Dr Helen Mayfield
Research Fellow & Casual Senior Research Assistant
UQ Centre for Clinical Research
Casual Research Assistant & Casual Academic
School of the Environment
Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
+61 7 336 55393
Researcher biography
Dr Helen Mayfield is an interdisciplinary researcher whose work lies at the intersection of epidemiology, infectious diseases and environmental conservation. With a decade of experience studying zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, she employs advanced data modelling techniques like Bayesian networks and spatial models to explore the environmental drivers of disease. Helen holds a PhD in machine learning for environmental management. Her research focus is on refining and testing new disease surveillance methods and strategies, such as molecular xenomonitoring of mosquitoes, and targeted sampling to combat lymphatic filariasis in the Pacific islands. In addition, her current project collaborating with the NSW Saving our Species programme aims to facilitate adaptive management for threatened species using structured expert knowledge to improve decision outcomes for biodiversity.
Helen teaches in courses for conservation planning and practice, and conservation policy. She is currently president of the Bayesian Network Modelling Association and a member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Decision Science Working Group.
Publications
Book Chapters
Graves, Patricia, Joseph, Hayley, Coutts, Shaun P., Mayfield, Helen J., Maiava, Fuatai, Leong-Lui, Tile Ann Ah, Toelupe, Palanitina Tupuimatagi, Iosia, Vailolo Toeaso, Loau, Siatua, Pemita, Paulo, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Berg Soto, Alvaro Berg, Burkot, Thomas R., Wood, Peter, Melrose, Wayne, Aratchige, Padmasiri, Capuano, Corinne, Kim, Sung Hye, Ozaki, Masayo, Yajima, Aya, Lammie, Patrick J., Ottesen, Eric, Hansell, Lepaitai, Baghirov, Rasul, Lau, Colleen L. and Ichimori, Kazuyo (2021). Control and elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Oceania: prevalence, geographical distribution, mass drug administration, and surveillance in Samoa, 1998–2017. Advances in parasitology. (pp. 27-73) edited by David Rollinson and Russell Stothard. San Diego, CA, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2021.03.002
Wyeth, Gordon, Venz, Mark, Mayfield, Helen, Akiyama, Jun and Heathwood, Rex (2002). UQ CrocaRoos: An Initial Entry to the Simulation League. RoboCup 2001: Robot Soccer World Cup V. (pp. 547-550) Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/3-540-45603-1_80
Journal Articles
Howlett, Maddison, Mayfield, Helen J., McPherson, Brady, Rigby, Lisa, Thomsen, Robert, Williams, Steven A., Pilotte, Nils, Hedtke, Shannon M., Graves, Patricia M., Kearns, Therese, Naseri, Take, Sheridan, Sarah, McLure, Angus and Lau, Colleen L. (2024). Molecular xenomonitoring as an indicator of microfilaraemia prevalence for lymphatic filariasis in Samoa in 2019. Parasites and Vectors , 17 (1) 382. doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06463-7
Bonner, Carissa, Taba, Melody, Fajardo, Michael Anthony, Batcup, Carys, Newell, Ben R., Li, Amy X., Mayfield, Helen J., Lau, Colleen L. and Litt, John C.B. (2024). Using health literacy principles to improve understanding of evolving evidence in health emergencies: Optimisation and evaluation of a COVID-19 vaccination risk-benefit calculator. Vaccine, 42 (24) 126296, 126296. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126296
Nilles, Eric J., Roberts, Kathryn, de St Aubin, Michael, Mayfield, Helen, Restrepo, Angela Cadavid, Garnier, Salome, Abdalla, Gabriela, Etienne, Marie Caroline, Duke, William, Dumas, Devan, Jarolim, Petr, Oasan, Timothy, Peña, Farah, Lopez, Beatriz, Cruz, Lucia de la, Sanchez, Isaac Miguel, Murray, Kristy, Baldwin, Margaret, Skewes-Ramm, Ronald, Paulino, Cecilia Then, Lau, Colleen L. and Kucharski, Adam (2024). Convergence of SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody levels to a population immune setpoint. eBioMedicine, 108 105319, 105319. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105319
