ProfessorNehmat Houssami
Professor of Public Health, NHMRC Professorial Research Fellow, NBCF Chair in Breast Cancer Prevention
Faculty of Medicine and Health
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- Professor of Public Health, NHMRC Professorial Research Fellow, NBCF Chair in Breast Cancer PreventionFaculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Evaluation of new technologies for breast cancer screening or diagnosis (eg. tomosythesis; AI); population breast screening; breast screening/clinical trials; impact of testing on clinical outcomes; evidence-based practice in breast diagnostics; pre-operative testing (eg MRI) in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer; diagnostic test accuracy; image-guided intervention; screening women with a personal history of breast cancer (cancer survivors); surgical outcomes in early breast cancer; systematic reviews.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTFuture-proofing population breast cancer screening: Generating and translating evidence to guide screening practice and improve health outcomes.National Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2030People funded by this grant:
- Houssami N
- GRANTEvaluation of Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Approaches in AustraliaDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Feb 2025 - 31 Jan 2030People funded by this grant:
- Canfell K,
- Nickson C,
- Steinberg J,
- Caruana M,
- Venning B
- GRANTEvaluating Artificial intelligence (AI) to underpin future population breast cancer screening practiceNational Breast Cancer Foundation1 Jan 2024People funded by this grant:
- Marinovich ML,
- Houssami N,
- Nickel B
- GRANTRewarding Research 2024Faculty of Medicine and Health1 Jan 2024People funded by this grant:
- Houssami N
- GRANTActive Women over 50 in rural, regional and remote areas: an effectiveness-implementation trialDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2027People funded by this grant:
- Houssami N,
- Biswas R,
- Gilchrist H,
- Bauman A,
- McKeon G
- GRANTActive Women over 50: an effectiveness-implementation randomised controlled trialDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Rosenbaum S,
- Tiedemann A,
- Houssami N,
- Wallbank G,
- Sherrington C
- GRANTDigital Breast Tomosynthesis for the Dutch National Screening ProgramRadboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre1 Jan 2022People funded by this grant:
- Houssami N
- GRANTBreast Cancer Prevention Catalyst: Population & Translational Research in Screening, Surveillance, Staging, and PrognosticationNational Breast Cancer Foundation1 Jul 2021People funded by this grant:
- Houssami N
- GRANTNational Breast Cancer Foundation1 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2032People funded by this grant:
- Houssami N
- GRANTComparative effectiveness of breast tomosynthesis and mammography in real-world population screening: Evidence to underpin and improve breast cancer screeningNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2021People funded by this grant:
- Houssami N
- GRANTSouthern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority1 Jan 2021People funded by this grant:
- Hofvind S,
- Bergan MB,
- Lång K,
- Chen Y,
- Eikvil L
- GRANTWiser healthcare: better value care for all AustraliansNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- O'Connor D,
- Glasziou P,
- Houssami N,
- Bell KC,
- McCaffery K
- GRANTEvidence on the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of digital breast tomosynthesis in identifying breast cancer compared to standard imaging in populations at risk of breast cancerDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jun 2020 - 31 May 2025People funded by this grant:
- Nickson C,
- Teixeira-Pinto AR,
- Noguchi N,
- Bell KC,
- Houssami N
- GRANTArtificial Intelligence AI to enhance breast cancer screening. Early detection of interval cancers, economic impact and women's perspectivesNational Breast Cancer Foundation1 Jan 2020People funded by this grant:
- Marinovich ML,
- Pearce A,
- Houssami N
- GRANTArtificial intelligence AI to enhance breast cancer screening: Early detection of interval cancers, economic impact and womens perspectivesNational Breast Cancer Foundation1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Pearce A,
- Houssami N
- GRANTEvaluation of clinical pathways and patient outcomes for breast MRI in preoperative assessment and staging of breast cancer: Establishing when MRI improves patient outcomes and when it does not.Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jun 2019 - 31 Dec 2025People funded by this grant:
- Houssami N
- GRANTBreastScreen Victoria pilot trial of the feasibility and outcomes of tomosynthesis (3D-mammography) screening: a blueprint to inform large-scale evaluation in AustraliaNational Breast Cancer Foundation1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2018People funded by this grant:
- Lockie D,
- Houssami N,
- Evans J
- GRANTTemporal trends in the incidence, site and survival of metastatic breast cancer in AustraliaNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2019People funded by this grant:
- Houssami N
- GRANTSupporting informed choice for management of screen-detected Ductal Carcinoma in Situ(DCIS) among older women (70 years and over)University of Sydney - Sydney Catalyst Translational Cancer Research1 Jul 2016People funded by this grant:
- Spillane A,
- Rutherford C,
- Hersch J,
- Saunders C,
- McCaffery K
- GRANTCollaborative Breast Cancer Research Program BCRP in Evidence Generation, Synthesis and Translation: Enhancing Breast Screening and Staging Research to Improve PracticeNational Breast Cancer Foundation1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2020People funded by this grant:
- Houssami N
- GRANTEvaluating New Strategies for Breast Cancer ScreeningDVC Research1 Jan 2016People funded by this grant:
- Houssami N
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2018People funded by this grant:
- McCaffery K,
- Dhillon H,
- Jansen J,
- McGeechan K,
- Barratt A
- GRANTInforming women about over-diagnosis in mammography screening: a randomised trialNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2014People funded by this grant:
- Dhillon H,
- Jansen J,
- Barratt A,
- McCaffery K,
- McGeechan K
- GRANTEvidence to guide early detection strategies in population screening and in women with a personal history of breast cancerNational Breast Cancer Foundation1 Jan 2013People funded by this grant:
- Houssami N
- GRANTIncidence and prognosis of metastatic breast cancer: A population-based data linkage studyNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2012People funded by this grant:
- Houssami N,
- Lord SS
