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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2019
Journal Article
Unmet supportive care needs among Indigenous cancer patients across Australia
Bernardes, Christina M., Diaz, Abbey, Valery, Patricia C., Sabesan, Sabe, Baxi, Siddhartha, Aoun, Samar, Thompson, Sandra C., Lashbrook, Mari and Garvey, Gail (2019). Unmet supportive care needs among Indigenous cancer patients across Australia. Rural and Remote Health, 19 (3) 4660, 1-11. doi: 10.22605/RRH4660
2018
Journal Article
Spatial variation in cervical cancer screening participation and outcomes among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in Queensland: cervical screening spatial variation
Dasgupta, Paramita, Whop, Lisa J., Diaz, Abbey, Cramb, Susanna M., Moore, Suzanne P., Brotherton, Julia M. L., Cunningham, Joan, Valery, Patricia C., Gertig, Dorota, Garvey, Gail, Condon, John R., O'Connell, Dianne L., Canfell, Karen and Baade, Peter D. (2018). Spatial variation in cervical cancer screening participation and outcomes among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in Queensland: cervical screening spatial variation. Geographical Research, 57 (1), 111-122. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12281
2018
Journal Article
Comorbidity and cervical cancer survival of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian women: a semi-national registry-based cohort study (2003-2012)
Diaz, Abbey, Baade, Peter D., Valery, Patricia C., Whop, Lisa J., Moore, Suzanne P., Cunningham, Joan, Garvey, Gail, Brotherton, Julia M. L., O'Connell, Dianne L., Canfell, Karen, Sarfati, Diana, Roder, David, Buckley, Elizabeth and Condon, John R. (2018). Comorbidity and cervical cancer survival of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian women: a semi-national registry-based cohort study (2003-2012). PLoS One, 13 (5) e0196764, e0196764. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196764
2018
Journal Article
Educational programmes for primary prevention of skin cancer
Langbecker, Danette, Diaz, Abbey, Chan, Raymond J., Marquart, Louise, Hevey, David and Hamilton, Janelle (2018). Educational programmes for primary prevention of skin cancer. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018 (3) CD011061, 1-4. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011061.pub2
2017
Journal Article
Association between comorbidity and participation in breast and cervical cancer screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Diaz, Abbey, Kang, Jimin, Moore, Suzanne P., Baade, Peter, Langbecker, Danette, Condon, John R. and Valery, Patricia C. (2017). Association between comorbidity and participation in breast and cervical cancer screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiology, 47, 7-19. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2016.12.010
2017
Journal Article
Time to clinical investigation for indigenous and non-indigenous queensland women after a high grade abnormal pap smear, 2000-2009
Whop, Lisa J., Baade, Peter D., Brotherton, Julia M. L., Canfell, Karen, Cunningham, Joan, Gertig, Dorota, Lokuge, Kamalini, Garvey, Gail, Moore, Suzanne P., Diaz, Abbey, O’Connell, Dianne L., Valery, Patricia, Roder, David M. and Condon, John R. (2017). Time to clinical investigation for indigenous and non-indigenous queensland women after a high grade abnormal pap smear, 2000-2009. Medical Journal of Australia, 206 (2), 73-77. doi: 10.5694/mja16.00255
2016
Journal Article
Australian Indigenous cancer patients’ self-report of diagnosis, treatment and comorbidity data: how does it compare to medical chart review
Maresch Bernardes, Christina, Diaz, Abbey, Baade, Peter, Garvey, Gail and Valery, Patricia Casarolli (2016). Australian Indigenous cancer patients’ self-report of diagnosis, treatment and comorbidity data: how does it compare to medical chart review. European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare, 4 (2), 330-339. doi: 10.5750/ejpch.v4i2.1093
2016
Journal Article
The first comprehensive report on Indigenous Australian women's inequalities in cervical screening: a retrospective registry cohort study in Queensland, Australia (2000-2011)
Whop, Lisa J., Garvey, Gail, Baade, Peter, Cunningham, Joan, Lokuge, Kamalini, Brotherton, Julia M. L., Valery, Patricia C., O'Connell, Dianne L., Canfell, Karen, Diaz, Abbey, Roder, David, Gertig, Dorota, Moore, Suzanne P. and Condon, John R. (2016). The first comprehensive report on Indigenous Australian women's inequalities in cervical screening: a retrospective registry cohort study in Queensland, Australia (2000-2011). Cancer, 122 (10), 1560-1569. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29954
2016
Journal Article
Cervical abnormalities are more common among Indigenous than other Australian women: a retrospective record-linkage study, 2000-2011
Whop, Lisa J., Baade, Peter, Garvey, Gail, Cunningham, Joan, Brotherton, Julia M. L., Lokuge, Kamalini, Valery, Patricia C., O'Connell, Dianne L., Canfell, Karen, Diaz, Abbey, Roder, David, Gertig, Dorota M., Moore, Suzanne P. and Condon, John R. (2016). Cervical abnormalities are more common among Indigenous than other Australian women: a retrospective record-linkage study, 2000-2011. PLoS ONE, 11 (4) e0150473. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150473
2016
Journal Article
Supportive care needs among Indigenous cancer patients in Queensland, Australia: less comorbidity is associated with greater practical and cultural unmet need
Diaz, A., Bernardes, C. M., Garvey, G. and Valery, P. C. (2016). Supportive care needs among Indigenous cancer patients in Queensland, Australia: less comorbidity is associated with greater practical and cultural unmet need. European Journal of Cancer Care, 25 (2), 242-253. doi: 10.1111/ecc.12471
