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Contact Details

Email
sarah.donald@otago.ac.nz
Position
Lecturer
Department
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MSc MBChB MPH FNZCPHM
Research summary
Medicine utilisation and safety during pregnancy

Research

Sarah completed her medical degree at the University of Otago, Dunedin. After several years of clinical work she undertook the Public Health Medicine training programme, gaining her Fellowship in 2016. Her current research focus is prescription medicine use during pregnancy, including describing patterns of use and investigating safety issues.

Sarah is a member of the Pharmacoepidemiology Research Network Core Academic Group. Her other research interests include promoting healthy weight gain during pregnancy.

Publications

Sise, A., Donald, S., Coppell, K. J., Barson, D., Crengle, S., & Parkin, L. (2022). Are women with gestational diabetes being screened for type 2 diabetes following pregnancy? A nationwide retrospective cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice, 194, 110139. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2022.110139

Donald, S., Sharples, K., Barson, D., Horsburgh, S., & Parkin, L. (2021). Antidepressant dispensing before, during, and after pregnancy in New Zealand, 2005-2014. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 61, 837-845. doi: 10.1111/ajo.13352

Donald, S., Sharples, K., Barson, D., Horsburgh, S., & Parkin, L. (2020). Patterns of prescription medicine dispensing before and during pregnancy in New Zealand, 2005-2015. PLoS ONE, 15(6), e0234153. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234153

Donald, S., Sharples, K., Barson, D., Horsburgh, S., & Parkin, L. (2020). Prescription medicines with potential for foetal harm: Dispensing before and during pregnancy in New Zealand, 2005-2015. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 76, 887-896. doi: 10.1007/s00228-020-02868-2

Donald, S., Barson, D., Horsburgh, S., Sharples, K., & Parkin, L. (2018). Generation of a pregnancy cohort for medicine utilisation and medicine safety studies in New Zealand. Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety, 27, 1335-1343. doi: 10.1002/pds.4671

Sise, A., Donald, S., Coppell, K. J., Barson, D., Crengle, S., & Parkin, L. (2022). Are women with gestational diabetes being screened for type 2 diabetes following pregnancy? A nationwide retrospective cohort study in Aotearoa New Zealand. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice, 194, 110139. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2022.110139

Journal - Research Article

Donald, S., Sharples, K., Barson, D., Horsburgh, S., & Parkin, L. (2021). Antidepressant dispensing before, during, and after pregnancy in New Zealand, 2005-2014. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 61, 837-845. doi: 10.1111/ajo.13352

Journal - Research Article

Donald, S., Sharples, K., Barson, D., Horsburgh, S., & Parkin, L. (2020). Patterns of prescription medicine dispensing before and during pregnancy in New Zealand, 2005-2015. PLoS ONE, 15(6), e0234153. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234153

Journal - Research Article

Donald, S., Sharples, K., Barson, D., Horsburgh, S., & Parkin, L. (2020). Prescription medicines with potential for foetal harm: Dispensing before and during pregnancy in New Zealand, 2005-2015. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 76, 887-896. doi: 10.1007/s00228-020-02868-2

Journal - Research Article

Donald, S., Barson, D., Horsburgh, S., Sharples, K., & Parkin, L. (2018). Generation of a pregnancy cohort for medicine utilisation and medicine safety studies in New Zealand. Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety, 27, 1335-1343. doi: 10.1002/pds.4671

Journal - Research Article

Schultz, M., Davidson, A., Donald, S., Targonska, B., Turnbull, A., Weggery, S. E., Livingstone, V., & Dockerty, J. D. (2009). Gastroenterology service in a teaching hospital in rural New Zealand, 1991-2003. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 15(5), 583-590. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.583

Journal - Research Article

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