Overview
Background
A/Prof Damian Santomauro is based at the School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, and leads the Epidemiology and Burden of Disease Research Stream based at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (QCMHR). He is also an Affiliate Associate Professor at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington, where he serves as the Mental Disorders Team Lead and the DisMod-AT Team Lead for the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study. Driven by a commitment to improving global mental health, A/Prof Santomauro is responsible for all mental disorder epidemiological and burden estimates reported by the GBD Study and has played a key role in uncovering burden not currently represented by the GBD Study such as burden of binge eating disorder, other specified feeding and eating disorders, and somatoform disorders. He also modelled the worldwide impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on depressive and anxiety disorders, quantified the excess self-harm mortality among autistic persons globally, and developed a novel cohort method to estimate the burden of depressive and anxiety disorders due to bullying victimization. A/Prof Santomauro also quantified the minimally adequate treatment coverage for depressive disorders globally, and the burden of anxiety disorders that could be averted under ideal treatment coverage conditions. His research continues to inform international mental health policy, helping to ensure that the true extent of mental disorder burden is recognised and averted.
Availability
- Associate Professor Damian Santomauro is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy of Psychology, The University of Queensland
Works
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2022
Journal Article
Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21
Wang, Haidong, Paulson, Katherine R, Pease, Spencer A, Watson, Stefanie, Comfort, Haley, Zheng, Peng, Aravkin, Aleksandr Y, Bisignano, Catherine, Barber, Ryan M, Alam, Tahiya, Fuller, John E, May, Erin A, Jones, Darwin Phan, Frisch, Meghan E, Abbafati, Cristiana, Adolph, Christopher, Allorant, Adrien, Amlag, Joanne O, Bang-Jensen, Bree, Bertolacci, Gregory J, Bloom, Sabina S, Carter, Austin, Castro, Emma, Chakrabarti, Suman, Chattopadhyay, Jhilik, Cogen, Rebecca M, Collins, James K, Cooperrider, Kimberly, Dai, Xiaochen ... Murray, Christopher J L (2022). Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21. The Lancet, 399 (10334), 1513-1536. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)02796-3
2022
Journal Article
The global gap in treatment coverage for major depressive disorder in 84 countries from 2000–2019: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-regression analysis
Moitra, Modhurima, Santomauro, Damian, Collins, Pamela Y., Vos, Theo, Whiteford, Harvey, Saxena, Shekhar and Ferrari, Alize J. (2022). The global gap in treatment coverage for major depressive disorder in 84 countries from 2000–2019: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-regression analysis. PLoS Medicine, 19 (2) e1003901, e1003901. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003901
2022
Journal Article
Depression and anxiety during COVID-19 – Authors' reply
Santomauro, Damian F, Whiteford, Harvey A and Ferrari, Alize J (2022). Depression and anxiety during COVID-19 – Authors' reply. The Lancet, 399 (10324), 518-519. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02800-2
2022
Journal Article
Global, regional, and national burden of 12 mental disorders in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Ferrari, Alize J., Santomauro, Damian F., Herrera, Ana M. Mantilla, Shadid, Jamileh, Ashbaugh, Charlie, Erskine, Holly E., Charlson, Fiona J., Degenhardt, Louisa, Scott, James G., McGrath, John J., Allebeck, Peter, Benjet, Corina, Breitborde, Nicholas J. K., Brugha, Traolach, Dai, Xiaochen, Dandona, Lalit, Dandona, Rakhi, Fischer, Florian, Haagsma, Juanita A., Maria Haro, Josep, Kieling, Christian, Knudsen, Ann Kristin Skrindo, Kumar, G. Anil, Leung, Janni, Majeed, Azeem, Mitchell, Philip B., Moitra, Modhurima, Mokdad, Ali H., Molokhia, Mariam ... Whiteford, Harvey A. (2022). Global, regional, and national burden of 12 mental disorders in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Psychiatry, 9 (2), 137-150. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(21)00395-3
