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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2020
Journal Article
The burden of mental disorders across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017
Sagar, Rajesh, Dandona, Rakhi, Gururaj, Gopalkrishna, Dhaliwal, R. S., Singh, Aditya, Ferrari, Alize, Dua, Tarun, Ganguli, Atreyi, Varghese, Mathew, Chakma, Joy K., Kumar, G. Anil, Shaji, K. S., Ambekar, Atul, Rangaswamy, Thara, Vijayakumar, Lakshmi, Agarwal, Vivek, Krishnankutty, Rinu P., Bhatia, Rohit, Charlson, Fiona, Chowdhary, Neerja, Erskine, Holly E., Glenn, Scott D., Krish, Varsha, Mantilla Herrera, Ana M., Mutreja, Parul, Odell, Christopher M., Pal, Pramod K., Prakash, Sanjay, Santomauro, Damian ... Dandona, Lalit (2020). The burden of mental disorders across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7 (2), 148-161. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30475-4
2020
Journal Article
All-Cause and Overdose Mortality Risk among People Prescribed Opioids: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Larney, Sarah, Peacock, Amy, Tran, Lucy T., Stockings, Emily, Santomauro, Damian, Santo, Thomas and Degenhardt, Louisa (2020). All-Cause and Overdose Mortality Risk among People Prescribed Opioids: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Pain Medicine, 21 (12), 3700-3711. doi: 10.1093/PM/PNAA214
2020
Journal Article
Modeling COVID-19 scenarios for the United States
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). Modeling COVID-19 scenarios for the United States. Nature Medicine, 27 (1), 94-105. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-1132-9
2019
Journal Article
All-cause and cause-specific mortality among people using extramedical opioids: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Larney, Sarah, Tran, Lucy Thi, Leung, Janni, Santo, Thomas, Santomauro, Damian, Hickman, Matt, Peacock, Amy, Stockings, Emily and Degenhardt, Louisa (2019). All-cause and cause-specific mortality among people using extramedical opioids: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry, 77 (5), E1-E10. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.4170
2019
Journal Article
A comprehensive analysis of mortality-related health metrics associated with mental disorders: a nationwide, register-based cohort study
Plana-Ripoll, Oleguer, Pedersen, Carsten Bøcker, Agerbo, Esben, Holtz, Yan, Erlangsen, Annette, Canudas-Romo, Vladimir, Andersen, Per Kragh, Charlson, Fiona J., Christensen, Maria K., Erskine, Holly E., Ferrari, Alize J., Iburg, Kim Moesgaard, Momen, Natalie, Mortensen, Preben Bo, Nordentoft, Merete, Santomauro, Damian F., Scott, James G., Whiteford, Harvey A., Weye, Nanna, McGrath, John J. and Laursen, Thomas M. (2019). A comprehensive analysis of mortality-related health metrics associated with mental disorders: a nationwide, register-based cohort study. The Lancet, 394 (10211), 1827-1835. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(19)32316-5
2019
Journal Article
Mortality among people with regular or problematic use of amphetamines: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Stockings, Emily, Tran, Lucy Thi, Santo, Thomas, Peacock, Amy, Larney, Sarah, Santomauro, Damian, Farrell, Michael and Degenhardt, Louisa (2019). Mortality among people with regular or problematic use of amphetamines: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Addiction, 114 (10) add.14706, 1738-1750. doi: 10.1111/add.14706
2019
Journal Article
Erratum: Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (The Lancet (2018) 392(10159) (1923–1994), (S0140673618322256), (10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32225-6))