Scott, Jessica L., Mayfield, Helen J., Sinclair, Jane E., Martin, Beatris Mario, Howlett, Maddison, Muttucumaru, Ramona, Won, Kimberly Y., Thomsen, Robert, Viali, Satupaitea, Tofaeono-Pifeleti, Rossana, Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2024). Field laboratory comparison of STANDARD Q Filariasis Antigen Test (QFAT) with Bioline Filariasis Test Strip (FTS) for the detection of Lymphatic Filariasis in Samoa, 2023. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18 (8) e0012386, e0012386. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012386
Patel, Cyra, Sargent, Ginny M., Tinessia, Adeline, Mayfield, Helen, Chateau, Dan, Ali, Akeem, Tuibeqa, Ilisapeci and Sheel, Meru (2024). Measuring what matters: Context-specific indicators for assessing immunisation performance in Pacific Island Countries and Areas. PLOS Global Public Health, 4 (7) e0003068, e0003068. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003068
Lawford, Harriet, Mayfield, Helen, Sam, Filipina Amosa-Lei, Viali, Satupaitea, Kamu, Tito, Cooley, Gretchen, Simon, Ashley, Martin, Diana and Lau, Colleen L (2024). Anti-filarial antibodies are sensitive indicators of lymphatic filariasis transmission and enable identification of high-risk populations and hotspots. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 147 107194, 107194. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107194
Mayfield, Helen J., Sartorius, Benn, Sheridan, Sarah, Howlett, Maddison, Mario Martin, Beatris, Thomsen, Robert, Tofaeono-Pifeleti, Rossana, Viali, Satupaitea, Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2024). Ongoing transmission of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa 4.5 years after one round of triple-drug mass drug administration. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18 (6) e0012236, e0012236. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012236
Garnier, Salomé, Then, Cecilia, de St Aubin, Michael, Cadavid Restrepo, Angela, Mayfield, Helen J., Dumas, Devan, Duke, William, Peña, Farah, Kucharski, Adam J., Skewes, Ronald, Zielinski Gutiérrez, Emily, Coyoli, Julia, Etienne, Marie Caroline, Lau, Colleen L., Vázquez, Marietta and Nilles, Eric (2024). Trust and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the Dominican Republic: a national cross-sectional household survey, June–October 2021. BMJ Open, 14 (5) e081523, 1-8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081523
Martin, Beatris Mario, Cadavid Restrepo, Angela, Mayfield, Helen J and Lau, Colleen L (2024). Towards global elimination of lymphatic filariasis: a systematic review of the application of spatial epidemiological methods to enhance surveillance and support elimination programmes. BMJ Public Health, 2 (1), e000534. doi: 10.1136/bmjph-2023-000534
Mario Martin, Beatris, Cadavid Restrepo, Angela, Mayfield, Helen, Then Paulino, Cecilia, De St Aubin, Micheal, Duke, William, Jarolim, Petr, Zielinski Gutiérrez, Emily, Skewes Ramm, Ronald, Dumas, Devan, Garnier, Salome, Etienne, Marie Caroline, Peña, Farah, Abdalla, Gabriela, Lopez, Beatriz, de la Cruz, Lucia, Henríquez, Bernarda, Baldwin, Margaret, Sartorius, Benn, Kucharski, Adam, Nilles, Eric James and Lau, Colleen L. (2023). Using regional sero-epidemiology SARS-CoV-2 Anti-S antibodies in the Dominican Republic to inform targeted public health response. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8 (11) 493, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8110493
Dean, Angela J., Eberhard, Rachel, Baresi, Umberto, Coggan, Anthea, Deane, Felicity, Hamman, Evan, Helmstedt, Kate J., Loechel, Barton, Jarvis, Diane, Mayfield, Helen, Stevens, Lillian, Taylor, Bruce and Vella, Karen (2023). Scrutinizing the impact of policy instruments on adoption of agricultural conservation practices using Bayesian expert models. Conservation Letters, 16 (6) e12988, 1-14. doi: 10.1111/conl.12988
