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Associate Professor Benn Sartorius
Associate Professor

Benn Sartorius

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Overview

Background

A/Prof Benn Sartorius is an established spatial and global health epidemiologist, with a particular interest in the burden of infectious disease and attributable determinants at sub-national, national and global scales as a tool to help inform and optimise policy at national and subnational scales. Dr Sartorius a principal research fellow in UQ's ODeSI team at University of Queensland, an affiliate professor in Department of Health Metric Sciences at University of Washington and a honorary visiting research fellow at University of Oxfored. Prior to join UQ, Dr Sartorius was the principal investigator for the Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (GRAM) Project based in the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health at University of Oxford.

Dr Sartorius' research has focused on better understanding the spatial-temporal burden and risk factors of multiple IDs, including mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, sexually transmitted infections, neglected tropical diseases such as soil-transmitted helminths and onchocerciasis, vaccine preventable diseases, emerging infectious diseases and more recently focused on antimicrobial resistance. These and other examples highlight the utility of spatial epidemiology to identify higher risk areas that should be prioritised for more targeted, tailored and resource efficient intervention and control measures. However, often spatial risk estimates for IDs are often not produced in-country in settings such as the Pacific, where disease burden is high and local modelling expertise is limited, resulting in use of incomplete/biased data and resulting in inefficient and suboptimal decision-making. I’ve been a collaborator on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) project since 2014 and the Scientific Council for the GBD Project since 2015. Dr Sartorius is a member of the WHO Reference Group on Health Statistics (RGHS) and chair of the Age-Specific Mortality Estimation and Life Table Computation task force. Benn's vision, through ODeSI-HERA, is to expand his international profile and leadership in spatial-temporal epidemiology of priority infectious diseases in Australia and the Pacific. This will include spatial epidemiological innovation, and capacity building to improve health outcomes in high-risk and vulnerable sub-populations within the region, and will be co-created with stakeholders in the region to ensure that it aligns with their priorities, and support precision-based decision-making systems to help policy makers optimise resource allocation and guide targeted interventions.

Availability

Associate Professor Benn Sartorius is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand

Research interests

  • Spatial Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases

    There is often also a gap between research and practical implementation, particularly in resource-poor settings with limited expertise and incomplete data. Essential to utilize spatial-temporal epidemiology to enhance our understanding and mitigation of priority climate-sensitive and environmentally driven infectious diseases (i.e. vector-borne and zoonotic), vaccine preventable diseases and emerging infectious diseases in Australia, Pacific Island countries and globally.

  • Global Burden of Disease

    Provide comprehensive estimates of mortality and disability across countries, time etc to improve health systems/resource allocations and reduce/eliminate disparities.

  • Health Statistics

    Science of collecting, analyzing, presenting, and interpreting health data.

Works

Search Professor Benn Sartorius’s works on UQ eSpace

332 works between 2005 and 2025

321 - 332 of 332 works

2013

Journal Article

Dying in their prime: Determinants and space-time risk of adult mortality in rural South Africa

Sartorius, Benn, Kahn, Kathleen, Collinson, Mark A., Sartorius, Kurt and Tollman, Stephen M. (2013). Dying in their prime: Determinants and space-time risk of adult mortality in rural South Africa. Geospatial Health, 7 (2), 237-249. doi: 10.4081/gh.2013.83

Dying in their prime: Determinants and space-time risk of adult mortality in rural South Africa

2013

Journal Article

Rural Poverty Dynamics and Refugee Communities in South Africa: A Spatial-Temporal Model

Sartorius, Kurt, Sartorius, Benn, Tollman, Stephen, Schatz, Enid, Kirsten, Johann and Collinson, Mark (2013). Rural Poverty Dynamics and Refugee Communities in South Africa: A Spatial-Temporal Model. Population, Space and Place, 19 (1), 103-123. doi: 10.1002/psp.697

Rural Poverty Dynamics and Refugee Communities in South Africa: A Spatial-Temporal Model

2012

Journal Article

The effect of distance to formal health facility on childhood mortality in rural Tanzania, 2005-2007

Kadobera, Daniel, Sartorius, Benn, Masanja, Honorati, Mathew, Alexander and Waiswa, Peter (2012). The effect of distance to formal health facility on childhood mortality in rural Tanzania, 2005-2007. Global health action, 5, 1-9. doi: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.19099

The effect of distance to formal health facility on childhood mortality in rural Tanzania, 2005-2007

2011

Journal Article

Infant mortality in South Africa - distribution, associations and policy implications, 2007: an ecological spatial analysis

Sartorius, Benn K.D., Sartorius, Kurt, Chirwa, Tobias F. and Fonn, Sharon (2011). Infant mortality in South Africa - distribution, associations and policy implications, 2007: an ecological spatial analysis. International Journal of Health Geographics, 10 61. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-61

Infant mortality in South Africa - distribution, associations and policy implications, 2007: an ecological spatial analysis

