Associate Professor Yaqoot Fatima
Principal Research Fellow
UQ Poche Centre
Researcher biography
Fatima is a Pharmacist, Sleep Scientist and Epidemiologist. Her research involves identifying approaches to enhance health outcomes for vulnerable and disadvantaged population groups, specifically focusing on how epidemiological analyses can better inform policy and health services to reduce health disparities. Fatima has led significant research into the epidemiology of poor sleep and the connection between poor sleep, mental health and cardio-metabolic outcomes with a number of projects focused on rural, remote and Indigenous Australian populations. She is nationally recognised for her leadership and advocacy for improving the sleep health of First Nations peoples in Australia. She also has significant experience in rural and remote health services evaluation and identifying strategies for better uptake and delivery of health services.
Fatima was recently honoured with a 2021 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Award in recognition of her work in leading the co-design and delivery of a sleep health program for Indigenous adolescents and facilitating Indigenous youth workers' training and upskilling to work as a sleep coach in the community. She is also establishing a sleep clinic in remote Queensland led by nurses and Aboriginal health workers, which will be the prototype for rolling out similar services in rural and remote Australia.
Fatima is currently a member of the Indigenous working party of the Australasian Epidemiological Association, the Australasian Sleep Association and has recently joined the Sleep Health Foundation as the Chair of the Working Party for Sleep Health of First Nations Peoples. Fatima's research has been published in reputed international journals and received considerable local and global media attention (covered in over 450 media stories and more than 30 radio and television interviews).
Publications
Book Chapters
Fatima, Yaqoot, Cleary, Anne, King, Stephanie, Solomon, Shaun, McDaid, Lisa, Hasan, Md Mehedi, Al Mamun, Abdullah and Baxter, Janeen (2022). Cultural identity and social and emotional wellbeing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Family dynamics over the life course: foundations, turning points and outcomes. (pp. 57-70) edited by Janeen Baxter, Jack Lam, Jenny Povey, Rennie Lee and Stephen R. Zubrick. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-12224-8_4
Fatima, Yaqoot, Al Mamun, Abdullah and Skinner, Timothy (2020). Association between obesity and poor sleep: a review of epidemiological evidence. Pathophysiology of obesity-induced health complications. (pp. 155-167) edited by Paramjit S. Tappia, Bram Ramjiawan and Naranjan S. Dhalla. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-35358-2_9
Journal Articles
Pervin, Sonia, Emmett, Pauline, Northstone, Kate, Townsend, Nick, Fatima, Yaqoot, Huda, M Mamun, David McIntyre, H and Al Mamun, Abdullah (2023). Trajectories of dietary patterns from pregnancy to 12 years post-pregnancy and associated maternal characteristics: evidence from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. European Journal of Nutrition, 62 (7), 2763-2777. doi: 10.1007/s00394-023-03185-x
Pervin, Sonia, Emmett, Pauline, Townsend, Nick, Biswas, Tuhin, Huda, M. Mamun, Northstone, Kate, Fatima, Yaqoot, McIntyre, H. David and Al Mamun, Abdullah (2023). The myth and reality of familial resemblance in dietary intake: a systematic review and meta-analysis on the resemblance of dietary intake among parent and offspring. eClinicalMedicine, 60 102024, 102024. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102024
Hasan, Md. Mehedi, Tariqujjaman, Md., Fatima, Yaqoot and Haque, Md. Rabiul (2023). Geographical variation in the association between physical violence and sleep disturbance among adolescents: a population-based, sex-stratified analysis of data from 89 countries. Sleep Health, 9 (2), 151-158. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2022.11.007
Huda, M. Mamun, Callaway, Leonie K., Jackson, Greg, Fatima, Yaqoot, Cumming, Janet, Biswas, Tuhin, Paz, Gonzalo R., Boyle, Fran, Sly, Peter D. and Mamun, Abdullah Al (2023). Time trends, projections, and spatial distribution of low birthweight in Australia, 2009-2030: evidence from the National Perinatal Data Collection. Birth, 50 (1), 76-89. doi: 10.1111/birt.12708