Willis, Gabriela A., Kearns, Therese, Mayfield, Helen J., Sheridan, Sarah, Thomsen, Robert, Naseri, Take, David, Michael C., Engelman, Daniel, Steer, Andrew C., Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2023). Scabies prevalence after ivermectin-based mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis, Samoa 2018–2019. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17 (8) e0011549, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011549
Lau, Colleen L., Mills, Deborah J., Mayfield, Helen, Gyawali, Narayan, Johnson, Brian J., Lu, Hongen, Allel, Kasim, Britton, Philip N., Ling, Weiping, Moghaddam, Tina and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2023). A decision support tool for risk–benefit analysis of Japanese encephalitis vaccine in travellers. Journal of Travel Medicine, 30 (7) taad113. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad113
Cortes-Ramirez, Javier, Gatton, Michelle, Wilches-Vega, Juan D., Mayfield, Helen J., Wang, Ning, Paris-Pineda, Olga M. and Sly, Peter D. (2023). Mapping the risk of respiratory infections using suburban district areas in a large city in Colombia. BMC Public Health, 23 (1) 1400, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16179-5
Walsh, Jessica C., Gibson, Michelle R., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Mayfield, Helen J., Bracey, Clare, Melton, Courtney B., Reside, April E. and Maron, Martine (2023). Effectiveness of conservation interventions for Australian woodland birds: a systematic review. Biological Conservation, 282 110030, 110030. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110030
Bon, Joshua J., Bretherton, Adam, Buchhorn, Katie, Cramb, Susanna, Drovandi, Christopher, Hassan, Conor, Jenner, Adrianne L., Mayfield, Helen J., McGree, James M., Mengersen, Kerrie, Price, Aiden, Salomone, Robert, Santos-Fernandez, Edgar, Vercelloni, Julie and Wang, Xiaoyu (2023). Being Bayesian in the 2020s: opportunities and challenges in the practice of modern applied Bayesian statistics. Philosophical Transactions A. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 381 (2247) 20220156, 1-29. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2022.0156
Mayfield, Helen J., Eberhard, Rachel, Baker, Christopher, Baresi, Umberto, Bode, Michael, Coggan, Anthea, Dean, Angela J., Deane, Felicity, Hamman, Evan, Jarvis, Diane, Loechel, Barton, Taylor, Bruce M., Stevens, Lillian, Vella, Karen and Helmstedt, Kate J. (2023). Designing an expert-led Bayesian network to understand interactions between policy instruments for adoption of eco-friendly farming practices. Environmental Science and Policy, 141, 11-22. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.12.017
Nilles, Eric J., Paulino, Cecilia Then, de St. Aubin, Michael, Restrepo, Angela Cadavid, Mayfield, Helen, Dumas, Devan, Finch, Emilie, Garnier, Salome, Etienne, Marie Caroline, Iselin, Louisa, Duke, William, Jarolim, Petr, Oasan, Timothy, Yu, Jingyou, Wan, Huahua, Peña, Farah, Iihoshi, Naomi, Abdalla, Gabriela, Lopez, Beatriz, Cruz, Lucia de la, Henríquez, Bernarda, Espinosa-Bode, Andres, Puello, Yosanly Cornelio, Durski, Kara, Baldwin, Margaret, Baez, Amado Alejandro, Merchant, Roland C., Barouch, Dan H., Skewes-Ramm, Ronald ... Lau, Colleen L. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, cumulative infections, and immunity to symptomatic infection – A multistage national household survey and modelling study, Dominican Republic, June–October 2021. Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 16 100390, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100390
Mayfield, Helen J., Bird, Jeremy, Cox, Michelle, Dutson, Guy, Eyre, Teresa, Raiter, Keren, Ringma, Jeremy and Maron, Martine (2022). Guidelines for selecting an appropriate currency in biodiversity offset transactions. Journal of Environmental Management, 322 116060, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116060
