Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Derrick's research includes cardiovascular epidemiology, health services research, pharmacoepidemiology, ageing, frailty and heat health vulnerability. He has experience working with various data types including aggregated, cohort and administrative data. He also has experience conducting randomised controlled trials, qualitative studies and scoping reviews.
Roles and responsibilities
Current professional involvement
- Editor, International Journal of Population Data Science
- Member, Medicines Intelligence Centre for Research Excellence
Teaching overview
- Introductory Analysis of Linked Health Data
- Advanced Analysis of Linked Health Data
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research expertise keywords
- Cardiovascular disease epidemiology
- Health services research
- Primary healthcare research
- Health and ageing
- Frailty
- Biostatistics and epidemiology
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- Medicines use evaluation
- Data linkage
- Administrative data
- Data analysis
- Cohort studies
- Rheumatology research
- Heat vulnerability
- Urban heat island
- Prisoner health
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Research output
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Counts, characteristics and outcomes of patients transported by the Royal Flying Doctor Service to metropolitan Perth with suspected acute coronary syndrome: Western Australian linked data study
Ming, J., Bartholomew, H., Preen, D., Fisher, J., Briffa, T., Hooper, A., Rankin, J. M., Ihdayhid, A. R. & Lopez, D., Oct 2025, In: The Australian Journal of Rural Health. 33, 5, 8 p., e70093.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and 'Find Cancer Early' campaign on cancer symptom knowledge in regional Western Australia
Feng, Y. R., Lopez, D., Ward, S. V., Clayforth, C., Maitland, C., Al-Hakimi, H., Ledger, M., Sorial, E. & Preen, D. B., 1 Dec 2025, In: Journal of public health (Oxford, England). 47, 4, p. 737-746 10 p., fdaf083.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Identifying episodes of care in hospital admissions data for measures of disease burden: A tutorial and protocol for individual-level data analysis
Morton, J. I., Livori, A., Nedkoff, L., Magliano, D. J., Lopez, D., Stacey, I. & Ademi, Z., Jul 2025, In: International Journal of Medical Informatics. 199, 10 p., 105847.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Long-term epidemiology of Systemic Sclerosis in Western Australia: a population-level linked data study
Host, L. V., Lopez, D., Keen, H. I., Preen, D., Inderjeeth, C. & Nossent, J., 1 Oct 2025, In: The Journal of rheumatology. 52, 10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Beyond the urban-rural divide: Exploring spatial variations in breast cancer outcomes in Queensland, Australia
Kou, K., Cameron, J., Dasgupta, P., Price, A., Chen, H., Lopez, D., Mengersen, K., Hayes, S. & Baade, P., Dec 2024, In: Cancer epidemiology. 93, 8 p., 102681.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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Consults, investigations and ceasing endocrine therapy (Supplementary tables)
Lopez, D. (Creator), The University of Western Australia, 7 Sept 2016
Dataset
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Projects
- 3 Finished
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Centre of Research Excellence in Medicines and Ageing CREMA - Identifying barriers and priority areas for building workforce capacity in pharmacoepidemiology research
Lopez, D. (Investigator 01), Daniels, B. (Investigator 02), Sanfilippo, F. (Investigator 03), Preen, D. (Investigator 04), Pearson, S. (Investigator 05) & Martini, A. (Investigator 06)
NHMRC National Health and Medical Research Council
1/10/17 → 30/09/18
Project: Research
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RTP - Round 11 - Cost effectiveness of extending the Phase 3 community pulmonary rehabilitation program beyond the recommended 10 weeks
Lopez, D. (Investigator 01), Landers, H. (Investigator 02), Jenkins, S. (Investigator 03), Cecins, N. (Investigator 04), Brims, F. (Investigator 05), Geelhoed, E. (Investigator 06), Sanfilippo, F. (Investigator 07), Briffa, T. (Investigator 08) & Preen, D. (Investigator 09)
Department of Health (Western Australia)
1/07/17 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Comparative analyses of coronary heart disease epidemiology in Australia and England
Nedkoff, L. (Investigator 01), Lopez, D. (Investigator 02), Goldacre, M. (Investigator 03) & Wright, L. (Investigator 04)
The University of Western Australia
1/01/16 → 31/12/16
Project: Research
Press/Media
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Study finds missed opportunities with COVID antivirals on Australian PBS
Lopez, D., Pritchard, D., Sanfilippo, F., Kelty, E., Page, A., Etherton-Beer, C., De Almeida, O. & Preen, D.
11/07/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Epidemiological expertise and project design updates
30/09/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Pulmonary rehabilitation study on firmer foot
14/11/17 → 15/12/17
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Study to find out if exercise can help people with lung disease
20/11/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Study seeks to put pulmonary rehab on firmer footing
17/11/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media