Ms Katrina Blazek

Senior Lecturer

MBiostat, BMedSc

Medicine & Health

School of Population Health

I graduated from the NSW Ministry of Health Biostatistics Training Program in 2019 with Star Graduate Status. Since then i have dedicated myself to teaching biostatistics to public health students. I work closely with researchers from a broad range of disciplines and enjoy the challenge of finding the best statistical tool for each research question.

E-mail

k.blazek@unsw.edu.au

Journal articles | 2025

Tran M; Rhee J; Blazek K; Balasooriya C; Vuong K, 2025, 'Digital health technology use in Australian general practice (GP) consultations: A cross-sectional analysis of the medicine in Australia: Balancing employment and life study', Primary Health Care Research and Development, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1463423625000143

Journal articles | 2024

Hossain FB; Jayasinghe S; Blazek K; He WQ; Liu B, 2024, 'Pneumococcal vaccination and primary care presentations for acute respiratory tract infection and antibiotic prescribing in older adults', PLoS ONE, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299924

Journal articles | 2024

McDermid P; Abdi I; Mustafa K; Blazek K; Harris-Roxas B; Jackson CJ; Seale H, 2024, 'Examining the influence of community leaders and other community actors on immunisation practices in Australia: A national cross-sectional study', Vaccine, 42, pp. 3647 - 3654, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.076

Journal articles | 2024

McDermid P; Blazek K; Mougin N; Thomson A; Seale H, 2024, 'Attitudes and behaviors of maternal Tdap vaccination in Panama, Peru, and Colombia: An international cross-sectional study', Vaccine, 42, pp. 1698 - 1703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.01.106

Journal articles | 2024

Nasser A; de Zwart BJ; Stewart DJ; Zielke AM; Blazek K; Heywood AE; Craig AT, 2024, 'Risk factors predicting the need for intensive care unit admission within forty-eight hours of emergency department presentation: A case–control study', Australian Critical Care, 37, pp. 686 - 693, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2024.01.012

Journal articles | 2024

Tan SMJ; Coffey MJ; Blazek K; Sitaram N; Dobrescu I; Motta A; Chuang S; Ooi CY, 2024, 'Serious games vs. traditional tutorials in the pandemic: a randomised controlled trial', Frontiers in Medicine, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2024.1424024

Journal articles | 2023

McDermid P; Craig A; Sheel M; Blazek K; Talty S; Seale H, 2023, 'Information seeking behaviors of individuals impacted by COVID-19 international travel restrictions: an analysis of two international cross-sectional studies', Frontiers in Communication, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1101548

Journal articles | 2023

Scholes-Robertson N; Blazek K; Tong A; Gutman T; Craig JC; Essue BM; Howard K; Wong G; Howell M, 2023, 'Financial toxicity experienced by rural Australian families with chronic kidney disease', Nephrology, 28, pp. 456 - 466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nep.14192

Journal articles | 2023

Tran JK; Ooi CY; Blazek K; Katz T, 2023, 'Body composition and body mass index measures from 8 to 18 years old in children with cystic fibrosis', Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 22, pp. 851 - 856, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2023.06.003

Journal articles | 2022

Blazek K; Furestad E; Ryan D; Damian D; Fernandez-Penas P; Tong S, 2022, 'The impact of skin cancer prevention efforts in New South Wales, Australia: Generational trends in melanoma incidence and mortality', Cancer Epidemiology, 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2022.102263

Journal articles | 2022

Chung EYM; Blazek K; Teixeira-Pinto A; Sharma A; Kim S; Lin Y; Keung K; Bose B; Kairaitis L; McCarthy H; Ronco P; Alexander SI; Wong G, 2022, 'Predictive Models for Recurrent Membranous Nephropathy after Kidney Transplantation', Transplantation Direct, 8, pp. E1357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001357