Williams, Olivia, Ross, V.R., Lau, C.L. and Mayfield, H.J. (2022). Epidemiology of cruciate ligament reconstruction in the Australian Defence Force and predictors of outcome. BMJ Military Health, 170 (4) e002150, 348-353. doi: 10.1136/military-2022-002150
Lemin, Morgan E., Cadavid Restrepo, Angela, Mayfield, Helen J. and Lau, Colleen L. (2022). Spatially explicit environmental factors associated with Lymphatic Filariasis infection in American Samoa. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7 (10) 295, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7100295
McPherson, Brady, Mayfield, Helen J., McLure, Angus, Gass, Katherine, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Williams, Steven A., Pilotte, Nils, Kearns, Therese, Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2022). Evaluating molecular xenomonitoring as a tool for lymphatic filariasis surveillance in Samoa, 2018–2019. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7 (8) 203, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7080203
Sinclair, Jane E., Mayfield, Helen J., Short, Kirsty R., Brown, Samuel J., Puranik, Rajesh, Mengersen, Kerrie, Litt, John C. B. and Lau, Colleen L. (2022). A Bayesian network analysis quantifying risks versus benefits of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Australia. npj Vaccines, 7 (1) 93, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00517-6
Camus, Emma B., Rhodes, Jonathan R., McAlpine, Clive A., Lunney, Daniel, Callaghan, John, Goldingay, Ross, Brace, Angie, Hall, Murray, Hetherington, Scott Benitez, Hopkins, Marama, Druzdzel, Marek J. and Mayfield, Helen J. (2022). Using expert elicitation to identify effective combinations of management actions for koala conservation in different regional landscapes. Wildlife Research, 50 (7), 537-551. doi: 10.1071/wr22038
Dickson, Benjamin F. R., Masson, Jesse J. R., Mayfield, Helen J., Aye, Khin Saw, Htwe, Kyi May, Roineau, Maureen, Andreosso, Athena, Ryan, Stephanie, Becker, Luke, Douglass, Janet and Graves, Patricia M. (2022). Bayesian network analysis of lymphatic filariasis serology from Myanmar shows benefit of adding antibody testing to post-MDA surveillance. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7 (7) 113, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed7070113
Mayfield, Helen J., Lau, Colleen L., Sinclair, Jane E., Brown, Samuel J., Baird, Andrew, Litt, John, Vuorinen, Aapeli, Short, Kirsty R., Waller, Michael and Mengersen, Kerrie (2022). Designing an evidence-based Bayesian network for estimating the risk versus benefits of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccine, 40 (22), 3072-3084. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.04.004
Stanhope, Jessica, Mayfield, Helen J., Guillaume, Joseph H. A., Sahin, Oz, Weinstein, Philip and Lau, Colleen L. (2022). Synergising decision making and interventions across human health and environment: concepts for designing a model for infectious diseases. Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling, 3 18126, 1-16. doi: 10.18174/sesmo.18126
Hemming, Victoria, Camaclang, Abbey E., Adams, Megan S., Burgman, Mark, Carbeck, Katherine, Carwardine, Josie, Chadès, Iadine, Chalifour, Lia, Converse, Sarah J., Davidson, Lindsay N. K., Garrard, Georgia E., Finn, Riley, Fleri, Jesse R., Huard, Jacqueline, Mayfield, Helen J., Madden, Eve McDonald, Naujokaitis‐Lewis, Ilona, Possingham, Hugh P., Rumpff, Libby, Runge, Michael C., Stewart, Daniel, Tulloch, Vivitskaia J. D., Walshe, Terry and Martin, Tara G. (2022). An introduction to decision science for conservation. Conservation Biology, 36 (1) e13868, e13868. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13868
