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Research ProfessorJohn Pickering

BSc(Hons) PhD BA(Hons)

Email john.pickering@otago.ac.nz

Ahorangi Rangahau (Research Professor) John Pickering joined the Department of Medicine in 2007, initially to study how to better diagnose and treat kidney failure in the intensive care.  Now, he is a kaipūtaiao (scientist) and kaitātara koiora (biostatistician) with the Rangahau Manawa o Ōtautahi (Christchurch Heart Institute) research group of University of Ōtago Christchurch, and the Emergency medicine research group of Christchurch Hospital. His interests include optimising the use of biomarkers for diagnosis, clinical pathway development and translational research in acute care. His special interest are accelerated diagnostic pathways and troponin for possible acute myocardia infarction.

He comes from a physics background and was once part of the team that pioneered the use of lasers to remove birthmarks. In his spare time he engages in citizen science and outreach in astronomy.

Publications

Pickering, J., Kavsak, P., Christenson, R., Troughton, R., Pemberton, C., Richards, M., Joyce, L., & Than, M. (2024). High-sensitivity troponin assays are safe to rule-out myocardial infarction even if they have high imprecision. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 33(Suppl. 2), (pp. S76). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.04.261 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Joyce, L., Al-Busaidi, I., Pickering, J., Addy, K., Brokenshire, F., Troughton, R., & Than, M. (2024). The implementation and iteration of an emergency department atrial fibrillation pathway to improve patient care. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 33(Suppl. 2), (pp. S67-S68). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.04.240 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Greer, G., Chew-Harris, J., Adamson, P., Pemberton, C., Pickering, J., Pilbrow, A., Troughton, R., Doughty, R., Richards, M., & Frampton, C. (2024). Convalescent GDF-15 and long-term outcomes after acute coronary syndrome. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 33(Suppl. 2), (pp. S74-S75). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.04.256 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Pickering, J. W., Devlin, G., Body, R., Aldous, S., Jaffe, A. S., Apple, F. S., … Troughton, R. W., … Joyce, L., Frampton, C., Lacey, C. J., Richards, A. M., Pitama, S., & Than, M. (2024). Protocol for Improving Care by FAster risk-STratification through use of high sensitivity point-of-care troponin in patients presenting with possible acute coronary syndrome in the EmeRgency department (ICare-FASTER): A stepped-wedge cluster randomised quality improvement initiative. BMJ Open, 14, e083752. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083752 Journal - Research Other

Pickering, J. W., Kavsak, P., Christenson, R. H., Troughton, R. W., Pemberton, C. J., Richards, A. M., Joyce, L., & Than, M. P. (2024). Determination of clinically acceptable analytical variation of cardiac troponin at decision thresholds. Clinical Chemistry, hvae059. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvae059 Journal - Research Article

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