Driss Ait Ouakrim

The indirect health impacts of COVID19 restrictions: a strong debate informed by weak evidence

Driss Ait Ouakrim, Ameera Katar, Patrick Abraham, Nathan Grills, Tony Blakely

Journal article  |  2021

KEY MESSAGES There has been concern, and much heated debate, on the possible negative effects of restrictions, stay-at-home order..

Estimating the Failure Risk of Quarantine Systems for Preventing COVID-19 Outbreaks in Australia and New Zealand

Leah Grout, Ameera Katar, Driss Ait Ouakrim, Jennifer Summers, Amanda Kvalsvig, Michael Baker, Tony Blakely, Nick Wilson

Journal article  |  2021

Objectives To identify COVID-19 outbreaks and border control failures associated with quarantine systems in Australia and New Zeal..

Resistance proportions for eight priority antibiotic- bacterium combinations in OECD, EU/EEA and G20 countries 2000 to 2030: a modelling study

Tiago Cravo Oliveira Hashiguchi, Driss Ait Ouakrim, Michael Padget, Alessandro Cassini, Michele Cecchini

Journal article  |  2019  |  Eurosurveillance

BackgroundAntimicrobial resistance is widely considered an urgent global health issue due to associated mortality and disability, ..

Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis

Alessandro Cassini, Liselotte Diaz Hogberg, Diamantis Plachouras, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Ana Hoxha, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Melanie Colomb-Cotinat, Mirjam E Kretzschmar, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Michele Cecchini, Driss Ait Ouakrim, Tiago Cravo Oliveira, Marc J Struelens, Carl Suetens, Dominique L Monnet, Reinhild Strauss, Karl Mertens, Thomas Struyf, Boudewijn Catry, Katrien Latour, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  Lancet Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND: Infections due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria are threatening modern health care. However, estimating their incidenc..

Revised Australian national guidelines for colorectal cancer screening: family history

Mark A Jenkins, Driss Ait Ouakrim, Alex Boussioutas, John L Hopper, Hooi C Ee, Jon D Emery, Finlay A Macrae, Albert Chetcuti, Laura Wuellner, D James B St John

Journal article  |  2018  |  The Medical Journal of Australia

INTRODUCTION: Screening is an effective means for colorectal cancer prevention and early detection. Family history is strongly ass..

Stemming the Superbug Tide

Book  |  2018

Family history-based colorectal cancer screening in Australia: A modelling study of the costs, benefits, and harms of different participation scenarios

Mary Dillon, Louisa Flander, Daniel D Buchanan, Finlay A Macrae, Jon D Emery, Ingrid M Winship, Alex Boussioutas, Graham G Giles, John L Hopper, Mark A Jenkins, Driss Ait Ouakrim

Journal article  |  2018  |  PLOS MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: The Australian National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (NBCSP) was introduced in 2006. When fully implemented, the p..

The use of a risk assessment and decision support tool (CRISP) compared with usual care in general practice to increase risk-stratified colorectal cancer screening: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Jennifer G Walker, Finlay Macrae, Ingrid Winship, Jasmeen Oberoi, Sibel Saya, Shakira Milton, Adrian Bickerstaffe, James G Dowty, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Malcolm Clark, Louise Galloway, George Fishman, Fiona M Walter, Louisa Flander, Patty Chondros, Driss Ait Ouakrim, Marie Pirotta, Lyndal Trevena, Mark A Jenkins, Jon D Emery

Journal article  |  2018  |  TRIALS

BACKGROUND: Australia and New Zealand have the highest incidence rates of colorectal cancer worldwide. In Australia there is signi..

Alcohol Consumption and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer for Mismatch Repair Gene Mutation Carriers

S Ghazaleh Dashti, Daniel D Buchanan, Harindra Jayasekara, Driss Ait Ouakrim, Mark Clendenning, Christophe Rosty, Ingrid M Winship, Finlay A Macrae, Graham G Giles, Susan Parry, Graham Casey, Robert W Haile, Steven Gallinger, Loic Le Marchand, Stephen N Thibodeau, Noralane M Lindor, Polly A Newcomb, John D Potter, John A Baron, John L Hopper, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION

Background: People with germline mutation in one of the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes have increased colorectal cancer risk. For..

Tumor testing to identify lynch syndrome in two Australian colorectal cancer cohorts

Daniel D Buchanan, Mark Clendenning, Christophe Rosty, Stine V Eriksen, Michael D Walsh, Rhiannon J Walters, Stephen N Thibodeau, Jenna Stewart, Susan Preston, Aung Ko Win, Louisa Flander, Driss Ait Ouakrim, Finlay A Macrae, Alex Boussioutas, Ingrid M Winship, Graham G Giles, John L Hopper, Melissa C Southey, Dallas English, Mark A Jenkins

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Tumor testing of colorectal cancers (CRC) for mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency is an effective approach to ide..