Eberhard, Rachel, Coggan, Anthea, Jarvis, Diane, Hamman, Evan, Taylor, Bruce, Baresi, Umberto, Vella, Karen, Dean, Angela J., Deane, Felicity, Helmstedt, Kate and Mayfield, Helen (2021). Understanding the effectiveness of policy instruments to encourage adoption of farming practices to improve water quality for the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 172 112793, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112793
Lau, Colleen L, Mayfield, Helen J, Sinclair, Jane E, Brown, Samuel J, Waller, Michael, Enjeti, Anoop K, Baird, Andrew, Short, Kirsty, Mengersen, Kerrie and Litt, John (2021). Risk-benefit analysis of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Australia using a Bayesian network modelling framework. Vaccine, 39 (51), 7429-7440. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.10.079
McLure, Angus, O’Neill, Ben, Mayfield, Helen, Lau, Colleen and McPherson, Brady (2021). PoolTestR: an R package for estimating prevalence and regression modelling for molecular xenomonitoring and other applications with pooled samples. Environmental Modelling and Software, 145 105158, 105158. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105158
Bullock, Rich, Arbon, John, Arnold, Laurence, Briggs, Philip, Haines, Bill, Honey, Martin, Hutchins, Emma, Klavins, Jake, Mayfield, Helen, Salmon, Adam, Smallshire, Penny and Widdowson, David (2021). WWT London Wetland Centre - the first 20 years. British Wildlife, 32 (8), 584-591.
Cadavid Restrepo, Angela, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Mayfield, Helen, Nilles, Eric and Lau, Colleen L. (2021). Implications of a travel connectivity-based approach for infectious disease transmission risks in Oceania. BMJ Open, 11 (8) e046206, e046206. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046206
Yi Han Aw, Jessica, Clarke, Naomi E., Mayfield, Helen, Lau, Colleen L., Richardson, Alice and Nery, Susana V. (2021). Novel statistical approaches to identify risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth infection in Timor-Leste. International Journal for Parasitology, 51 (9), 729-739. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2021.01.005
Mayfield, Helen J., Sturrock, Hugh, Arnold, Benjamin F., Andrade-Pacheco, Ricardo, Kearns, Therese, Graves, Patricia, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Gass, Katherine and Lau, Colleen L. (2020). Supporting elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa by predicting locations of residual infection using machine learning and geostatistics. Scientific Reports, 10 (1) 20570, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77519-8
Lau, Colleen L., Meder, Kelley, Mayfield, Helen J., Kearns, Therese, McPherson, Brady, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Hedtke, Shannon M., Sheridan, Sarah, Gass, Katherine and Graves, Patricia M. (2020). Lymphatic filariasis epidemiology in Samoa in 2018: geographic clustering and higher antigen prevalence in older age groups. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14 (12) e0008927, 1-22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008927
Willis, Gabriela A., Mayfield, Helen J., Kearns, Therese, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Gass, Katherine, Sheridan, Sarah, Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2020). A community survey of coverage and adverse events following country-wide triple-drug mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination, Samoa 2018. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14 (11) e0008854, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008854
Mayfield, Helen J., Brazill‐Boast, James, Gorrod, Emma, Evans, Megan C., Auld, Tony, Rhodes, Jonathan R. and Maron, Martine (2020). Estimating species response to management using an integrated process: a case study from New South Wales, Australia. Conservation Science and Practice, 2 (11) e269. doi: 10.1111/csp2.269
