Diana Sarfati

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

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

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." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 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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