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Diana Sarfati (born 1967/1968) is New Zealand's Director-General of Health and a public health physician and health services researcher. She was formerly head of the Cancer Control Agency (Te Aho o Te Kahu) of New Zealand.




Career


Sarfati was appointed Interim Chief Executive of the Cancer Control Agency on 1 December 2019, becoming the permanent chief on 1 July 2020 for what is now known as Te Aho o Te Kahu, Cancer Control Agency.
In that role, she reported to the Minister and Associate Ministers of Health, and advised Government on cancer-related matters. Since being in this role, Te Aho o Te Kahu has produced a number of key reports including a state of nation in cancer report, regular reports on the impact of Covid on cancer services, a cancer prevention report, and a report defining the gap in cancer medicine availability between Australia and New Zealand. Sarfati was also involved in the establishment of Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy in New Zealand.
She also sat on Health New Zealand's Planned Care Taskforce.
Sarfati completed a PhD in 2014 at the University of Otago. Prior to her appointment, Sarfati was Head of the Department of Public Health and the Director of the Cancer and Chronic Conditions (C3) research group at University of Otago, Wellington. Sarfati has focused on researching disparities in cancer outcomes, this work has identified key patient and health system factors that influence cancer survival. It is used extensively by health policy makers, clinicians and other researchers to develop policies and practices that aim to reduce inequities in cancer outcomes in New Zealand and internationally.
Sarfati is also a member of the International Advisory Committee to Lancet Oncology, IARC's international expert group on social inequalities in cancer, the Board of the International Cancer Benchmarking Project, and she led a Lancet Oncology series on cancer in small island developing states. She is a former member of the National Cancer Programme Leadership Board, the National Screening Advisory Group, the National Ethics Advisory Committee, the Bowel Cancer Taskforce and the National Bowel Cancer Screening Advisory Committee.
In 2019, Sarfati was named NEXT's Woman of the Year for her focus on promoting equitable cancer treatment.
In July 2022, she became acting Director-General of Health, replacing Ashley Bloomfield. In November 2022 she was confirmed as the permanent Director-General for a period of five years.




Selected works


Gurney, Jason K.; Millar, Elinor; Dunn, Alex; Pirie, Ruth; Mako, Michelle; Manderson, John; Hardie, Claire; Jackson, Chris G.C.A.; North, Richard; Ruka, Myra; Scott, Nina; Sarfati, Diana (May 2021). "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer diagnosis and service access in New Zealand–a country pursuing COVID-19 elimination". The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 10: 100127. doi:10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100127. PMC 7983868. PMID 33778794.
Sarfati, Diana; Dyer, Rachel; Sam, Filipina Amosa-Lei; Barton, Michael; Bray, Freddie; Buadromo, Eka; Ekeroma, Alec; Foliaki, Sunia; Fong, James; Herman, Josephine; Huggins, Linda; Maoate, Kiki; Meredith, Ineke; Mola, Glen; Palafox, Neal; Puloka, Viliami; Shin, Hai-Rim; Skeen, Jane; Snowdon, Wendy; Tafuna'i, Malama; Teng, Andrea; Watters, David; Vivili, Paula (September 2019). "Cancer control in the Pacific: big challenges facing small island states". The Lancet Oncology. 20 (9): e475–e492. doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30400-0. PMC 7746436. PMID 31395476.
Sarfati, Diana; Koczwara, Bogda; Jackson, Christopher (July 2016). "The impact of comorbidity on cancer and its treatment". CA. 66 (4): 337–350. doi:10.3322/caac.21342. PMID 26891458. S2CID 5264129.
Gurney, J. K.; Stanley, J.; Baker, M. G.; Wilson, N. J.; Sarfati, D. (October 2016). "Estimating the risk of acute rheumatic fever in New Zealand by age, ethnicity and deprivation". Epidemiology and Infection. 144 (14): 3058–3067. doi:10.1017/S0950268816001291. PMC 9150400. PMID 27311633. S2CID 11969656.
Pilleron, Sophie; Sarfati, Diana; Janssen-Heijnen, Maryska; Vignat, Jérôme; Ferlay, Jacques; Bray, Freddie; Soerjomataram, Isabelle (January 2019). "Global cancer incidence in older adults, 2012 and 2035: A population-based study" (PDF). International Journal of Cancer. 144 (1): 49–58. doi:10.1002/ijc.31664. PMID 29978474. S2CID 49709378.
Sarfati, D.; Blakely, T.; Pearce, N. (April 2010). "Measuring cancer survival in populations: relative survival vs cancer-specific survival". International Journal of Epidemiology. 39 (2): 598–610. doi:10.1093/ije/dyp392. PMID 20142331.
Hill, Sarah; Sarfati, Diana; Robson, Bridget; Blakely, Tony (January 2013). "Indigenous inequalities in cancer: what role for health care?". ANZ Journal of Surgery. 83 (1–2): 36–41. doi:10.1111/ans.12041. hdl:20.500.11820/e407b5d5-8016-402e-9e36-058b3b279658. PMID 23253098.
McDonald, Andrea M.; Sarfati, Diana; Baker, Michael G.; Blakely, Tony (April 2015). "Trends in Helicobacter pylori Infection Among Māori, Pacific, and European Birth Cohorts in New Zealand". Helicobacter. 20 (2): 139–145. doi:10.1111/hel.12186. PMID 25403622.
Hill, S.; Sarfati, D.; Blakely, T.; Robson, B.; Purdie, G.; Chen, J.; Dennett, E.; Cormack, D.; Cunningham, R.; Dew, K.; McCreanor, T.; Kawachi, I. (February 2010). "Survival disparities in Indigenous and non-Indigenous New Zealanders with colon cancer: the role of patient comorbidity, treatment and health service factors" (PDF). Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 64 (2): 117–123. doi:10.1136/jech.2008.083816. PMID 20056966.
Sarfati, Diana; Hill, Sarah; Blakely, Tony; Robson, Bridget; Purdie, Gordon; Dennett, Elizabeth; Cormack, Donna; Dew, Kevin (December 2009). "The effect of comorbidity on the use of adjuvant chemotherapy and survival from colon cancer: a retrospective cohort study". BMC Cancer. 9 (1). doi:10.1186/1471-2407-9-116. hdl:11343/256064. PMID 19379520.
Scott, Kate M; Sarfati, Diana; Tobias, Martin I; Haslett, Stephen J (December 2000). "A challenge to the cross-cultural validity of the SF-36 health survey: factor structure in Māori, Pacific and New Zealand European ethnic groups". Social Science & Medicine. 51 (11): 1655–1664. doi:10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00083-6.




References






External links


Diana Sarfati on Twitter
Diana Sarfati publications indexed by Google Scholar
Publications by Diana Sarfati at ResearchGate
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Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Diana Sarfati
• Sarfati
• Ashley Bloomfield
• Ministry of Health (New Zealand)
• NEXT Woman of the Year awards
• Rachael McLean (academic)
• Karen Waldie
• University of Otago, Wellington
• Gail Garvey
• Mahé Drysdale