Diana Sarfati

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Diana Sarfati
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Sarfati in 2019
Alma materUniversity of Otago
Scientific career
Fieldsepidemiology
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago
Thesis

Diana Sarfati is a New Zealand public health physician and epidemiology academic.[1]

Academic career[]

Sarfati's 2004 PhD thesis from the University of Otago was titled 'Developing new comorbidity indices for cancer populations using administrative data' .[2]

Sarfati has had projects funded by both the Cancer Society (New Zealand)[3] and the New Zealand Government.[4][5][6] Her work on ethnic drivers of different outcomes has attracted media attention, particularly in relation to Māori.[7][8][9][10]

Selected works[]

  • Scott, Kate M., Martin I. Tobias, Diana Sarfati, and Stephen J. Haslett. "SF‐36 health survey reliability, validity and norms for New Zealand." 23, no. 4 (1999): 401–406.
  • Sarfati, Diana, Tony Blakely, and Neil Pearce. "Measuring cancer survival in populations: relative survival vs cancer-specific survival." International Journal of Epidemiology 39, no. 2 (2010): 598–610.
  • Hill, Sarah, Diana Sarfati, Tony Blakely, Bridget Robson, Gordon Purdie, Jarvis Chen, Elizabeth Dennett et al. "Survival disparities in Indigenous and non-Indigenous New Zealanders with colon cancer: the role of patient comorbidity, treatment and health service factors." Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 64, no. 2 (2010): 117–123.
  • Sarfati, Diana, Sarah Hill, Tony Blakely, Bridget Robson, Gordon Purdie, Elizabeth Dennett, Donna Cormack, and Kevin Dew. "The effect of comorbidity on the use of adjuvant chemotherapy and survival from colon cancer: a retrospective cohort study." BMC Cancer 9, no. 1 (2009): 116.
  • Scott, Kate M., Diana Sarfati, Martin I. Tobias, and Stephen J. Haslett. "A challenge to the cross-cultural validity of the SF-36 health survey: Factor structure in Māori, Pacific and New Zealand European ethnic groups." Social Science & Medicine 51, no. 11 (2000): 1655–1664.

References[]

  1. ^ "Professor Diana Sarfati, Department of Public Health, Our People, University of Otago, Wellington, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Developing new comorbidity indices for cancer populations using administrative data". Ourarchive.otago.ac.nz. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Dr Diana Sarfati | Cancer Society NZ – Wellington". Wellington.cancernz.org.nz. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Professor Diana Sarfati | Health Research Council". Hrc.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Associate Professor Diana Sarfati | Health Research Council". Hrc.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Diana Sarfati | Superu's research Hub". Thehub.superu.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  7. ^ Leigh McLachlan (15 October 2015). "Māori have higher chance of getting cancer – study | Radio New Zealand News". Radionz.co.nz. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  8. ^ "High Maori cancer rates linked to poverty and overcrowding". Stuff.co.nz. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  9. ^ Dateline Pacific (3 February 2016). "Pacific and Maori health issues highlighted by NZ- long ride". Radionz.co.nz. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Cancer death rates – how your region fares". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

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