Fatima, Yaqoot, Liu, Yongbo, Cleary, Anne, Dean, Julie, Smith, Valance, King, Stephanie and Solomon, Shaun (2023). Connecting the health of country with the health of people: application of “caring for country” in improving the social and emotional well-being of Indigenous people in Australia and New Zealand. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 31 100648, 100648. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100648
Begum, Tahmina, Anuradha, Satyamurthy, Fatima, Yaqoot and Mamun, Abdullah Al (2023). Epidemiology of Caesarean section on maternal request in Australia: a population-based study. Midwifery, 117 103578, 103578. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2022.103578
Hasan, Md. Mehedi, Fatima, Yaqoot, Cleary, Anne, McDaid, Lisa, Munir, Kerim, Smith, Simon S., Dias, Shannon, Baxter, Janeen and Mamun, Abdullah (2023). Geographical variations in the prevalence of traditional and cyberbullying and its additive role in psychological and somatic health complaints among adolescents in 38 European countries. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 164 111103, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2022.111103
Begum, Tahmina, Fatima, Yaqoot, Anuradha, Satyamurthy, Hasan, Md and Mamun, Abdullah Al (2022). Longitudinal association between caesarean section birth and cardio-vascular risk profiles among adolescents in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46 (6), 776-783. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13288
Blunden, Sarah, Yiallourou, Stephanie and Fatima, Yaqoot (2022). Sleep health and its implications in First Nation Australians: A systematic review. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 21 100386, 100386. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100386
Kanmiki, Edmund W., Fatima, Yaqoot and Mamun, Abdullah A. (2022). Multigenerational transmission of obesity: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Obesity Reviews, 23 (3) e13405, 1-13. doi: 10.1111/obr.13405
Hasan, Md Mehedi, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Garnett, Sarah P., Fatima, Yaqoot, Tariqujjaman, Md, Pervin, Sonia, Ahmed, Saifuddin and Mamun, Abdullah A. (2022). Anaemia in women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries: progress towards the 2025 global nutrition target. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 100 (3), 196-204. doi: 10.2471/BLT.20.280180
Hasan, Md. Mehedi, Fatima, Yaqoot, Smith, Simon S., Tariqujjaman, Md., Jatrana, Santosh and Mamun, Abdullah A. (2022). Geographical variations in the association between bullying victimization and sleep loss among adolescents: a population-based study of 91 countries. Sleep Medicine, 90, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.12.014
Fatima, Yaqoot, Hays, Richard, Neilson, Anne, Knight, Sabina and Jatrana, Santosh (2022). Why patients attend emergency department for primary care type problems: views of healthcare providers working in a remote community. Rural and Remote Health, 22 (1) 7054, 7054. doi: 10.22605/RRH7054
Hasan, Md. Mehedi, Ahmed, Saifuddin, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Begum, Tahmina, Fatima, Yaqoot and Mamun, Abdullah A (2021). Temporal trends in between and within‐country inequalities in caesarean delivery in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a Bayesian analysis. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 128 (12) 1471-0528.16744, 1928-1937. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16744
Drakatos, Panagis, Olaithe, Michelle, Verma, Dhun, Ilic, Katarina, Cash, Diana, Fatima, Yaqoot, Higgins, Sean, Young, Allan H., Chaudhuri, K. Ray, Steier, Joerg, Skinner, Timothy, Bucks, Romola and Rosenzweig, Ivana (2021). Periodic limb movements during sleep: a narrative review. Journal of Thoracic Disease, 13 (11), 6476-6494. doi: 10.21037/jtd-21-1353
Hasan, Md. Mehedi, Fatima, Yaqoot, Pandey, Sumali, Tariqujjaman, Md., Cleary, Anne, Baxter, Janeen and Mamun, Abdullah A (2021). Pathways linking bullying victimisation and suicidal behaviours among adolescents. Psychiatry Research, 302 113992, 113992. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113992
