Overview
Background
Dr Luis Furuya Kanamori MBBS, MEpi, MPH, PhD, FACTM is a clinical epidemiologist and research synthesis methodologist. He is an international leader in travel medicine, vaccine preventable diseases, and research synthesis, and has been listed in Stanford University’s World top 2% of scientists.
Dr Furuya Kanamori leads the Travel Medicine and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Theme, and the Clinician-Epidemiologist Hub at UQ's HERA program on Operational Research and Decision Support for Infectious Diseases (ODeSI). He is Director of Research of the Clinical Research & Evidence Synthesis (CRESTMA) at the Travel Medicine Alliance (TMA), network of 30+ travel medicine clinics in Australia.
Dr Furuya Kanamori’s applied research on travel medicine and vaccine preventable diseases has influenced key changes in clinical and public health guidelines (e.g., WHO, ATAGI, Australian Immunisation Handbook, UptoDate). His methodological work on publication bias (LFK index) has been implemented in MetaXL, Stata, and R, and has been utilised in 800+ published meta-analyses.
In addition to his academic roles, Dr Furuya Kanamori is editorial board member for J Travel Med and Clin Infect Dis, and chairs the Research and Awards Committee of the International Society of Travel Medicine.
Availability
- Dr Luis Furuya Kanamori is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
- Masters (Coursework) of Epidemiology, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework) of Public Health, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University
Research interests
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Travel Medicine
Vaccine fractional dosing | Malaria chemoprophylaxis | STIs | Causes of death | Decision support systems | Personalised risk assessment | Clinical trials
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Vaccine preventable diseases
Rabies PrEP and PEP | Japanese encephalitis | Yellow fever | Vaccine safety
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Research synthesis and meta-analysis
Publication bias | Diagnostic accuracy studies | Quality information | Rare/zero-events studies | Rapid meta-analysis
Works
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2021
Journal Article
Clinical predictors of severe dengue: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Tsheten, Tsheten, Clements, Archie C. A., Gray, Darren J., Adhikary, Ripon K., Furuya-Kanamori, Luis and Wangdi, Kinley (2021). Clinical predictors of severe dengue: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 10 (1) 123, 123. doi: 10.1186/s40249-021-00908-2
2021
Journal Article
Utilization of the evidence from studies with no events in meta-analyses of adverse events: an empirical investigation
Xu, Chang, Zhou, Xiaoqin, Zorzela, Liliane, Ju, Ke, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Lin, Lifeng, Lu, Cuncun, Musa, Omran A. H. and Vohra, Sunita (2021). Utilization of the evidence from studies with no events in meta-analyses of adverse events: an empirical investigation. BMC Medicine, 19 (1) 141, 141. doi: 10.1186/s12916-021-02008-2
2021
Journal Article
The epidemic volatility index, a novel early warning tool for identifying new waves in an epidemic
Kostoulas, Polychronis, Meletis, Eletherios, Pateras, Konstantinos, Eusebi, Paolo, Kostoulas, Theodoros, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Speybroeck, Niko, Denwood, Matthew, Doi, Suhail A. R., Althaus, Christian L., Kirkeby, Carsten, Rohani, Pejman, Dhand, Navneet K., Peñalvo, José L., Thabane, Lehana, BenMiled, Slimane, Sharifi, Hamid and Walter, Stephen D. (2021). The epidemic volatility index, a novel early warning tool for identifying new waves in an epidemic. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 23775, 23775. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-02622-3
2021
Book Chapter
Pre- and post-travel medical consultations
Mills, Deborah J., Ramsey, Lani and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2021). Pre- and post-travel medical consultations. Tourist Health, Safety and Wellbeing in the New Normal. (pp. 47-69) edited by Jeff Wilks, Donna Pendergast, Peter A. Leggat and Damian Morgan. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-5415-2_3
2021
Journal Article
Development of the COVID-19 Real-Time Information System for Preparedness and Epidemic Response (CRISPER), Australia
Field, Emma, Dyda, Amalie, Hewett, Michael, Weng, Haotian, Shi, Jingjing, Curtis, Stephanie, Law, Charlee, McHugh, Lisa, Sheel, Meru, Moore, Jess, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Pillai, Priyanka, Konings, Paul, Purcell, Michael, Stocks, Nigel, Williams, Graham and Lau, Colleen L. (2021). Development of the COVID-19 Real-Time Information System for Preparedness and Epidemic Response (CRISPER), Australia. Frontiers in Public Health, 9 753493, 753493. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.753493
2021
Journal Article
Adverse clinical outcomes associated with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter (CRA) infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ling, Weiping, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Ezure, Yukiko, Harris, Patrick N. A. and Paterson, David L. (2021). Adverse clinical outcomes associated with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter (CRA) infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 3 (4) dlab157, 1-12. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlab157
2021
Journal Article
Rapid evidence synthesis approach for limits on the search date: how rapid could it be?
