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Dr Ghazaleh Dashti

Dr Ghazaleh Dashti

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Role Biostatistician (Snr Research Officer)
Research area Population Health

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Dr Ghazaleh Dashti is a biostatistician (Senior Research Officer) within the Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit at Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI). Her research focuses on the evaluation of causal inference methods in observational studies and methods for handling missing data in the context of causal inference. She also provides epidemiological and biostatistical support to the Centre for Adolescent Health Unit and Intergenerational Health group at MCRI.

She was awarded a PhD in Epidemiology from The University of Melbourne in 2020, a Master of Public Health from The University of Melbourne in 2015, and a Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree from Shahid Beheshti University in Iran in 2011. She has worked as an epidemiologist at the Colorectal Cancer Unit (2014-2017), and the Australian National Development Index Project (2018) at the University of Melbourne. Between 2014 and 2019 she held various teaching roles at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health.
Dr Ghazaleh Dashti is a biostatistician (Senior Research Officer) within the Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit at Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI). Her research focuses on the evaluation of causal inference methods in...
Dr Ghazaleh Dashti is a biostatistician (Senior Research Officer) within the Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit at Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI). Her research focuses on the evaluation of causal inference methods in observational studies and methods for handling missing data in the context of causal inference. She also provides epidemiological and biostatistical support to the Centre for Adolescent Health Unit and Intergenerational Health group at MCRI.

She was awarded a PhD in Epidemiology from The University of Melbourne in 2020, a Master of Public Health from The University of Melbourne in 2015, and a Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree from Shahid Beheshti University in Iran in 2011. She has worked as an epidemiologist at the Colorectal Cancer Unit (2014-2017), and the Australian National Development Index Project (2018) at the University of Melbourne. Between 2014 and 2019 she held various teaching roles at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health.

Top Publications

  • Afshar, N, Dashti, SG, Mar, V, Marvelde, L, Evans, S, Milne, RL, English, DR. Do age at diagnosis, tumour thickness and tumour site explain sex differences in melanoma survival? A causal mediation analysis using cancer registry data. International Journal of Cancer 154(5) : 793 -800 2024
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  • Dempsey, PC, Matthews, CE, Dashti, SG, Doherty, AR, Bergouignan, A, van Roekel, EH, Dunstan, DW, Wareham, NJ, Yates, TE, Wijndaele, K, et al. Sedentary Behavior and Chronic Disease: Mechanisms and Future Directions.. Journal of Physical Activity and Health 17(1) : 52 -61 2024
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  • Zhang, J, Dashti, G, Carlin, J, Lee, K, Moreno-Betancur, M. Should multiple imputation be stratified by exposure group when estimating causal effects via outcome regression in observational studies?. 2024
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  • Dashti, SG, Mundy, L, Goddings, A-L, Canterford, L, Viner, RM, Carlin, JB, Patton, G, Moreno-Betancur, M. Modelling timing and tempo of adrenarche in a prospective cohort study. PLOS ONE 17(12) : e0278948 2024
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  • Zhang, J, Dashti, SG, Carlin, JB, Lee, KJ, Moreno-Betancur, M. Should multiple imputation be stratified by exposure group when estimating causal effects via outcome regression in observational studies?. BMC Medical Research Methodology 23(1) : 42 2024
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