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Contact Details

Email
ben.wheeler@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor / Paediatric Endocrinologist
Department
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MB ChB(Otago) DCH PhD CCE FRACP
Research summary
Professor Ben Wheeler is a Paediatric Endocrinologist and Paediatrician working for the University of Otago and the Southern District Health Board. His research focuses on access to and use of new technologies for children and young people affected
Clinical
Children’s health, Paediatric endocrinology and diabetes

Research

Professor Ben Wheeler is a Paediatric Endocrinologist and Paediatrician working for the University of Otago and the Southern District Health Board.

His research focuses on access to and use of new technologies for children and young people affected by diabetes, as well as factors that impact on glycaemic control in diabetes. He also has a research interest in vitamin D and bone health during pregnancy, lactation, and infancy. He has a number of collaborations ongoing in these areas, and usually multiple clinical trials or studies running in these areas at any one time.

He is always looking for new collaborations and for new PhD and other research students to join his team.

Publications

Allison, H., Williman, J., de Bock, M., Burnside, M., Wheeler, B., Cunningham, V., … Wiltshire, E., … KiwiDiab Diabetes Data Network. (2026). The 2024 National Report on Continuous Glucose Monitoring Uptake in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes Following Universal Funding in Aotearoa New Zealand: Early findings from the KiwiDiab Pediatric Diabetes Network. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/15209156261500903 Journal - Research Article

Tirosh, A., Wheeler, B. J., Laron Hirsh, M., Idan, E., Cohen, Y., Boucsein, A., Warunyuwong, W., … Cohen, O. (2026). Efficacy and safety of the MiniMed™ Vivera™ algorithm: Results from a first-in-human feasibility trial. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/15209156261496632 Journal - Research Other

Sohler-Snoddy, A. M., Chan, S., Weastell, R., Chen, V., Wheeler, B. J., Beckett, D., & Loch, C. (2026). Serum vitamin D levels at birth are not associated with the formation of interglobular dentin in deciduous teeth of modern New Zealand children. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 191(2), e70370. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.70370 Journal - Research Article

Marks, B. E., Hilliard, M. E., Kovatchev, B., Moser, O., Tanenbaum, M. L., Ackeifi, C., … Wheeler, B. J., … Danne, T. (2026). Roadmap to fully closing the loop to optimize health in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/15209156261496643 Journal - Research Article

Zhou, Y., Ni, Y., Deng, H., Lin, Q., Lei, M., Lin, Z., … Wheeler, B. J., … Yan, J. (2026). Early use of automated insulin delivery with telehealth support in people recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes: One-year outcomes from a prospective observational study. Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dom.71347 Journal - Research Article

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