Xu, Chang, Ju, Ke, Lin, Lifeng, Jia, Pengli, Kwong, Joey S. W., Syed, Asma and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2021). Rapid evidence synthesis approach for limits on the search date: how rapid could it be?. Research Synthesis Methods, 13 (1), 68-76. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1525
2021
Journal Article
High rate of asymptomatic colonisation with antimicrobial-resistant E. coli in Australian returned travellers
Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Mills, Deborah J., Trembizki, Ella, Robson, Jennifer M., Jennison, Amy V., Whiley, David M. and Lau, Colleen L. (2021). High rate of asymptomatic colonisation with antimicrobial-resistant E. coli in Australian returned travellers. Journal of Travel Medicine, 29 (1) taab141. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab141
2021
Journal Article
Evaluation of gender inequity in thyroid cancer diagnosis: differences by sex in US thyroid cancer incidence compared with a meta-analysis of subclinical thyroid cancer rates at autopsy
Leclair, Karissa, Bell, Katy J. L., Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Doi, Suhail A., Francis, David O. and Davies, Louise (2021). Evaluation of gender inequity in thyroid cancer diagnosis: differences by sex in US thyroid cancer incidence compared with a meta-analysis of subclinical thyroid cancer rates at autopsy. JAMA Internal Medicine, 181 (10), 1351-1358. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.4804
2021
Journal Article
Synthesis of evidence from zero-events studies: a comparison of one-stage framework methods
Xu, Chang, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis and Lin, Lifeng (2021). Synthesis of evidence from zero-events studies: a comparison of one-stage framework methods. Research Synthesis Methods, 13 (2) jrsm.1521, 1-14. doi: 10.1002/jrsm.1521
2021
Journal Article
Implications of a travel connectivity-based approach for infectious disease transmission risks in Oceania
Cadavid Restrepo, Angela, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Mayfield, Helen, Nilles, Eric and Lau, Colleen L. (2021). Implications of a travel connectivity-based approach for infectious disease transmission risks in Oceania. BMJ Open, 11 (8) e046206, e046206. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046206
2021
Journal Article
Diagnostic accuracy of ELISA kits for measurement of rabies antibodies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ling, Weiping, Doi, Suhail A. R., Lau, Colleen L., Mills, Deborah J., Kostoulas, Polychronis and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2021). Diagnostic accuracy of ELISA kits for measurement of rabies antibodies: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Travel Medicine, 28 (5) taab060, 1-3. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab060
2021
Journal Article
A proposed framework to guide evidence synthesis practice for meta-analysis with zero-events studies
Xu, Chang, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Zorzela, Liliane, Lin, Lifeng and Vohra, Sunita (2021). A proposed framework to guide evidence synthesis practice for meta-analysis with zero-events studies. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 135, 70-78. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.02.012
2021
Journal Article
Comparison of immunogenicity and safety of licensed Japanese encephalitis vaccines: A systematic review and network meta-analysis
Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Xu, Chang, Doi, Suhail A.R., Clark, Justin, Wangdi, Kinley, Mills, Deborah J. and Lau, Colleen L. (2021). Comparison of immunogenicity and safety of licensed Japanese encephalitis vaccines: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Vaccine, 39 (32), 4429-4436. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.06.023
2021
Journal Article
Reply to: Let us not rush back to odds ratios in meta-analysis
Doi, Suhail A., Furuya-Kanamori, Luis and Xu, Chang (2021). Reply to: Let us not rush back to odds ratios in meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 134, 190-190. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.02.016
2021
Journal Article
Methodological issues of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the field of sleep medicine: a meta-epidemiological study
Xu, Chang, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Kwong, Joey S.W., Li, Sheng, Liu, Yu and Doi, Suhail A. (2021). Methodological issues of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the field of sleep medicine: a meta-epidemiological study. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 57 101434, 101434. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2021.101434
2021
Journal Article
Metformin is comparable to insulin for pharmacotherapy in gestational diabetes mellitus: a network meta-analysis evaluating 6046 women
Musa, Omran A.H., Syed, Asma, Mohamed, Aisha M., Chivese, Tawanda, Clark, Justin, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Xu, Chang, Toft, Egon, Bashir, Mohammed, Abou-Samra, Abdul Badi, Thalib, Lukman and Doi, Suhail A. (2021). Metformin is comparable to insulin for pharmacotherapy in gestational diabetes mellitus: a network meta-analysis evaluating 6046 women. Pharmacological Research, 167 105546, 105546. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2021.105546
2021
Journal Article
Efficacy of one-dose intramuscular rabies vaccine as pre-exposure prophylaxis in travellers
Mills, Deborah J., Lau, Colleen L., Mills, Christine and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2021). Efficacy of one-dose intramuscular rabies vaccine as pre-exposure prophylaxis in travellers. Journal of Travel Medicine, 28 (5) taab059, 1-7. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab059
2021
Journal Article
Adverse clinical outcomes associated with infections by Enterobacterales producing ESBL (ESBL-E): a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ling, Weiping, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Ezure, Yukiko, Harris, Patrick N A and Paterson, David L (2021). Adverse clinical outcomes associated with infections by Enterobacterales producing ESBL (ESBL-E): a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 3 (2) dlab068, dlab068. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlab068
2021
Journal Article
Efficacy of a 3-day pre-travel schedule of tafenoquine for malaria chemoprophylaxis: A network meta-analysis
Islam, Nazmul, Wright, Sophie, Lau, Colleen L., Doi, Suhail A. R., Mills, Deborah J., Clark, Justin, Clements, Archie C. A. and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2021). Efficacy of a 3-day pre-travel schedule of tafenoquine for malaria chemoprophylaxis: A network meta-analysis. Journal of Travel Medicine, 28 (5) taab057, 1-9. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab057
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Luis Furuya Kanamori is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Vaccine preventable diseases in travellers
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Causes of death in travellers
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Risk benefit analysis and decision support tools for vaccines
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Advancements in research synthesis methods and meta-analyses
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Assessing risk of importation of sexually transmitted infections into Australia by international travellers
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Colleen Lau, Associate Professor Judith Dean
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Doctor Philosophy
Machine learning in epidemiology research on African Swine Fever epidemic in the Philippines Outline
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Colleen Lau
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Epidemiology of Escherichia coli Producing Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL-Ec) in Queensland, Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Patrick Harris
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