Clinical Associate Professor Helen Lunt, Our people, University of Otago, Christchurch, University of Otago, New Zealand

Diabetes Physician
Clinical Director
Clinical Associate Professor

MB ChB(Brist) DM(S'ton) FRACP

Email helen.lunt@cdhb.health.nz

Christchurch Outpatients
2 Oxford Terrace
Private Bag 4710
Christchurch
New Zealand

Current Roles

Diabetes Physician, Christchurch Diabetes Centre
Clinical Director, Health Innovation Hub, Canterbury District Health Board
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Otago, Christchurch

Research Interests

Diabetes Service delivery
Diabetes Clinical Trials
Clinical applications of diabetes technologies

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Publications

Lunt, H., Carr, A. C., Heenan, H. F., Vlasiuk, E., Zawari, M., Prickett, T., & Frampton, C. (2023). People with diabetes and hypovitaminosis C fail to conserve urinary vitamin C. Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology, 31, 100316. doi: 10.1016/j.jcte.2023.100316

Emanuel, R. H. K., Roberts, J., Docherty, P. D., Lunt, H., Campbell, R. E., & Möller, K. (2022). A review of the hormones involved in the endocrine dysfunctions of polycystic ovary syndrome and their interactions. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13, 1017468. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1017468

Ju, W., Al-Busaidi, I. S., Lunt, H., & Hudson, B. (2022, July). Barriers to attending annual diabetes foot assessment in Canterbury, New Zealand: A qualitative study. Poster session presented at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) Conference for General Practice, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Heenan, H., Lunt, H., Carr, A., Spencer, E., Vollebregt, M., & Prickett, T. C. R. (2022). Urinary vitamin C excretion is inappropriately elevated in people with hypovitaminosis C and diabetes. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) Annual Scientific Meeting. (pp. 50). Retrieved from https://www.ivvy.com.au/event/NZSSD22/welcome.html

Carr, A. C., Spencer, E., Heenan, H., Lunt, H., Vollebregt, M., & Prickett, T. C. R. (2022). Vitamin C status in people with types 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus and varying degrees of renal dysfunction: Relationship to body weight. Antioxidants, 11(2), 245. doi: 10.3390/antiox11020245

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Barron, C. V. M., Heenan, H. F., Thompson, H., Chan, H., Ngu, J., & Lunt, H. (2022). Detecting dysglycaemia in compensated liver cirrhosis: Comparison of oral glucose tolerance test and glycated haemoglobin, with continuous glucose monitoring. Diabetic Medicine, 39, e14778. doi: 10.1111/dme.14778

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Stedman, M., Rea, R., Duff, C. J., Livingston, M., Moreno, G., Gadsby, R., Lunt, H., … Heald, A. H. (2021). Applying Parkes Grid method to evaluate impact of variation in Blood Glucose Monitoring (BGM) strip accuracy performance in type 1 diabetes highlights the potential for amplification of imprecision with less accurate BGM strips. Journal of Diabetes Science & Technology, 15(1), 76-81. doi: 10.1177/1932296820905880

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Prickett, T. C. R., Lunt, H., Warwick, J., Heenan, H. F., & Espiner, E. A. (2019). Urinary amino-terminal pro-C-type natriuretic peptide: A novel marker of chronic kidney disease in diabetes. Clinical Chemistry, 65(8), 10. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2019.306910

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Macdonald, C., Lunt, H., Downie, M., & Kendall, D. (2017). How satisfied are patients when their choice of funded glucose meter is restricted to a single brand? Journal of Diabetes Science & Technology, 11(5), 1001-1006. doi: 10.1177/1932296817693016

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Mansell, E., Lunt, H., & Docherty, P. (2017). Laboratory diagnosis of gestational diabetes: An in silico investigation into the effects of pre-analytical processing on the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of the oral glucose tolerance test. Clinical Biochemistry, 50(9), 506-512. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2017.01.012

