Introducing
Dr Steve Simpson-Yap
Hello, I’m Steve, a Senior Research Fellow in the Clinical Outcomes Research (CORe) Unit.

a little bit about me
I am a Senior Research Fellow in the Clinical Outcomes Research Unit (CORe) at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and in the Neuroepidemiology Unit at the Melbourne School of Population & Global Health.
My research focus is principally the role of modifiable lifestyle and environmental factors with MS onset and progression. I also work in the application of epidemiological methods to the study of other health outcomes, including primary biliary cirrhosis and HPV-mediated neoplasia.
I completed postdoctoral training following my PhD at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania. I also completed a Master of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley.
Publications
Chunrong Tao, Steve Simpson, Bruce V Taylor, Leigh Blizzard, Robyn M Lucas, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Simon Broadley, AusLong/Ausimmune Investigators Group, Ingrid van der Mei
Front Neurol. 2018 Jun 8;9:418. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00418. eCollection 2018.
Sun Exposure across the Life Course Significantly Modulates Early Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Course
Steve Simpson, Ingrid van der Mei, Robyn M Lucas, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Simon Broadley, Leigh Blizzard, Ausimmune/AusLong Investigators Group, Bruce Taylor
Front Neurol. 2018 Feb 1;9:16. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00016. eCollection 2018.
Common genetic variation within miR-146a predicts disease onset and relapse in multiple sclerosis
Yuan Zhou, Ming Chen, Steve Simpson, Robyn M Lucas, Jac C Charlesworth, Nicholas Blackburn, Ingrid van der Mei, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Ausimmune/AUSLONG investigators group, Bruce V Taylor
Neurol Sci. 2018 Feb;39(2):297-304. doi: 10.1007/s10072-017-3177-1. Epub 2017 Nov 10.