Dr Claire Cameron

Position	Senior Research Fellow (Biostatistics)
Qualifications	BSc(Hons) DipGrad MSc PhD(Otago)
Research summary	Biostatistical collaboration and advice
Memberships	New Zealand Statistical Association (since 1990)

Research

I am a member of the Biostatistics Unit dedicated to providing biostatistical collaboration and advice to people involved with health research. My involvement in research is varied but, preferably, I like to be a member of a research team contributing methodological expertise to a project. This means getting involved early in a project with the analysis of the data from the research as part of what I do. I can also provide advice on the design of studies, including sample size calculations, analysis of data, interpretation of results, and assistance with preparation of papers for submission to journals.

I have worked as a statistician in various guises since 1990. I have worked with official statistics, hospital data, and done a lot of analyses related to wildlife. I have also taught statistics at first and second year level. My PhD (completed in 2009) investigated the use of open population capture-recapture models to estimate diabetes prevalence and incidence in Otago.

I have been in this role since late August 2011 and am open to any problems that come my way.

Publications

Priest, P. C., Slow, S., Chambers, S. T., Cameron, C. M., Balm, M., Beale, M. W., Blackmore, T. K., … Ussher, J. E., van der Linden, A., … Murdoch, D. R. (2019). The burden of Legionnaires' disease in New Zealand (LegiNZ): A national surveillance study. Lancet Infectious Diseases. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30113-6

Kharjul, M. D., Cameron, C., & Braund, R. (2019). Using the pharmaceutical collection database to identify patient adherence to oral hypoglycaemic medicines. Journal of Primary Health Care, 11(3), 265-274. doi: 10.1071/HC19017

Smith, L. A., Cameron, C., Waqawai, A., Foster Page, L., & Richards, R. (2019). Pasifika adolescents' recommendations for increasing access to oral health care. New Zealand Dental Journal, 115(1), 20-28.

Patterson, T., Macleod, E., Hobbs, L., Egan, R., Cameron, C., & Gross, J. (2019). Measuring both primary and secondary outcomes when evaluating treatment effectiveness in alcohol and drug treatment programmes. Clinical Psychologist, 23(2), 152-164. doi: 10.1111/cp.12156

Ward, A. L., Cameron, C., McGee, R., Freeman, C., & Gendall, P. J. (2018). Is the ‘happy wanderer’ really happy? Transport and life satisfaction among older teenagers in rural New Zealand. Journal of Transport & Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2018.06.005

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Chapter in Book - Research

Stantis, C., Tayles, N., Kinaston, R. L., Cameron, C., Nunn, P. D., Richards, M. P., & Buckley, H. R. (2016). Diet and subsistence in remote Oceania: An analysis using oral indicators of diet. In M. Oxenham & H. Buckley (Eds.), Routledge handbook of bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. (pp. 569-598). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

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Journal - Research Article

Smith, L. A., Cameron, C., Foster Page, L., Waqawai, A., & Richards, R. (2018). Pasifika adolescents' understanding and experiences of oral health care. New Zealand Dental Journal, 114(4), 165-173.

Ward, A. L., Wyeth, E. H., McGee, R., Freeman, C., & Cameron, C. (2018). Found in (survey) translation: Lessons learned while engaging with a wharekura in Southland, New Zealand. Kōtuitui, 13(1), 70-81. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2017.1421978

Shearer, D. M., Thomson, W. M., Cameron, C. M., Ramrakha, S., Wilson, G., Wong, T. Y., Williams, M. J. A., McLean, R., Theodore, R., & Poulton, R. (2018). Periodontitis and multiple markers of cardiometabolic risk in the fourth decade: A cohort study. Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology, 46(6), 615-623. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12414

Ma, Z. F., Venn, B. J., Manning, P. J., Cameron, C. M., & Skeaff, S. A. (2018). The sensitivity and specificity of thyroglobulin concentration using repeated measures of urinary iodine excretion. European Journal of Nutrition, 57(4), 1313-1320. doi: 10.1007/s00394-017-1410-6

Ward, A. L., McGee, R., Freeman, C., Gendall, P. J., & Cameron, C. (2018). Transport behaviours among older teenagers from semi-rural New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12803

McLean, R. M., Farmer, V. L., Nettleton, A., Cameron, C. M., Cook, N. R., Woodward, M., … TRUE Consortium (International Consortium for Quality Research on Dietary Sodium/Salt). (2018). Twenty-four–hour diet recall and diet records compared with 24-hour urinary excretion to predict an individual’s sodium consumption: A systematic review. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 20(10), 1360-1376. doi: 10.1111/jch.13391

Fairbairn, K. A., Ceelen, I. J. M., Skeaff, C. M., Cameron, C. M., & Perry, T. L. (2018). Vitamin D₃ supplementation does not improve sprint performance in professional rugby players: A randomised, placebo-controlled double blind intervention study. International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism, 28, 1-9. doi: 10.1123/ijsnem.2017-0157

Spronken-Smith, R., Cameron, C., & Quigg, R. (2018). Factors contributing to high PhD completion rates: A case study in a research-intensive university in New Zealand. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 43(1), 94-109. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2017.1298717

Kenagy, E., Priest, P. C., Cameron, C. M., Smith, D., Scott, P., Cho, V., … Murdoch, D. R. (2017). Risk factors for Legionella longbeachae Legionnaires' disease, New Zealand. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(7), 1148-1154. doi: 10.3201/eid2307.161429

