Overview
Background
A/Prof Federica Barzi is a Principal Research Fellow in Biostatistics at the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and within the Faculty of Health and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Queensland. She was awarded a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Sydney University in 2004 and has a BSc degree in Statistics from the University of Padova, Italy.
A/Prof Barzi is an applied Biostatistician with extensive experience on study design and data analysis of randomized clinical trials, very large observational studies and data linkage. She has worked across a variety of specialties including cardiology, nephrology, nutrition, oncology and emergency care. She has been involved in Indigenous Health since 2005 and from April 2014, with her appointment at the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, A/Prof Barzi’s contribution to research focuses solely on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. She has co-authored over a hundred and thirty peer reviewed journal articles with colleagues from various institutions and has secured, as a CI, over 24M in research funding since 2006.
Availability
- Associate Professor Federica Barzi is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Prevalence of surgery in Indigenous people with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sanjida, Saira, Garvey, Gail, Bainbridge, Roxanne, Diaz, Abbey, Barzi, Federica, Holzapfel, Sherry, Chen, Michael Y., Collin, Harry, Fatima, Yaqoot, Hou, Xiang-Yu and Ward, James (2025). Prevalence of surgery in Indigenous people with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 57 101527, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101527
2025
Journal Article
A web-based application for reducing methamphetamine use amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: A wait-list control randomised trial
Reilly, Rachel, McKetin, Rebecca, Barzi, Federica, Degan, Tayla, Ezard, Nadine, Conigrave, Kate, Butt, Julia, Roe, Yvette, Wand, Handan, Quinn, Brendan, Longbottom, Wade, Treloar, Carla, Dunlop, Adrian and Ward, James (2025). A web-based application for reducing methamphetamine use amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: A wait-list control randomised trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27 e58341, e58341. doi: 10.2196/58341
2025
Journal Article
Cascade of testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea inclusive of an annual health check in an urban Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service
Canuto, Condy, Dean, Judith A., Debattista, Joseph, Willis, Jon, Barzi, Federica, Leitch, Jonathan and Ward, James (2025). Cascade of testing for chlamydia and gonorrhoea inclusive of an annual health check in an urban Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service. Sexual Health, 22 (1) SH24075, 1. doi: 10.1071/sh24075
2024
Other Outputs
Queensland First Nations peoples burden of disease report 2018
Maurer, Di, Williamson, Daniel, Stanley, Lucy, Suleman, Abdulla, Ward, James, Barzi, Federica, Begum, Tahmina, Oguoma, Victor and Dyson, Edwin (2024). Queensland First Nations peoples burden of disease report 2018. 3 Brisbane, QLD, Australia: State of Queensland (Queensland Health).
2024
Conference Publication
Prevalence of markers of liver disease and association with hyperferritinaemia in first nations patients on maintenance haemodialysis from the Northern Territory of Australia: a sub-study of INFERR clinical trial
Majoni, Sandawana William, Nelson, Jane, Long, Stephanie, Ross, Cheryl, Shapkota, Archana Khadka, Hewett, Leiana, Tate-Baker, Jaclyn, Mukula, Rose, Tetteh, Cynthia, Winder, Daniel, Cherian, Sajiv, Pawar, Basant, Gold, Lorna Murakami, Mayo, Mark, Rathnayake, Geetha, Karepalli, Vijay, Kodithuwakku, Gathika, Maple-Brown, Louise, Morris, Peter, Noutsos, Tina, Fernandes, David Kiran, Thomas, Sajan, Abeyaratne, Asanga, Lawton, Paul Damian, Barzi, Federica, Taylor, Sean, Batey, Robert, Davies, Jane and Cass, Alan (2024). Prevalence of markers of liver disease and association with hyperferritinaemia in first nations patients on maintenance haemodialysis from the Northern Territory of Australia: a sub-study of INFERR clinical trial. 59th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Adelaide, SA Australia, 31 August–4 September 2024. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley and Sons. doi: 10.1111/nep.14361
2024
Journal Article
Engagement and partnership with consumers and communities in the co-design and conduct of Research: Lessons from the INtravenous iron polymaltose for First Nations Australian patients with high FERRitin levels on haemodialysis (INFERR) clinical trial
Long, Stephanie, Ross, Cheryl, Koops, Joan, Coulthard, Katherine, Nelson, Jane, Shapkota, Archana Khadka, Hewett, Leiana, Tate-Baker, Jaclyn, Graham, Jessica, Mukula, Rose, Tetteh, Cynthia, Hoppo, Libby, Cherian, Sajiv, Pawar, Basant, Chmielewski, Heidi Lee, Gold, Lorna Murakami, Rathnayake, Geetha, Heron, Bianca, Brewster-O'Brien, Teana, Karepalli, Vijay, Maple-Brown, Louise, Batey, Robert, Morris, Peter, Davies, Jane, Fernandes, David Kiran, Thomas, Sajan, Abeyaratne, Asanga, Lawton, Paul D, Barzi, Federica ... Majoni, Sandawana William (2024). Engagement and partnership with consumers and communities in the co-design and conduct of Research: Lessons from the INtravenous iron polymaltose for First Nations Australian patients with high FERRitin levels on haemodialysis (INFERR) clinical trial. Research Involvement and Engagement, 10 (1) 73, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s40900-024-00608-9
