Research Fellow, The University of Queensland

Townsville, Queensland
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
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/…
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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…
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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
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…
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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.
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
PhD fellow @1antonpak presenting his work on forecasting ED waiting time in Australia at iHEA 2019 @healtheconomics #iHEA2019
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