Associate Professor Freddy Sitas
BSc (U. WITS),
MSc (Med) (U. WITS),
MSc (Epidemiology (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine),
D.Phil (Epidemiology) (U. Oxford)
A/Prof Freddy Sitas is the Chief Operations Officer at International Centre for Future Health Systems, UNSW.Ìý He has made a significant contribution in the design and implementation of policy relevant population and clinical infrastructure studies on chronic disease prevention. He has worked extensively with cancer, mortality statistics and other large health related datasets. He has led several collaborations and consortiums and has published extensively quantifyingÌýthe effects of environmental and lifestyle factors such as smoking, BMI, alcohol and infection on cancer and premature mortality, and received the Oettlè Memorial Medal for his work in 2014.ÌýHe is Adjunct Professor at the School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney and Honorary Associate Professor at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney. His current interests include how the primary care sector can become more involved in prevention of chronic disease, quantifying the benefits of smoking cessation after hospitalisation, and quantifying the effects of smoking on infectious respiratory disease, and quantifying / identifying risks in relation to e-cigarette use.Ìý
Membership of external committees
Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Working Group: Stewart B, Sitas F. (eds) E-cigarettes and cancer. Review of current evidence.Ìý
Editor in Chief: Cancer Epidemiology, Elsevier Press
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- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- Gale M, Bolton P ... Taylor N... Sitas F.Ìý Stop Smoking Start Living - TRGS award, $0.5m 2022-2024
- Harris Roxas ... Sitas F Implementation and evaluation of "Shisha No Thanks" intervention Cancer Institute grant 2022 - 2024 $100,000Ìý
- Sarah Lewington, Margo Barr,ÌýFreddy Sitas) Smoking and infectious respiratory diseases: a preliminary analysis of large epidemiological studies (Pump Priming Grant Nuffield Department of Population Health) $10,000
- Maigen Zhou, Pang Li, Hang Li, Adair T, Sitas F, Lopez AD, Study on SmartVA for diagnosis COVID-19 deaths and the contribution of smoking to COVID-19 deaths in Wuhan, China. Bloomberg Foundation, University of Melbourne. $125,720
- Harris MF, Sitas F. Priority Research Support Program Grant, NSW Ministry of Health 2022-2026Ìý1.2m, $300K per annum.
- De Leeuw E, Barr M, Sitas F, Fatima K. Inequality Partnership research proposal. ACOSS $67,000, 2019-2020
- Bradshaw D (PI), Mathew C, Lewis C, Babb C, Singh E, Newton R, Waterboer T, Sitas F (CoPI). Evolving risk factors for cancers in African populations (ERICA-SA). ÌýLifestyle, infection, genetic susceptibility and cancer in South Africa: development of research capacity and an evidence base for cancer control £800,000, 2017-2023
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Liauw T, Jonnagaddala J ...Sitas F. Unifying and quality assuring disparate health silos with a common data model.Ìý NHMRC Partnership Grant 1.2m, 2021-2024Ìý
2013: George OettlèÌýAward for contribution toÌýcancer research
2015: Carnegie Corporation of New York-Witwatersrand University Diaspora Fellow
2024: Australasian Epidemiology Association Lifetime Achievement Award, Fellow of the Australasian Epidemiology Association (FAEA)
Smoking questions on death notification forms - Implementation in Australian Jurisdictions -
Analysis of 3.4 m adult and 1 m 18-34 year old mortality records with smoking information from South AfricaÌý (MRC South Africa).Ìý
E-cigarettes and cancer; Clinical Oncological Society of Australia evidence reviewÌýÌý
EVOLVING RISK FACTORS FOR CANCERS IN AFRICAN POPULATIONS:ÌýLifestyle, infection, genetic susceptibility and cancer in South Africa:Ìýdevelopment of research capacity and an evidence base for cancer control (MRC South Africa, German Cancer Research Centre, Kings College London, MRC AIDS Virus Research Institute, Uganda, National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa)
Stop smoking, start living - hospital ward-based smoking cessation intervention in South Eastern Sydney, South Western Sydney and Mid-North Coast Local Health Districts
Implementation and evaluation of "Shisha No Thanks" interventionÌý
COVID-19, Lower Respiratory Tract infections and Smoking.ÌýÌý
Vaping, smoking and hospitalisations among young populationsÌý
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