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
- Associate Professor 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
Other Outputs
The prevalence of adaptive immunity to COVID-19 and reinfection after recovery – a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis
Chivese, Tawanda, Matizanadzo, Joshua T., Musa, Omran A. H., Hindy, George, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Islam, Nazmul, Al-Shebly, Rafal, Shalaby, Rana, Habibullah, Mohammad, Al-Marwani, Talal, Hourani, Rizeq F, Nawaz, Ahmed D, Haider, Mohammad Z, Emara, Mohamed M., Cyprian, Farhan and Doi, Suhail A. R. (2021). The prevalence of adaptive immunity to COVID-19 and reinfection after recovery – a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis. doi: 10.1101/2021.09.03.21263103
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
Other Outputs
The Epidemic Volatility Index: an early warning tool for epidemics
Kostoulas, Polychronis, Meletis, Eletherios, Pateras, Konstantinos, Eusebi, Paolo, Kostoulas, Theodoros, Speybroeck, Niko, Denwood, Matthew, Doi, Suhail A.R., Althaus, Christian L., Kirkeby, Carsten, Rohani, Pejman, Dhand, Navneet K., Peñalvo, José L., Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Thabane, Lehana, BenMiled, Slimane, Sharifi, Hamid and Walter, Stephen (2021). The Epidemic Volatility Index: an early warning tool for epidemics. doi: 10.22541/au.161918947.77588494/v2
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
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
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
A new method for synthesizing test accuracy data outperformed the bivariate method
Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Kostoulas, Polychronis and Doi, Suhail A.R. (2021). A new method for synthesizing test accuracy data outperformed the bivariate method. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 132, 51-58. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.12.015
2021
Journal Article
Spatial analysis of HIV infection and associated risk factors in Botswana
Solomon, Malebogo, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis and Wangdi, Kinley (2021). Spatial analysis of HIV infection and associated risk factors in Botswana. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (7) 3424, 3424. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18073424
2021
Journal Article
Has the effectiveness of Australia’s travel bans against China on the importation of COVID-19 been overestimated?
McLure, Angus, Lau, Colleen L. and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2021). Has the effectiveness of Australia’s travel bans against China on the importation of COVID-19 been overestimated?. Journal of Travel Medicine, 28 (2) taaa191. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa191
2021
Journal Article
Immunogenicity after pre- and post-exposure rabies vaccination: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis
Xu, Chang, Lau, Colleen L., Clark, Justin, Rafferty, Anna C., Mills, Deborah J., Ramsey, Lani, Gilbert, Brian, Doi, Suhail A. R. and Furuya-Kanamori, Luis (2021). Immunogenicity after pre- and post-exposure rabies vaccination: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis. Vaccine, 39 (7), 1044-1050. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.01.023
2021
Journal Article
Core outcomes in gestational diabetes for treatment trials: the Gestational Metabolic Group treatment set
Bashir, Mohammed, Syed, Asma, Furuya‐Kanamori, Luis, Musa, Omran A. H., Mohamed, Aisha M., Skarulis, Monica, Thalib, Lukman, Konje, Justin C., Abou‐Samra, Abdul‐Badi and Doi, Suhail A. R. (2021). Core outcomes in gestational diabetes for treatment trials: the Gestational Metabolic Group treatment set. Obesity Science and Practice, 7 (3), 251-259. doi: 10.1002/osp4.480
2021
Journal Article
Adverse events following immunization with combined vs concurrent monovalent hepatitis A and typhoid vaccines in children
Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Dutton, Paul, Leeb, Alan, Mills, Deborah J., Andrews, Ross and Lau, Colleen L. (2021). Adverse events following immunization with combined vs concurrent monovalent hepatitis A and typhoid vaccines in children. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 10 (2), 192-195. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piaa031
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor 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
Epidemiology and burden of rotavirus infections in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Colleen Lau, Dr Behzad Kiani, Associate Professor Benn Sartorius
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Doctor Philosophy
Machine learning in epidemiology research on African Swine Fever epidemic in the Philippines Outline
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Yoni Nazarathy, Associate Professor Benn Sartorius, 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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