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Contact Details

Phone
+64 4 918 6048
Email
anna.davies@otago.ac.nz

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Position
Senior Research Fellow
Department
Department of Public Health (Wellington)
Qualifications
BSc DPH MSc
Research summary
Epidemiology; data linkage

Research

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., Ongley, D., Cameron, L., Costello, S., Davies, A., Dawkins, P., Jackson, C. G. C. A., … Stanley, J. (2025). Patterns of treatment prior to death among those with lung cancer: A national study in a universal healthcare context. Lung Cancer, 208, 108761. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2025.108761 Journal - Research Article

Davies, A., Stanley, J., Costello, S., Dunn, A., Dawkins, P., Jackson, C., … Gurney, J. (2025). Radiation therapy for lung cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand. Cancer Causes & Control, 36, 1719-1730. doi: 10.1007/s10552-025-02052-w Journal - Research Article

Gurney, J., Stanley, J., Davies, A., Signal, V., Dawkins, P., Cameron, L., Costello, S., Jackson, C. G. C. A., … Whitehead, J., & Koea, J. (2025). Improving lung cancer survival outcomes for Māori. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1618), 96-103. doi: 10.26635/6965.6947 Journal - Research Other

Gurney, J., Ballantine, K., Chiang, A., Davies, A., Jackson, C. G. C. A., Koea, J., Stanley, J., & Macfarlane, S. (2025). Child and adolescent/young adult cancer incidence and survival for Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand. Cancer Epidemiology, 97, 102868. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2025.102868 Journal - Research Article

Gurney, J., Davies, A., Stanley, J., Dunn, A., Cameron, L., Costello, S., … Jackson, C. G. C. A. (2025). National variation in the treatment of lung cancer in a universal healthcare context. British Journal of Cancer, 133, 346-352. doi: 10.1038/s41416-025-03071-9 Journal - Research Article

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