Dr Geoff Noller

Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 470 4134 or mobile +64 21 471 042
- geoff.noller@otago.ac.nz
- Position
- Assistant Research Fellow
- Department
- Department of General Practice and Rural Health (Dunedin)
- Qualifications
- PhD
- Research summary
- Medical anthropology and mixed methods; special interest in psychotropic drug use
- Memberships
- Chair, Dunedin Intravenous Organisation (DIVO) Reference Group
Research
Current research at the Department of General Practice and Rural Health includes exploring the psychosocial impact of the impact of Mycoplasma bovis on rural communities in southern New Zealand.
Independent contracting includes a research coordinator role with the national office of the New Zealand Needle Exchange Programme and researcher-initiated projects examining the therapeutic use of cannabis and other psychotropics.
Additional details
Geoff is an independent researcher and medical anthropologist, with a special interest in the use of psychotropic drugs as a cultural practice.
Current employment also includes:
- 0.5 FTE with the New Zealand Needle Exchange Programme, Research Coordinator
- Independent research consultant, see https://geoffnoller.com
Publications
Crossin, R., Cleland, L., Wilkins, C., Rychert, M., Adamson, S., Potiki, T., Pomerleau, A. C., … Noller, G., … Bagshaw, S., … Boden, J. (2023). The New Zealand drug harms ranking study: A multi-criteria decision analysis. Journal of Psychopharmacology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/02698811231182012
Hutton, F., Noller, G., & McSherry, A. (2023). Patients experiences of therapeutic cannabis consumption in New Zealand. Drugs, Habits & Social Policy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1108/DHS-12-2022-0049
Whelan, J., Noller, G. E., & Ward, R. D. (2023). Rolling through TikTok: An analysis of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-related content. Drug & Alcohol Review. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dar.13640
Doolan-Noble, F., Noller, G., Jaye, C., & Bryan, M. (2023). Moral distress in rural veterinarians as an outcome of the Mycoplasma bovis incursion in southern New Zealand. New Zealand Veterinary Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00480169.2023.2174202
Noller, G., Doolan-Noble, F., Jaye, C., & Bryan, M. (2022). The psychosocial impact of Mycoplasma bovis on southern New Zealand farmers: The human cost of managing an exotic animal disease incursion. Journal of Rural Studies, 95, 458-466. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.09.037
Crossin, R., Cleland, L., Wilkins, C., Rychert, M., Adamson, S., Potiki, T., Pomerleau, A. C., … Noller, G., … Bagshaw, S., … Boden, J. (2023). The New Zealand drug harms ranking study: A multi-criteria decision analysis. Journal of Psychopharmacology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/02698811231182012
Journal - Research Article
Doolan-Noble, F., Noller, G., Jaye, C., & Bryan, M. (2023). Moral distress in rural veterinarians as an outcome of the Mycoplasma bovis incursion in southern New Zealand. New Zealand Veterinary Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00480169.2023.2174202
Journal - Research Article
Hutton, F., Noller, G., & McSherry, A. (2023). Patients experiences of therapeutic cannabis consumption in New Zealand. Drugs, Habits & Social Policy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1108/DHS-12-2022-0049
Journal - Research Article
Whelan, J., Noller, G. E., & Ward, R. D. (2023). Rolling through TikTok: An analysis of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine-related content. Drug & Alcohol Review. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dar.13640
Journal - Research Article
Jaye, C., Noller, G., Bryan, M., & Doolan-Noble, F. (2022). ‘The day I killed my cows was the day I walked away’: Mycoplasma bovis, moral economy and moral capital. Journal of Rural Studies, 95, 86-94. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.08.001
Journal - Research Article
Noller, G., Doolan-Noble, F., Jaye, C., & Bryan, M. (2022). The psychosocial impact of Mycoplasma bovis on southern New Zealand farmers: The human cost of managing an exotic animal disease incursion. Journal of Rural Studies, 95, 458-466. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.09.037
