Contacts
Biography
Dr Kowal works closely with Head, HDAT, to develop networks and a platform to improve data access, analysis and utilization to inform policy. He brings over 20 years of experience with global health research in low- and middle-income countries to HDAT.
The Senior Research Manager supports the development and implementation of project partnerships and resources – human, financial and data – to enable high-quality practical analytic solutions.
Research
Groups
- Researcher, Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Projects
- Principal investigator, An Aging World 2025
- Principal investigator, Asian Development Report 2024: Demographics and health transitions shaping universal health coverage and ageing in Asia
- Researcher, ACT Health Workforce Strategy (2022-2032).
- Researcher, Health Research Framework. Review and evaluation of data governance for the ADF’s Life Course Study.
- Support officer, Humanitarian Health Research Initiative
Publications
2023
Awuviry-Newton K, Wales K, Tavener M, Kowal P, Byles J. Functional difficulties and toileting among older adults in Ghana: evidence from the World Health Organization Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) Ghana Wave 1. Ageing & Society. 2023;43:53-75.
Castelletti C, Lara E, Tobiasz‐Adamczyk B, Koskinen S, Olaya B, Haro JM, Leonardi M, Kowal P, Chatterji S, Ayuso‐Mateos JL, Miret M. Connecting and feeling: Associations between social factors and emotions in nine countries. Int J Psychol. 2023 Feb 2. doi: 10.1002/ijop.12892.
Corso B, Anindya K, Ng N, Minicuci N, Rosenberg M, Kowal P, Byles J. Measuring unmet need for older adults in low-, middle- and high-income countries for monitoring universal health coverage: theoretical and analytical model building. Dynamic Health Systems. 2023 (under review).
Haregu T, Lim SC, Miranda M, Pham T, Nguyen N, Suya I, Ilagan R, Poowanasatien A, Kowal P, Oldenburg B. Practical strategies for improving sustainability and scale‐up of noncommunicable disease‐related public health interventions: Lessons from the Better Health Program in Southeast Asia. WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health. 2023 (accepted)
Kowal P, Corso B, Anindya K, Andrade FCD, Giang TL, Guitierrez MTC, Pothisiri W, Quashie NT, Reina HAR, Rosenberg M, Towers A, Vicerra PMM, Minicuci N, Ng N, Byles J. Prevalence of unmet health care need in older adults in 83 countries – measuring progressing towards universal health coverage in the context of global population ageing. Population Health Metrics. 2023 (accepted).
Nguyen TNT, Nguyen TTT, Tran BQ, Pham CT, Perry KE, Haregu T, Oldenburg B, Kowal P. Putting non‐communicable disease data to work in Vietnam: an investigation of community health surveillance capacity. BMC Public Health. 2023;23(1):321.
Rosenberg M, Kowal P, Rahman MM, Okamoto S, Barber SL, Tangcharoensathien V. Better data on unmet health care need can strengthen global monitoring of universal health coverage. BMJ. 2023 (accepted)
Wisniewski A, DeLouize A, Walker T, Chatterji S, Naidoo N, Kowal P, Snodgrass JJ. Sustained metabolic dysregulation and the emergence of diabetes: Associations between HbA1c and metabolic syndrome components in Tunisian diabetic and non-diabetic groups (forthcoming).
2022
Awuviry‐Newton K, Amoah D, Tavener M, Afram AA, Dintrans PV, Byles J, Kowal P. Food insecurity and functional disability among older adults in Ghana: The role of sex and physical activity. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022:S1525‐8610(22)00105‐0.
Guo Y, Ng N, Kowal P, Lin H, Ruan Y, Shi Y, Wu F. Frailty risk in older adults associated with long‐term exposure to ambient PM2.5 in six middle‐income countries. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2022:glac022.
Muruthi JR, Spafford SG, Osa ML, DeLouize A, Kowal P, Biritwum R, Snodgrass JJ. Suicidal ideation in older Ghanaian women: The roles of bodily pain, functional limitation, and chronic health conditions. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2022;68(3):555‐63.
Nyirenda M, Mnqonywa N, Tutshana B, Naidoo J, Kowal P, Negin J. An analysis of the relationship between HIV risk self‐perception with sexual behaviour and HIV status in South African older adults. Afr J AIDS Res. 2022;21(3):277‐86.
Pettigrew S, Coyle D, McKenzie B, Vu D, Lim SC, Berasi K, Poowanasatien A, Suya I, Kowal P. A review of front‐of‐ pack nutrition labelling in Southeast Asia: Industry interference, lessons learned, and future directions. Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia. 2022;3: 100017.
Rahman MM, Jagger C, Princehorn EM, Holliday EG, Leigh L, Loxton DJ, Beard J, Kowal P, Byles JE. Onset and progression of chronic disease and disability in a large cohort of older Australian women. Maturitas. 2022;158:25‐33.
Rahman MM, Jagger C, Leigh L, Holliday E, Princehorn E, Loxton D, Kowal P, Beard J, Byles J. The impact of education and lifestyle factors on disability‐free life expectancy from mid‐life to older age: A multi‐cohort study. Int J Public Health. 2022;67:1605045.
Schrock JM, Sugiyama LS, Naidoo N, Kowal P, Snodgrass JJ. Greater chronic morbidity is associated with greater fatigue in six countries: A case of evolutionary mismatch? Evol Med Public Health. 2022;10(1):156‐69.
Suya I, Lorenzetti L, Lebrun V, Poowanasatien A, Jones A, Pettigrew S, Bhatia T, Kantachuvesiri S, Hanbunjerd K, Vijitsoonthornkul K, Yuan M, Saenyakul P, Kowal P. Rapid review of the front‐of‐pack labelling schemes in Thailand. World Food Policy. 2022;8(2):166‐84.