Stanaway, Jeffrey D., Afshin, Ashkan, Gakidou, Emmanuela, Lim, Stephen S., Abate, Degu, Abate, Kalkidan Hassen, Abbafati, Cristiana, Abbasi, Nooshin, Abbastabar, Hedayat, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdela, Jemal, Abdelalim, Ahmed, Abdollahpour, Ibrahim, Abdulkader, Rizwan Suliankatchi, Abebe, Molla, Abebe, Zegeye, Abera, Semaw F., Abil, Olifan Zewdie, Abraha, Haftom Niguse, Abrham, Aklilu Roba, Abu-Raddad, Laith Jamal, Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.E., Accrombessi, Manfred Mario Kokou, Acharya, Dilaram, Acharya, Pawan, Adamu, Abdu A., Adane, Akilew Awoke, Adebayo, Oladimeji M., Adedoyin, Rufus Adesoji ... Murray, Christopher J.L. (2019). Erratum: Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (The Lancet (2018) 392(10159) (1923–1994), (S0140673618322256), (10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32225-6)). The Lancet, 393 (10190). doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31429-1
2019
Journal Article
The epidemiology of psychosis in Indigenous populations in Cape York and the Torres Strait
Gynther, Bruce, Charlson, Fiona, Obrecht, Karin, Waller, Michael, Santomauro, Damian, Whiteford, Harvey and Hunter, Ernest (2019). The epidemiology of psychosis in Indigenous populations in Cape York and the Torres Strait. EClinicalMedicine, 10, 68-77. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2019.04.009
2019
Journal Article
Disordered eating among Australian adolescents: prevalence, functioning, and help received
Sparti, Claudia, Santomauro, Damian, Cruwys, Tegan, Burgess, Philip and Harris, Meredith (2019). Disordered eating among Australian adolescents: prevalence, functioning, and help received. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 52 (3), 246-254. doi: 10.1002/eat.23032
2019
Journal Article
GBD 2016 Alcohol and Drug Use Collaborators (vol 5, pg 987, 2018)
Degenhardt, Louisa, Charlson, Fiona, Ferrari, Alize, Santomauro, Damian, Erskine, Holly, Mantilla-Herrara, Ana, Whiteford, Harvey, Leung, Janni, Naghavi, Mohsen, Griswold, Max, Rehm, Juegen, Hall, Wayne, Sartorius, Benn, Scott, James, Vollset, Stein Emil, Knudsen, Ann Kristin, Maria Haro, Josep, Patton, George, Kopec, Jacek, Malta, Deborah Carvalho, Topor-Madry, Roman, McGrath, John, Haagsma, Juanita, Allebeck, Peter, Phillips, Michael, Salomon, Joshua, Hay, Simon, Foreman, Kyle, Lim, Stephen ... Vos, Theo (2019). GBD 2016 Alcohol and Drug Use Collaborators (vol 5, pg 987, 2018). Lancet Psychiatry, 6 (1), E2-E2. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30488-7
2019
Conference Publication
Mortality in people who use stimulants: systematic review and meta-analysis
Tran, Lucy Thi, Peacock, Amy, Stockings, Emily, Larney, Sarah, Santo, Thomas, Santomauro, Damian, Jones, Hayley, Farrell, Michael and Degenhardt, Louisa (2019). Mortality in people who use stimulants: systematic review and meta-analysis. APSAD 2019 Conference, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 10-13 November 2019. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
2019
Conference Publication
Mortality in people who use opioids: systematic review and meta-analysis
Tran, Lucy Thi, Santo, Thomas, Degenhardt, Louisa, Santomauro, Damian, Peacock, Amy, Stockings, Emily and Larney, Sarah (2019). Mortality in people who use opioids: systematic review and meta-analysis. APSAD 2019 Conference, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 10-13 November 2019. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
2018
Conference Publication
Disordered eating among adolescents: findings from the Young Minds Matter Survey
Sparti, Claudia, Santomauro, Damian, Cruwys, Tegan, Burgess, Philip and Harris, Meredith (2018). Disordered eating among adolescents: findings from the Young Minds Matter Survey. Society for Mental Health Research, Noosa, QLD Australia, 28 - 30 November 2018.
