Dr Shafkat Jahan

Research Fellow

School of Public Health

shafkat.jahan@uq.edu.au

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
TACTICS CRE
Bowel Screening Preferences
Pathways to Healthy Hearts After Cancer for All

Publications

Book Chapters (2)

Journal Articles (7)

Conference Papers (4)

Theses (2)

Book Chapters

Diaz, Abbey, Jahan, Shafkat, Palafox, Neal A., Ring, Ian, Whop, Lisa, Cossio, Danica, Griffiths, Kalinda and Garvey, Gail (2024). Barriers and enablers to collecting Indigenous identification information by cancer registries. Indigenous and Tribal peoples and cancer. (pp. 59-63) edited by Gail Garvey. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-56806-0_12

Bizuayehu, Habtamu Mellie, Belachew, Sewunet Admasu, Diaz, Abbey, Jahan, Shafkat, Fong, Kwun M. and Garvey, Gail (2024). The landscape of lung cancer screening among Indigenous peoples worldwide. Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and Cancer. (pp. 183-186) edited by Gail Garvey. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-56806-0_38

Journal Articles

Rahman, Md Mijanur, Jahan, Shafkat, Koczwara, Bogda, Iddawela, Mahesh, Chan, Raymond J., Thornton-Benko, Elysia, Garvey, Gail and Hart, Nicolas H. (2024). Utilisation of Medicare chronic disease management item numbers for people with cancer in Queensland, Australia. Australian Health Review, 48 (6), 626-633. doi: 10.1071/ah24121

Bizuayehu, Habtamu Mellie, Belachew, Sewunet Admasu, Jahan, Shafkat, Diaz, Abbey, Baxi, Siddhartha, Griffiths, Kalinda and Garvey, Gail (2024). Utilisation of endocrine therapy for cancer in Indigenous peoples: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Cancer, 24 (1) 882, 1-21. doi: 10.1186/s12885-024-12627-6

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

Baykeda, Tsegaw Amare, Jahan, Shafkat, Howard, Kirsten, Raghunandan, Rakhee and Garvey, Gail (2024). Quantifying the diagnosis and survival of early-onset bowel cancer among First Nations peoples in Queensland, Australia. Clinical Oncology Society Australia (COSA) 51st Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 13-15 November 2024. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1111/ajco.14116

Jahan, Shafkat, Lindsey, Daniel and Garvey, Gail (2023). Estimating end of life care costs to different funders for breast cancer patients in Queensland Australia: a data linkage study. Australasian International Breast Congress (AIBC), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 13-15 October 2022. London, United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2022.12.013

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.