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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

Styles, S. E., Haszard, J. J., Oravcova-Wheeler, Z., Campbell, A., Arroll, B., Ciarrochi, J., … Ketu-McKenzie, M., & Wheeler, B. J. (2026). Preliminary outcomes of a brief values-guided self-management intervention to improve glucose levels among emerging adults with type 1 diabetes and above-recommended HbA1C: A pilot study. Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, 9(4), e70255. doi: 10.1002/edm2.70255 Journal - Research Article

Alison, H., Williman, J., Wheeler, B., Cunningham, V., Mouat, F., Mussa, M., … Wiltshire, E., Lewis, G., … de Bock, M., for the KiwiDiab Diabetes Data Network. (2026). The 2024 national report on continuous glucose monitoring update in children with type 1 diabetes following universal funding in Aotearoa New Zealand: Early findings from the KiwiDiab paediatric diabetes network. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) Annual Scientific Meeting. (pp. 23-24). Retrieved from https://www.nzssd.org.nz/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Warunyuwong, W., Boucsein, A., Sneddon, K. M. B., March de Ribot, F., Sime, M.-J., Zhou, Y., Wilkinson, T., de Bock, M. I., Wiltshire, E. J., … Jefferies, C. A., & Wheeler, B. J. (2026). Diabetic retinopathy outcomes and early worsening of diabetic retinopathy in adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes following rapid and large glycemic improvements after commencing automated insulin delivery. Journal of Diabetes Science & Technology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/19322968261446654 Journal - Research Article

Ward, M. C., Boucsein, A., Zhou, Y., Michaels, V. R., Haszard, J. J., Jefferies, C. A., Wiltshire, E. J., … Lopez-Sanchez, C. A., de Bock, M. I., & Wheeler, B. J. (2026). Extended use of automated insulin delivery in young people with type 1 diabetes and elevated HbA1c: 52-week outcomes of the CO-PILOT Trial. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/15209156261426883 Journal - Research Article

Gale, J. T., Boucsein, A., Williman, J., Lever, C., Crocket, H., Dewes, O., … de Bock, M., … Hall, R., … Jones, S., … Wheeler, B. J. (2026). Accelerating care, capacity and equity in automated insulin delivery systems for New Zealanders with type 1 diabetes: The ACCESS-AID study protocol. Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders, 25(1), 96. doi: 10.1007/s40200-026-01864-0 Journal - Research Other

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