Overview
Background
Saira is a Research Fellow in the Research Alliance for Urban Goori Health (RAUGH) team at the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health. She has an academic background in pharmacy and public health. Before joining the UQ Poche Centre, she worked at the Centre for Health Service Research and the Dermatology Research Centre.
She has research collaborations with the Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group and Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer. Saira’s main research interests are mental health, psycho-oncology, cancer survivorship, healthcare service and system, and evaluation. She has been involved in quantitative and qualitative analyses of various clinical trials and epidemiological research projects on mental health, early detection and treatment of cancer, health service outcomes, and cancer survivorship care.
As a team member of RAUGH, her current research aims to close the gap in life expectancy and promote health equality for urban First Peoples in greater North Brisbane through applied research in key healthcare pathways—across the continuum of care and throughout the lifespan.
Availability
- Dr Saira Sanjida is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Masters (Research), Queensland University of Technology
- Doctor of Philosophy, Queensland University of Technology
Research interests
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Indigenous health
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Healthcare service and system
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Digital health
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Psycho-oncology
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Cancer care and survivorship
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Mental health
Works
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2018
Journal Article
What type and dose of antidepressants are cancer and non-cancer inpatients being prescribed: a retrospective case-control study at an Australian tertiary hospital
Sanjida, Saira, Mulvogue, Kelly, Shaw, Joanne, Couper, Jeremy, Kissane, David, Pearson, Sallie-Anne, Price, Melanie A. and Janda, Monika (2018). What type and dose of antidepressants are cancer and non-cancer inpatients being prescribed: a retrospective case-control study at an Australian tertiary hospital. Supportive Care in Cancer, 26 (2), 625-634. doi: 10.1007/s00520-017-3876-4
2018
Conference Publication
Prescription practice of psychotropic medications to the patients with endometrial cancer
Sanjida, Saira, McPhail, Steven M. and Janda, Monika (2018). Prescription practice of psychotropic medications to the patients with endometrial cancer. Hong Kong, 20th World Congress of Psycho‐Oncology, 29 October‐2 November 2018. Oxford, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons.
2016
Journal Article
A systematic review and meta-analysis of prescribing practices of antidepressants in cancer patients
Sanjida, Saira, Janda, Monika, Kissane, David, Shaw, Joanne, Pearson, Sallie-Anne, DiSipio, Tracey and Couper, Jeremy (2016). A systematic review and meta-analysis of prescribing practices of antidepressants in cancer patients. Psycho-Oncology, 25 (9), 1002-1016. doi: 10.1002/pon.4048
2015
Conference Publication
Pilot study showing “AderenceCheck” does not improve the management of medicines in the older-aged living in a rental retirement village
Doggrell, Sheila A., Sanjida, Saira and Chan, Vincent (2015). Pilot study showing “AderenceCheck” does not improve the management of medicines in the older-aged living in a rental retirement village. APSA-ASCEPT Joint Scientific Meeting, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 29 November - 2 December 2015.
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Saira Sanjida is:
- Available for supervision
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