Dr Dandara Haag
Postdoctoral Researcher
Adelaide Dental School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dandara is a Lecturer & Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Adelaide Dental School & School of Public Health. She has a Bachelor in Dentistry and a PhD in Dental Public Health & Epidemiology. Over the last five years she has been involved in different research projects, analysing large linked data platforms and datasets from population-based health studies (cross-sectional and cohort studies). Dandara teaches research methods and principles of Public Health and Epidemiology in the Bachelor of Dental Surgery & Bachelor of Oral health. She is working with the BetterStart group and with the Indigenous Oral health Unit on various projects involving epidemiological analysis of de-identified datasets.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2017 - ongoing Research Associate University of Adelaide -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2018 Award Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence The University of Adelaide Australia - 2017 Research Award Head of the School prize for the best presentation at the School of Public Health Research Symposium The University of Adelaide Australia - 2014 Scholarship PhD scholarship Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological development- CNPq Brazil - 2013 Award Diploma of Merit for achieving the best Grade Point Average for the Bachelor in Dental Surgery Program Federal University of Santa Catarina Brazil - 2013 Award Diploma of best student in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology of the Federal University of Santa Catarina Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology of the Federal University of Santa Catarina Brazil - 2013 Award Diploma of Merit from the Brazilian Association of Dental Education for achieving the best grade point average for the Dentistry Program of the Federal University of Santa Catarina Brazilian Association of Dental Education Brazil - 2013 Award Diploma of Merit from the Brazilian Dental Association for the work developed in the social area during the undergraduate course. Brazilian Dental Association Brazil - -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Portuguese Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2014 - 2018 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2009 - 2013 Federal University of Santa Catarina Brazil Bachelor of Dental Surgery -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2023 Jamieson, L., Ju, X., Haag, D., Ribeiro, P., Soares, G., & Hedges, J. (2023). An intersectionality approach to Indigenous oral health inequities; the super-additive impacts of racism and negative life events. PLoS One, 18(1), 1-12.
2023 Schuch, H. S., Nascimento, G. G., Demarco, F. F., & Haag, D. G. (2023). Causal inference in dentistry: Time to move forward. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51(1), 62-66.
Scopus22023 Bastos, J. L., Constante, H. M., Schuch, H. S., Haag, D. G., & Jamieson, L. M. (2023). The Mouth as a Site of Compound Injustices: A Structural Intersectionality Approach to the Oral Health of Working-Age US Adults. American Journal of Epidemiology, 192(4), 560-572.
2023 Du, M., Haag, D. G., Lynch, J. W., & Mittinty, M. N. (2023). Application of multilevel models for predicting pain following root canal treatment. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51(3), 418-427.
2022 Haag, D. G., Schuch, H. S., Nath, S., Baker, S. R., Celeste, R. K., Thomson, W. M., & Jamieson, L. M. (2022). Gender inequities in dental research publications: Findings from 20 years. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1-11.
Scopus12022 Nath, S., Poirier, B., Ju, X., Kapellas, K., Haag, D., & Jamieson, L. (2022). Periodontal disease inequities among Indigenous populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.. Journal of periodontal research, 57(1), 1-19.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC12022 Parker, E. J., Mejia, G., Spencer, A. J., Roberts-Thomson, K. F., Haag, D., & Jamieson, L. M. (2022). Self-rated oral and general health among Aboriginal adults in regional South Australia. Australian Dental Journal, 67(2), 132-137.
Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12022 Haag, D. G., Santiago, P. R., Schuch, H. S., Brennan, D. S., & Jamieson, L. M. (2022). Is the association between social support and oral health modified by household income? Findings from a national study of adults in Australia. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 50(6), 484-492.
Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC12022 Zakershahrak, M., Ribeiro Santiago, P. H., Sethi, S., Haag, D., Jamieson, L., & Brennan, D. (2022). Psychometric properties of the EQ-5D-3L in South Australia: a multi-method non-preference-based validation study. Current Medical Research and Opinion, 38(5), 673-685.
Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC12022 Nath, S., Sethi, S., Bastos, J. L., Constante, H. M., Kapellas, K., Haag, D., & Jamieson, L. M. (2022). A Global Perspective of Racial–Ethnic Inequities in Dental Caries: Protocol of Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1390.
Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12022 Bastos, J. L., Constante, H. M., Schuch, H. S., Haag, D. G., Nath, S., Celeste, R. K., . . . Jamieson, L. M. (2022). Where are race-based oral health inequities bound? Protocol for a systematic review on interventions to tackle racial injustice in dental outcomes.. Systematic reviews, 11(1), 41.
Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC12022 Nath, S., Poirier, B., Ju, X., Kapellas, K., Haag, D., & Jamieson, L. (2022). Prevalence of periodontal disease among Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.. Syst Rev, 11(1), 43.
2022 Poirier, B., Sethi, S., Haag, D., Hedges, J., & Jamieson, L. (2022). The impact of neoliberal generative mechanisms on Indigenous health: a critical realist scoping review. Globalization and Health, 18(1), 17 pages.
Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC22022 Bastos, J. L., Constante, H. M., Schuch, H. S., Haag, D. G., & Jamieson, L. M. (2022). How do state-level racism, sexism, and income inequality shape edentulism-related racial inequities in contemporary United States? A structural intersectionality approach to population oral health. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 82(S1), 16-27.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC12022 Bastos, J. L., Constante, H. M., Schuch, H. S., Haag, D. G., Nath, S., Celeste, R. K., . . . Jamieson, L. M. (2022). Correction: Where are race-based oral health inequities bound? Protocol for a systematic review on interventions to tackle racial injustice in dental outcomes (Systematic Reviews, (2022), 11, 1, (41), 10.1186/s13643-022-01911-w). Systematic Reviews, 11(1), 1 page.
2022 Poirier, B., Tang, S., Haag, D. G., Sethi, S., Hedges, J., & Jamieson, L. (2022). Oral health promotion and programming provided by Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations in South Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33(Suppl. 1), 255-261.
Europe PMC12022 Santiago, P. H. R., Milosevic, M., Ju, X., Cheung, W., Haag, D., & Jamieson, L. (2022). A network psychometric validation of the Children Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (COHQoL) questionnaire among Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children.. PLoS One, 17(8), e0273373.
2022 Parker, E. J., Haag, D. G., Spencer, A. J., Roberts-Thomson, K., & Jamieson, L. M. (2022). Self-efficacy and oral health outcomes in a regional Australian Aboriginal population. BMC Oral Health, 22(1), 447-1-447-9.
2022 Habibi, N., Hall, K. A., Moran, L. J., Haag, D. G., Hodge, A. M., & Grieger, J. A. (2022). Is the Association between Age and Fertility Problems Modified by Diet Quality? Findings from a National Study of Reproductive Age Women in Australia. Nutrients, 14(20), 4355.
2021 Jamieson, L. M., Hedges, J., Ju, X., Kapellas, K., Leane, C., Haag, D. G., . . . Smithers, L. G. (2021). Cohort profile: South Australian Aboriginal Birth Cohort (SAABC)-a prospective longitudinal birth cohort. BMJ Open, 11(2), 1-9.
Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC72021 Ribeiro Santiago, P. H., Haag, D., Macedo, D. M., Garvey, G., Smith, M., Canfell, K., . . . Jamieson, L. (2021). Psychometric properties of the EQ-5D-5L for aboriginal Australians: a multi-method study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 19(1), 1-16.
Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC22021 Santiago, P. H. R., Quintero, A., Haag, D., Roberts, R., Smithers, L., & Jamieson, L. (2021). Drop-the-ρ: bayesian CFA of the multidimensional scale of perceived social support in Australia. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 1-15.
Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC22021 Nath, S., Ju, X., Haag, D. G., Kapellas, K., Santiago, P. H. R., & Jamieson, L. (2021). The prevalence of dental caries among Indigenous populations compared to non-Indigenous populations: a quantitative systematic review protocol.. JBI evidence synthesis, Publish Ahead of Print(11), 3096-3101.
Scopus2 Europe PMC22021 Nath, S., Poirier, B. F., Ju, X., Kapellas, K., Haag, D. G., Ribeiro Santiago, P. H., & Jamieson, L. M. (2021). Dental Health Inequalities among Indigenous Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.. Caries research, 55(4), 268-287.
Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC32021 Hedges, J., Haag, D., Paradies, Y., & Jamieson, L. (2021). Racism and oral health inequities among Indigenous Australians. Community dental health, 38(2), 150-155.