2024
Journal Article
Sexual risk and testing for sexually transmissible infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous young South Australians: results of an online survey
Harfield, Stephen, Elliott, Salenna, Barzi, Federica, Minto, Kiara, Dean, Judith A. and Ward, James (2024). Sexual risk and testing for sexually transmissible infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous young South Australians: results of an online survey. Sexual Health, 21 (4) SH24041, 1-9. doi: 10.1071/sh24041
2024
Journal Article
Corrigendum to “Type 2 diabetes after a pregnancy with gestational diabetes among first nations women in Australia: The PANDORA study” [Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract. 181 (2021) 109092]
Wood, Anna J., Boyle, Jacqueline A., Barr, Elizabeth L.M., Barzi, Federica, Hare, Matthew J.L., Titmuss, Angela, Longmore, Danielle K., Death, Elizabeth, Kelaart, Joanna, Kirkwood, Marie, Graham, Sian, Connors, Christine, Moore, Elizabeth, O'Dea, Kerin, Oats, Jeremy J.N., McIntyre, Harold D., Zimmet, Paul Z., Lu, Zhong X., Brown, Alex, Shaw, Jonathan E. and Maple-Brown, Louise J. (2024). Corrigendum to “Type 2 diabetes after a pregnancy with gestational diabetes among first nations women in Australia: The PANDORA study” [Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract. 181 (2021) 109092]. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 213 111687, 1-1. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111687
2024
Journal Article
Preconception health of Indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States: a scoping review
Walker, Clara, Begum, Tahmina, Boyle, Jacqueline A., Ward, James and Barzi, Federica (2024). Preconception health of Indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States: a scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21 (3) 345, 1-39. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21030345
2023
Journal Article
Trajectories of otitis media and association with health determinants among Indigenous children in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children
Oguoma, V.M., Mathew, S., Begum, T., Dyson, E., Ward, J., Leach, A.J. and Barzi, F. (2023). Trajectories of otitis media and association with health determinants among Indigenous children in Australia: the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. Public Health, 225, 53-62. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2023.09.010
2023
Journal Article
Transformation to a patient-centred medical home led and delivered by an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, and association with engagement and quality-of-care: quantitative findings from a pilot study
Mathew, Saira, Barzi, Federica, Clifford-Motopi, Anton, Brown Nunuccal, Renee, Ward, James, Mills, Richard, Turner, Lyle, White, Antoinette, Eaton, Martie and Butler, Danielle (2023). Transformation to a patient-centred medical home led and delivered by an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, and association with engagement and quality-of-care: quantitative findings from a pilot study. BMC Health Services Research, 23 (1) 959, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09955-x
2023
Journal Article
Association between maternal hyperglycemia in pregnancy and offspring anthropometry in early childhood: the pandora wave 1 study
Titmuss, Angela, Barzi, Federica, Barr, Elizabeth L. M., Webster, Vanya, Wood, Anna, Kelaart, Joanna, Kirkwood, Marie, Connors, Christine, Boyle, Jacqueline A., Moore, Elizabeth, Oats, Jeremy, McIntyre, H. David, Zimmet, Paul, Brown, Alex D. H., Shaw, Jonathan E., Craig, Maria E. and Maple-Brown, Louise J. (2023). Association between maternal hyperglycemia in pregnancy and offspring anthropometry in early childhood: the pandora wave 1 study. International Journal of Obesity, 47 (11), 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41366-023-01366-6
2023
Journal Article
Comparison of two ferritin assay platforms to assess their level of agreement in measuring serum and plasma ferritin levels in patients with chronic kidney disease
Majoni, Sandawana William, Nelson, Jane, Graham, Jessica, Abeyaratne, Asanga, Fernandes, David Kiran, Cherian, Sajiv, Rathnayake, Geetha, Ashford, Jenna, Hocking, Lynn, Cain, Heather, McFarlane, Robert, Lawton, Paul Damian, Barzi, Federica, Taylor, Sean and Cass, Alan (2023). Comparison of two ferritin assay platforms to assess their level of agreement in measuring serum and plasma ferritin levels in patients with chronic kidney disease. BMC Nephrology, 24 (1) 198, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12882-023-03255-6
2023
Conference Publication
IDF2022-0785 Trends in outcomes of pregnancies complicated by diabetes among First Nations and non-First Nations women in Australia