Begum, Tahmina, Fatima, Yaqoot, Perales, Francisco, Anuradha, Satyamurthy and Mamun, Abdullah (2021). Associations of caesarean section with body mass and waist circumference trajectories from age 2 to 13 years: A nationally representative birth cohort study in Australia. Pediatric Obesity, 16 (7) e12769, e12769. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12769
Hasan, Md. Mehedi, Magalhaes, Ricardo J. Soares, Ahmed, Saifuddin, Pervin, Sonia, Tariqujjaman, Md., Fatima, Yaqoot and Mamun, Abdullah A. (2021). Geographical variation and temporal trend in anemia among children 6-59 months of age in low- and middle-income countries during 2000-2018: forecasting the 2030 SDG target. Public Health Nutrition, 24 (18), 1-11. doi: 10.1017/s1368980021002482
Fatima, Yaqoot, Hays, Richard, Knight, Sabina, Neilson, Anne, Fleming, Rhonda, Panaretto, Kathryn, Jatrana, Santosh and Skinner, Isabelle (2021). Drivers of general practice–type presentations to the emergency department in a remote outback community. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 29 (3), 391-398. doi: 10.1111/ajr.12706
Hasan, Md. Mehedi, Ahmed, Saifuddin, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Fatima, Yaqoot, Biswas, Tuhin and Mamun, Abdullah A. (2021). Double burden of malnutrition among women of reproductive age in 55 low- and middle-income countries: progress achieved and opportunities for meeting the global target. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 76 (2), 277-287. doi: 10.1038/s41430-021-00945-y
Jatrana, Santosh, Hasan, Md. Mehedi, Mamun, Abdullah A. and Fatima, Yaqoot (2021). Global variation in hand hygiene practices among adolescents: the role of family and school-level factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (9) 4984, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18094984
Blunden, S., Fatima, Y. and Yiallourou, S. (2021). Sleep health in Indigenous Australian children: a systematic review. Sleep Medicine, 80, 305-314. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.01.065
Fatima, Yaqoot, Bucks, Romola S., Mamun, Abdullah A., Skinner, Isabelle, Rosenzweig, Ivana, Leschziner, Guy and Skinner, Timothy C. (2021). Shift work is associated with increased risk of COVID‐19: findings from the UK Biobank cohort. Journal of Sleep Research, 30 (5) e13326, e13326. doi: 10.1111/jsr.13326
Hasan, Md. Mehedi, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J. , Fatima, Yaqoot, Ahmed, Saifuddin and Mamun, Abdullah A. (2021). Levels, trends, and inequalities in using institutional delivery services in low- and middle-income countries: a stratified analysis by facility type. Global Health: Science and Practice, 9 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.9745/ghsp-d-20-00533
Hasan, Md. Mehedi, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Ahmed, Saifuddin, Ahmed, Sayem, Biswas, Tuhin, Fatima, Yaqoot, Islam, Md. Saimul, Hossain, Md. Shahadut and Mamun, Abdullah A. (2020). Meeting the global target in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health care services in low- and middle-income countries. Global Health: Science and Practice, 8 (4), 654-665. doi: 10.9745/ghsp-d-20-00097
Fatima, Yaqoot, Bucks, Romola S., Mamun, Abdullah A., Skinner, Isabelle, Rosenzweig, Ivana, Leschziner, Guy and Skinner, Timothy C. (2020). Sleep trajectories and mediators of poor sleep: findings from the longitudinal analysis of 41,094 participants of the UK Biobank cohort. Sleep Medicine, 76, 120-127. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2020.10.020
Begum, Tahmina, Saif-Ur-Rahman, K. M., Yaqoot, Fatima, Stekelenburg, Jelle, Anuradha, Satyamurthy, Biswas, Tuhin, Doi, Suhail A. and Mamun, Abdullah Al (2020). Global incidence of caesarean deliveries on maternal request: a systematic review and meta-regression. BJOG, 128 (5) 1471-0528.16491, 798-806. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.16491
Fatima, Yaqoot, Al Mamun, Abdullah, Bucks, Romola S. and Charles Skinner, Timothy (2020). Late bedtime and body mass index gain in indigenous Australian children in the longitudinal study of indigenous children. Acta Paediatrica, 109 (10), 2084-2090. doi: 10.1111/apa.15219
Mamun, Abdullah A., Scott, James, Najman, Jake M., Williams, Gail M., Alati, Rosa and Fatima, Yaqoot (2020). Generational changes in young adults’ sleep duration: a prospective analysis of mother–offspring dyads. Sleep Health, 6 (2), 240-245. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2019.12.007
