Overview
Background
Dr Abbey Diaz is a Faculty of Medicine Research Fellow and epidemiologist in the FNCWR team. Her program of work is broadly concerned with the quality and equity of cancer care pathways, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and for people with, or at risk of, other chronic disease.
Recently, Abbey was part of an investigator team (CID; 2021-2024) awarded a $1 million National Heart Foundation Strategic Grant in Cardio-oncology. Through its work, the team aims to:
- Better understand the risk of adverse cardiovascular events in Australians diagnosed with cancer
- Identify potential high-risk groups and health service gaps
- Understand how cancer treatment decision-making by patients and their health professionals are influenced by their cardiovascular risk.
- Co-design and assess educational resources for patients and health professionals to improve care and outcomes for cancer patients at risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes.
Abbey is also an investigator on an ARC-funded grant to develop a measure supportive care needs of carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer (CIJ), a World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) funded grant to pilot an intervention to support cancer patients to reduce exposure to behavioural risk factors (CID), and an MRFF grant to co-design and feasibility test a phase III exercise trial for women with metastatic breast cancer (AI). She led the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Better Cardiac Care Linkage Study, commissioned by the Queensland Health department, and was an investigator on a Cancer Australia and Department of Health tender to better understand how information on Indigenous status is collected, recorded, reported at all stages of the National Cervical Screening Program.
Abbey's PhD thesis investigated whether the higher comorbidity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer was associated with lower cancer survival and supportive care needs. Her thesis was undertaken and completed while she was part of the National Indigenous Cervical Screening Project, with her PhD (Charles Darwin University/Menzies School of Health research) awarded in 2018.
Availability
- Dr Abbey Diaz is:
- Available for supervision
Works
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2024
Book Chapter
Barriers and enablers to collecting Indigenous identification information by cancer registries
Diaz, Abbey, Jahan, Shafkat, Palafox, Neal A., Ring, Ian, Whop, Lisa, Cossio, Danica, Griffiths, Kalinda and Garvey, Gail (2024). Barriers and enablers to collecting Indigenous identification information by cancer registries. Indigenous and Tribal peoples and cancer. (pp. 59-63) edited by Gail Garvey. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-56806-0_12
2024
Journal Article
Utilisation of endocrine therapy for cancer in Indigenous peoples: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Bizuayehu, Habtamu Mellie, Belachew, Sewunet Admasu, Jahan, Shafkat, Diaz, Abbey, Baxi, Siddhartha, Griffiths, Kalinda and Garvey, Gail (2024). Utilisation of endocrine therapy for cancer in Indigenous peoples: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Cancer, 24 (1) 882, 1-21. doi: 10.1186/s12885-024-12627-6
2024
Journal Article
Evaluation of online text‐based information resources of gynaecological cancer symptoms
DiSipio, Tracey, Scholte, Cate and Diaz, Abbey (2024). Evaluation of online text‐based information resources of gynaecological cancer symptoms. Cancer Medicine, 13 (9) e7167, e7167. doi: 10.1002/cam4.7167
2024
Journal Article
Causal inference, mediation analysis and racial inequities
Stanaway, Fiona F., Diaz, Abbey and Maddox, Raglan (2024). Causal inference, mediation analysis and racial inequities. International Journal of Epidemiology, 53 (2) dyae038. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyae038
2024
Book Chapter
Cancer-Related Information Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
Diaz, Abbey, Burgess, Meredith, Scholte, Cate, Butler, Tamara, Shaw, Joanne, Kelly, Brian and Garvey, Gail (2024). Cancer-Related Information Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and Cancer. (pp. 83-88) Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-56806-0_16
2024
Book Chapter
Cancer and Comorbidity in Indigenous Populations
Jeon, Mi Hye, Gurney, Jason, Garvey, Gail and Diaz, Abbey (2024). Cancer and Comorbidity in Indigenous Populations. Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and Cancer. (pp. 233-236) Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-56806-0_48
2024
Journal Article
Can evidence drive health equity in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond?