2018
Journal Article
Erratum: Department of Error
GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators, Maravilla, Joemer, Aminde, Leopold N., Charlson, Fiona J., Erskine, Holly E., Ferrari, Alize J., Lalloo, Ratilal, McGrath, John J., Santomauro, Damian Francesco, Scott, James G. and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2018). Erratum: Department of Error. Lancet (London, England), 392 (10160). doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32833-2
2018
Journal Article
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Stanaway, Jeffrey D., Afshin, Ashkan, Gakidou, Emmanuela, Lim, Stephen S., Abate, Degu, Abate, Kalkidan Hassen, Abbafati, Cristiana, Abbasi, Nooshin, Abbastabar, Hedayat, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdela, Jemal, Abdelalim, Ahmed, Abdollahpour, Ibrahim, Abdulkader, Rizwan Suliankatchi, Abebe, Molla, Abebe, Zegeye, Abera, Semaw F, Abil, Olifan Zewdie, Abraha, Haftom Niguse, Abrham, Aklilu Roba, Abu-Raddad, Laith Jamal, Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M. E., Accrombessi, Manfred Mario Kokou, Acharya, Dilaram, Acharya, Pawan, Adamu, Abdu A., Adane, Akilew Awoke, Adebayo, Oladimeji M., Adedoyin, Rufus Adesoji ... Murray, Christopher J. L. (2018). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 392 (10159), 1923-1994. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32225-6
2018
Journal Article
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
James, Spencer L, Abate, Degu, Abate, Kalkidan Hassen, Abay, Solomon M, Abbafati, Cristiana, Abbasi, Nooshin, Abbastabar, Hedayat, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdela, Jemal, Abdelalim, Ahmed, Abdollahpour, Ibrahim, Abdulkader, Rizwan Suliankatchi, Abebe, Zegeye, Abera, Semaw F, Abil, Olifan Zewdie, Abraha, Haftom Niguse, Abu-Raddad, Laith Jamal, Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M E, Accrombessi, Manfred Mario Kokou, Acharya, Dilaram, Acharya, Pawan, Ackerman, Ilana N, Adamu, Abdu A, Adebayo, Oladimeji M, Adekanmbi, Victor, Adetokunboh, Olatunji O, Adib, Mina G, Adsuar, Jose C, Afanvi, Kossivi Agbelenko ... Murray, Christopher J L (2018). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 392 (10159), 1789-1858. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32279-7
2018
Journal Article
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Roth, Gregory A., Abate, Degu, Abate, Kalkidan Hassen, Abay, Solomon M., Abbafati, Cristiana, Abbasi, Nooshin, Abbastabar, Hedayat, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdela, Jemal, Abdelalim, Ahmed, Abdollahpour, Ibrahim, Abdulkader, Rizwan Suliankatchi, Abebe, Haftom Temesgen, Abebe, Molla, Abebe, Zegeye, Abejie, Ayenew Negesse, Abera, Semaw F., Abil, Olifan Zewdie, Abraha, Haftom Niguse, Abrham, Aklilu Roba, Abu-Raddad, Laith Jamal, Accrombessi, Manfred Mario Kokou, Acharya, Dilaram, Adamu, Abdu A., Adebayo, Oladimeji M., Adedoyin, Rufus Adesoji, Adekanmbi, Victor, Adetokunboh, Olatunji O., Adhena, Beyene Meressa ... Murray, Christopher J. L. (2018). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 392 (10159), 1736-1788. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32203-7
2018
Journal Article
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Kyu, Hmwe Hmwe, Abate, Degu, Abate, Kalkidan Hassen, Abay, Solomon M, Abbafati, Cristiana, Abbasi, Nooshin, Abbastabar, Hedayat, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdela, Jemal, Abdelalim, Ahmed, Abdollahpour, Ibrahim, Abdulkader, Rizwan Suliankatchi, Abebe, Molla, Abebe, Zegeye, Abil, Olifan Zewdie, Aboyans, Victor, Abrham, Aklilu Roba, Abu-Raddad, Laith Jamal, Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M E, Accrombessi, Manfred Mario Kokou, Acharya, Dilaram, Acharya, Pawan, Ackerman, Ilana N, Adamu, Abdu A, Adebayo, Oladimeji M, Adekanmbi, Victor, Ademi, Zanfina, Adetokunboh, Olatunji O, Adib, Mina G ... GBD 2017 DALYs and HALE Collaborators (2018). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 392 (10159), 1859-1922. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32335-3
2018
Journal Article
The global burden of disease attributable to alcohol and drug use in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
GBD 2016 Alcohol and Drug Use Collaborators, Scott, James Graham, Ferrari, Alize, Charlson, Fiona, Santomauro, D., Erskine, Holly, Mantilla Herrera, Ana Maria, Whiteford, Harvey, Hall, Wayne, McGrath, John, Leung, Janni and Sartorius, Benn (2018). The global burden of disease attributable to alcohol and drug use in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet Psychiatry, 5 (12), 987-1012. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30337-7
2018
Journal Article
Global epidemiology and burden of schizophrenia: findings from the global burden of disease study 2016
Charlson, Fiona J., Ferrari, Alize J., Santomauro, Damian F., Diminic, Sandra, Stockings, Emily, Scott, James G., McGrath, John J. and Whiteford, Harvey A. (2018). Global epidemiology and burden of schizophrenia: findings from the global burden of disease study 2016. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 44 (6), 1195-1203. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sby058
Supervision
Availability
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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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