Journal articles | 2022

Khalid R; Van Zwieten A; Kim S; Didsbury M; Francis A; Mctaggart S; Walker A; Mackie FE; Prestidge C; Teixeira-Pinto A; Barton B; Lorenzo J; Lah S; Howard K; Nassar N; Au E; Tong A; Blazek K; Craig JC; Wong G, 2022, 'Association between socioeconomic status and academic performance in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease', Pediatric Nephrology, 37, pp. 3195 - 3204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00467-022-05515-3

Journal articles | 2022

Kim S; Van Zwieten A; Lorenzo J; Khalid R; Lah S; Chen K; Didsbury M; Francis A; Mctaggart S; Walker A; Mackie FE; Prestidge C; Teixeira-Pinto A; Tong A; Blazek K; Barton B; Craig JC; Wong G, 2022, 'Cognitive and academic outcomes in children with chronic kidney disease', Pediatric Nephrology, 37, pp. 2715 - 2724, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00467-022-05499-0

Journal articles | 2022

Lalji R; Francis A; Blazek K; Teixeira-Pinto A; Wong G; Johnson DW, 2022, 'Sex differences in the likelihood of pre-emptive living donor kidney transplantation, and outcomes after kidney transplantation in children and adolescents', Pediatric Transplantation, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/petr.14224

Journal articles | 2022

McDermid P; Craig A; Sheel M; Blazek K; Talty S; Seale H, 2022, 'Examining the psychological and financial impact of travel restrictions on citizens and permanent residents stranded abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic: International cross-sectional study', BMJ Open, 12, pp. e059922, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059922

Journal articles | 2022

McDermid P; Sooppiyaragath S; Craig A; Sheel M; Blazek K; Talty S; Seale H, 2022, 'Psychological and financial impacts of COVID-19-related travel measures: An international cross-sectional study', PLoS ONE, 17, pp. e0271894, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271894

Journal articles | 2022

Urriola N; Blazek K; Adelstein S, 2022, 'Subunit-specific autoantibodies in autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy', Journal of Neuroimmunology, 363, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneuroim.2021.577805

Journal articles | 2021

Blazek K; van Zwieten A; Saglimbene V; Teixeira-Pinto A, 2021, 'A practical guide to multiple imputation of missing data in nephrology', Kidney International, 99, pp. 68 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2020.07.035

Journal articles | 2021

Chung EY; Blazek K; Sharma A; Kim S; Teixeira-Pinto A; Wong G; Alexander SI, 2021, 'Association Between Recipient-Donor HLA Genotypes and Recurrent Membranous Nephropathy After Kidney Transplantation', Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 32, pp. 662 - 662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1681/asn.20213210s1662b

Journal articles | 2021

Houssami N; Zackrisson S; Blazek K; Hunter K; Bernardi D; Lång K; Hofvind S, 2021, 'Meta-analysis of prospective studies evaluating breast cancer detection and interval cancer rates for digital breast tomosynthesis versus mammography population screening', European Journal of Cancer, 148, pp. 14 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2021.01.035

Journal articles | 2021

Ord TJ; Blazek K; White TE; Das I, 2021, 'Conspicuous animal signals avoid the cost of predation by being intermittent or novel: Confirmation in the wild using hundreds of robotic prey', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288, pp. 20210706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0706

Journal articles | 2021

Sinka V; Lopez-Vargas P; Tong A; Dickson M; Kerr M; Sheerin N; Blazek K; Teixeira-Pinto A; Stephens JH; Craig JC, 2021, 'Chronic disease prevention programs offered by Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in New South Wales, Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 45, pp. 59 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13069

Journal articles | 2021

Urriola N; Spies JM; Blazek K; Lang B; Adelstein S, 2021, 'A Flow Cytometric Assay to Detect Functional Ganglionic Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies by Immunomodulation in Autoimmune Autonomic Ganglionopathy', Frontiers in Immunology, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.705292

Journal articles | 2020

Francis A; Johnson DW; Melk A; Foster BJ; Blazek K; Craig JC; Wong G, 2020, 'Survival after kidney transplantation during childhood and adolescence', Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 15, pp. 392 - 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.2215/CJN.07070619