Ward, Michelle, Tulloch, Ayesha I. T., Radford, James Q., Williams, Brooke A., Reside, April E., Macdonald, Stewart L., Mayfield, Helen J., Maron, Martine, Possingham, Hugh P., Vine, Samantha J., O’Connor, James L., Massingham, Emily J., Greenville, Aaron C., Woinarski, John C. Z., Garnett, Stephen T., Lintermans, Mark, Scheele, Ben C., Carwardine, Josie, Nimmo, Dale G., Lindenmayer, David B., Kooyman, Robert M., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Sonter, Laura J. and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Impact of 2019–2020 mega-fires on Australian fauna habitat. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4 (10), 1321-1326. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1251-1
Mayfield, Helen J. , Smith, Carl , Gallagher, Marcus and Hockings, Marc (2020). Considerations for selecting a machine learning technique for predicting deforestation. Environmental Modelling and Software, 131 104741, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104741
Cadavid Restrepo, Angela Maria, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Mayfield, Helen, Nilles, Eric J. and Lau, Colleen L. (2020). Travel connectivity and infectious disease transmission risks in Oceania. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3709854
Prist, Paula Ribeiro, Levin, Noam, Metzger, Jean Paul, de Mello, Kaline, de Paula Costa, Micheli Duarte, Castagnino, Romi, Cortes-Ramirez, Javier, Lin, Da-Li, Butt, Nathalie, Lloyd, Thomas J., López-Cubillos, Sofía, Mayfield, Helen J., Negret, Pablo José, Oliveira-Bevan, Isabella, Reside, April E., Rhodes, Jonathan R., Simmons, B. Alexander, Suárez-Castro, A. Felipe and Kark, Salit (2019). Collaboration across boundaries in the Amazon. Science, 366 (6466), 699.1-700. doi: 10.1126/science.aaz7489
Mayfield, Helen J., Bertone, Edoardo, Smith, Carl and Sahin, Oz (2019). Use of a structure aware discretisation algorithm for Bayesian networks applied to water quality predictions. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 175, 192-201. doi: 10.1016/j.matcom.2019.07.005
Mayfield, Helen J., Smith, Carl S., Lowry, John H., Watson, Conall H., Baker, Michael G., Kama, Mike, Nilles, Eric J. and Lau, Colleen L. (2018). Predictive risk mapping of an environmentally-driven infectious disease using spatial Bayesian networks: a case study of leptospirosis in Fiji. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12 (10) e0006857, e0006857. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006857
Mayfield, Helen J., Lowry, John H., Watson, Conall H., Kama, Mike, Nilles, Eric J. and Lau, Colleen L. (2018). Use of geographically weighted logistic regression to quantify spatial variation in the environmental and sociodemographic drivers of leptospirosis in Fiji: a modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health, 2 (5), e223-e232. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30066-4
Lau, Colleen L., Mayfield, Helen J., Lowry, John H., Watson, Conall H., Kama, Mike, Nilles, Eric J. and Smith, Carl S. (2017). Unravelling infectious disease eco-epidemiology using Bayesian networks and scenario analysis: a case study of leptospirosis in Fiji. Environmental Modelling & Software, 97 (November), 271-286. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.08.004
Mayfield, Helen, Smith, Carl, Gallagher, Marcus and Hockings, Marc (2017). Use of freely available datasets and machine learning methods in predicting deforestation. Environmental Modelling and Software, 87, 17-28. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.10.006
Mayfield, H.J., Bullock, R.J., Briggs, P.A., Faulkner, S.C. and Hilton, G.M. (2017). Twenty years of bat monitoring at the London Wetland Centre: showing the biodiversity value of a man-made urban reserve. The London Naturalist, 96, 102-114.
Conference Papers
Lansbury, N., Hickman, A., Mayfield, H., Benham, C. and Atkinson, A-R. (2022). Why we need a planetary health approach to wicked problems: Perspectives on finding interdisciplinary solutions. Flourish! Interdisciplinary solutions for a thriving planet- Australian Academy of Science, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 6-7 June 2022.
