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Associate Professor Federica Barzi
Associate Professor

Federica Barzi

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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

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Sydney

Works

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162 works between 1999 and 2025

41 - 60 of 162 works

2019

Journal Article

Performance of cardiovascular risk prediction equations in Indigenous Australians

Barr, Elizabeth Laurel Mary, Barzi, Federica, Rohit, Athira, Cunningham, Joan, Tatipata, Shaun, McDermott, Robyn, Hoy, Wendy E., Wang, Zhiqiang, Bradshaw, Pamela June, Dimer, Lyn, Thompson, Peter L., Brimblecombe, Julie, O'Dea, Kerin, Connors, Christine, Burgess, Paul, Guthridge, Steven, Brown, Alex, Cass, Alan, Shaw, Jonathan E. and Maple-Brown, Louise (2019). Performance of cardiovascular risk prediction equations in Indigenous Australians. Heart, 106 (16), heartjnl-2019. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2019-315889

Performance of cardiovascular risk prediction equations in Indigenous Australians

2019

Journal Article

Birth outcomes in women with gestational diabetes managed by lifestyle modification alone: the PANDORA study

Cheng, E., Longmore, D. K., Barzi, F., Barr, E. L. M., Lee, I. L., Whitbread, C., Boyle, J. A., Oats, J., Connors, C., McIntyre, H. D., Kirkwood, M., Dempsey, K., Zhang, X., Thomas, S., Williams, D., Zimmet, P., Brown, A. D. H., Shaw, J. E. and Maple-Brown, L. J. (2019). Birth outcomes in women with gestational diabetes managed by lifestyle modification alone: the PANDORA study. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 157 107876, 107876. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2019.107876

Birth outcomes in women with gestational diabetes managed by lifestyle modification alone: the PANDORA study

2019

Journal Article

Diabetes care in remote Australia: The antenatal, postpartum and inter-pregnancy period

Kirkham, R., Trap-Jensen, N., Boyle, J. A., Barzi, F., Barr, E. L.M., Whitbread, C., Van Dokkum, P., Kirkwood, M., Connors, C., Moore, E., Zimmet, P., Corpus, S., Hanley, A. J., O'Dea, K., Oats, J., McIntyre, H. D., Brown, A., Shaw, J. E., Maple-Brown, L. and On behalf of the NT Diabetes in Pregnancy Partnership (2019). Diabetes care in remote Australia: The antenatal, postpartum and inter-pregnancy period. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19 (1) 389, 389. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2562-6

Diabetes care in remote Australia: The antenatal, postpartum and inter-pregnancy period

2019

Journal Article

Is hyperfiltration associated with higher urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio at follow up among Indigenous Australians? The eGFR follow-up study

Ekinci, Elif I., Barr, Elizabeth L.M., Barzi, Federica, Hughes, Jaquelyne T., Lawton, Paul D., Jones, Graham R.D., Hoy, Wendy, Cass, Alan, Thomas, Mark, Sinha, Ashim, Jerums, George, O'Dea, Kerin, MacIsaac, Richard J. and Maple-Brown, Louise J. (2019). Is hyperfiltration associated with higher urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio at follow up among Indigenous Australians? The eGFR follow-up study. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, 33 (5), 343-349. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2019.02.005

Is hyperfiltration associated with higher urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio at follow up among Indigenous Australians? The eGFR follow-up study

2019

Journal Article

Orthopaedic surgery in dystonic cerebral palsy

Blumetti, Francesco C., Wu, Jenny Chia Ning, Barzi, Federica, Axt, Matthias W., Waugh, Mary-Clare and Selber, Paulo (2019). Orthopaedic surgery in dystonic cerebral palsy. Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 39 (4), 209-216. doi: 10.1097/bpo.0000000000000919

Orthopaedic surgery in dystonic cerebral palsy

2019

Journal Article

Clinical risk for substance‐affected patients attending an emergency department in the Northern Territory with police: A quality improvement initiative

Brownlea, Sandra J., Miller, Justine, Meagher, Jessica, Barzi, Federica and Palmer, Didier (2019). Clinical risk for substance‐affected patients attending an emergency department in the Northern Territory with police: A quality improvement initiative. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 31 (6), 948-954. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13273

Clinical risk for substance‐affected patients attending an emergency department in the Northern Territory with police: A quality improvement initiative

