Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr Sanfilippo was awarded a PhD in clinical epidemiology in 2003 from the University of WA. He was later appointed as a research fellow in the Cardiovascular Research Group (School of Population Health, UWA) commencing in 2005, and was promoted to senior research fellow in August 2012. He is also a senior pharmacist at Royal Perth Hospital, with undergraduate and post-graduate qualifications in pharmacy, and started in hospital pharmacy in 1986. Hence, Dr Sanfilippo has a 30-year clinical work history and an 11-year history as a cardiovascular epidemiologist with expertise in linked data management and analyses, population-based cohort studies, coronary heart disease and pharmacoepidemiology. He is an affiliate member of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Since 2001, he has been a chief investigator on 21 grants for a total of $6.1m, and associate investigator on a further 6 grants for a total of $1m.
Previous positions
Sep 2001 - Dec 2004: Research Associate, Centre for Health Services Research, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia - working on the project: WA Audit of Surgical Mortality (WAASM).
1 Jan 2005 - 6 May 2005: Project Officer, WA Audit of Surgical Mortality (WAASM), Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (0.4 FTE).
1 Jan 2005 - 6 May 2005: Project Officer, WA Audit of Surgical Mortality (WAASM), Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (0.4 FTE).
Current projects
1. MOCHAB: Management of coronary heart disease in the Indigenous population in Western Australia: from information to action.
2. WACARP: Evaluation of long-term clinical and health service outcomes following coronary artery revascularisation in Western Australia: future implications.
3. BAHHWA: More Informed Action to Improve Aboriginal Heart Health in Western Australia.
4. green tea: A pilot study of the effect of green tea polyphenols in untreated patients with early stage chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
5. WAMACH: Long-term use and cost-effectiveness of secondary prevention medications for heart disease in Western Australian seniors.
6. Improving the safety and cost effectiveness of the medication supply process in Western Australian hospitals.
7. AUS-MOCHA: Is the incidence of heart attack still decreasing in Australia? Developing more reliable methods for monitoring trends in myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease.
2. WACARP: Evaluation of long-term clinical and health service outcomes following coronary artery revascularisation in Western Australia: future implications.
3. BAHHWA: More Informed Action to Improve Aboriginal Heart Health in Western Australia.
4. green tea: A pilot study of the effect of green tea polyphenols in untreated patients with early stage chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
5. WAMACH: Long-term use and cost-effectiveness of secondary prevention medications for heart disease in Western Australian seniors.
6. Improving the safety and cost effectiveness of the medication supply process in Western Australian hospitals.
7. AUS-MOCHA: Is the incidence of heart attack still decreasing in Australia? Developing more reliable methods for monitoring trends in myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease.
Research
Cardiovascular disease, Cardiovascular treatment, pharmacoepidemiology, clinical epidemiology, cohort studies, population studies
Languages
English
Italian
Italian
Keywords
- Cardiovascular disease epidemiology and control
- Clinical epidemiology
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- Linked data analysis
- Cohort studies
- Population-based studies
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Research Output 2005 2020
Change in clinical practice associated with a large randomised controlled trial comparing red cell transfusion strategies
Trentino, K. M., Sanfilippo, F. M., Leahy, M. F., Farmer, S. L., Gilfillan, I. & Murray, K., 22 Jan 2020, In : Chest.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
The relationship between abdominal pain and emotional wellbeing in children and adolescents in the Raine Study
Ayonrinde, O. T., Ayonrinde, O. A., Adams, L. A., Sanfilippo, F. M., O’ Sullivan, T. A., Robinson, M., Oddy, W. H. & Olynyk, J. K., 1 Dec 2020, In : Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 1646.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Abdominal Pain
Bullying
Anxiety
Health
Depression
Artificial intelligence methods for real-time pharmacovigilance monitoring to predict adverse cardiac events
Lu, J., Bennamoun, M., Sohel, F., Dwivedi, G., An, S., Rankin, J. & Sanfilippo, F., 2019, In : Heart, Lung & Circulation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Abstract/Meeting Abstract
Associations of nadir haemoglobin level and red blood cell transfusion with mortality and length of stay in surgical specialties: a retrospective cohort study
Trentino, K. M., Leahy, M. F., Sanfilippo, F. M., Farmer, S. L., Hofmann, A., Mace, H. & Murray, K., 1 Jun 2019, In : Anaesthesia. 74, 6, p. 726-734 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Surgical Specialties
Erythrocyte Transfusion
Length of Stay
Hemoglobins
Cohort Studies
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Bowel patterns, gastrointestinal symptoms, and emotional well-being in adolescents - A cohort study: Gastrointestinal symptoms in adolescents
Ayonrinde, O. T., Sanfilippo, F. M., O'Sullivan, T. A., Adams, L. A., Ayonrinde, O. A., Robinson, M., Oddy, W. H. & Olynyk, J. K., 1 Jul 2019, In : Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia). 34, 11, p. 1946-1954 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Child Welfare
Cohort Studies
Nausea
Odds Ratio
Confidence Intervals
Projects 2001 2020
Effects of Exogenous Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide, Nicotinamide Mononucleotide and Nicotinamide Riboside on NAD+ Levels in Humans
Sanfilippo, F. & Braidy, N.
1/01/20 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Vanguard Grant - Inflammation as an independent risk factor of future cardiovascular events in the population
Sanfilippo, F., Murray, K., Dwivedi, G. & Nolan, D.
1/04/19 → 31/03/20
Project: Research
Disinvestment in low value healthcare following a diagnosis of undifferentiated chest pain
Briffa, T., Sanfilippo, F., Li, I., Hillis, G., Stobie, P., Schultz, C., Yong, J. & Rankin, J.
1/01/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Burden of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and impact of prevention strategies: comprehensive evidence to drive the RHD Endgame
Katzenellenbogen, J., Bessarab, D., Hung, J., Nedkoff, L., De Klerk, N., Geelhoed, E., Martini, A., Sanfilippo, F., Ralph, A. & Williamson, D.
National Health & Medical Research Council NHMRC
1/01/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
RTP - Round 11 - Cost effectiveness of extending the Phase 3 community pulmonary rehabilitation program beyond the recommended 10 weeks
Lopez, D., Geelhoed, E., Sanfilippo, F., Briffa, T., Preen, D., Landers, H., Jenkins, S., Cecins, N. & Brims, F.
Government of Western Australia, Department of Health
1/07/17 → 30/06/20
Project: Research
Press / Media
Pulmonary rehabilitation study on firmer foot
Derrick Lopez & Frank Sanfilippo
14/11/17 → 15/12/17
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Press/Media: Press / Media