2021
Journal Article
How do Japanese rate the severity of different diseases and injuries?—an assessment of disability weights for 231 health states by 37,318 Japanese respondents
Nomura, Shuhei, Yamamoto, Yoshiko, Yoneoka, Daisuke, Haagsma, Juanita A., Salomon, Joshua A., Ueda, Peter, Mori, Rintaro, Santomauro, Damian, Vos, Theo and Shibuya, Kenji (2021). How do Japanese rate the severity of different diseases and injuries?—an assessment of disability weights for 231 health states by 37,318 Japanese respondents. Population Health Metrics, 19 (1) 21, 21. doi: 10.1186/s12963-021-00253-4
2021
Journal Article
Global prevalence and burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in 204 countries and territories in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Santomauro, Damian F., Herrera, Ana M. Mantilla, Shadid, Jamileh, Zheng, Peng, Ashbaugh, Charlie, Pigott, David M., Abbafati, Cristiana, Adolph, Christopher, Amlag, Joanne O., Aravkin, Aleksandr Y., Bang-Jensen, Bree L., Bertolacci, Gregory J., Bloom, Sabina S., Castellano, Rachel, Castro, Emma, Chakrabarti, Suman, Chattopadhyay, Jhilik, Cogen, Rebecca M., Collins, James K., Dai, Xiaochen, Dangel, William James, Dapper, Carolyn, Deen, Amanda, Erickson, Megan, Ewald, Samuel B., Flaxman, Abraham D., Frostad, Joseph Jon, Fullman, Nancy, Giles, John R. ... Ferrari, Alize J. (2021). Global prevalence and burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in 204 countries and territories in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lancet, 398 (10312), 1700-1712. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02143-7
2021
Journal Article
Estimating the risk of suicide associated with mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis
Moitra, Modhurima, Santomauro, Damian, Degenhardt, Louisa, Collins, Pamela Y., Whiteford, Harvey, Vos, Theo and Ferrari, Alize (2021). Estimating the risk of suicide associated with mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 137, 242-249. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.02.053
2021
Journal Article
All-cause and cause-specific mortality among people with regular or problematic cocaine use: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Peacock, Amy, Tran, Lucy Thi, Larney, Sarah, Stockings, Emily, Santo, Thomas, Jones, Hayley, Santomauro, Damian and Degenhardt, Louisa (2021). All-cause and cause-specific mortality among people with regular or problematic cocaine use: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Addiction, 116 (4), 725-742. doi: 10.1111/add.15239
2021
Journal Article
The hidden burden of eating disorders: an extension of estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Santomauro, Damian F, Melen, Sarah, Mitchison, Deborah, Vos, Theo, Whiteford, Harvey and Ferrari, Alize J (2021). The hidden burden of eating disorders: an extension of estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Psychiatry, 8 (4), 320-328. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00040-7
2021
Journal Article
Gonality sequences of graphs
Aidun, Ivan, Dean, Frances, Morrison, Ralph, Yu, Teresa and Yuan, Julie (2021). Gonality sequences of graphs. SIAM Journal On Discrete Mathematics, 35 (2), 814-839. doi: 10.1137/20M1323072
2021
Journal Article
Register-based metrics of years lived with disability associated with mental and substance use disorders: a register-based cohort study in Denmark
Weye, Nanna, Santomauro, Damian F., Agerbo, Esben, Christensen, Maria Klitgaard, Iburg, Kim Moesgaard, Momen, Natalie C., Mortensen, Preben Bo, Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker, Whiteford, Harvey A., McGrath, John J. and Plana-Ripoll, Oleguer (2021). Register-based metrics of years lived with disability associated with mental and substance use disorders: a register-based cohort study in Denmark. The Lancet Psychiatry, 8 (4), 310-319. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00029-8
2021
Journal Article
The cost-effectiveness of banning highly hazardous pesticides to prevent suicides due to pesticide self-ingestion across 14 countries: an economic modelling study