2019

Journal Article

Pregnancy and Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia: the PANDORA study - an observational birth cohort

Maple-Brown, Louise, Lee, I-Lynn, Longmore, Danielle, Barzi, Federica, Connors, Christine, Boyle, Jacqueline A., Moore, Elizabeth, Whitbread, Cherie, Kirkwood, Marie, Graham, Sian, Hampton, Vanya, Simmonds, Alison, Van Dokkum, Paula, Kelaart, Joanna, Thomas, Sujatha, Chitturi, Shridhar, Eades, Sandra, Corpus, Sumaria, Lynch, Michael, Lu, Zhong X., O'Dea, Kerin, Zimmet, Paul, Oats, Jeremy, McIntyre, Harold D., Brown, Alex D. H., Shaw, Jonathan E., Dempsey, K., Svenson, Stacey, Wood, Lynice ... Inglis, C. (2019). Pregnancy and Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia: the PANDORA study - an observational birth cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology, 48 (1), 307-318. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy245

Pregnancy and Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia: the PANDORA study - an observational birth cohort

2019

Journal Article

Real-world experience of metformin use in pregnancy: observational data from the Northern Territory Diabetes in Pregnancy Clinical Register

Maple-Brown, Louise J., Lindenmayer, Greta, Barzi, Federica, Whitbread, Cherie, Connors, Christine, Moore, Elizabeth, Boyle, Jacqueline, Kirkwood, Marie, Lee, I-Lynn, Longmore, Danielle, van Dokkum, Paula, Wicks, Mary, Dowden, Michelle, Inglis, Chrissie, Cotter, Margaret, Kirkham, Renae, Corpus, Sumaria, Chitturi, Sridhar, Thomas, Sujatha, O'Dea, Kerin, Zimmet, Paul, Oats, Jeremy, McIntyre, Harold D., Brown, Alex and Shaw, Jonathan E. (2019). Real-world experience of metformin use in pregnancy: observational data from the Northern Territory Diabetes in Pregnancy Clinical Register. Journal of Diabetes, 11 (9), 761-770. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12905

Real-world experience of metformin use in pregnancy: observational data from the Northern Territory Diabetes in Pregnancy Clinical Register

2019

Journal Article

Maternal body mass index, excess gestational weight gain, and diabetes are positively associated with neonatal adiposity in the Pregnancy and Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia (PANDORA) study

Longmore, Danielle K., Barr, Elizabeth L.M., Lee, I-Lynn, Barzi, Federica, Kirkwood, Marie, Whitbread, Cherie, Hampton, Vanya, Graham, Sian, Van Dokkum, Paula, Connors, Christine, Boyle, Jacqueline A., Catalano, Patrick, Brown, Alex D.H., O'Dea, Kerin, Oats, Jeremy, McIntyre, H. David, Shaw, Jonathan E. and Maple-Brown, Louise J. (2019). Maternal body mass index, excess gestational weight gain, and diabetes are positively associated with neonatal adiposity in the Pregnancy and Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia (PANDORA) study. Pediatric Obesity, 14 (4) e12490, e12490. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12490

Maternal body mass index, excess gestational weight gain, and diabetes are positively associated with neonatal adiposity in the Pregnancy and Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia (PANDORA) study

2019

Journal Article

Incident haemodialysis and outcomes in the Top End of Australia

Hughes, Jaquelyne T., Majoni, Sandawana W., Barzi, Federica, Harris, Tegan M., Signal, Selina, Lowah, Gwendoline, Kapojos, Jola, Abeyaratne, Asanga, Sundaram, Madhivanan, Goldrick, Paul, Jones, Sarah L., McFarlane, Robert, Campbell, Lewis T., Stephens, Dianne and Cass, Alan (2019). Incident haemodialysis and outcomes in the Top End of Australia. Australian Health Review, 44 (2), 234-240. doi: 10.1071/ah18230

Incident haemodialysis and outcomes in the Top End of Australia

2019

Journal Article

Improving models of care for diabetes in pregnancy: Experience of current practice in Far North Queensland, Australia