Bell, Katy, White, Sam, Diaz, Abbey, Bahria, Priya, Sima, Fiona, Al-Delaimy, Wael K., dosReis, Susan, Hassan, Omar, Drabarek, Dorothy, Nisha, Monjura, Baptiste-Roberts, Kesha, Gwiazdon, Katy, Raynes-Greenow, Camille, Taylor Wilson, Robin, Gaudino, James A., da Silveira Moreira, Rafael, Jennings, Bruce and Gulliver, Pauline (2024). Can evidence drive health equity in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond?. Journal of Public Health Policy, 45 (1), 137-151. doi: 10.1057/s41271-023-00452-3
2023
Journal Article
Barriers and facilitators to adherence to Optimal Care Pathways for diagnosis and treatment of cancer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Ivers, Rowena, Dickson, Michelle, Taylor, Kathleen, Levett, Trish, Wynn, Kyla, Trees, Janelle, Webster, Emma, Garvey, Gail, Cunningham, Joan, Whop, Lisa and Diaz, Abbey (2023). Barriers and facilitators to adherence to Optimal Care Pathways for diagnosis and treatment of cancer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 30 (1) PY22181, 1-9. doi: 10.1071/py22181
2023
Journal Article
The suitability and acceptability of the think-aloud method to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults
Gall, Alana, Howard, Kirsten, Anderson, Kate, Diaz, Abbey and Garvey, Gail (2023). The suitability and acceptability of the think-aloud method to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22 ARTN 16094069231182007. doi: 10.1177/16094069231182007
2023
Journal Article
The need for support to resume study and work in adolescents and young adults with cancer: an environmental scan of online information and resources
Schilstra, Clarissa Evelyn, Ellis, Sarah J, Cohen, Jennifer, Gall, Alana, Diaz, Abbey, Clarke, Kristina, Dumlao, Gadiel, Chard, Jennifer, Cumming, Terry, Davis, Esther, Dhillon, Haryana, Burns, Mary Anne, Docking, Kimberley, Koh, Eng-Siew, O'Reilly, Josephine, Sansom-Daly, Ursula M, Shaw, Joanne, Speers, Nicole, Taylor, Natalie, Warne, Anthea and Fardell, Joanna E (2023). The need for support to resume study and work in adolescents and young adults with cancer: an environmental scan of online information and resources. JMIR Cancer, 10 e47944, 1-14. doi: 10.2196/47944
2023
Journal Article
Patient information resources on cardiovascular health after cancer treatment: an audit of Australian resources
Diaz, Abbey, McErlane, Jorja, Jeon, Mi Hye, Cunningham, Joan, Sullivan, Victoria and Garvey, Gail (2023). Patient information resources on cardiovascular health after cancer treatment: an audit of Australian resources. JCO Global Oncology, 9 (9) e2200361, e2200361. doi: 10.1200/go.22.00361
2022
Conference Publication
Health behaviours of indigenous and non-indigenous cancer survivors living in regional and remote geographic areas of Australia
Elder-Robinson, Elaina, Parikh, Darshit, Diaz, Abbey, Ferguson, Megan, Reeves, Marina and Garvey, Gail (2022). Health behaviours of indigenous and non-indigenous cancer survivors living in regional and remote geographic areas of Australia. COSA's 49th Annual Scientific Meeting Equitable cancer care for all: Gender, identity, culture, geography, and disease should not matter, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2-4 November 2023. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
2022
Journal Article
Self-reported wellbeing and health-related quality of life of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people pre and post the first wave of the COVID-19 2020 pandemic
Gall, Alana, Diaz, Abbey, Garvey, Gail, Anderson, Kate, Lindsay, Daniel and Howard, Kirsten (2022). Self-reported wellbeing and health-related quality of life of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people pre and post the first wave of the COVID-19 2020 pandemic. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46 (2), 170-176. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13199
2022
Journal Article
Quality of life in the first year of cancer diagnosis among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people living in regional and remote areas of Australia
Elder-Robinson, Elaina, Diaz, Abbey, Howard, Kirsten, Parikh, Darshit Rajeshkumar, Kar, Giam and Garvey, Gail (2022). Quality of life in the first year of cancer diagnosis among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people living in regional and remote areas of Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (1) 330, 1-10. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010330
2022
Journal Article
Quantifying the hospital and emergency department costs for women diagnosed with breast cancer in Queensland
Lindsay, Daniel, Bates, Nicole, Diaz, Abbey, Watt, Kerrianne and Callander, Emily (2022). Quantifying the hospital and emergency department costs for women diagnosed with breast cancer in Queensland. Supportive Care in Cancer, 30 (3), 2141-2150. doi: 10.1007/s00520-021-06570-6
2022
Journal Article
The health and wellbeing of Indigenous and Tribal peoples around the globe: ensuring and promoting best practice in research
Griffiths, Kalinda, Diaz, Abbey, Whop, Lisa J. and Cunningham, Joan (2022). The health and wellbeing of Indigenous and Tribal peoples around the globe: ensuring and promoting best practice in research. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (1) 261, 261. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010261
2021
Journal Article
An exploration of the sociodemographic and health conditions associated with self-rated wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults
Gall, A., Diaz, A., Garvey, G., Anderson, K., Lindsay, D. and Howard, K. (2021). An exploration of the sociodemographic and health conditions associated with self-rated wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults. BMC Research Notes, 14 (1) 386, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s13104-021-05794-3
2021
Conference Publication
Adverse cardiovascular events after cancer in Queensland, Australia
Diaz, Abbey , Cunningham, Joan , Lindsay, Daniel , Callander, Emily , Sverdlov, Aaron , Shaw, Joanne , Griffiths, Kalinda and Garvey, Gail (2021). Adverse cardiovascular events after cancer in Queensland, Australia. IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Melbourne, Australia (virtual), 3-6 September 2021. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab168.159
2021
Journal Article
Cancer care disparities among Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Indigenous peoples
Davies, Amy, Gurney, Jason, Garvey, Gail, Diaz, Abbey and Segelov, Eva (2021). Cancer care disparities among Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Indigenous peoples. Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care, 15 (3), 162-168. doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000558
2021
Journal Article
"We have to be strong ourselves": exploring the support needs of informal carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer
Bell, Lorraine, Anderson, Kate, Girgis, Afaf, Aoun, Samar, Cunningham, Joan, Wakefield, Claire E., Shahid, Shaouli, Ben Smith, Allan, Diaz, Abbey, Lindsay, Daniel, Masa, Adam and Garvey, Gail (2021). "We have to be strong ourselves": exploring the support needs of informal carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (14) 7281, 1-16. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147281
Funding
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Supervision
Availability
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Available projects
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Using big data to identify high risk population groups and service gaps in cardiovascular care in Australians diagnosed with cancer (Epidemiology).
This is a new project, for which we will be looking for HDR students in 2022.
Please contact me for more information.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Incidence and risk assessment of cardiovascular disease after breast cancer in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Louise Wilson, Dr Tracey Di Sipio
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