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Lucy Telfar-Barnard PhD
Senior Research Fellow; He Kainga Oranga – Housing and Health Research Programme, HEIRU 

Contact details

Email lucy.telfar-barnard@otago.ac.nz

Research interests and activities

Lucy's research interests cover seasonal and cold-temperature related morbidity and mortality; respiratory disease epidemiology; housing quality; tenancy law; and implementation of the WHO Healthy Housing Guidelines.

She produces the biennial Impact of Respiratory Disease report for the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation, and is currently on the Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board. Lucy also co-ordinates He Kāinga Oranga’s WHO Collaborating Centre on Housing and wellbeing.

Publications

Reidy, J., Pettie, M., & Telfar Barnard, L. (2026). The cost of belonging: School uniform affordability in Aotearoa New Zealand. Kōtuitui, 21(1), e70020. doi: 10.1002/kot2.70020 Journal - Research Article

Telfar-Barnard, L., Beautrais, A., & Anglemyer, A. (2025). Firearm-related hospitalization and death in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2000 to 2023: A cohort study. Annals of Internal Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.7326/ANNALS-24-03483 Journal - Research Article

Telfar-Barnard, L., Beautrais, A., & Anglemyer, A. (2025). Firearms incidents cost Aotearoa $322m a year: Strong laws save lives. The Briefing, (23 September). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/firearms-incidents-cost-aotearoa-322m-year-strong-laws-save-lives Journal - Research Other

Bennett, J., Halley, C., Boulic, M., Kvalsvig, A., Baker, M., Plagmann, M., Telfar-Barnard, L., & Morawska, L. (2025). Invisible and ignored: Why indoor air quality deserves our attention. The Briefing, (11 September). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/invisible-and-ignored-why-indoor-air-quality-deserves-our-attention Journal - Research Other

Broadbent, A., Kerr, J., Chambers, T., Telfar-Barnard, L., Shaw, C., Baker, M., & Wilson, N. (2025). Local elections and public health: A critical connection. The Briefing, (9 September). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/local-elections-and-public-health-critical-connection Journal - Research Other

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