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Bergenstal, R. M., Lunt, H., Franek, E., Travert, F., Mou, J., Qu, Y., … on behalf of the IMAGINE 3 Trial Investigators. (2016). Randomized, double-blind clinical trial comparing basal insulin peglispro and insulin glargine, in combination with prandial insulin lispro, in patients with type 1 diabetes: IMAGINE 3. Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism, 18(11), 1081-1088. doi: 10.1111/dom.12698

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Carey, R., Lunt, H., Heenan, H. F., Frampton, C. M. A., & Florkowski, C. M. (2016). Collection tubes containing citrate stabiliser over-estimate plasma glucose, when compared to other samples undergoing immediate plasma separation. Clinical Biochemistry, 49(18), 1406-1411. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2016.05.017

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Lee, I., Lunt, H., Chan, H., Heenan, H., Berkeley, J., & Frampton, C. M. A. (2016). Postprandial capillary-venous glucose gradient in Type 1 diabetes: Magnitude and clinical associations in a real world setting. Diabetic Medicine, 33(7), 998-1003. doi: 10.1111/dme.13025

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Su, H., Lunt, H., & Hoeben, K. (2016). Resilience in youth with type 1 diabetes following an earthquake. Australasian Journal of Disaster & Trauma Studies, 20(2, Spec. Iss.), 101-105. Retrieved from http://trauma.massey.ac.nz/index.html

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McEntyre, C. J., Lever, M., Chambers, S. T., George, P. M., Slow, S., Elmslie, J. L., Florkowski, C. M., Lunt, H., & Krebs, J. D. (2015). Variation of betaine, N,N-dimethylglycine, choline, glycerophosphorylcholine, taurine, and trimethylamine-N-oxide in the plasma and urine of overweight people with type 2 diabetes over a two-year period. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 52(3), 352-360. doi: 10.1177/0004563214545346

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Chan, H., Lunt, H., Thompson, H., Heenan, H. F., Frampton, C. M. A., & Florkowski, C. M. (2014). Plasma glucose measurement in diabetes: Impact and implications of variations in sample collection procedures with a focus on the first hour after sample collection. Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine, 52(7), 1061-1068. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2013-1059

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Lever, M., McEntyre, C. J., George, P. M., Slow, S., Elmslie, J. L., Lunt, H., Chambers, S. T., Parry-Strong, A., & Krebs, J. D. (2014). Extreme urinary betaine losses in type 2 diabetes combined with bezafibrate treatment are associated with losses of dimethylglycine and choline but not with increased losses of other osmolytes. Cardiovascular Drugs & Therapy, 28, 459-468. doi: 10.1007/s10557-014-6542-9

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Lunt, H., Draper, N., Marshall, H. C., Logan, F. J., Hamlin, M. J., Shearman, J. P., Cotter, J. D., … Frampton, C. M. A. (2014). High intensity interval training in a real world setting: A randomized controlled feasibility study in overweight inactive adults, measuring change in maximal oxygen uptake. PLoS ONE, 9(1), e83256. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083256

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Parwaiz, M., Lunt, H., Florkowski, C. M., Logan, F. J., Irons, L., Perwick, C., Frampton, C. M. A., & Moore, M. P. (2014). Assessment of glucose meter performance at the antenatal diabetes clinic: Exploration of patient-related and pre-analytical factors. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 51(1), 47-53. doi: 10.1177/0004563213487893

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Yong, K. W., Moore, M. P., & Lunt, H. (2014). Medically facilitated discharge of adult diabetic ketoacidosis admissions: Precipitants and average length of stay. New Zealand Medical Journal, 127(1392). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Swaminathan, A., Lunt, H., Chang, W. S. J., Logan, F. J., Frampton, C. M. A., & Florkowski, C. M. (2013). Impact of prandial status on the comparison of capillary glucose meter and venous plasma glucose measurements in healthy volunteers. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 50(1), 6-12. doi: 10.1258/acb.2012.012084

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Swaminathan, A., Lunt, H., Frampton, C. M. A., & Florkowski, C. M. (2013). What is the lower limit for postprandial venous plasma glucose in healthy young adults? Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 50(6), 614-617. doi: 10.1177/0004563213481451

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Braatvedt, G. D., Cundy, T., Crooke, M., Florkowski, C., Mann, J. I., Lunt, H., … Drury, P. L. (2012). Understanding the new HbA_1c units for the diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes [Review article]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 125(1362). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Ellis, E., Chin, P. K. L., Hunt, P. J., Lunt, H., Lewis, J. G., & Soule, S. G. (2012). Is late-night salivary cortisol a better screening test for possible cortisol excess than standard screening tests in obese patients with Type 2 diabetes? New Zealand Medical Journal, 125(1353). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Krebs, J. D., Elley, C. R., Parry-Strong, A., Lunt, H., Drury, P. L., Bell, D. A., … Mann, J. I. (2012). The Diabetes Excess Weight Loss (DEWL) trial: A randomised controlled trial of high-protein versus high-carbohydrate diets over 2 years in type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia, 55, 905-914. doi: 10.1007/s00125-012-2461-0

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McLachlan, C. Y. L., Beach, R., Laing, R., Frazer, G., Lunt, H., & Cawood, T. J. (2011). Could glucose self-monitoring become the preferred tool for screening and monitoring glucose control in cystic fibrosis? Practical Diabetes International, 28(4), 173-176. doi: 10.1002/pdi.1587

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Storer, M., Dummer, J., Lunt, H., Scotter, J., McCartin, F., Cook, J., Swanney, M., … Epton, M. (2011). Measurement of breath acetone concentrations by selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry in type 2 diabetes. Journal of Breath Research, 5, 046011. doi: 10.1088/1752-7155/5/4/046011

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Ellis, E., Ballance, K., Lunt, H., & Lewis, D. (2010). Diabetes outpatient care before and after admission for diabetic foot complications. Journal of Wound Care, 19(4), 150-152.

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Lunt, H., Florkowski, C., Bignall, M., & Budgen, C. (2010). Capillary glucose meter accuracy and sources of error in the ambulatory setting. New Zealand Medical Journal, 123(1310). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/123-1308/3945/content.pdf

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Whitehead, C., Lunt, H., Pearson, J. F., & Cawood, T. J. (2010). Is screening for hypothyroidism in the diabetes clinic effective? Practical Diabetes International, 27(3), 113-117. doi: 10.1002/pdi.1458

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Doogue, M. P., Begg, E. J., Moore, M. P., Lunt, H., Pemberton, C. J., & Zhang, M. (2009). Metformin increases plasma ghrelin in Type 2 diabetes. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 68(6), 875-882. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2009.03372.x

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Florkowski, C., Budgen, C., Kendall, D., Lunt, H., & Moore, M. P. (2009). Comparison of blood glucose meters in a New Zealand diabetes centre. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 46, 302-305. doi: 10.1258/acb.2009.008193

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Greenslade, M. E., Lunt, H., Kendall, D., & Frampton, C. M. (2009). 'Introduction to Insulin' classes: Flexible approach to insulin initiation. Practical Diabetes International, 26(4), 142-144. doi: 10.1002/pdi.1357

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Moses, R. G., Bartley, P., Lunt, H., O'Brien, R. C., Donnelly, T., Gall, M.-A., … Roberts, A. (2009). Safety and efficacy of inhaled insulin (AERx® iDMS) compared with subcutaneous insulin therapy in patients with Type 1 diabetes: 1-year data from randomized, parallel group trial. Diabetic Medicine, 26(3), 260-267. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02654.x

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Scott, A., Toomath, R., Bouchier, D., Bruce, R., Crook, N., Carroll, D., … Lunt, H., Wiltshire, E., & Wu, D. (2006). First national audit of the outcomes of care in young people with diabetes in New Zealand: High prevalence of nephropathy in Māori and Pacific Islanders. New Zealand Medical Journal, 119(1235). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/119-1235/2015/content.pdf

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Wu, D., Kendall, D., Lunt, H., Willis, J., Darlow, B., & Frampton, C. (2005). Prevalence of type 1 diabetes in New Zealanders aged 0-24 years. New Zealand Medical Journal, 118(1218). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/118-1218/1557/content.pdf

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Lim, D., Lunt, H., Ojala, R., & Turner, J. (2004). Simultaneous presentation of Type 1 diabetes and thyrotoxicosis as a medical emergency [Case notes]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 117(1189). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/117-1189/775/content.pdf

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Lunt, H., Kendall, D., Moore, M. P., Scott, R. S., Cole, D., Frampton, C. M., & Cullens, M. (2004). Prospective audit of conversion from regular to lispro insulin during routine clinical care. Internal Medicine Journal, 34(3), 320-323.

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Wilson, M., Moore, M. P., & Lunt, H. (2004). Treatment satisfaction after commencement of insulin in Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice, 66, 263-267. Elsevier.

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Willis, J., Scott, R. S., Darlow, B. A., Nesbit, J., Anderson, P., Moore, M. P., Lunt, H., & Cole, D. R. (2002). Incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus diagnosed before age 20 years in Canterbury, New Zealand over the last 30 years. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 15, 637-643.

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Lunt, H., & Moore, M. P. (2000). Type 2 diabetes and tight blood pressure control: How low to go? New Zealand Medical Journal, 113, 90-91.

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Moore, M. P., & Lunt, H. (2000). Diabetes in New Zealand. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice, 50(Suppl. 2), S65-S71.

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Surgenor, L. J., Horn, J., Hudson, S. M., Lunt, H., & Tennent, J. (2000). Metabolic control and psychological sense of control in women with diabetes mellitus: Alternative considerations of the relationship. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 49, 267-273.

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Dellow, W. J., Chambers, S., Lever, M., Lunt, H., & Robson, R. A. (1999). Elevated glycine betaine excretion in diabetes mellitus patients is associated with proximal tubular dysfunction and hyperglycemia. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice, 43(2), 91-99.

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Kendall, D., Lunt, H., Moore, M. P., & McSweeney, W. P. (1999). Diabetes complication screening in general practice: a two pass audit with benchmarking. New Zealand Medical Journal, 112, 141-145.

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Lunt, H., Beard, M. E. J., Kendall, D., Wilson, M. A., & Frampton, C. M. (1999). Cerebrovascular disease as a general medicine discharge diagnosis: assessment of diagnostic agreement on case note review. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 29, 319-323.

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Lunt, H., Florkowski, C. M., Cundy, T., Kendall, D., Brown, L. J., Elliot, J. R., Wells, J. E., & Turner, J. G. (1998). A population-based study of bone mineral density in women with longstanding Type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice, 40(1), 31-38. doi: 10.1016/S0168-8227(98)00012-6

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Willis, J., Scott, R. S., Darlow, B. A., Lunt, H., & Moore, P. (1997). Hepatitis B immunisation and the epidemiology of IDDM in children and adolescents aged <20 years in Canterbury, New Zealand. Diabetes, 46(Suppl. 1), 140A.

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Lunt, H. (1996). Women and diabetes. Diabetic Medicine, 13(12), 1009-1016.

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Lunt, H., & Brown, L. J. (1996). Self-reported changes in capillary glucose and insulin requirements during the menstrual cycle. Diabetic Medicine, 13, 525-530.

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Lunt, H., & Heenan, H. F. (2020). Diagnosing the underlying cause of mild hyperglycemia using interstitial glucose data. Journal of Diabetes Science & Technology, 14(6), 1139-1140. doi: 10.1177/1932296820929369

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Lunt, H., & Heenan, H. (2019). Mitigating the impact of disasters and emergencies on clinical trials site conduct: A site perspective following major and minor unforeseen events [Short communication]. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 16, 100487. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2019.100487

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