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Prof

Nancy Baxter

Head, School Of Population And Global Health
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Cancer
colorectal surgery
endoscopy
clinical epidemiology
oncology
Health services research
colorectal cancer screening
fertility preservation
long-term outcomes after cancer treatment
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Prof

Nancy Baxter

 
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Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Surgery
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Tackling Australia’s low screening participation to prevent bowel cancer morbidity and deaths

2022 - 2026
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Tackling Australia’s low screening participation to prevent bowel cancer morbidity and deaths

2022 - 2026
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Tackling Australia’s low screening participation to prevent bowel cancer morbidity and deaths

2022 - 2026
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The LINked Data Asset for Australian Health Research (LINDAHR)

2021 - 2023
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Scholarly Works

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Population-level trends in emergency general surgery presentations and mortality over time.

Jordan Nantais, Nancy N Baxter, Refik Saskin, Sarvesh Logsetty, David Gomez

Journal article  |  2023  |  Br J Surg

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Incidence and Mortality of Emergency General Surgery Conditions Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients in Ontario, Canada: A Population-based Analysis.

David Gomez, Sergio A Acuna, S Joseph Kim, Jordan Nantais, Robin Santiago, Andrew Calzavara, Refik Saskin, Nancy N Baxter

Journal article  |  2023  |  Transplantation

BACKGROUND: Emergency general surgery (EGS) conditions and their outcomes are perceived to be disproportionately high among solid ..

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Complications From Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy in Patients Undergoing Immediate Breast Reconstruction: A Population-Based Study.

Chris Doherty, J Andrew McClure, Nancy N Baxter, Muriel Brackstone

Journal article  |  2023  |  Adv Radiat Oncol

PURPOSE: Previous studies have shown an increase in the number of women electing for immediate breast reconstruction at the time o..

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Patient, family and professional suggestions for pandemic-related surgical backlog recovery: a qualitative study.

Andrea N Simpson, David Gomez, Nancy N Baxter, Elizabeth Miazga, David Urbach, Jessica Ramlakhan, Anne M Sorvari, Alawia Sherif, Anna R Gagliardi

Journal article  |  2023  |  CMAJ Open

BACKGROUND: Surgical shutdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in prolonged wait times for nonemergency surgery. We..

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Comparing time to diagnosis and treatment between younger and older adults with colorectal cancer: A population-based study.

Matthew Castelo, Lawrence Paszat, Bettina E Hansen, Adena S Scheer, Neil Faught, Lena Nguyen, Nancy N Baxter

Journal article  |  2023  |  Gastroenterology

BACKGROUND: Younger adults (<50 years) with colorectal cancer may have prolonged delays to diagnosis and treatment that are associ..

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Global evidence of gender equity in academic health research: a scoping review.

Andrea C Tricco, Vera Nincic, Nazia Darvesh, Patricia Rios, Paul A Khan, Marco M Ghassemi, Heather MacDonald, Fatemeh Yazdi, Yonda Lai, Rachel Warren, Alyssa Austin, Olga Cleary, Nancy N Baxter, Karen EA Burns, Douglas Coyle, Janet A Curran, Ian D Graham, Gillian Hawker, France Légaré, Jennifer Watt, et al.

Journal article  |  2023  |  BMJ Open

OBJECTIVES: To chart the global literature on gender equity in academic health research. DESIGN: Scoping review. PARTICIPANTS: Qua..

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Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: ASCO Guideline.

Van K Morris, Erin B Kennedy, Nancy N Baxter, Al B Benson, Andrea Cercek, May Cho, Kristen K Ciombor, Chiara Cremolini, Anjee Davis, Dustin A Deming, Marwan G Fakih, Sepideh Gholami, Theodore S Hong, Ishmael Jaiyesimi, Kelsey Klute, Christopher Lieu, Hanna Sanoff, John H Strickler, Sarah White, Jason A Willis, et al.

Journal article  |  2023  |  J Clin Oncol

PURPOSE: To develop recommendations for treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). METHODS: ASCO convened an ..

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Great expectations: patients’ preferences for clinically significant results from genomic sequencing

S Shickh, A Sebastian, M Clausen, C Mighton, C Elser, A Eisen, L Waldman, S Panchal, T Ward, JC Carroll, E Glogowski, KA Schrader, J Lerner-Ellis, RH Kim, KE Thorpe, Y Bombard, Y Bombard (PI), SR Armel, M Aronson, NN Baxter, et al.