Journal articles | 2020

Reece LJ; McInerney C; Blazek K; Foley BC; Schmutz L; Bellew B; Bauman AE, 2020, 'Reducing financial barriers through the implementation of voucher incentives to promote children's participation in community sport in Australia', BMC Public Health, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-8049-6

Journal articles | 2020

Standen JC; Morgan GG; Sowerbutts T; Blazek K; Gugusheff J; Puntsag O; Wollan M; Torzillo P, 2020, 'Prioritising housing maintenance to improve health in indigenous communities in NSW over 20 years', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, pp. 1 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165946

Journal articles | 2019

Hair K; Macleod MR; Sena ES, 2019, 'A randomised controlled trial of an Intervention to Improve Compliance with the ARRIVE guidelines (IICARus)', RESEARCH INTEGRITY AND PEER REVIEW, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41073-019-0069-3

Journal articles | 2018

Bauman AE; Blazek K; Reece L; Bellew W, 2018, 'The emergence and characteristics of the Australian mamil', Medical Journal of Australia, 209, pp. 490 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja18.00841

Journal articles | 2015

Blazek K; Eames HL; Weiss M; Byrne AJ; Perocheau D; Pease JE; Doyle S; McCann F; Williams RO; Udalova IA, 2015, 'IFN-λ resolves inflammation via suppression of neutrophil infiltration and IL-1β production', Journal of Experimental Medicine, 212, pp. 845 - 853, http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20140995

Journal articles | 2015

Dalmas E; Toubal A; Alzaid F; Blazek K; Eames HL; Lebozec K; Pini M; Hainault I; Montastier E; Denis RGP; Ancel P; Lacombe A; Ling Y; Allatif O; Cruciani-Guglielmacci C; André S; Viguerie N; Poitou C; Stich V; Torcivia A; Foufelle F; Luquet S; Aron-Wisnewsky J; Langin D; Clément K; Udalova IA; Venteclef N, 2015, 'Irf5 deficiency in macrophages promotes beneficial adipose tissue expansion and insulin sensitivity during obesity', Nature Medicine, 21, pp. 610 - 618, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nm.3829

Journal articles | 2015

Weiss M; Byrne AJ; Blazek K; Saliba DG; Pease JE; Perocheau D; Feldmann M; Udalova IA, 2015, 'IRF5 controls both acute and chronic inflammation', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112, pp. 11001 - 11006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1506254112

Journal articles | 2014

McCann FE; Perocheau DP; Ruspi G; Blazek K; Davies ML; Feldmann M; Dean JLE; Stoop AA; Williams RO, 2014, 'Selective tumor necrosis factor receptor i blockade is antiinflammatory and reveals immunoregulatory role of tumor necrosis factor receptor II in collagen-induced arthritis', Arthritis and Rheumatology, 66, pp. 2728 - 2738, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/art.38755

Journal articles | 2014

Saliba DG; Heger A; Eames HL; Oikonomopoulos S; Teixeira A; Blazek K; Androulidaki A; Wong D; Goh FG; Weiss M; Byrne A; Pasparakis M; Ragoussis J; Udalova IA, 2014, 'IRF5:RelA interaction targets inflammatory genes in macrophages', Cell Reports, 8, pp. 1308 - 1317, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2014.07.034

Journal articles | 2013

Ryzhakov G; Teixeira A; Saliba D; Blazek K; Muta T; Ragoussis J; Udalova IA, 2013, 'Cross-species analysis reveals evolving and conserved features of the nuclear factor κb (NF-κB) proteins', Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288, pp. 11546 - 11554, http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M113.451153

Journal articles | 2013

Weiss M; Blazek K; Byrne AJ; Perocheau DP; Udalova IA, 2013, 'IRF5 is a specific marker of inflammatory macrophages in vivo', Mediators of Inflammation, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/245804