2011

Journal Article

Survived infancy but still vulnerable: Spatial-temporal trends and risk factors for child mortality in rural South Africa (Agincourt), 1992-2007

Sartorius, Benn, Kahn, Kathleen, Collinson, Mark A., Vounatsou, Penelope and Tollman, Stephen M. (2011). Survived infancy but still vulnerable: Spatial-temporal trends and risk factors for child mortality in rural South Africa (Agincourt), 1992-2007. Geospatial Health, 5 (2), 285-295. doi: 10.4081/gh.2011.181

Survived infancy but still vulnerable: Spatial-temporal trends and risk factors for child mortality in rural South Africa (Agincourt), 1992-2007

2010

Journal Article

Young and vulnerable: Spatial-temporal trends and risk factors for infant mortality in rural South Africa (Agincourt), 1992-2007

Sartorius, Benn K.D., Kahn, Kathleen, Vounatsou, Penelope, Collinson, Mark A and Tollman, Stephen M (2010). Young and vulnerable: Spatial-temporal trends and risk factors for infant mortality in rural South Africa (Agincourt), 1992-2007. BMC Public Health, 10 645. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-645

Young and vulnerable: Spatial-temporal trends and risk factors for infant mortality in rural South Africa (Agincourt), 1992-2007

2010

Journal Article

Mortality measurement in transition: Proof of principle for standardised multi-country comparisons

Fottrell, Edward, Kahn, Kathleen, Ng, Nawi, Sartorius, Benn, Huong, Dao Lan, Van Minh, Hoang, Fantahun, Mesganaw and Byass, Peter (2010). Mortality measurement in transition: Proof of principle for standardised multi-country comparisons. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 15 (10), 1256-1265. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02601.x

Mortality measurement in transition: Proof of principle for standardised multi-country comparisons

2008

Journal Article

Implications of mortality transition for primary health care in rural South Africa: a population-based surveillance study

Tollman, Stephen M, Kahn, Kathleen, Sartorius, Benn, Collinson, Mark A, Clark, Samuel J and Garenne, Michel L (2008). Implications of mortality transition for primary health care in rural South Africa: a population-based surveillance study. The Lancet, 372 (9642), 893-901. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61399-9

Implications of mortality transition for primary health care in rural South Africa: a population-based surveillance study

2007

Journal Article

Outbreak of novovirus in västra Götaland associated with recreational activities at two lakes during August 2004

Sartorius, Benn, Andersson, Yvonne, Velicko, Inga, De Jong, Birgitta, Löfdahl, Margareta, Hedlund, Kjell-Olof, Allestam, Gorel, Wångsell, Claes, Bergstedt, Olof, Horal, Peter, Ulleryd, Peter and Soderstrom, Ann (2007). Outbreak of novovirus in västra Götaland associated with recreational activities at two lakes during August 2004. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 39 (4), 323-331. doi: 10.1080/00365540601053006

Outbreak of novovirus in västra Götaland associated with recreational activities at two lakes during August 2004

2007

Journal Article

Epidemiology and molecular virus characterization of reemerging rabies, South Africa

Cohen, Cheryl, Sartorius, Benn, Sabeta, Claude, Zulu, Gugulethu, Paweska, Janusz, Mogoswane, Mamokete, Sutton, Chris, Nel, Louis H., Swanepoel, Robert, Leman, Patricia A., Grobbelaar, Antoinette A., Dyason, Edwin and Blumberg, Lucille (2007). Epidemiology and molecular virus characterization of reemerging rabies, South Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13 (12), 1879-1886. doi: 10.3201/eid1312.070836

Epidemiology and molecular virus characterization of reemerging rabies, South Africa

2006

Journal Article

Description of a new all cause mortality surveillance system in Sweden as a warning system using threshold detection algorithms

Sartorius, B., Jacobsen, H., Törner, A. and Giesecke, J. (2006). Description of a new all cause mortality surveillance system in Sweden as a warning system using threshold detection algorithms. European Journal of Epidemiology, 21 (3), 181-189. doi: 10.1007/s10654-005-5923-6

Description of a new all cause mortality surveillance system in Sweden as a warning system using threshold detection algorithms

2005

Journal Article

An outbreak of mumps in Sweden, February-April 2004

Sartorius, B., Penttinen, P., Nilsson, J., Johansen, K., Jönsson, K., Arneborn, M., Löfdahl, M. and Giesecke, J. (2005). An outbreak of mumps in Sweden, February-April 2004. Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 10 (9), 191-193. doi: 10.2807/esm.10.09.00559-en

An outbreak of mumps in Sweden, February-April 2004

Funding

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2029
    SPIDERMAP: Harnessing Spatial Epidemiology for Infectious Disease Estimation, Research and Mapping to Enhance Public Health Action in Australia and the Pacific
    NHMRC Investigator Grants
    Open grant

Supervision

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