Kate Macintyre
Associate Professor of Public Health
Department of health
University of Tasmania
Australia
Biography
Assoc Prof MacIntyre is a UK trained public health physician and clinical academic with an established track record in chronic disease epidemiology and analysis of routinely linked datasets.Assoc Prof Kate MacIntyre is the co-ordinator of the Master of Public Health, which focuses on improving health outcomes at the population level.Assoc Prof MacIntyre's research interests are in cardiovascular and stroke epidemiology, inequalities in health and socioeconomic deprivation and health services.
Research Interest
Assoc Prof MacIntyre's research aligns with the University's research theme of Better Health. She is particularly interested in the socio-economic determinants of health. This includes the epidemiology of chronic disease, in particular cardiovascular disease and stroke, and inequalities in incidence, treatment and survival. She has considerable experience in the use of routinely collected data to measure health indicators and outcomes.
Publications
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Robert V, Macintyre K, Keating J, Trape JF, Duchemin JB, Warren M, Beier JC. Malaria transmission in urban sub-Saharan Africa. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2003 Feb 1;68(2):169-76.
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Jhund PS, MacIntyre K, Simpson CR, Lewsey JD, Stewart S, Redpath A, Chalmers JW, Capewell S, McMurray JJ. Long-term trends in first hospitalization for heart failure and subsequent survival between 1986 and 2003. Circulation. 2009 Feb 3;119(4):515-23.
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Brown L, Macintyre K, Trujillo L. Interventions to reduce HIV/AIDS stigma: what have we learned?. AIDS education and prevention. 2003 Feb 1;15(1):49-69.
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Stewart S, MacIntyre K, Hole DJ, Capewell S, McMurray JJ. More ‘malignant’than cancer? Fiveâ€year survival following a first admission for heart failure. European journal of heart failure. 2001 Jun 1;3(3):315-22.