Journal articles | 2013

delFresno C; Soulat D; Roth S; Blazek K; Udalova I; Sancho D; Ruland J; Ardavín C, 2013, 'Interferon-β Production via Dectin-1-Syk-IRF5 Signaling in Dendritic Cells Is Crucial for Immunity to C.albicans', Immunity, 38, pp. 1176 - 1186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2013.05.010

Journal articles | 2012

Luron L; Saliba D; Blazek K; Lanfrancotti A; Udalova IA, 2012, 'FOXO3 as a new IKK-ε-controlled check-point of regulation of IFN-β expression', European Journal of Immunology, 42, pp. 1030 - 1037, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eji.201141969

Journal articles | 2012

Ryzhakov G; Blazek K; Lai CC-K; Udalova IA, 2012, 'O011 IL-17 receptor adaptor Act1/CIKS plays an evolutionarily conserved role in antiviral signalling', Cytokine, 59, pp. 501 - 502, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2012.06.039

Journal articles | 2012

Ryzhakov G; Blazek K; Lai CCK; Udalova IA, 2012, 'IL-17 receptor adaptor protein Act1/CIKS plays an evolutionarily conserved role in antiviral signaling', Journal of Immunology, 189, pp. 4852 - 4858, http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1200428

Journal articles | 2011

Krausgruber T; Blazek K; Smallie T; Alzabin S; Lockstone H; Sahgal N; Hussell T; Feldmann M; Udalova IA, 2011, 'IRF5 promotes inflammatory macrophage polarization and T H1-TH17 responses', Nature Immunology, 12, pp. 231 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ni.1990

Journal articles | 2011

Krausgruber T; Saliba D; Eames H; Williams L; Smallie T; Blazek K; Udalova IA, 2011, 'PS2-062. Novel role of IRF5 in transcriptional inhibition of human IL-10 gene expression', Cytokine, 56, pp. 81 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2011.07.224

Journal articles | 2011

Lee HJ; Hinshelwood R; Bouras T; Gallego-Ortega D; Valdes-Mora F; Blazek K; Visvader JE; Clark SJ; Ormandy CJ, 2011, 'Lineage specific methylation of the Elf5 promoter in mammary epithelial cells', Stem Cells, 29, pp. 1611 - 1619, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/stem.706

Journal articles | 2011

Ryzhakov G; Blazek K; Udalova IA, 2011, 'Evolution of vertebrate immunity: Sequence and functional analysis of the SEFIR domain family member Act1', Journal of Molecular Evolution, 72, pp. 521 - 530, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00239-011-9450-7

Journal articles | 2011

Ryzhakov G; Lai CCK; Blazek K; To KW; Hussell T; Udalova I, 2011, 'IL-17 boosts proinflammatory outcome of antiviral response in human cells', Journal of Immunology, 187, pp. 5357 - 5362, http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1100917

Journal articles | 2010

Hilton HN; Kalyuga M; Cowley MJ; Alles MC; Lee HJ; Caldon CE; Blazek K; Kaplan W; Musgrove EA; Daly RJ; Naylor MJ; Graham J; Clarke C; Ormandy CJ, 2010, 'The antiproliferative effects of progestins in T47D breast cancer cells are tempered by progestin induction of the ETS transcription factor Elf5', Molecular Endocrinology, 24, pp. 1380 - 1392, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/me.2009-0516

Journal articles | 2010

Krausgruber T; Saliba D; Blazek K; Lockstone H; Sahgal N; Alzabin S; Teixeira A; Hussell T; Ragoussis J; Udalova IA, 2010, 'SS5-2 IRF5 as a defining factor of M1 macrophage polarization', Cytokine, 52, pp. 44 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2010.07.185

Journal articles | 2010

Krausgruber T; Saliba D; Ryzhakov G; Lanfrancotti A; Blazek K; Udalova IA, 2010, 'IRF5 is required for late-phase TNF secretion by human dendritic cells', Blood, 115, pp. 4421 - 4430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2010-01-263020

