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Laura Joyce image (2023)Senior Lecturer
Emergency Medicine (Department of Surgery)

MBChB FACEM AFRACMA BMedSci(Hons) MMedEd CCPU

Email laura.joyce@otago.ac.nz

Dr Laura Joyce is a Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine, a specialist in the Emergency Department of Christchurch Hospital and convenes the Trainee Intern Critical and Acute Care Module.

She is Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Christchurch, and is Medical Electives lead for the Faculty of Medicine, University of Otago.

Research interests

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Medical Education
  • Paediatrics
  • Trauma
  • Implementation Science

Publications

Finlayson, D., Logan, S., Jemberie, D., Quinn, N., Joyce, L. R., Wakeman, C., & McCombie, A. (2026). Predictors of return to work following major trauma in New Zealand. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 38, e70382. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.70382 Journal - Research Article

Pickering, J. W., Doudesis, D., Daniels, L. B., Peacock, W. F., Joyce, L. R., Richards, A. M., Troughton, R., Pemberton, C. J., & Than, M. P. (2026). Troponin thresholds for risk stratification of chest pain patients presenting to the emergency department: Alternatives to the 99th percentile. Clinical Chemistry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvag139 Journal - Research Article

Than, M., Pickering, J. W., Joyce, L. R., Buchan, V., Florkowski, C. M., Mills, N. L., Hamill, L., … Feberwee, A., … Norman, T., … Aldous, S., Richards, A. M., Lacey, C., Troughton, R., Frampton, C., … on beahlf of the ICare-FASTER Investigation Team. (2026). ICare-FASTER (Improving care by faster risk stratification through use of high-sensitivity point-of-care troponin in patients presenting with possible acute coronary syndrome in the emergency department): A stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial. Circulation. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1161/circulationaha.126.080866 Journal - Research Article

Pickering, J. W., Buchan, V., Rodney, M., Attenburrow, T., Joyce, L. R., Than, M., & Florkowski, C. M. (2026). Analytical verification of a point-of-care high-sensitivity troponin I assay. Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/jalm/jfag143 Journal - Research Article

Harger, S., Roberts, P., Gunja, N., & Joyce, L. (2026, September). AI, data and research. Panel discussion at the Spring Seminar on Emergency Medicine (SSEM), Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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