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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2020
Journal Article
Antibiotic use for Australian Aboriginal children in three remote Northern Territory communities
Howarth, Timothy, Brunette, Raelene, Davies, Tanya, Andrews, Ross M., Patel, Bhavini K., Tong, Steven, Barzi, Federica and Kearns, Therese M. (2020). Antibiotic use for Australian Aboriginal children in three remote Northern Territory communities. PLoS One, 15 (4) e0231798, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231798
2020
Journal Article
Social and economic factors, maternal behaviours in pregnancy and neonatal adiposity in the PANDORA cohort
Longmore, Danielle K., Barr, Elizabeth L.M., Barzi, Federica, Lee, I-Lynn, Kirkwood, Marie, Connors, Christine, Boyle, Jacqueline, O'Dea, Kerin, Zimmet, Paul, Oats, Jeremy, Catalano, Patrick, McIntyre, H. David, Brown, Alex D.H., Shaw, Jonathan E. and Maple-Brown, Louise J. (2020). Social and economic factors, maternal behaviours in pregnancy and neonatal adiposity in the PANDORA cohort. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 161 108028, 108028. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108028
2020
Journal Article
Cord blood metabolic markers are strong mediators of the effect of maternal adiposity on fetal growth in pregnancies across the glucose tolerance spectrum: the PANDORA study
Lee, I-Lynn, Barr, Elizabeth L. M., Longmore, Danielle, Barzi, Federica, Brown, Alex D. H., Connors, Christine, Boyle, Jacqueline A., Kirkwood, Marie, Hampton, Vanya, Lynch, Michael, Lu, Zhong X., O’Dea, Kerin, Oats, Jeremy, McIntyre, H. David, Zimmet, Paul, Shaw, Jonathan E. and Maple-Brown, Louise J. (2020). Cord blood metabolic markers are strong mediators of the effect of maternal adiposity on fetal growth in pregnancies across the glucose tolerance spectrum: the PANDORA study. Diabetologia, 63 (3), 497-507. doi: 10.1007/s00125-019-05079-2
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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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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