Scopus10 WoS7 Europe PMC42021 Ribeiro Santiago, P. H., Manzini Macedo, D., Haag, D., Roberts, R., Smithers, L. G., & Jamieson, L. (2021). Exploratory Graph Analysis of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Assessment, 29(8), 107319112110243.
Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC32021 Santiago, P. H. R., Manzini Macedo, D., Haag, D., Roberts, R., Smithers, L., Hedges, J., & Jamieson, L. (2021). Exploratory graph analysis of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 1-20.
Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC32021 Schuch, H. S., Peres, K. G., Haag, D. G., Boing, A. F., & Peres, M. A. (2021). The independent and joint contribution of objective and subjective socioeconomic status on oral health indicators. COMMUNITY DENTISTRY AND ORAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 50(6), 9 pages.
Scopus1 WoS12020 Gialamas, A., Haag, D. G., Mittinty, M. N., & Lynch, J. (2020). Which time investments in the first 5 years of life matter most for children's language and behavioural outcomes at school entry?. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(2), 548-558.
Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC42020 Du, M., Haag, D., Song, Y., Lynch, J., & Mittinty, M. (2020). Examining Bias and Reporting in Oral Health Prediction Modeling Studies.. J Dent Res, 99(4), 374-387.
Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC32020 Haag, D. G., Santiago, P. H. R., Manzini Macedo, D., Bastos, J. L., Paradies, Y., & Jamieson, L. (2020). Development and initial psychometric assessment of the race-related attitudes and multiculturalism scale in Australia.. PloS one, 15(4), e0230724.
2020 Gialamas, A., Haag, D. G., Mittinty, M. N., & Lynch, J. W. (2020). Educational activities on language and behavioural outcomes at school entry are more important for socioeconomically disadvantaged children: a prospective observational study of Australian children. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 74(10), 770-777.
Scopus3 WoS4 Europe PMC12020 Jamieson, L., Haag, D., Schuch, H., Kapellas, K., Arantes, R., & Thomson, W. M. (2020). Indigenous oral health inequalities at an international level: A commentary. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(11), 1-6.
Scopus10 WoS7 Europe PMC32020 Brennan, D. S., Luzzi, L., Chrisopoulos, S., & Haag, D. G. (2020). Oral health impacts among Australian adults in the National Study of Adult Oral Health (NSAOH) 2017–18. Australian Dental Journal, 65(S1), S59-S66.
Scopus2 WoS4 Europe PMC22020 Du, M., Haag, D., Lynch, J., & Mittinty, M. (2020). Response to the Letter to the Editor: "Examining Bias and Reporting in Oral Health Prediction Modeling Studies".. J Dent Res, 99(11), 22034520940275.
2020 Haag, D., Schuch, H., Ha, D., Do, L., & Jamieson, L. (2020). Oral Health Inequalities among Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Children. JDR Clinical and Translational Research, 6(3), 317-323.
Scopus6 Europe PMC42020 Bastos, J. L., Constante, H. M., Celeste, R. K., Haag, D. G., & Jamieson, L. M. (2020). Advancing racial equity in oral health (research): more of the same is not enough. European Journal of Oral Sciences, 128(6), 459-466.
Scopus15 WoS14 Europe PMC42020 Du, M., Haag, D. G., Lynch, J. W., & Mittinty, M. N. (2020). Comparison of the Tree-Based Machine Learning Algorithms to Cox Regression in Predicting the Survival of Oral and Pharyngeal Cancers: Analyses Based on SEER Database.. Cancers (Basel), 12(10), 17 pages.
Scopus18 WoS15 Europe PMC142020 Schuch, H. S., Haag, D. G., Bastos, J. L., Paradies, Y., & Jamieson, L. M. (2020). Intersectionality, racial discrimination and oral health in Australia.. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol, 49(1), 87-94.
Scopus14 WoS16 Europe PMC12019 Amarasena, N., Haag, D., & Peres, K. (2019). A scoping review of caries risk management protocols in Australia and New Zealand. Australian Dental Journal, 64(1), 19-26.
Scopus2 WoS22019 Smithers, L. G., Wang, X., Haag, D., Agnew, B., Lynch, J., & Sorell, M. (2019). Discretionary food advertising on television in 2017: a descriptive study.. Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, 43(6), 519-521.
Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC12019 Haag, D. G., Jamieson, L. M., Hedges, J., & Smithers, L. G. (2019). Is there an association between breastfeeding and dental caries among three-year-old Australian Aboriginal children?. Nutrients, 11(11), 1-11.
Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC52019 Ianunzio, J. R., Peres, K. G., Haag, D. G., & Peres, M. A. (2019). Direct effect of common mental disorders on xerostomia in adults estimated by marginal structural models: A population-based study.. Community dentistry and oral epidemiology, 47(3), 267-273.
Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12019 Macedo, D. M., Smithers, L., Roberts, R. M., Haag, D. G., Paradies, Y., & Jamieson, L. (2019). Does ethnic-racial identity modify the effects of racism on the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal Australian children?. PLoS ONE, 14(8), 1-16.
Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC12018 Smithers, L., Haag, D., Agnew, B., Lynch, J., & Sorell, M. (2018). Food advertising on Australian television: Frequency, duration and monthly pattern of advertising from a commercial network (four channels) for the entire 2016. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(9), 962-967.
Scopus14 WoS13 Europe PMC52018 De Menezes Caceres, V., Stocks, N., Adams, R., Haag, D. G., Peres, K. G., Peres, M. A., & González-Chica, D. A. (2018). Physical activity moderates the deleterious relationship between cardiovascular disease, or its risk factors, and quality of life: findings from two population-based cohort studies in Southern Brazil and South Australia. PLoS ONE, 13(6), e0198769-1-e0198769-17.
Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC62017 Haag, D., Peres, K., & Brennan, D. (2017). Tooth loss and general quality of life in dentate adults from Southern Brazil. Quality of Life Research, 26(10), 2647-2657.
Scopus14 WoS11 Europe PMC52017 Schuch, H., Haag, D., Kapellas, K., Arantes, R., Peres, M., Thomson, W., & Jamieson, L. (2017). The magnitude of Indigenous and non-Indigenous oral health inequalities in Brazil, New Zealand and Australia. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 45(5), 434-441.
Scopus40 WoS36 Europe PMC222017 Haag, D., Peres, K., Balasubramanian, M., & Brennan, D. (2017). Oral conditions and health-related quality of life: a systematic review. Journal of Dental Research, 96(8), 864-874.
Scopus159 WoS150 Europe PMC762017 González-Chica, D., Hill, C., Gill, T., Hay, P., Haag, D., & Stocks, N. (2017). Individual diseases or clustering of health conditions? Association between multiple chronic diseases and health-related quality of life in adults. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 15(1), 244-1-244-9.
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2019 Macedo, D. M., Smithers, L. G., Roberts, R., Haag, D. G., & Jamieson, L. M. (2019). DOES ETHNIC-RACIAL IDENTITY MODIFY THE EFFECTS OF RACISM ON AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL CHILDREN SOCIO-EMOTIONAL WELLBEING?. Poster session presented at the meeting of JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP.
2016 Haag, D. G., Peres, K. G., & Brennan, D. (2016). Oral health conditions and quality of life: a systematic review.. Poster session presented at the meeting of 95th General Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research.. Seoul- Republic of Korea. 2015 Haag, D. G., Peres, K. G., & Brennan, D. (2015). Tooth loss and health-related quality of life in adults: a population-based study.. Poster session presented at the meeting of 55th Annual Scientific Meeting of the IADR Australian and New Zealand Division. Dinedin- New Zealand. 2013 Haag, D. G., Peres, K. G., & Peres, M. A. (2013). Xerostomia and Common Mental Disorders in Adults: a population-based study. Poster session presented at the meeting of 91st General Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research. . Seattle-USA.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2022 Co-Supervisor Investigating language stimulation and screen time in the early home environment: A longitudinal analysis of a prospective cohort study Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Mary Elizabeth Brushe -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2019 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Clinical Prediction Modelling in Oral Health: A Review of Study Quality and Empirical Examples of Model Development Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Mi Du 2019 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Socioeconomic Gradients in Self-reported Oral Health Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Mehrsa Zakershahrak -
Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2019 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Comparing risk factors for early childhood caries in Indigenous children across 3 nations The University of Adelaide BDS Honours Part Time Melody Chen 2018 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Patterns of TV food advertising from an Australian commercial network for the entire 2017 The University of Adelaide Masters in Public Health Master Part Time Xinyue Wang
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Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2018 - ongoing Board Member JDR Clinical and Translational Research IADR United States
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