Journal article  |  2023  |  Human Genetics

We aimed to describe patient preferences for a broad range of secondary findings (SF) from genomic sequencing (GS) and factors dri..

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Characterizing the Impact of Procedure Funding on the Covid-19 Generated Procedure Gap in Ontario: A Population-Based Analysis.

David Gomez, Charles de Mestral, Therese A Stukel, Jonathan Irish, Andrea N Simpson, Andrew S Wilton, Ori D Rotstein, Robert J Campbell, Antoine Eskander, David R Urbach, Nancy N Baxter

Journal article  |  2022  |  Ann Surg

BACKGROUND: Surgical procedures in Canada were historically funded through global hospital budgets. Activity-based funding models ..

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Home to Stay: A randomized controlled trial protocol to assess use of a mobile app to reduce readmissions following colorectal surgery.

Tharani Anpalagan, Selina Schmocker, Manoj Raval, Nancy N Baxter, Mantaj S Brar, Alexandra Easson, Liane S Feldman, Lawrence Lee, Alexander S Liberman, Damon C Scales, Erin D Kennedy

Journal article  |  2022  |  Colorectal Dis

AIM: Patients undergoing colorectal surgery face high rates of emergency room visits and readmission to hospital. These unplanned ..

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Oncology and Carcinogenesis
Clinical Sciences
Clinical Health
Health Services and Systems
Public Health
Evaluation of Health and Support Services
Reproductive Medicine
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Genetics
Other Health

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Doing away with COVID isolation rules means increased isolation and risks for people with disability

Anne Kavanagh, Helen Dickinson, Nancy Baxter

Mandatory isolation rules for people with COVID end today. Pandemic leave disaster payments will also cease for all workers except casual w..

October 13, 2022
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If you think scrapping COVID isolation periods will get us back to work and past the pandemic, think again

C Raina MacIntyre, Brendan Crabb, Nancy Baxter

COVID is an exceptional disease and was at its deadliest this year, causing more deaths in Australia between June and August 2022 than at a..

September 30, 2022
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Cutting COVID isolation and mask mandates will mean more damage to business and health in the long run

Nancy Baxter, C Raina MacIntyre

From Friday September 9, the isolation requirements for people with COVID and no symptoms will be cut from seven days to five days. Masks w..

September 2, 2022
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Cases are high and winter is coming. We need to stop ignoring COVID

Nancy Baxter, Nicholas Talley

In a poll conducted by the Guardian in August of 2021 about the number of deaths Australians would be willing to accept as restrictions eas..

May 23, 2022
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Gender bias skewing surgeon referrals

Nancy Baxter, Fahima Dossa

Have you heard the surgeon riddle? It goes like this: A father and son are in a car crash and are rushed to the closest hospital. The fathe..

November 11, 2021
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COVID doesn't need to run rampant. Here are 6 ways to keep cases low in the next year

Brendan Crabb, Nancy Baxter

In the blink of an eye, we’ve gone from 18 months of zero tolerance for COVID to accepting huge case numbers as the norm for Australia’s fo..

October 24, 2021
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Opening up when 80% of eligible adults are vaccinated won’t be ‘safe’ for all Australians

Anne Kavanagh, Helen Dickinson, Nancy Baxter

We’ve all grown tired of lockdowns, border closures and other restrictions. So the promise of a freer life, when 70% and then 80% of Austra..

August 30, 2021
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If you're over 60, there's no sense in 'waiting for Pfizer'. Here's why you should get AstraZeneca today

Nancy Baxter, Benjamin Veness

At least 60 people have now died in the current New South Wales COVID outbreak. We’ve been keeping track of how old these people were, a..

August 19, 2021
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Why do our COVID outbreaks always seem to happen in Melbourne? Randomness and bad luck

Nancy Baxter, Tony Blakely

A man from Wollert, a suburb in Melbourne’s north, breezed into Melbourne from South Australian hotel quarantine, stopped at a 7-11, had a ..

June 3, 2021
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The rollercoaster of COVID-19 easing

Nancy Baxter

After a rollercoaster two weeks, the changes in Victoria’s roadmap to COVID-normal have provided some welcome news for many Melburnians aft..

October 19, 2020
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Credentials

Positions

Head, School Of Population And Global Health

Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Education

Masters in Business Administration

Melbourne Business School

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Doctoral Degree

University of Toronto

Medical Doctorate

University of Toronto

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