Burton, E., Barzi, F., Longmore, D., Webster, V., Boyle, J.A., Shaw, J.E., Guthridge, S., Singh, G.R., Brown, K., Crispe, S., Maple-Brown, L.J. and Hare, M.J.L. (2023). IDF2022-0785 Trends in outcomes of pregnancies complicated by diabetes among First Nations and non-First Nations women in Australia. IDF World Diabetes Congress 2022, Lisbon, Portugal, 5-8 December 2022. Shannon, Ireland: Elsevier Ireland. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2023.110354
2023
Journal Article
Risk of kidney disease following a pregnancy complicated by diabetes: a longitudinal, population-based data-linkage study among Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory, Australia
Hare, Matthew J.L., Maple-Brown, Louise J., Shaw, Jonathan E., Boyle, Jacqueline A., Lawton, Paul D., Barr, Elizabeth L.M., Guthridge, Steven, Webster, Vanya, Hampton, Denella, Singh, Gurmeet, Dyck, Roland F. and Barzi, Federica (2023). Risk of kidney disease following a pregnancy complicated by diabetes: a longitudinal, population-based data-linkage study among Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory, Australia. Diabetologia, 66 (5), 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s00125-023-05868-w
2022
Journal Article
Postpartum uptake of diabetes screening tests in women with gestational diabetes: the PANDORA study
Wood, Anna J., Lee, I‐Lynn, Barr, Elizabeth L. M., Barzi, Federica, Boyle, Jacqueline A., Connors, Christine, Moore, Elizabeth, Oats, Jeremy J. N., McIntyre, Harold D., Titmuss, Angela, Simmonds, Alison, Zimmet, Paul Z., Brown, Alex D. H., Corpus, Sumaria, Shaw, Jonathan E., Maple‐Brown, Louise J. and PANDORA Study team (2022). Postpartum uptake of diabetes screening tests in women with gestational diabetes: the PANDORA study. Diabetic Medicine, 40 (3) e14999, 1-11. doi: 10.1111/dme.14999
2022
Journal Article
Breastfeeding and infant growth in offspring of mothers with hyperglycaemia in pregnancy: The pregnancy and neonatal diabetes outcomes in remote Australia study
Longmore, Danielle K., Titmuss, Angela, Barr, Elizabeth, Barzi, Federica, Simmonds, Alison, Lee, I‐Lynn, Hawthorne, Eyvette, Derkenne, Ruth, Connors, Christine, Boyle, Jacqueline, Zimmet, Paul, O'Dea, Kerin, Oats, Jeremy, McIntyre, Harold D., Brown, Alex, Shaw, Jonathan and Maple‐Brown, Louise J. (2022). Breastfeeding and infant growth in offspring of mothers with hyperglycaemia in pregnancy: The pregnancy and neonatal diabetes outcomes in remote Australia study. Pediatric Obesity, 17 (6) e12891, 1-10. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12891
2022
Journal Article
Association between hyperglycaemia in pregnancy and growth of offspring in early childhood: The PANDORA study
Titmuss, Angela, Longmore, Danielle K., Barzi, Federica, Barr, Elizabeth L. M., Webster, Vanya, Wood, Anna, Simmonds, Alison, Brown, Alex D. H., Connors, Christine, Boyle, Jacqueline A., Oats, Jeremy, McIntyre, H. David, Shaw, Jonathan E., Craig, Maria E., Maple‐Brown, Louise J. and the PANDORA Study Research Team (2022). Association between hyperglycaemia in pregnancy and growth of offspring in early childhood: The PANDORA study. Pediatric Obesity, 17 (10) e12932, e12932. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12932
2022
Journal Article
Hyperglycemia in pregnancy and developmental outcomes in children at 18–60 months of age: the PANDORA Wave 1 study
Titmuss, Angela, D’Aprano, Anita, Barzi, Federica, Brown, Alex D.H., Wood, Anna, Connors, Christine, Boyle, Jacqueline A., Moore, Elizabeth, OʼDea, Kerin, Oats, Jeremy, McIntyre, H. David, Zimmet, Paul, Shaw, Jonathan E., Craig, Maria E. and Maple-Brown, Louise J. (2022). Hyperglycemia in pregnancy and developmental outcomes in children at 18–60 months of age: the PANDORA Wave 1 study. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 13 (6) PII S2040174422000101, 1-11. doi: 10.1017/s2040174422000101
2022
Conference Publication
Hyperglycaemia in pregnancy is associated with cardiovascular and renal risk among Aboriginal women in Australia
Hare, M., Maple-Brown, L. J., Shaw, J. E., Boyle, J. A., Barr, E. L. M., Guthridge, S., Webster, V., Singh, G., Dyck, R. F. and Barzi, F. (2022). Hyperglycaemia in pregnancy is associated with cardiovascular and renal risk among Aboriginal women in Australia. CLARE: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2022.109658
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding fertility and pre-conception health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in Queensland
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor James Ward
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Doctor Philosophy
Deadly Fit Mums: yarning about health and wellbeing of mums and their families.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Judith Dean, Dr Kai Wheeler
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Doctor Philosophy
Deadly Fit Mums: yarning about health and wellbeing of mums and their families.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Judith Dean, Dr Kai Wheeler
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding fertility and pre-conception health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in Queensland
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor James Ward
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Doctor Philosophy
Population oral health interventions and water fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Ratilal Lalloo, Professor Loc Do
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