Fitts, Michelle S., Bird, Katrina, Gilroy, John, Fleming, Jennifer, Clough, Alan R., Esterman, Adrian, Maruff, Paul, Fatima, Yaqoot and Bohanna, India (2019). A Qualitative Study on the Transition Support Needs of Indigenous Australians following Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain Impairment, 20 (2), 137-159. doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2019.24
Fatima, Yaqoot, Kazmi, Sarvat, King, Stephanie, Solomon, Shaun and Knight, Sabina (2018). Positive placement experience and future rural practice intentions: findings from a repeated cross-sectional study. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 11, 645-652. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S178138
Fatima, Yaqoot, Cairns, Alice, Skinner, Isabelle, Doi, Suhail A.R. and Mamun, Abdullah Al (2018). Prenatal and early life origins of adolescence sleep problems: evidence from a birth cohort. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, 33 (1) 0048. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2018-0048
Fatima, Yaqoot, Doi, Suhail A R and Al Mamun, Abdullah (2018). Sleep problems in adolescence and overweight/obesity in young adults: is there a causal link?. Sleep Health, 4 (2), 154-159. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2018.01.002
Taylor, Selina, Khan, Maureen, Zaidi, Shams, Alvi, Umair and Fatima, Yaqoot (2018). Central serous retinopathy and hand–foot–mouth disease: coincidence or causation?. International Medical Case Reports Journal, 11, 277-282. doi: 10.2147/IMCRJ.S181088
Fatima, Yaqoot, Doi, Suhail A.R., Najman, Jake M. and Al Mamun, Abdullah (2017). Continuity of sleep problems from adolescence to young adulthood: results from a longitudinal study. Sleep Health, 3 (4), 290-295. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2017.04.004
Taylor, Selina, Fatima, Yaqoot, Lakshman, Navaratnam and Roberts, Helen (2017). Simulated interprofessional learning activities for rural health care services: perceptions of health care students. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 10, 235-241. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S140989
Fatima, Yaqoot (2017). Sleep quality is associated with weight loss maintenance status: the MedWeight study. Sleep Medicine, 34, 246-247. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.03.003
Smith, Kaye, Fatima, Yaqoot and Knight, Sabina (2017). Are primary healthcare services culturally appropriate for Aboriginal people? Findings from a remote community. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 23 (3), 236-242. doi: 10.1071/PY16110
Fatima, Yaqoot, Doi, Suhail A. R., Najman, Jake M. and Al Mamun, Abdullah (2016). Exploring gender difference in sleep quality of young adults: findings from a large population study. Clinical Medicine and Research, 14 (3-4), 138-144. doi: 10.3121/cmr.2016.1338
Fatima, Y., Doi, S. A. R. and Mamun, A. A. (2016). Sleep quality and obesity in young subjects: a meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews, 17 (11), 1154-1166. doi: 10.1111/obr.12444
Fatima, Yaqoot, Doi, Suhail A. R., O'Callaghan, Michael, Williams, Gail, Najman, Jake M. and Mamun, Abdullah Al (2016). Parent and adolescent reports in assessing adolescent sleep problems: results from a large population study. Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, 105 (9), E433-E439. doi: 10.1111/apa.13404
Fatima, Y., Doi, S. A. R. and Mamun, A. A. (2015). Longitudinal impact of sleep on overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: a systematic review and bias-adjusted meta-analysis. Obesity Reviews, 16 (2), 137-149. doi: 10.1111/obr.12245
Fatima, Yaqoot, Kansal, Himani, Soni, Pankaj and Banerjee, Uttam C. (2007). Enantioselective reduction of aryl ketones using immobilized cells of Candida viswanathii. Process Biochemistry, 42 (10), 1412-1418. doi: 10.1016/j.procbio.2007.07.010
Conference Papers
Robinson, Mark, Russell-Hall, Sally, Burger, Sarah-Ann, Porter, Dave, Austerberry, Sophie, Cook, Steffi, Dyce, Chloe, Fatima, Yaqoot, Huang, Yanshu, Johnstone, Melissa, Kubler, Matthias, Maravilla, Joemer, Raupach, Abby, Rossa, Kalina and Young, Charlotte (2023). From proving to improving: transforming performance measurement across six prevention programs. Public Health Association of Australia Preventive Health Conference 2023, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 2-4 May 2023.
