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Chrissy Imai

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0080-1487
  • 167 Citations
  • 7 h-Index
20112020

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Biography

BS, California Baptist University (2007) ; MPH (Research Epidemiology), Loma Linda University (2010); PhD (Medical Science and Infection Research), Nagasaki University (2015)

Dr Chrissy Imai has a background in infectious disease epidemiology. She originally researched on environmental impacts on infectious disease in collaboration with research institutes and intragovernmental organizations in Asia, Africa, and Europe. She was a recipient of the national grant and fellowship in Japan (the Doctoral Research Fellowship of JSPS) during her PhD.

In 2014, she also received the Endeavor Research Fellowship of the Australian Award to undertake researches as a visiting researcher in Queensland University of Technology. The opportunity subsequently led her to serve as a Research Fellow in QUT after the fellowship for infectious disease studies within healthcare system. She researched on immunization among healthcare workers, characteristics of hospital admissions for infectious disease in Australia, and antibiotic usage prior to joining the Centre for Health System and Safety Research. Her focus today is infectious disease and healthcare system with an interest in knowledge translation into practice and advocacy. 

Research interests

Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health evaluation, Infectious disease

Education/Academic qualification

Medical Science and Infection Research, PhD

Oct 2011 → Sep 2015

Research Epidemiology, MPH

Aug 2008 → Mar 2010

External positions

Honorary Researcher, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University

Oct 2015 → …

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Projects

COVID-19 – utilising near real-time electronic General Practice data to establish effective care and best-practice policy

Georgiou, A., Wabe, N., Hardie, R., Imai, C., McLeod, A. & Pearce, C.

17/06/20 → 31/12/21

Project: Research

Research Outputs

  • 167 Citations
  • 7 h-Index
  • 11 Article
  • 2 Review article
  • 1 Commissioned report

Enhancing patient outcomes through evaluation of the appropriateness and quality use of pathology in general practice: a report to the Department of Health Quality Use of Pathology Program

Hardie, R-A., Sezgin, G., Imai, C., Saffi Franco, G., Li, L., Pearce, C., McLeod, A., Badrick, T., Westbrook, J. & Georgiou, A., 28 Feb 2020, Sydney: Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. 105 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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Harnessing the potential of electronic general practice pathology data in Australia: an examination of the quality use of pathology for type 2 diabetes patients

Imai, C., Hardie, R. A., Franco, G. S., Sezgin, G., Tepper, K., McLeod, A., Pearce, C., Westbrook, J. & Georgiou, A., 22 May 2020, In : International Journal of Medical Informatics. 141, p. 1-7 7 p., 104189.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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    • Presenteeism among health care workers with laboratory-confirmed influenza infection: a retrospective cohort study in Queensland, Australia

    Imai, C., Hall, L., Lambert, S. B. & Merollini, K. M. D., 1 Apr 2020, In : American Journal of Infection Control. 48, 4, p. 355-360 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 2 Citations (Scopus)

    Malaria predictions based on seasonal climate forecasts in South Africa: a time series distributed lag nonlinear model

    Kim, Y., Ratnam, J. V., Doi, T., Morioka, Y., Behera, S., Tsuzuki, A., Minakawa, N., Sweijd, N., Kruger, P., Maharaj, R., Imai, C. C., Ng, C. F. S., Chung, Y. & Hashizume, M., 1 Dec 2019, In : Scientific Reports. 9, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., 17882.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access
    File

    • A systematic review and meta-analysis of the direct epidemiological and economic effects of seasonal influenza vaccination on healthcare workers

    Imai, C., Toizumi, M., Hall, L., Lambert, S., Halton, K. & Merollini, K., 7 Jun 2018, In : PLoS ONE. 13, 6, p. 1-16 16 p., e0198685.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

    Open Access
    File
    • 23 Citations (Scopus)
    28 Downloads (Pure)