Sandar Tin Tin
MBBS, MPH, PhD
Girdlers’ New Zealand HRC Fellow
Sandar joined the Cancer Epidemiology Unit as a Girdlers’ New Zealand HRC (Health Research Council) Fellow in August 2019. She was trained as a medical doctor in Myanmar and holds a Master of Public Health and a PhD from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Sandar has a broad interest in the theoretical, methodological and applied aspects of epidemiological research, and has undertaken a number of research projects related to cancer, active travel, injury and child and youth health. Her current research is based on the UK Biobank and examines physical activity, biomarkers and breast cancer risk.
Recent publications
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Post-diagnostic statin use and breast cancer-specific mortality: a population-based cohort study
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Scott OW. et al, (2023), Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 199, 195 - 206
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Metabolically defined body size and body shape phenotypes and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.
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Mahamat-Saleh Y. et al, (2023), Cancer Med
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The association between body fatness and mortality among breast cancer survivors: results from a prospective cohort study.
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Bonet C. et al, (2023), Eur J Epidemiol
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Performance of cardiovascular disease risk prediction equations in more than 14 000 survivors of cancer in New Zealand primary care: a validation study
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Tawfiq E. et al, (2023), The Lancet, 401, 357 - 365
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Comparison of Cancer Mortality and Incidence Between New Zealand and Australia and Reflection on Differences in Cancer Care: An Ecological Cross-Sectional Study of 2014-2018.
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Aye PS. et al, (2023), Cancer Control, 30