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Research ProfessorJohn Pickering

BSc(Hons) PhD BA(Hons)

Email john.pickering@otago.ac.nz

Ahorangi Rangahau (Research Professor) John Pickering joined the Department of Medicine in 2007, initially to study how to better diagnose and treat kidney failure in the intensive care.  Now, he is a kaipūtaiao (scientist) and kaitātara koiora (biostatistician) with the Rangahau Manawa o Ōtautahi (Christchurch Heart Institute) research group of University of Ōtago Christchurch, and the Emergency medicine research group of Christchurch Hospital. His interests include optimising the use of biomarkers for diagnosis, clinical pathway development and translational research in acute care. His special interest are accelerated diagnostic pathways and troponin for possible acute myocardia infarction.

He comes from a physics background and was once part of the team that pioneered the use of lasers to remove birthmarks. In his spare time he engages in citizen science and outreach in astronomy.

Publications

Pickering, J. W., Hamill, L., Aldous, S., Joyce, L., Stothart, R. A., Williams, O., Florkowski, C. M., & Than, M. (2024). Determination of a whole-blood single-test low-risk threshold for a point-of-care high-sensitivity troponin assay. Emergency Medicine Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2023-213689

Pickering, J. W., Young, J. M., George, P. M., Watson, A. S., Aldous, S. J., Verryt, T., Troughton, R. W., Pemberton, C. J., Richards, A. M., … Than, M. P. (2024). Derivation and validation of thresholds using synthetic data methods for single-test screening of emergency department patients with possible acute myocardial infarction using a point-of-care troponin assay. Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/jalm/jfae001

Emrich, I. E., Pickering, J. W., Götzinger, F., Kramann, R., Kunz, M., Lauder, L., … Mahfoud, F. (2024). Comparison of three creatinine-based equations to predict adverse outcome in a cardiovascular high-risk cohort: An investigation using the SPRINT research materials. Clinical Kidney Journal, 17(2), sfae011. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfae011

Duncan, S., Bergler, H. U., Menclova, A., Pickering, J. W., Nishtala, P. S., Ailabouni, N., … Mangin, D., & Jamieson, H. (2024). The drug burden index and level of frailty as determinants of healthcare costs in a cohort of older frail adults in New Zealand [Economic evaluation]. Value in Health Regional Issues, 41, 72-79. doi: 10.1016/j.vhri.2023.11.009

Lambert, R., Marchis, F., Hanuš, J., Archer, J., Billiani, M., Bradley, J. K., … Pickering, J. W., … Widi, J. (2023). Rotation period determination for (7335) 1989 JA. Minor Planet Bulletin, 50(1), 16-17. Retrieved from https://mpbulletin.org

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