School of Public Health

Dr Shafkat Jahan

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Shafkat

Dr Shafkat Jahan is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow within the School of Public Health at the University of Queensland. Her research work includes the evaluation of public health outcomes and environmental impacts on health. She has advanced skills and experience in quantitative research methodology, data analysis and statistical modelling using different statistical software such as R, SPSS and Jamovi. Shafkat is keen to apply advanced statistical techniques to explore the interactive effects of individual and environmental risk factors on human health. She has been involved in multiple projects and analysed larger datasets to assess mortality and morbidity risk due to chronic physical illnesses and mental health disorders among vulnerable populations.

Shafkat is also interested in cancer-related research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and is currently looking into the financial costs of cancer using a linked administrative dataset that includes all Queensland cancer diagnoses between July 2011 and June 2015.

Featured projects Duration
Bowel Screening Preferences
Pathways to Healthy Hearts After Cancer for All

Publications

Journal Articles (5)
Conference Papers (2)
Theses (2)

Journal Articles

Jahan, Shafkat, Cauchi, John Paul, Galdies, Charles and Wraith, Darren (2022). Effects of ambient temperatures and extreme weather events on circulatory mortality in a high population density area: exploring mortality data from Malta. Climate Risk Management, 38 100463, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.crm.2022.100463
Jahan, Shafkat, Cauchi, John Paul, Galdies, Charles, England, Kathleen and Wraith, Darren (2022). The adverse effect of ambient temperature on respiratory deaths in a high population density area: the case of Malta. Respiratory Research, 23 (1) 299, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12931-022-02218-z
Jahan, Shafkat, Wraith, Darren, Dunne, Michael P. and Naish, Suchithra (2021). Assessing evidence for seasonality of hospital admissions for schizophrenia in Queensland, Australia: a time series observational study. International Journal of Biometeorology, 65 (12), 2025-2035. doi: 10.1007/s00484-021-02160-7
Jahan, Shafkat and Wraith, Darren (2021). Immediate and delayed effects of climatic factors on hospital admissions for schizophrenia in Queensland Australia: A time series analysis. Environmental Research, 197 111003, 111003. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111003
Jahan, Shafkat, Wraith, Darren, Dunne, Michael P., Naish, Suchithra and McLean, Duncan (2020). Seasonality and schizophrenia: a comprehensive overview of the seasonal pattern of hospital admissions and potential drivers. International Journal of Biometeorology, 64 (8), 1423-1432. doi: 10.1007/s00484-020-01910-3

Conference Papers

Sullivan, Victoria, Jahan, Shafkat, Howard, Kirsten and Garvey, Gail (2022). First Nations Preferences of Cancer Screening. School of Public Health Showcase, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 24 November 2022.
Jahan, Shafkat, Wraith, Darren, Dunne, Michael and Naish, Suchithra (2017). Assessing evidence for seasonality of acute episode of schizophrenia in Queensland, Australia. 28th International Conference on Psychiatry and Mental Health , Melbourne, VIC Australia, 20-21 November 2017.

Theses

Jahan, Shafkat (2020). Assessment of a seasonal pattern of acute episodes of schizophrenia and potential drivers in Queensland, Australia. PhD Thesis, Queensland University of Technology. doi: 10.5204/thesis.eprints.180910
Jahan, Shafkat (2015). Assessment of flood-related mental illness in Bangladesh. Master's Thesis, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology.