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Contact Details

Email
nick.douglas@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Department of Medicine (Christchurch)
Qualifications
BMedSc(hons) MBChB (Otago) MSc DPhil (Oxon) FRACP
Research summary
Infectious diseases researcher with special interests in malaria and leprosy
Teaching
  • MICN 401 Co-convenor Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases module
  • MICN 501 Co-convenor Advanced Medicine module and Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disaeses module
  • MICN 601 Medicine module
Memberships
  • Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician, Christchurch Hospital
  • Senior Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research, Australia
  • Chair - Aotearoa New Zealand RACP Advanced Training Committee - Infectious Diseases
  • Committee member, Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases, New Zealand branch
Clinical

Infectious Diseases Physician, Christchurch Hospital, Te Whatu Ora Waitaha

Research

Research interests include:

  • Malaria - in particular antirelapse therapy for Plasmodium vivax infection
  • Leprosy
  • Invasive bacterial infection diagnostics and treatment optimisation
  • Medical epidemiology

Publications

Yan, A. W. C., Flegg, J. A., Poespoprodjo, J. R., Douglas, N. M., Price, R. N., Devine, A., … Chisholm, R. H. (2026). Identifiability and model misspecification for modelling recurrent infections using routine health care data. American Journal of Epidemiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwag138 Journal - Research Article

Fransisca, L., Ome-Kaus, M., Laman, M., Poespoprodjo, J. R., Pasaribu, A. P., Sutanto, I., … Douglas, N. M., … Price, R. N. (2026). High-dose, short-course primaquine after point-of-care G6PD testing for the radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria: A safety study in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 71, 101903. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2026.101903 Journal - Research Article

Degaga, T., Thriemer, K., Rajaskhar, M., Abreha, T., Assefa, A., Douglas, N., … Yilma, D. (2026). Analysis of the effect of primaquine dose on efficacy, safety, and tolerability in patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria in Ethiopia: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. Malaria Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1186/s12936-026-05968-z Journal - Research Article

Campbell, P. O., Bauro, T., Rimon, E., Ioteba, N., Anderson, T., Cunanan, A., … Gardner, J., … Douglas, N. M., & Chambers, S. T. (2026). Assessment of antimicrobial resistance in M. leprae strains from Kiribati. Tropical Medicine & International Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/tmi.70146 Journal - Research Article

Fransisca, L., Kenangalem, E., Ubra, R. R., Ley, B., Price, R. N., Poespoprodjo, J. R., & Douglas, N. M. (2026). Enhancing unique identification of patients with malaria using biometric fingerprinting in Papua, Indonesia. Malaria Journal, 26, 56. doi: 10.1186/s12936-025-05749-0 Journal - Research Article

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