Journal articles | 2010

Ryzhakov G; Lai C; Blazek K; Udalova I, 2010, 'PS1-75 IL-17 stimulation results in a pro-inflammatory outcome during antiviral response in human cells', Cytokine, 52, pp. 33 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2010.07.147

Journal articles | 2008

Oakes SR; Naylor MJ; Asselin-Labat M; Blazek K; Gardiner-Garden M; Hilton HN; Kazlauskas M; Pritchard M; Chodosh L; Pfeffer P; Lindeman GJ; Visvader J; Ormandy CJ, 2008, 'The Ets transcription factor Elf5 specifies mammary alveolar cell fate', Genes and Development, 22, pp. 581 - 586, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gad.1614608

Journal articles | 2006

Craven AJ; Nixon AJ; Ashby MG; Ormandy CJ; Blazek K; Wilkins RJ; Pearson AJ, 2006, 'Prolactin delays hair regrowth in mice', Journal of Endocrinology, 191, pp. 415 - 425

Journal articles | 2006

Harris J; Stanford PM; Sutherland K; Oakes SR; Naylor MJ; Robertson F; Blazek K; Kazlauskas M; Hilton HN; Wittlin S; Alexander WS; Lindeman GJ; Visvader J; Ormandy CJ, 2006, 'Socs2 and Elf5 mediate prolactin-induced mammary gland development', Molecular Endocrinology, 20, pp. 1177 - 1187

Journal articles | 2005

Naylor MJ; Oakes SR; Gardiner-Garden M; Harris J; Blazek K; Ho TW; Li F; Wynick D; Walker AM; Ormandy CJ, 2005, 'Transcriptional changes underlying the secretory activation phase of mammary gland development', Molecular Endocrinology, 19, pp. 1868 - 1883

Journal articles | 2004

Faedo M; Ford CE; Mehta R; Blazek K; Rawlinson WD, 2004, 'Mouse mammary tumor like virus is associated with p53 nuclear accumulation and progesterone receptor positivity but not estrogen positivity in human female breast cancer', Clinical Cancer Research, 10, pp. 4417 - 4419
Conference Abstracts | 2022

LALJI R; Francis A; Blazek K; Teixeira-Pinto A; Wong G; Johnson D, 2022, 'POS-777 SEX DIFFERENCES IN ACCESS TO AND OUTCOMES AFTER PAEDIATRIC KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION', in Kidney International Reports, Elsevier BV, Vol. 7, pp. S335 - S336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2022.01.813

Preprints | 2022

McDermid P; Sooppiyaragath S; Craig A; Sheel M; Blazek K; Talty S; Seale H, 2022, Psychological and financial impacts of COVID-19-related travel measures: An international cross-sectional study, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.21.22271299

Preprints | 2021

McDermid P; Craig A; Sheel M; Blazek K; Talty S; Seale H, 2021, Stranded abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic: examining the psychological and financial impact of border restrictions, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.08.21267218

Conference Papers | 2021

Tang J; Lee V; Guha C; Dominello A; Blazek K; Teixeira-Pinto A; Roger S; Keung K; Howell M; Tong A; Wong G, 2021, 'FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH EHEALTH USE IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS', in NEPHROLOGY, WILEY, pp. 32 - 32, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000689277100093&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Papers | 2020

Khalid R; Van Zwieten A; Didsbury M; Chen K; James L; Francis A; Kim S; Mctaggart S; Walker A; Mackie F; Kara T; Prestidge C; Teixeira-Pinto A; Barton B; Lorenzo J; Lah S; Howard K; Nassar N; Au E; Tong A; Blazek K; Craig J; Wong G, 2020, 'THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE', in NEPHROLOGY, WILEY, pp. 12 - 12, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000592647200012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

My Teaching

Course convenor for:

PCHM9517 Regression Methods in Biostatistics
PCHM2002 Biostatistics

Guest lecturer:

PHCM9781 Evidence Informed Decision Making

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