Anna joined the University of Otago as a Research Fellow in 2014 to work on the Burden of Disease Epidemiology, Equity and Cost-Effectiveness Programme (BODE³). Anna's main role in the programme is to undertake data linkage analysis of datasets from the national health data collections. Her research interests include data linkage, epidemiology, data visualisation, and mental health and addiction.
Prior to working for the University of Otago, Anna worked at the Ministry of Health as a Senior Advisor (Epidemiology) with a focus on data linkage (developing the Ministry's linkage system known as Health Tracker) and use of the national health data collections. Her interest in mental health and addiction developed through her undergraduate and masters degrees in psychology at the University of Otago in Dunedin and through work at the Mental Health Commission.
Publications
Gurney, J., Davies, A., Stanley, J., Whitehead, J., Costello, S., Dawkins, P., … Jackson, C. G. C. A., Lawrenson, R., Scott, N., & Koea, J. (2024). Equity of travel to access surgery and radiation therapy for lung cancer in New Zealand. Supportive Care in Cancer, 32, 171. doi: 10.1007/s00520-024-08375-9
Journal - Research Article
Gurney, J., Davies, A., Stanley, J., Cameron, L., Costello, S., Dawkins, P., … Jackson, C. G. C. A., Lawrenson, R., Whitehead, J., & Koea, J. (2024). Access to and timeliness of lung cancer surgery, radiation therapy, and systemic therapy in New Zealand: A universal health care context. JCO Global Oncology, 10, e2300258. doi: 10.1200/GO.23.00258
Journal - Research Article
Chambers, T., Mizdrak, A., Herbert, S., Davies, A., & Jones, A. (2024). The estimated health impact of alcohol interventions in New Zealand: A modelling study. Addiction, 119, 125-136. doi: 10.1111/add.16331
Journal - Research Article
Chambers, T., Mizdrak, A., Herbert, S., Davies, A., & Jones, A. C. (2023). Interventions to reduce alcohol’s harms to health: A modelling study: Protocol. (pp. 1-15). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Whatu Ora | Health New Zealand. Retrieved from http://www.hpa.org.nz/our-work/research/publications
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Gurney, J., Davies, A., Stanley, J., Signal, V., Costello, S., Dawkins, P., … Jackson, C., … Koea, J. (2023). Emergency presentation prior to lung cancer diagnosis: A national-level examination of disparities and survival outcomes. Lung Cancer, 179, 107174. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2023.03.010
Journal - Research Article
Davies, A., Blakely, T., & Cleghorn, C. (2022). Technical report for BODE3 pre-diabetes multistate lifetable model version 1: Burden of Disease Epidemiology, Equity and Cost-Effectiveness Programme (BODE3) [Public health monograph series, no. 39]. Wellington, New Zealand: Deptartment of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington. [Technical/Scientific Report].
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Andersen, P., Mizdrak, A., Wilson, N., Davies, A., Bablani, L., & Blakely, T. (2021). Disaggregating proportional multistate lifetables by population heterogeneity to estimate intervention impacts on inequalities. medRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2021.01.24.21250411
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Wilson, N., Davies, A., Brewer, N., Nghiem, N., Cobiac, L., & Blakely, T. (2019). Can cost-effectiveness results be combined into a coherent league table? Case study from one high-income country. Population Health Metrics, 10, 10. doi: 10.1186/s12963-019-0192-x
Journal - Research Article
Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., Kvizhinadze, G., Nghiem, N., McLeod, H., Davies, A., & Wilson, N. (2015). Updated New Zealand health system cost estimates from health events by sex, age and proximity to death: Further improvements in the age of 'big data'. New Zealand Medical Journal, 128(1422). Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Blakely, T., Atkinson, J., Kvizhinadze, G., Wilson, N., Davies, A., & Clarke, P. (2015). Patterns of cancer care costs in a country with detailed individual data. Medical Care, 53(4), 302-309. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000330
Journal - Research Article
Pearson, A. L., Griffin, E., Davies, A., & Kingham, S. (2013). An ecological study of the relationship between socioeconomic isolation and mental health in the most deprived areas in Auckland, New Zealand. Health & Place, 19, 159-166. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.10.012
Journal - Research Article
O'Sullivan, C., Baker, M. G., Zhang, J., Davies, A., & Cramp, G. (2012). The epidemiology of serious skin infections in New Zealand children: Comparing the Tairawhiti region with national trends. New Zealand Medical Journal, 125(1351). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Holmes, E., Davies, A., Wright, C., Pearce, N., & Borman, B. (2011). Mortality rates according to occupation in New Zealand males: 2001–2005. New Zealand Medical Journal, 124(1328). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Gillan, D. A., Leland, Jr, L. S., Davies, A. M., & Walsh, K. (2007, January). Curbside waste volumes by promoting household composting. Poster session presented at the Organizational Behavior Management Conference, Sarasota, Florida.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Gillan, D. A., Leland, Jr, L. S., Davies, A. M., & Walsh, K. (2006). Reducing curbside waste volumes by promoting household composting. Journal of Environmental Systems, 30(4), 317-332. doi: 10.2190/QG87-8318-636H-3322
Journal - Research Article