Lee, Y. Y., Chisholm, D., Eddleston, M., Gunnell, D., Fleischmann, A., Konradsen, F., Bertram, M. Y., Mihalopoulos, C., Brown, R., Santomauro, D. F., Schess, J. and van Ommeren, M. (2021). The cost-effectiveness of banning highly hazardous pesticides to prevent suicides due to pesticide self-ingestion across 14 countries: an economic modelling study. The Lancet. Global health, 9 (3), e291-e300. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30493-9
2021
Journal Article
Service demand for psychological interventions among Australian adults: a population perspective
Page, Imogen S., Sparti, Claudia, Santomauro, Damian and Harris, Meredith G. (2021). Service demand for psychological interventions among Australian adults: a population perspective. BMC Health Services Research, 21 (1) 98, 98. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06101-3
2020
Journal Article
Author Correction: Modeling COVID-19 scenarios for the United States (Nature Medicine, (2020), 10.1038/s41591-020-1132-9)
Reiner, Robert C., Barber, Ryan M., Collins, James K., Zheng, Peng, Adolph, Christopher, Albright, James, Antony, Catherine M., Aravkin, Aleksandr Y., Bachmeier, Steven D., Bang-Jensen, Bree, Bannick, Marlena S., Bloom, Sabina, Carter, Austin, Castro, Emma, Causey, Kate, Chakrabarti, Suman, Charlson, Fiona J., Cogen, Rebecca M., Combs, Emily, Dai, Xiaochen, Dangel, William James, Earl, Lucas, Ewald, Samuel B., Ezalarab, Maha, Ferrari, Alize J., Flaxman, Abraham, Frostad, Joseph Jon, Fullman, Nancy, Gakidou, Emmanuela ... Murray, Christopher J. L. (2020). Author Correction: Modeling COVID-19 scenarios for the United States (Nature Medicine, (2020), 10.1038/s41591-020-1132-9). Nature Medicine, 26 (12), 1950-1950. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-01181-w
2020
Journal Article
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Vos, Theo, Lim, Stephen S, Abbafati, Cristiana, Abbas, Kaja M, Abbasi, Mohammad, Abbasifard, Mitra, Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen, Abbastabar, Hedayat, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdelalim, Ahmed, Abdollahi, Mohammad, Abdollahpour, Ibrahim, Abolhassani, Hassan, Aboyans, Victor, Abrams, Elissa M, Abreu, Lucas Guimarães, Abrigo, Michael R M, Abu-Raddad, Laith Jamal, Abushouk, Abdelrahman I, Acebedo, Alyssa, Ackerman, Ilana N, Adabi, Maryam, Adamu, Abdu A, Adebayo, Oladimeji M, Adekanmbi, Victor, Adelson, Jaimie D, Adetokunboh, Olatunji O, Adham, Davoud, Afshari, Mahdi ... Murray, Christopher J L (2020). Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 396 (10258), 1204-1222. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30925-9
2020
Journal Article
Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Murray, Christopher J L, Abbafati, Cristiana, Abbas, Kaja M, Abbasi, Mohammad, Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdollahi, Mohammad, Abedi, Parisa, Abedi, Aidin, Abolhassani, Hassan, Aboyans, Victor, Abreu, Lucas Guimarães, Abrigo, Michael R M, Abu-Gharbieh, Eman, Abu Haimed, Abdulaziz Khalid, Abushouk, Abdelrahman I, Acebedo, Alyssa, Ackerman, Ilana N, Adabi, Maryam, Adamu, Abdu A, Adebayo, Oladimeji M, Adelson, Jaimie D, Adetokunboh, Olatunji O, Afarideh, Mohsen, Afshin, Ashkan, Agarwal, Gina, Agrawal, Anurag, Ahmad, Tauseef, Ahmadi, Keivan ... Lim, Stephen S (2020). Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 396 (10258), 1135-1159. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31404-5
2020
Journal Article
Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Abbafati, Cristiana, Abbas, Kaja M., Abbasi, Mohammad, Abbasifard, Mitra, Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen, Abbastabar, Hedayat, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdelalim, Ahmed, Abdollahi, Mohammad, Abdollahpour, Ibrahim, Abedi, Aidin, Abedi, Parisa, Abegaz, Kedir Hussein, Abolhassani, Hassan, Abosetugn, Akine Eshete, Aboyans, Victor, Abrams, Elissa M., Abreu, Lucas Guimaraes, Abrigo, Michael R. M., Abu Haimed, Abdulaziz Khalid, Abualhasan, Ahmed, Abu-Gharbieh, Eman, Abu-Raddad, Laith Jamal, Abushouk, Abdelrahman I., Acebedo, Alyssa, Ackerman, Ilana N., Adabi, Maryam, Adair, Tim, Adamu, Abdu A. ... Murray, Christopher J. L. (2020). Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet, 396 (10258), 1135-1159.
