Sarah Derrett Explained

Sarah Derrett
Birth Date:	1964
Fields:	Injury prevention
Workplaces:	University of Otago
Alma Mater:	University of Otago
Thesis1 Title:	Surgical prioritisation and patients : assessment, process and outcome
Thesis1 Url:	https://otago.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/q5v1tf/OTAGO_ALMA2198521120001891
Thesis1 Year:	2001

Sarah Derrett (born 1964) is a New Zealand Injury prevention academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Otago.^[1]

Academic career

After a 2001 PhD titled 'Surgical prioritisation and patients : assessment, process and outcome' at the University of Otago, Derrett moved to the Massey University^[2] and then back to Otago, rising to full professor in 2017.^{[1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

Selected works

• Murray, Christopher JL, Theo Vos, Rafael Lozano, Mohsen Naghavi, Abraham D. Flaxman, Catherine Michaud, Majid Ezzati et al. "Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010." The lancet 380, no. 9859 (2012): 2197–2223.
• Vos, Theo, Abraham D. Flaxman, Mohsen Naghavi, Rafael Lozano, Catherine Michaud, Majid Ezzati, Kenji Shibuya et al. "Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010." The lancet 380, no. 9859 (2012): 2163–2196.
• Haagsma, Juanita A., Nicholas Graetz, Ian Bolliger, Mohsen Naghavi, Hideki Higashi, Erin C. Mullany, Semaw Ferede Abera et al. "The global burden of injury: incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years and time trends from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013." Injury prevention 22, no. 1 (2016): 3–18.
• Derrett, Sarah, Charlotte Paul, and Jenny M. Morris. "Waiting for elective surgery: effects on health-related quality of life." International Journal for Quality in Health Care 11, no. 1 (1999): 47–57.
• Coggon, David, Georgia Ntani, Keith T. Palmer, Vanda E. Felli, Raul Harari, Lope H. Barrero, Sarah A. Felknor et al. "Disabling musculoskeletal pain in working populations: is it the job, the person, or the culture?." Pain® 154, no. 6 (2013): 856–863.
• Harcombe, Helen, David McBride, Sarah Derrett, and Andrew Gray. "Prevalence and impact of musculoskeletal disorders in New Zealand nurses, postal workers and office workers." Australian and New Zealand journal of public health 33, no. 5 (2009): 437–441.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine staff profiles. Department of Preventive and Social. Medicine. www.otago.ac.nz.
2. Web site: ACC support significant in rehabilitation. Stuff.
3. News: Exclusive: Christchurch researchers make major breakthrough in bowel cancer prevention. TVNZ.
4. Web site: Ritchie among 23 promoted to professor. John. Gibb. 20 December 2017. Otago Daily Times Online News.
5. Web site: Disabled Wellington man spirals into poverty, depression after ACC axes support. Stuff.
6. Web site: 'Deep concerns' over ministry's bowel cancer response. Stuff.
7. Web site: Concern at bowel cancers missed. Elspeth. McLean. 25 May 2018. Otago Daily Times Online News.
8. Web site: There's a belief that bowel cancer is an old person's disease – it's wrong. Noted.
9. Web site: Aucklanders twice as likely to survive bowel cancer surgery than those elsewhere. Stuff.
10. Web site: New chairwoman for health council named. Mike. Houlahan. 27 February 2019. Otago Daily Times Online News.
11. Web site: Funding for research into baby pouches. John. Gibb. 26 June 2019. Otago Daily Times Online News.
12. Web site: HRC grants $40m to Otago research tackling issues from climate change to heart failure. New Zealand Doctor.
13. Web site: $6m for smoking research. John. Gibb. 27 June 2019. Otago Daily Times Online News.