Research Fellow, The University of Queensland

Townsville, Queensland
Joined May 2014
Some PhD Scholarships available at Curtin @CurtinMedia @CurtinFBLR @CurtinUni HDR 2021 School of Accounting, Economics & Finance scholarship scholarships.curtin.edu.au/S…   HDR 2021 Centre for Applied Economics (CRAE) scholarship scholarships.curtin.edu.au/S…
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In case you're interested, I wrote a bunch of visualization programs tailored for admin data analysis in Stata. github.com/jankabatek/statap… The syntax is a bit quirky, but the code is fast and efficient, requiring little time and memory compared to Stata's native graphing commands.
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Highlighting the benefits of being an island nation in keeping COVID out. See details in out new work – at Townsville, Queensland
Does timely travel restrictions in the Pacific region and structural factors such as geography help to limit the spread of COVID-19 disease in the region? This paper with @1antonpak focuses on WP success story @AITropHealthMed @CPHMVS_JCU @jcu @ScienceAU journals.sagepub.com/eprint/…
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Does timely travel restrictions in the Pacific region and structural factors such as geography help to limit the spread of COVID-19 disease in the region? This paper with @1antonpak focuses on WP success story @AITropHealthMed @CPHMVS_JCU @jcu @ScienceAU journals.sagepub.com/eprint/…
Our new paper looking at hospitalisations due to LRTI in Northern Queensland among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders populations and non-Indigenous Australians. @jcu @AITropHealthMed Joint work with @emma_mcbryde @oyeloladegboye @EisenDamon onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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High-burden of vascular events appears to be precipitated acutely by lower respiratory tract infections… @AITropHealthMed @CPHMVS_JCU @AITHM_Research disq.us/t/3vrm9no
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In the wake of the ongoing pandemic, we showed that as the epicentre changes, the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 spread change to reflect spatial proximities @CPHMVS_JCU @AITropHealthMed sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Improving GP access reduces the number of low acuity ED presentations. See more details in our new article in Health Policy with @Gannon_HealthEc aus01.safelinks.protection.o… – at Townsville, Queensland
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Our team’s impact on informing government #COVID19Aus policy throughout the #pandemic has seen it named as a recipient of the 2020 @jcu Research Excellence Award aithm.jcu.edu.au/award-winni… @1antonpak @oyeloladegboye @EikeSteinig @EisenDamon @AITropHealthMed @AITHM_Research
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Promoting on TV our work on ED waiting time prediction for low acuity patients. Joint work with @Gannon_HealthEc and @AndrewStaib – at Townsville, Queensland
Find out how @AITHM_Research is using the latest technology to better communicate waiting times in public hospital emergency departments @CPHMVS_JCU @UQHealth facebook.com/watch/?v=718877…
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Up to 42% improvement in prediction accuracy of the ED waiting time forecasts can be achieved by using ML and quantile regression estimators instead of commonly implemented rolling averages. Joint work with @Gannon_HealthEc and @AndrewStaib doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2… – at Townsville, Queensland
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Next step is to implement the waiting time forecasting algorithms and then evaluate the impact to the health system and patients. – at Townsville, Queensland
4 Nordic countries have pledged to spend 5% GDP on *preventive* healthcare by 2030. This is extradinary. #ISPOREurope
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Interesting talk on anaemia among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Would be interesting to see the lifespan economic and labor outcomes of those children
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Presented by Dympna Leonard – at Cairns, Queensland
PhD fellow @1antonpak presenting his work on forecasting ED waiting time in Australia at iHEA 2019 @healtheconomics #iHEA2019 – at Basel, Switzerland
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