Members of the Biostatistics and Computational Biology Unit lead and undertake both methodological and applied research.
| Biostatistics and Computational Biology Unit | |
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| Professor Elisabeth Wells |
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| Associate Professor Chris Frampton |
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| Dr John Pearson |
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| Dr Jonathan Williman |
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| Adjunct and Honorary Biostatisticians | |
| Associate Professor John Horwood |
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| Dr Jim Young |
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| Dr Patrick Graham |
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Publications
Please note that some article links may be available only to library subscribers of University of Otago, Christchurch.
2011
Cameron, V., Faatoese, A., Gillies, M., Robertson, P., Huria, T., Doughty, R., Whalley, G., Richards, M., Troughton, R., Tikao-Mason, K., Sheerin, I., Wells, E., & Pitama, S. (2011).How to successfully undertake genetics research in partnership with indigenous Maori communities. Internal Medicine Journal, 41(Suppl. 2), p4. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02486.x
Gale, C. K., Wells, J. E., McGee, M. A., & Oakley-Browne, M. A. (2011). A latent class analysis of psychosis-like experiences in the New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Advance Online Publication. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01707.x
Glubb, D. M., Gearry, R. B., Barclay, M. L., Roberts, R. L., Pearson, J., Keenan, J. I., McKenzie, J., & Bentley, R. W. (2011). NOD2 and ATG16L1 polymorphisms affect monocyte responses in Crohn's disease. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 17(23), 2829-2837. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i23.2829
Harley, J. A., Kennedy, M. A., Doudney, K., Allington, M., Pearson, J., Black, M., & Joyce, P. R. (2011). Antidepressants cause specific changes in the rat peripheral blood transcriptome. Biological Psychiatry, 69(9, Suppl. 1), (p 89S).
Harley, J. A., Wells, J. E., Frampton, C. M. A., & Joyce, P. R. (2011). Bipolar disorder and the TCI: Higher self-transcendence in bipolar disorder compared to major depression. Depression Research and Treatment, 529638. doi: 10.1155/2011/529638
Heppenstall, C. P., Wilkinson, T. J., Hanger, H. C., Keeling, S., & Pearson, J. (2011).Factors related to care home admission in the year following hospitalisation in frail older adults. Age and Ageing, 40(4), 513-527. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afr045
Hudson, B., Toop, L., Mangin, D., & Pearson, J. (2011). Risk communication methods in hip fracture prevention: A randomised trial in primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 61(589), e469-e476. doi: 10.3399/bjgp11X588439
Melzer, T. R., Watts, R., MacAskill, M. R., Pearson, J. F., Rüeger, S., Pitcher, T. L., Livingston, L., Graham, C., Keenan, R., ..., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., & Anderson, T. J. (2011). Arterial spin labelling reveals an abnormal cerebral perfusion pattern in Parkinson's disease. Brain, 134(3), 845-855. doi: 10.1093/brain/awq377
Merikangas, K. R., Jin, R., He, J-P., ..., Wells, J. E., & Zarkov, Z. (2011). Prevalence and correlates of bipolar spectrum disorder in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Archives of General Psychiatry, 68(3), 241-251. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.12
Pitama, S., Wells, J. E., Faatoese, A., Tikao-Mason, K., Robertson, P., Huria, T., Gillies, T., Doughty, R., Whalley, G., Troughton, R., Sheerin, I., Richards, M., & Cameron, V. A. (2011). A Kaupapa Māori approach to a community cohort study of heart disease in New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35(3), 249-255. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00702.x
Scott-Thomas, A., Pearson, J., & Chambers, S. (2011). Potential sources of 2-aminoacetophenone to confound the Pseudomonas aeruginosa breath test, including analysis of a food challenge study. Journal of Breath Research, 5(4), 046002. doi: 10.1088/1752-7155/5/4/046002
Sellman, J. D., Connor, J. L., Wells, J. E., & Joyce, P. R. (2011). The heavy drinking culture is primarily an adult issue: Not what you read in the newspapers. [Letter]. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45(4), 344. doi: 10.3109/00048674.2011.557650
Vissers, M. C. M., Bozonet, S. M., Pearson, J. F., & Braithwaite, L. J. (2011). Dietary ascorbate intake affects steady state tissue concentrations in vitamin C-deficient mice: Tissue deficiency after suboptimal intake and superior bioavailability from a food source (kiwifruit). American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 93, 292-301. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.110.004853
Volkova, E., Willis, J. A., Wells, J. E., Robinson, B. A., Dachs, G. U., & Currie, M. J. (2011). Association of angiopoietin-2, C-reactive protein and markers of obesity and insulin resistance with survival outcome in colorectal cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 104, 51-59. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6606005
Wells, J. E., Haro, J. M., Karam, E., Lee, S., Lepine, J-P., Medina-Mora, M. E., et al. (2011). Cross-national comparisons of sex differences in opportunities to use alcohol or drugs, and the transitions to use. Substance Use & Misuse, Advance Online Publication. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2011.553659
Wells, J. E., McGee, M. A., & Beautrais, A. L. (2011). Multiple aspects of sexual orientation: Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates in a New Zealand National Survey. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40(1), 155-168. doi: 10.1007/s10508-010-9636-x
Wells, J. E., McGee, M. A., & Beautrais, A. L. (2011). Rejoinder to Treharne, Brickell, and Chinn (2011) [Letter to the Editor]. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40(4), 667-669. doi: 10.1007/s10508-011-9774-9