McLean, Anna, Kirkham, Renae, Campbell, Sandra, Whitbread, Cherie, Barrett, Jennifer, Connors, Christine, Boyle, Jacqueline, Brown, Alex, Mein, Jacqueline, Wenitong, Mark, McIntyre, David, Barzi, Federica, Oats, Jeremy, Sinha, Ashim, Maple-Brown, Louise and on behalf of the NT FNQ Diabetes in Pregnancy Partnership (2019). Improving models of care for diabetes in pregnancy: Experience of current practice in Far North Queensland, Australia. Frontiers in Public Health, 7 (JUN) 192, 192. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00192

Improving models of care for diabetes in pregnancy: Experience of current practice in Far North Queensland, Australia

2018

Journal Article

Improving postpartum screening after diabetes in pregnancy: Results of a pilot study in remote Australia

Kirkham, Renae, MacKay, Diana, Barzi, Federica, Whitbread, Cherie, Kirkwood, Marie, Graham, Sian, Van Dokkum, Paula, McIntyre, H. David, Shaw, Jonathan E., Brown, Alex, O'Dea, Kerin, Connors, Christine, Oats, Jeremy, Zimmet, Paul, Boyle, Jacqueline and Maple-Brown, Louise (2018). Improving postpartum screening after diabetes in pregnancy: Results of a pilot study in remote Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 59 (3), 430-435. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12894

Improving postpartum screening after diabetes in pregnancy: Results of a pilot study in remote Australia

2018

Conference Publication

Pregnancy and neonatal diabetes outcomes in remote Australia: the PANDORA study

Maple-Brown, L., Brown, A., Lee, I. -L., Barzi, F., Connors, C., Boyle, J. A., Moore, E., Whitbread, C., Kirkwood, M., Longmore, D., O'Dea, K., Oats, J., McIntyre, H. D., Zimmet, P. and Shaw, J. E. (2018). Pregnancy and neonatal diabetes outcomes in remote Australia: the PANDORA study. 54th Annual Meeting of the European-Association-for-the-Study-of-Diabetes (EASD), Berlin, Germany, 1-5 October 2018. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer.

Pregnancy and neonatal diabetes outcomes in remote Australia: the PANDORA study

2018

Journal Article

Contribution of cardiometabolic risk factors to estimated glomerular filtration rate decline in Indigenous Australians with and without albuminuria - the eGFR Follow-up Study: metabolic risk factors and eGFR decline

Barr, Elizabeth L. M., Barzi, Federica, Hughes, Jaquelyne T., Jerums, George, O'Dea, Kerin, Brown, Alex D. H., Ekinci, Elif I., Jones, Graham R. D., Lawton, Paul D., Sinha, Ashim, MacIsaac, Richard J., Cass, Alan and Maple-Brown, Louise J. (2018). Contribution of cardiometabolic risk factors to estimated glomerular filtration rate decline in Indigenous Australians with and without albuminuria - the eGFR Follow-up Study: metabolic risk factors and eGFR decline. Nephrology, 23 (7), 682-689. doi: 10.1111/nep.13073

Contribution of cardiometabolic risk factors to estimated glomerular filtration rate decline in Indigenous Australians with and without albuminuria - the eGFR Follow-up Study: metabolic risk factors and eGFR decline

2018

Journal Article

Mediators and moderators of nutrition intervention effects in remote Indigenous Australia

Brimblecombe, Julie, Ferguson, Megan, Barzi, Federica, Brown, Clare and Ball, Kylie (2018). Mediators and moderators of nutrition intervention effects in remote Indigenous Australia. British Journal of Nutrition, 119 (12), 1424-1433. doi: 10.1017/s0007114518000880

Mediators and moderators of nutrition intervention effects in remote Indigenous Australia

2018

Journal Article

High baseline levels of tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 are associated with progression of kidney disease in Indigenous Australians with diabetes: the eGFR follow-up study

Barr, Elizabeth L. M., Barzi, Federica, Hughes, Jaquelyne T., Jerums, George, Hoy, Wendy E., O'Dea, Kerin, Jones, Graham, Lawton, Paul D., Brown, Alex D. H., Thomas, Mark, Ekinci, Elif I., Sinha, Ashim, Cass, Alan, MacIsaac, Richard J. and Maple-Brown, Louise J. (2018). High baseline levels of tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 are associated with progression of kidney disease in Indigenous Australians with diabetes: the eGFR follow-up study. Diabetes Care, 41 (4), 739-747. doi: 10.2337/dc17-1919

High baseline levels of tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 are associated with progression of kidney disease in Indigenous Australians with diabetes: the eGFR follow-up study

