Ms Karen Bishop

Contacts

M Biostatistics University of Melbourne, Grad Dip Pop Health ANU, BSc (Hons) University of Adelaide
Visiting Fellow

Biography

Methodological research on multiple causes of death (MCoD) including 

- A critical appraisal of current methodology and methodological data gaps

- Develop methods suitable for the Australian context

- Quantify the impact of the developed methods in attributable mortality, survival analysis and burden of disease.

- Develop a framework and toolkit for mortality analysis and reporting of MCoD for policy and practice.

Research

Research interests

· Population health

· Causes of death

· Burden of disease

· Statistical methods

Projects

Publications

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019. Australian Burden of Disease Study: Impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2015. Australian Burden of Disease Study series no. 3. BOD 23. Canberra: AIHW. 

Moon L, Garcia J, Laws P, Dunford M, Lum On M, Bishop K, Prescott V and Gourley M 2019. Measuring Health Loss in Australia: the Australian Burden of Disease Study. J Korean Med Sci. 2019 Mar 25;34(11):e61.

AIHW 2016. Australian Burden of Disease Study: Impact and causes of illness and death in Australia 2011. Australian Burden of Disease Study series no. 3. BOD 4. Canberra: AIHW. 

AIHW 2017. Health-adjusted life expectancy in Australia: expected years lived in full health 2011. Australian Burden of Disease Study series no.16. BOD 17. Canberra: AIHW. 

AIHW 2016. Contribution of vascular diseases and risk factors to the burden of dementia in Australia: Australian Burden of Disease Study 2011. Australian Burden of Disease Study series no. 9. Cat. no. BOD 10. Canberra: AIHW.

AIHW 2016. Australian Burden of Disease 2011: methods and supplementary material. Australian Burden of Disease Study series no. 5. Cat. no. BOD 6. Canberra: AIHW. 

AIHW 2015. Australian Burden of Disease Study: fatal burden of disease 2010. Australian Burden of Disease Study series no. 1. Cat. no. BOD 1. Canberra: AIHW 

AIHW 2012. Multiple causes of death in Australia: an analysis of all natural and selected chronic disease causes of death 1997-2007. AIHW bulletin no. 105. Cat. no. AUS 159. Canberra: AIHW. 

AIHW 2012. A working guide to international comparisons of health. Cat. no. PHE 159. Canberra: AIHW.  AIHW 2010. Premature mortality from chronic disease. AIHW bulletin no. 84. Cat. no. AUS 133. Canberra: AIHW. 

AIHW 2010. Premature mortality from chronic disease. AIHW bulletin no. 84. Cat. no. AUS 133. Canberra: AIHW.