Damian Santomauro
Research Officer
School of Public Health
The University of Queensland
Australia
Biography
Dr Damian Santomauro is a research fellow for the Psychiatric Epidemiology and Burden of Disease (PEABOD) Research Group based at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (QCMHR), Queensland, Australia. He is also an affiliate assistant professor at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington, for his work on the Global Burden of Disease Study where he is responsible for the epidemilogical modelling of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), fetal alcohol syndrome, and alcohol dependence. Damian's PhD investigated emotion regulation in adolescents and young adults with ASD. This project involved managing the first randomised controlled trial of a group cognitive behavioural intervention targeting depression in adolescents with ASD ever conducted. Damian has a keen interest in statistics and research methodology and currently acts as PEABOD's resident statistician.
Research Interest
Health systems and policy
Publications
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GBD 2015 Risk Factors Collaborators, Charlson FJ, Ferrari AJ, Abajobir AA, Erskine HE, et al. (2016) Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet 10053: 1659-1724.
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GBD 2015 SDG Collaborators, Abajobir AA, Charlson FJ, Erskine HE, Ferrari AJ, et al. (2016) Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet 10053: 1813-1850.
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Charlson F, Diminic S, Choulamany C, Santomauro D, Raja S, et al. (2017) The prevalence and service utilisation associated with mental and substance use disorders in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: findings from a cross-sectional survey. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences.