2020
Journal Article
Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Murray, Christopher J L, Aravkin, Aleksandr Y, Zheng, Peng, Abbafati, Cristiana, Abbas, Kaja M, Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdelalim, Ahmed, Abdollahi, Mohammad, Abdollahpour, Ibrahim, Abegaz, Kedir Hussein, Abolhassani, Hassan, Aboyans, Victor, Abreu, Lucas Guimarães, Abrigo, Michael R M, Abualhasan, Ahmed, Abu-Raddad, Laith Jamal, Abushouk, Abdelrahman I, Adabi, Maryam, Adekanmbi, Victor, Adeoye, Abiodun Moshood, Adetokunboh, Olatunji O, Adham, Davoud, Advani, Shailesh M, Agarwal, Gina, Aghamir, Seyed Mohammad Kazem, Agrawal, Anurag, Ahmad, Tauseef, Ahmadi, Keivan ... Lim, Stephen S (2020). Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 396 (10258), 1223-1249. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30752-2
2020
Journal Article
Nature and prevalence of combinations of mental disorders and their association with excess mortality in a population-based cohort study
Plana-Ripoll, Oleguer, Musliner, Katherine L., Dalsgaard, Søren, Momen, Natalie C., Weye, Nanna, Christensen, Maria K., Agerbo, Esben, Iburg, Kim Moesgaard, Laursen, Thomas Munk, Mortensen, Preben Bo, Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker, Petersen, Liselotte Vogdrup, Santomauro, Damian F., Vilhjálmsson, Bjarni J., Whiteford, Harvey A. and McGrath, John J. (2020). Nature and prevalence of combinations of mental disorders and their association with excess mortality in a population-based cohort study. World Psychiatry, 19 (3), 339-349. doi: 10.1002/wps.20802
2020
Journal Article
Association of specific mental disorders with premature mortality in the Danish population using alternative measurement methods
Weye, Nanna, Momen, Natalie C., Christensen, Maria K., Iburg, Kim M., Dalsgaard, Søren, Laursen, Thomas M., Mortensen, Preben B., Santomauro, Damian F., Scott, James G., Whiteford, Harvey A., McGrath, John J. and Plana-Ripoll, Oleguer (2020). Association of specific mental disorders with premature mortality in the Danish population using alternative measurement methods. JAMA Network Open, 3 (6) e206646, e206646. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.6646
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Systematic review of the impact of war, conflict, and natural disasters on mental disorders
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) team at the University of Queensland are responsible for producing burden of disease estimates for mental disorders the GBD Study led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. This work would involve a systematic literature review and meta-analyses / meta-regressions to quantify the elevated risk for mental disorders following exposure to war, conflict, and natural disorders. The outputs of this work would help inform work to explain how much mental disorder burden is due to these factors and forecasting scenarios.
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Quantifying the bias in anxiety disorder symptom scales to determine the prevalence of anxiety disorders
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) team at the University of Queensland are responsible for producing burden of disease estimates for mental disorders the GBD Study led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. The prevalence and burden of anxiety disorders is modelled as part of this work, but global coverage of epidemiological estimates remains limited due to the resource requirements to conduct population-representative surveys using diagnostic interviews. Many studies instead use symptom scales, however these tend to overestimate prevalence. This project aims to quantify this bias to determine likely anxiety disorder prevalence from symptom scales. This will lead to substantially improved geographical coverage for anxiety disorder epidemiological modelling within the GBD Study.
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Quantifying the treatment coverage of ADHD globally and its impact on symptom severity
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) team at the University of Queensland are responsible for producing burden of disease estimates for mental disorders the GBD Study led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. The prevalence and burden of ADHD is modelled as part of this work. Symptom severity likely varies by healthcare access but this is not currently factored within the GBD Study. This project aims to quantify this to determine how ADHD symptom severity varies by treatment access and in turn by geography.
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Quantifying self-harm mortality burden attributable to Schizophrenia
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) team at the University of Queensland are responsible for producing burden of disease estimates for mental disorders the GBD Study led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. The prevalence and burden of Schizophrenia is modelled as part of this work, but currently the elevated fatal burden among persons living with Schizophrenia is not captured in the GBD Study. This work aims to quantify the elevated risk of self-harm mortality among persons living with Schizophrenia.
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Systematic review of the epidemiology of anxiety disorders
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) team at the University of Queensland are responsible for producing burden of disease estimates for mental disorders in the yearly iterations of the GBD Study led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. The team maintains one of the world’s largest databases of epidemiological data for mental disorders and are actively seeking epidemiolocal data for locations with poor data coverage. This research topic would contribute to this work and would involve conducting a systematic literature search for new survey data on the epidemiology of anxiety disorders and quantifyfing global coverage and variations in the data.
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Systematic review of the epidemiology of Mood disorders
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) team at the University of Queensland are responsible for producing burden of disease estimates for mental disorders in the yearly iterations of the GBD Study led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. The team maintains one of the world’s largest databases of epidemiological data for mental disorders and are actively seeking epidemiolocal data for locations with poor data coverage. This research topic would contribute to this work and would involve conducting a systematic literature search for new survey data on the epidemiology of major depressive disorder, dysthymia, and bipolar disorder and quantifyfing global coverage and variations in the data.
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Systematic review of the global epidemiology of peripartum anxiety disorders
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) team at the University of Queensland are responsible for producing burden of disease estimates for mental disorders the GBD Study led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. This project aims to quantify the prevalence of peripartum anxiety disorder. THe project would involve a systematic literature review and meta-analyses / meta-regressions to quantify its prevalence.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Estimating the global epidemiology and burden of personality disorders
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Hon Assoc Professor Alize Ferrari
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the contribution of psychosis and bipolar disorder to premature mortality
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Hon Assoc Professor Alize Ferrari, Dr Fiona Charlson
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Cognitive remediation and social cognition interaction training:implementation and dessimination in a clinical setting
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Neal Ashkanasy, Associate Professor Meredith Harris
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