2016
Journal Article
Using probabilistic record linkage methods to identify Australian Indigenous women on the Queensland Pap smear register: the national Indigenous cervical screening project
Whop, Lisa J., Diaz, Abbey, Baade, Peter, Garvey, Gail, Cunningham, Joan, Brotherton, Julia M. L., Canfell, Karen, Valery, Patricia C., O'Connell, Dianne L., Taylor, Catherine, Moore, Suzanne P. and Condon, John R. (2016). Using probabilistic record linkage methods to identify Australian Indigenous women on the Queensland Pap smear register: the national Indigenous cervical screening project. BMJ Open, 6 (2) e009540, e009540. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009540
2015
Conference Publication
Comorbidities amongst Indigenous cancer patients: impact on treatment and survival
Diaz, A., Moore, S. P., Martin, J. H., Green, A. C., Garvey, G. and Valery, P. C. (2015). Comorbidities amongst Indigenous cancer patients: impact on treatment and survival. 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology (WCE), Anchorage, AK, United States, 17-21 August 2014. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv097.006
2015
Journal Article
Factors associated with cancer-specific and overall survival among indigenous and non-indigenous gynecologic cancer patients in Queensland, Australia: a matched cohort study
Diaz, Abbey, Moore, Suzanne P., Martin, Jennifer H., Green, Adele C., Garvey, Gail and Valery, Patricia C. (2015). Factors associated with cancer-specific and overall survival among indigenous and non-indigenous gynecologic cancer patients in Queensland, Australia: a matched cohort study. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, 25 (3), 542-547. doi: 10.1097/IGC.0000000000000375
2015
Journal Article
Cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in rural and remote areas
Diaz, Abbey, Whop, Lisa J., Valery, Patricia C., Moore, Suzanne P., Cunningham, Joan, Garvey, Gail and Condon, John R. (2015). Cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in rural and remote areas. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 23 (1), 4-18. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12169
2015
Conference Publication
Early diagnosis and improved treatment uptake in the first year may reduce survival disparities between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and other Australian women diagnosed with gynaecological cancer
Diaz, A., Moore, S. P., Martin, J. H., Green, A. C., Coory, M., Garvey, G. and Valery, P. C. (2015). Early diagnosis and improved treatment uptake in the first year may reduce survival disparities between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and other Australian women diagnosed with gynaecological cancer. 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology (WCE), Anchorage, AK, United States, 17-21 August 2014. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
2014
Conference Publication
A cross-sectional study assessing the association of unmet supportive care needs and comorbidity among indigenous cancer patients in Queensland, Australia
Diaz, Abbey, Bernardes, Christina M., Garvey, Gail, Baade, Peter, Condon, John R. and Valery, Patricia C. (2014). A cross-sectional study assessing the association of unmet supportive care needs and comorbidity among indigenous cancer patients in Queensland, Australia. World Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 3-6 December 2014. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
2014
Conference Publication
Impact of comorbidities on supportive care needs amongst Indigenous Australian cancer patients
Bernardes, Christina M., Diaz, Abbey, Garvey, Gail, Baade, Peter, Condon, John and Valery, Patricia C. (2014). Impact of comorbidities on supportive care needs amongst Indigenous Australian cancer patients. Unknown, Unknown, Unknown. Oxford, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons.
2014
Journal Article
Educational programmes for primary prevention of skin cancer (Protocol)
Langbecker, Danette, Diaz, Abbey, Chan, Raymond J., Marquart, Louise, Hevey, David and Hamilton, Janelle (2014). Educational programmes for primary prevention of skin cancer (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2014 (4) CD011061. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011061
2013
Journal Article
Long-term azithromycin for Indigenous children with non-cystic-fibrosis bronchiectasis or chronic suppurative lung disease (Bronchiectasis Intervention Study): A multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial
Valery, Patricia C., Morris, Peter S., Byrnes, Catherine A., Grimwood, Keith, Torzillo, Paul J., Bauert, Paul A., Masters, I. Brent, Diaz, Abbey, McCallum, Gabrielle B., Mobberley, Charmaine, Tjhung, Irene, Hare, Kim M., Ware, Robert S. and Chang, Anne B. (2013). Long-term azithromycin for Indigenous children with non-cystic-fibrosis bronchiectasis or chronic suppurative lung disease (Bronchiectasis Intervention Study): A multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 1 (8), 610-620. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70185-1
2012
Journal Article
The children and sunscreen study: a crossover trial investigating children's sunscreen application thickness and the influence of age and dispenser type
Diaz, Abbey, Neale, Rachel E., Kimlin, Michael G., Jones, Lee and Janda, Monika (2012). The children and sunscreen study: a crossover trial investigating children's sunscreen application thickness and the influence of age and dispenser type. Archives of Dermatology, 148 (5), 606-612. doi: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.2586
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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