2018

Journal Article

Cohort profile: The Pregnancy and Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia (PANDORA) Study

Lee, I-Lynn, Purbrick, Brydie, Barzi, Federica, Brown, Alex, Connors, Christine, Whitbread, Cherie, Moore, Elizabeth, Kirkwood, Marie, Simmonds, Alison, van Dokkum, Paula, Death, Elizabeth, Svenson, Stacey, Graham, Sian, Hampton, Vanya, Kelaart, Joanna, Longmore, Danielle, Titmuss, Angela, Boyle, Jacqueline, Brimblecombe, Julie, Saffery, Richard, D'Aprano, Anita, Skilton, Michael R., Ward, Leigh C., Corpus, Sumaria, Chitturi, Shridhar, Thomas, Sujatha, Eades, Sandra, Inglis, Chrissie, Dempsey, Karen ... PANDORA Study research team (2018). Cohort profile: The Pregnancy and Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia (PANDORA) Study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 47 (4), 1045-1046h. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy046

Cohort profile: The Pregnancy and Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia (PANDORA) Study

2018

Journal Article

Trajectories of eGFR decline over a four year period in an Indigenous Australian population at high risk of CKD-the eGFR follow up study

Barzi, Federica, Jones, Graham R. D., Hughes, Jaquelyne T., Lawton, Paul D., Hoy, Wendy, O'Dea, Kerin, Jerums, George, MacIsaac, Richard J., Cass, Alan and Maple-Brown, Louise J. (2018). Trajectories of eGFR decline over a four year period in an Indigenous Australian population at high risk of CKD-the eGFR follow up study. Clinical Biochemistry, 53, 58-64. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.01.011

Trajectories of eGFR decline over a four year period in an Indigenous Australian population at high risk of CKD-the eGFR follow up study

2018

Journal Article

Cross-sectional associations of albuminuria among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults: the eGFR Study

Hughes, J. T., Maple-Brown, L. J., Thomas, M., Lawton, P., Sinha, A., Cass, A., Barzi, F., Jones, G. R. D., Jerums, G., MacIsaac, R., O'Dea, K. and Hoy, W. E. (2018). Cross-sectional associations of albuminuria among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults: the eGFR Study. Nephrology, 23 (1), 37-45. doi: 10.1111/nep.12956

Cross-sectional associations of albuminuria among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults: the eGFR Study

2017

Journal Article

Consumer acceptance of reformulated food products: a systematic review and meta-analysis of salt-reduced foods

Jaenke, Rachael, Barzi, Federica, McMahon, Emma, Webster, Jacqui and Brimblecombe, Julie (2017). Consumer acceptance of reformulated food products: a systematic review and meta-analysis of salt-reduced foods. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 57 (16), 3357-3372. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2015.1118009

Consumer acceptance of reformulated food products: a systematic review and meta-analysis of salt-reduced foods

Funding

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2029
    Multidisciplinary initiatives to impact incidence and prevalence of STIs among First Nations Peoples
    NHMRC MRFF - Indigenous Health Research Grant
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2027
    Cardiovascular risk prediction equations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples derived using Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples dat
    NHMRC MRFF Cardiovascular Health
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2026
    Understanding preconception sexual and reproductive health and fertility among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in Queensland
    Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    Closing the final gaps in maternal and infant health: the Deadly Fit Mums program
    NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2027
    Centre of Research Excellence in Urban Indigenous Health
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Type 2 diabetes prevalence and management in patients attending an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service in Southeast Queensland over a twelve-year period: factors associated with good
    NHMRC MRFF - Indigenous Health Research Grant
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Progression of chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults: the eGFR3 Cohort Study (NHMRC CTCS Grant led by Flinders University)
    Flinders University
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2025
    Improving surveillance infrastructure for Indigenous primary health care
    MRFF Primary Health Care Research Data Infrastructure
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024
    NT Safety and Efficacy of Iron in Haemodialysis Study (NHMRC Project Grant led by Menzies School of Health Research)
    Menzies School of Health Research
    Open grant
  • 2022
    Queensland Burden Of Disease Report
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2024
    PANDORA (Pregnancy And Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia) Generations (NHMRC Project Grant led by Menzies School of Health Research)
    Menzies School of Health Research
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Associate Professor Federica Barzi is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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