Dr Kate Coffey

Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 474 0999
- kate.coffey@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Senior Lecturer
- Department
- Department of Women's and Children's Health (Dunedin)
- Qualifications
- MA (Cantab) MBBS CertClinEd MMedSci DPhil FRANZCOG
- Research summary
- Medical education, cervical screening, genital tract diseases, and risk management
- Teaching
- 4th year Convenor, Dip OMG paper co-ordinator (712)
- Memberships
- Te Kahui Oranga o Nuku member
- ANZVS
- ASCCP
- BSCCP
Research
Kate is an obstetrician and gynaecologist with an interest in medical education, cervical screening and lower genital tract diseases, and risk management.
Publications
Kang, Y.-J., Smith, M., Barlow, E., Coffey, K., Hacker, N., & Canfell, K. (2017). Vulvar cancer in high-income countries: Increasing the burden of disease. International Journal of Cancer, 141(11), 2174-2186. doi: 10.1002/ijc.30900
Taghavi, K., Morell, S., Lamb, J., MacNab, H., Innes, C., Coffey, K., Williman, J., Simcock, B., & Sykes, P. (2017). Initial observation of CIN2 does not appear to reduce quality of life in women under 25 years of age. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 57(4), 473-478. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12633
Coffey, K., Gaitskell, K., Beral, V., Canfell, K., Green, J., Reeves, G., … on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators. (2016). Past cervical intraepithelial neoplaasia grade 3, obesity, and earlier menopause are associated with an increased risk of vulval cancer in postmenopausal women. British Journal of Cancer, 115, 599-606. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.165
Gaitskell, K., Coffey, K., Green, J., Pirie, K., Reeves, G. K., Ahmed, A. A., … on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators. (2016). Tubal ligation and incidence of 26 site-specific cancers in the Million Women Study [Short communication]. British Journal of Cancer, 114, 1033-1037. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.80
Sommer, E. M., Balkwill, A., Reeves, G., Green, J., Beral, V., & Coffey, K. (2015). Effects of obesity and hormone therapy on surgically-confirmed fibroids in postmenopausal women. European Journal of Epidemiology, 30, 493-499. doi: 10.1007/s10654-015-0016-7
Kang, Y.-J., Smith, M., Barlow, E., Coffey, K., Hacker, N., & Canfell, K. (2017). Vulvar cancer in high-income countries: Increasing the burden of disease. International Journal of Cancer, 141(11), 2174-2186. doi: 10.1002/ijc.30900
Journal - Research Article
Taghavi, K., Morell, S., Lamb, J., MacNab, H., Innes, C., Coffey, K., Williman, J., Simcock, B., & Sykes, P. (2017). Initial observation of CIN2 does not appear to reduce quality of life in women under 25 years of age. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 57(4), 473-478. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12633
Journal - Research Article
Coffey, K., Gaitskell, K., Beral, V., Canfell, K., Green, J., Reeves, G., … on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators. (2016). Past cervical intraepithelial neoplaasia grade 3, obesity, and earlier menopause are associated with an increased risk of vulval cancer in postmenopausal women. British Journal of Cancer, 115, 599-606. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.165
Journal - Research Article
Coffey, K., Beral, V., Green, J., Reeves, G., Barnes, I., on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators. (2015). Lifestyle and reproductive risk factors associated with anal cancer in women aged over 50 years. British Journal of Cancer, 112, 1568-1574. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.89
Journal - Research Article
Sommer, E. M., Balkwill, A., Reeves, G., Green, J., Beral, V., & Coffey, K. (2015). Effects of obesity and hormone therapy on surgically-confirmed fibroids in postmenopausal women. European Journal of Epidemiology, 30, 493-499. doi: 10.1007/s10654-015-0016-7
Journal - Research Article
Gaitskell, K., Coffey, K., Green, J., Pirie, K., Reeves, G. K., Ahmed, A. A., … on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators. (2016). Tubal ligation and incidence of 26 site-specific cancers in the Million Women Study [Short communication]. British Journal of Cancer, 114, 1033-1037. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2016.80
Journal - Research Other
Bonner, K. (2001). Male circumcision as an HIV control strategy: Not a 'natural condom'. Reproductive Health Matters, 9(18), 143-155. doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(01)90101-6
Journal - Research Other