McPherson, Brady, Mayfield, Helen, McLure, Angus, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Mauala, Tautala, Coutts, Shaun, Harfield, Stephen, Chellappah, Jessica, MacKenzie, Donna, Hoare, Christina, Kizu, Joanne, Guidotti, Jessica, Pilotte, Nils, Gonzales, Andrew, Williams, Steven, Gass, Katherine, Graves, Patricia and Lau, Colleen (2021). Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination In Samoa: Evaluating The Use Of Molecular Xenomonitoring As A Surveillance Tool. 2021 ASTMH Annual Meeting, Online, 17–21 November 2021. Deerfield, IL United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Walsh, J., Gibson, M., Bracy, C., Freidman, R., Mayfield, H., Melton, C., Reside, A., Simmonds, J. and Maron, M. (2020). Evidence-based conservation for Australian woodland birds: a systematic review . Ecological Society of Australia, 60th Annual Conference, Virtual, 30 November-4 December 2020. Ecological Society of Australia.
Hansen, N. and Mayfield, H. (2020). How the Saving our Species program ensures threatened species monitoring leads to conservation outcomes. 60th Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Australia, Virtual, 30 November – 4 December 2020.
Lau, Colleen L., Sheridan, Sarah, Kearns, Therese, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Fuimaono, Saipale, Mauala, Tautala, Mayfield, Helen, McPherson, Brady, Meder, Kelley, Willis, Gabriela, Dickson, Benjamin, Sheel, Meru, Won, Kimberly, Gass, Katherine and Graves, Patricia (2019). Resurgent lymphatic filariasis in the Samoan Islands: time for change in surveillance strategies and thresholds for validation of elimination?. 68th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), National Harbor, MD, United States, 20-24 November 2019. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
McPherson, Brady, Sheridan, Sarah, Owada, Kei, Naseri, Take, Thomsen, Robert, Mauala, Tautala, Mayfield, Helen, Rigby, Lisa, Ciocchetta, Silvia, Maguire, Julia, Pilotte, Nils, Gonzalez, Andrew M., Williams, Steven A., Gass, Katherine, Graves, Patricia M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2019). Lymphatic filariasis elimination in Samoa: evaluating the use of molecular xenomonitoring as a surveillance tool. 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), National Harbor, MD, United States, 20-24 November, 2019. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.abstract2019
Mayfield, Helen, Bertone, Edoardo, Sahin, Oz and Smith, Carl (2017). Structurally aware discretisation for Bayesian networks. The 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 3-8 December 2017. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand.
Mayfield, Helen, Lowry, John, Watson, Conall, Karma, Mike, Nilles, Eric and Lau, Colleen (2017). Using geographically-weighted regression to understand spatial variation in the influence of environmental drivers on Leptospirosis transmission in Fiji. 10th International Leptospirosis Society Meeting, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 27 November - 1 December 2017. International Leptospirosis Society.
Mayfield, Helen, Smith, Carl, Lowry, John, Watson, Conall, Karma, Mike, Nilles, Eric and Lau, Colleen (2017). Predictive risk mapping of Human Leptospirosis in Fiji using spatial Bayesian networks. 10th International Leptospirosis Society Meeting, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 27nd November-01 December 2017.
Data Collection
Gibson, Michelle, Walsh, Jessica, Mayfield, Helen, Friedman, Rachel and Powell, Owen (2021). RestEcol Supplementary Data. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/340b96d
Research Report
Mayfield, Helen, Rhodes, Jonathan, Evans, Megan and Maron, Martine (2020). Saving our species: guidelines for estimating and evaluating species' response to management. Sydney, NSW, Australia: NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.
Newspaper Article
Ward, Michelle, Greenville, Aaron, Reside, April, Tulloch, Ayesha, Williams, Brooke, Massingham, Emily, Mayfield, Helen, Possingham, Hugh, Watson, James, Radford, Jim and Sonter, Laura (2020, 01 19). Six million hectares of threatened species habitat up in smoke The Conversation
Thesis
Mayfield, Helen (2015). Making the most of machine learning and freely available datasets: a deforestation case study. PhD Thesis, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.1018