standardization of Reticulocyte Values in an Antidoping Context. Am J Clin Pathol. 2004; 121 :816-825
Ashenden MJ, Sharpe K, Schoh C, Schumacher YO. Effect of pre-competition and altitude training on blood models used to detect erythropoietin abuse by athletes. Haematologica. 2004; 89 :1019-1020.
Ashenden MJ, Lacoste A, Orthant E, Audran M, Sharpe K. Longitudinal variation of hemoglobin and reticulocytes in elite rowers. Haematologica. 2004; 89 :1403-1404.
2003
Gore CJ, Parisotto R, Ashenden MJ, Stray-Gundersen J, Sharpe K, Hopkins W, Emslie KR, Howe C, Trout GJ, Kazlauskas R, Hahn AG. Second-generation blood tests to detect erythropoietin abuse by athletes. Haematologica. 2003; 88 :333-44.
Parisotto R, Ashenden MJ, Gore CJ, Sharpe K, Hopkins W, Hahn AG. The effect of common hematologic abnormalities on the ability of blood models to detect erythropoietin abuse by athletes. Haematologica. 2003; 88 :931-40.
Ashenden MJ, Gore CJ, Parisotto R, Sharpe K, Hopkins WG, Hahn AG. Effect of altitude on second-generation blood tests to detect erythropoietin abuse by athletes. Haematologica. 2003; 88 :1053-62.
Nelson M, Popp H, Sharpe K, Ashenden M. Proof of homologous blood transfusion through quantification of blood group antigens. Haematologica. 2003; 88 :1284-95.
2002
Sharpe K, Hopkins W, Emslie KR, Howe C, Trout GJ, Kazlauskas R, Ashenden MJ, Gore CJ, Parisotto R, Hahn A Development of reference ranges in elite athletes for markers of altered erythropoiesis. Haematologica. 2002; 87 :1248-1257
2001
Parisotto R, Wu M, Ashenden MJ, Emslie KR, Core CJ, Howe C, Kazauskas R, Sharpe K, Trout GJ, Xie M and Hahn AG. Detection of recombinant human erythropoietin abuse in athletes utilizing markers of altered erythropoiesis. Haematologica. 2001; 86 :128-137.
Teaching
Have taught numerous main-stream and service courses in Applied Statistics across year levels 1 to 4.