Alize Ferrari
The University of Queensland, University of Washington, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research
Research areas: Medicine · Psychiatry and Mental health · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Global Health and Epidemiology · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
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About
Dr Alize Ferrari is a Principal Research Fellow and Epidemiology and Burden of Disease Team at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research. She is an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Health Metrics Sciences, at the University of Washington, and holds a National Health and Medical Research Council early career fellowship at School of Public Health, University of Queensland in the field of Indigenous psychiatric epidemiology and burden of disease. Alize is the mental disorders Team Lead within the Global Burden of Disease Study, led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. She oversees the team that is responsible for all mental disorder outputs in the yearly iterations of the study. She is also the Lead Researcher on the Queensland Urban Indigenous Mental Health Survey (QUIMHS). QUIMHS aims to quantify the number of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in South East Queensland with a mental disorder, the mental health services they use, and the barriers to accessing care.
Employment
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University of Queensland Conjoint NHMRC Early Career Fellow2018 - Present
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University of Washington Affiliate Assistant Professor2017 - Present
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Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research Research Fellow2010 - Present
Education
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University of Queensland Bachelor of Psychological Sciences with Honours2006 - 2009
Projects & Funding
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The burden and risk factors of depressive disorders in Indigenous Australians: Implications for early detection and prevention National Health and Medical Research Council2017 - 2020
Publications (93)
- Characteristics of participants and nonparticipants in a population based diagnostic survey of mental and substance use disorders. A follow-up study of the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) Save
- A systematic review of the prevalence and correlates of mental and substance use disorders in first nations peoples in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States of America Save
- Estimating levels of mental health service need by small geographic area: A case study for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults living in South East Queensland Save
- The Staying Deadly Survey: The Queensland Urban Indigenous Mental Health Survey Report Save
- The global gap in treatment coverage for major depressive disorder in 84 countries from 2000–2019: A systematic review and Bayesian meta-regression analysis Save
- Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020-21 Save
- Estimating global, regional, and national daily and cumulative infections with SARS-CoV-2 through Nov 14, 2021: a statistical analysis Save
- Estimating the difference in prevalence of common mental disorder diagnoses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples compared to the general Australian population Save
- Pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: an exploratory analysis of infection and fatality rates, and contextual factors associated with preparedness in 177 countries, from Jan 1, 2020, to Sept 30, 2021 Save
- The burden of mental disorders, substance use disorders and self-harm among young people in Europe, 1990-2019: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 Save
- Variation in the COVID-19 infection-fatality ratio by age, time, and geography during the pre-vaccine era: a systematic analysis Save
- Estimating the risk of suicide associated with mental disorders: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis Save
- Global prevalence and burden of depressive and anxiety disorders in 204 countries and territories in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic Save
- Modeling COVID-19 scenarios for the United States Save
- The burden of mental disorders across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017 Save
- A comprehensive analysis of mortality-related health metrics associated with mental disorders: a nationwide, register-based cohort study Save
- Burden of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 Save
- Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors in Child and Adolescent Health, 1990 to 2017: Findings from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2017 Study Save
- Global, regional, and national burden of suicide mortality 1990 to 2016: Systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 Save
- Predictors of change in depressive symptoms over time: Results from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health Save