Begum, Tahmina, Fatima, Yaqoot, Anuradha, Satyamurthy and Al Mamun, Abdullah (2023). Trends in Caesarean section rate, indications, and perinatal outcomes in Queensland, Australia from 2008 To 2017: a population-based study using Robson ten group classification system. PSANZ 2023, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 5 -8 March 2023.
Jabran, D., Potia, A., Smith, S., Solomon, S., Fernandez, D. and Fatima, Y. (2022). Prevalence of poor sleep in First Nations peoples across the globe: A systematic review. 33rd annual scientific meeting of Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) & Australian and New Zealand Sleep Science Association (ANZSSA) Sleep DownUnder 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 8-11 November 2022. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpac029.130
Fernandez, D., McDaid, L., Tran, N., Jabran, D., King, S. and Fatima, Y. (2022). Poor Sleep and Mental Health Issues Among First Nations Peoples. 33rd annual scientific meeting of Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) & Australian and New Zealand Sleep Science Association (ANZSSA) Sleep DownUnder 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 8-11 November 2022. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpac029.114
Jabran, S., Smith, S., Fatima, Y. and King, S. (2021). Sleep health promotion in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: untapped potential of Indigenous youth workers as sleep coaches. 32nd annual scientific meeting of Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) & Australian and New Zealand Sleep Science Association (ANZSSA), Online, 10-13 October 2021. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpab014.006
Begum, Tahmina, Fatima, Yaqoot, Anuradha, Satyamurthy and Mamun, Abdullah (2021). The effect of caesarean birth on childhood body mass index (BMI) trajectories in Australia. World Congress of Epidemiology, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 7-9 September 2021.
Fatima, Y., Al Mamun, A. and Skinner, T. (2019). Sleep pattern and body mass index gain in Indigenous Australian children. 31st Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of the Australasian-Sleep-Association and the Australasian-Sleep-Technologists-Association (Sleep DownUnder), Sydney, Australia, 16-19 October 2019. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jsr.23_12912
Thesis
Yaqoot, Fatima (2017). Sleep Problems in Adolescence and Young Adulthood and their Association with Overweight and Obesity in Young Adults. PhD Thesis, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.707
Newspaper Articles
Fatima, Yaqoot, Von Senden, Roslyn and Sullivan, Daniel (2024, 02 12). Sleep isn't just a health issue, it's a cultural one too 360info
Fatima,Yaqoot, Potia, Azhar, Ward, James and Kinghorn, Mina (2023, 06 19). The first sleep health program for First Nations adolescents could change lives The Conversation
Kanmiki, Edmund Wedam, Mamun, Abdullah and Fatima, Yaqoot (2022, 01 21). Kids whose grandparents are overweight are almost twice as likely to struggle with obesity The Conversation
Fatima, Yaqoot (2021, 10 14). The importance of healthy sleep First Five Years
Fatima, Yaqoot (2021, 03 10). Pourquoi il est important que les enfants se couchent tôt The Conversation
Fatima, Yaqoot (2021, 03 08). For children, it’s not just about getting enough sleep. Bed time matters, too The Conversation
Research Reports
Cleary, Anne, Inch, Hannah Zebedee, Yaqoot, Fatima, Robinson, Mark, Reddel, Tim, Fielding, Kelly and Lisa McDaid (2021). Community Resilience Project Evaluation Plan Report . St Lucia, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland - ISSR.
Fatima, Y., Mamun, A.A., Mayfield, S., Maymann, N., Robinson, M. and McDaid, L. (2021). Health and wellbeing Queensland health and wellbeing Queensland program data audit report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
Mamun, A.A., Mayfield, S., Maymann, N., Robinson, M., Salom, C., Fatima, Y., Western, M. and McDaid, L. (2021). Health and wellbeing Queensland health and wellbeing Queensland data governance framework. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Institute for Social Science Research.
McDaid, Lisa, Cleary, Anne, Fatima, Yaqoot, Inch, Zeb, Reddel, Tim, Smith, Simon, Western, Mark and Mamun, Abdullah (2020). Keep Queenslanders Healthy Evaluation Framework Report. Indooroopilly, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research .