Journal - Research Article
Armour, M., Sinclair, J., Noller, G., Girling, J., Larcombe, M., Al-Dabbas, M. A., … Johnson, N. (2021). Illicit cannabis usage as a management strategy in New Zealand women with endometriosis: An online survey. Journal of Women's Health, 30(10), 1485-1492. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2020.8668
Journal - Research Article
Boyce, C., Jaye, C., Noller, G., Bryan, M., & Doolan-Noble, F. (2021). Mycoplasma bovis in New Zealand: A content analysis of media reporting. Kōtuitui, 16(2), 335-355. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2021.1879180
Journal - Research Article
Doolan-Noble, F., Noller, G., Nixon, G., & Stokes, T. (2021). 'I'm still here, that's probably the best part': Lives of those living rurally with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator: A qualitative study. Rural & Remote Health, 21, 5659. doi: 10.22605/RRH5659
Journal - Research Article
Jaye, C., Amos, C., Richard, L., & Noller, G. (2021). Hidden in plain sight: Transactions of moral capital in sick leave management within the corporate university. SAGE Open, 11(2). doi: 10.1177/21582440211007453
Journal - Research Article
Jaye, C., Noller, G., Bryan, M., & Doolan-Noble, F. (2021). "No better or worse off": Mycoplasma bovis, farmers and bureaucracy. Journal of Rural Studies, 88, 40-49. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.10.007
Journal - Research Article
Jaye, C., Noller, G., Richard, L., & Amos, C. (2021). 'There is no sick leave at the university': How sick leave constructs the good employee. Anthropology & Medicine, 28(4), 461-476. doi: 10.1080/13648470.2020.1814988
Journal - Research Article
Jaye, C., Richard, L., Amos, C., & Noller, G. (2021). Managing sick leave in the university: Bureaucracy and discretion. Humanistic Management Journal, 6, 211-227. doi: 10.1007/s41463-020-00094-7
Journal - Research Article
Noller, G., & Bourke, J. (2020). Point-of-care rapid testing for hepatitis C antibodies at New Zealand needle exchanges. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1525), 84-95. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Richard, L., Noller, G., Derrett, S., Sullivan, T., Doolan-Noble, F., McCombie, A., Schultz, M., Ho, C., & Stokes, T. (2020). Patients' accounts of living with and managing inflammatory bowel disease in rural Southern New Zealand: A qualitative study. BMJ Open, 10, e041789. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041789
Journal - Research Article
Saxton, P. J. W., McAllister, S. M., Noller, G. E., Newcombe, D. A. L., & Leafe, K. A. (2020). Injecting drug use among gay and bisexual men in New Zealand: Findings from national human immunodeficiency virus epidemiological and behavioural surveillance. Drug & Alcohol Review, 39, 365-374. doi: 10.1111/dar.13046
Journal - Research Article
Brown, T. K., Noller, G. E., & Denenberg, J. O. (2019). Ibogaine and subjective experience: Transformative states and psychopharmacotherapy in the treatment of opioid use disorder. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 51(2), 155-165. doi: 10.1080/02791072.2019.1598603
Journal - Research Article
Deering, D. E. A., Adamson, S. J., Sellman, J. D., Henderson, C., Sheridan, J., Pooley, S., … Noller, G., & Frampton, C. M. A. (2018). Potential risk for fatal drug overdose perceived by people using opioid drugs. Drug & Alcohol Review, 37(S1), S309-S313. doi: 10.1111/dar.12635
Journal - Research Article
Noller, G. E., Frampton, C. M. A., & Yazar-Klosinski, B. (2018). Ibogaine treatment outcomes for opioid dependence from a twelve-month follow-up observational study. American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse, 44(1), 37-46. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2017.1310218
Journal - Research Article
Rychert, M., Wilkins, C., & Noller, G. (2019). Medicinal Cannabis Scheme in New Zealand: Lessons from international experience and our own recent drug policy reform setbacks. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1503), 8-12. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Other