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Richard GearryAcademic Head, Department of Medicine

MB ChB(Otago) PhD(Otago) FRACP

Email richard.gearry@cdhb.health.nz

Current Roles

  • Academic Head, Department of Medicine
  • Consultant Gastroenterologist Christchurch Hospital
  • Medical Director, New Zealand Nutrition Foundation
  • Medical Advisor, Crohn's and Colitis New Zealand

Research Interests

  • Luminal gastroenterology
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Coeliac disease
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Colorectal cancer

Publications

Krebs, J. D., Parry-Strong, A., Braakhuis, A., Worthington, A., Merry, T. L., Gearry, R. B., … Weatherall, M., Davies, C., … Lithander, F. E. (2024). A Mediterranean dietary pattern intervention does not improve cardiometabolic risk but does improve quality of life and body composition in an Aotearoa New Zealand population at increased cardiometabolic risk: A randomised controlled trial. Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dom.16030 Journal - Research Article

Forbes, A. J., Frampton, C. M. A., Day, A. S., DeVries, M., McVicar, N., Su, H., & Gearry, R. B. (2024). Ten-year outcomes of a prospective population-based incidence cohort of inflammatory bowel disease patients from Canterbury, New Zealand. JGH Open, 8, e70038. doi: 10.1002/jgh3.70038 Journal - Research Article

Swaminathan, A., Day, A. S., Sparrow, M. P., Peyrin-Biroulet, L., Siegel, C. A., & Gearry, R. B. (2024). Measuring disease severity in inflammatory bowel disease: Beyond treat to target. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 60, 1176-1199. doi: 10.1111/apt.18231 Journal - Research Other

Silk, E. T., Bayer, S. B., Foster, M., Roy, N. C., Taylor, M. W., Vatanen, T., & Gearry, R. B. (2024). Advancing microbiome research in Māori populations: Insights from recent literature exploring the gut microbiomes of underrepresented and Indigenous peoples. mSystems. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1128/msystems.00909-24 Journal - Research Other

Ng, H. M., Maggo, J., Wall, C. L., Bayer, S. B., McNabb, W. C., Mullaney, J. A., Foster, M., … Frampton, C., Gearry, R. B., & Roy, N. C. (2024). Effects of defatted rice bran-fortified bread on the gut microbiota composition of healthy adults with low dietary fiber intake: Protocol for a crossover randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 13, e59227. doi: 10.2196/59227 Journal - Research Other

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