McLean, R. M., Farmer, V. L., Nettleson, A., Cameron, C. M., Cook, N. R., Campbell, N. R. C., & TRUE Consortium (International Consortium for Quality Research on Dietary Sodium/Salt). (2017). Assessment of dietary sodium intake using a food frequency questionnaire and 24-hour urinary sodium excretion: A systematic literature review. Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 19(12), 1214-1230. doi: 10.1111/jch.13148

Homer, A. R., Fenemor, S. P., Perry, T. L., Rehrer, N. J., Cameron, C. M., Skeaff, C. M., & Peddie, M. C. (2017). Regular activity breaks combined with physical activity improve postprandial plasma triglyceride, nonesterified fatty acid, and insulin responses in healthy, normal weight adults: A randomized crossover trial. Journal of Clinical Lipidology, 11(5), 1268-1279. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2017.06.007

Robertson, L., Gendall, P., Hoek, J., Cameron, C., Marsh, L., & McGee, R. (2017). Smokers’ perceptions of the relative effectiveness of five tobacco retail reduction policies. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 19(2), 245-252. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw193

Cameron, C., Iosua, E., Parry, M., Richards, R., & Jaye, C. (2017). More than just numbers: Challenges for professional statisticians. Statistics Education Research Journal, 16(2), 362-375. Retrieved from http://iase-web.org/Publications.php?p=SERJ

Best, A. D., De Silva, R. K., Thomson, W. M., Tong, D. C., Cameron, C. M., & De Silva, H. L. (2017). Efficacy of codeine when added to paracetamol (acetaminophen) and ibuprofen for relief of postoperative pain after surgical removal of impacted third molars: A double-blinded randomised control trial. Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, 75(10), 2063-2069. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2017.04.045

Sanders, J. G., Cameron, C., & Dawes, P. J. D. (2017). Gabapentin in the management of pain following tonsillectomy: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery, 157(5), 781-790. doi: 10.1177/0194599817719883

Dickson, N. P., Righarts, A., van Roode, T., Cameron, C., & Connor, J. (2016). Do reports of age and circumstances of first intercourse differ in a birth cohort when asked seventeen years apart? Journal of Sex Research, 53(3), 321-330. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2015.1058891

Marsh, L., Cameron, C., Quigg, R., Hoek, J., Doscher, C., McGee, R., & Sullivan, T. (2016). The impact of an increase in excise tax on the retail price of tobacco in New Zealand. Tobacco Control, 25, 458-463. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052259

Robertson, L., Cameron, C., McGee, R., Marsh, L., & Hoek, J. (2016). Point-of-sale tobacco promotion and youth smoking: A meta-analysis. Tobacco Control, 25(e2), e83-e89. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052586

Ward, A. L., Gendall, P., McGee, R., Freeman, C., & Cameron, C. (2016). Testing the waters on the South Island: Insights from a pilot study. New Zealand Sociology, 31(7), 240-245.

Ma, Z. F., Venn, B. J., Manning, P. J., Cameron, C. M., & Skeaff, S. A. (2016). Iodine supplementation of mildly iodine-deficient adults lowers thyroglobulin: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 101(4), 1737-1744. doi: 10.1210/jc.2015-3591

Friedlander, L. T., Hussaini, H., Cullinan, M. P., Seymour, G. J., De Silva, R. K., De Silva, H., Cameron, C., & Rich, A. M. (2015). VEGF and VEGFR2 in dentigerous cysts associated with impacted third molars. Pathology, 47(5), 446-451. doi: 10.1097/pat.0000000000000272

Antoun, J. S., Cameron, C., Sew Hoy, W., Herbison, P., & Farella, M. (2015). Evidence of secular trends in a collection of historical craniofacial growth studies. European Journal of Orthodontics, 37(1), 60-66. doi: 10.1093/ejo/cju007

Peddie, M. C., Cameron, C., Rehrer, N., & Perry, T. (2015). Postprandial metabolic effects of accelerometer measured spontaneous low-level activity. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 12(8), 1133-1138. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2014-0298

Foster Page, L. A., Beckett, D. M., Cameron, C. M., & Thomson, W. M. (2015). Can the Child Health Utility 9D measure be useful in oral health research? International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 25(5), 349-357. doi: 10.1111/ipd.12177

Quinlan, D. M., Swain, N., Cameron, C., & Vella-Brodrick, D. A. (2015). How 'other people matter' in a classroom-based strengths intervention: Exploring interpersonal strategies and classroom outcomes. Journal of Positive Psychology, 10(1), 77-89. doi: 10.1080/17439760.2014.920407

Cox, B., Liu, C.-W., Sneyd, M. J., & Cameron, C. M. (2014). Epidemic of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in New Zealand remains unexplained. Journal of Cancer Epidemiology, 2014, 315378. doi: 10.1155/2014/315378

Marsh, L., Robertson, L. A., & Cameron, C. (2014). Attitudes towards smokefree campus policies in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 127(1393). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Zeng, J., Williams, S. M., Fletcher, D. J., Cameron, C. M., Broadbent, J. M., Shearer, D. M., & Thomson, W. M. (2014). Reexamining the association between smoking and periodontitis in the Dunedin Study with an enhanced analytical approach. Journal of Periodontology, 85(10), 1390-1397. doi: 10.1902/jop.2014.130577

Tarr, G. P., Crowley, A., John, R., Kok, J. B., Lee, H.-N. L., Mustafa, H., Sii, K. M., Smith, R., Son, S.-E. Q., Weaver, L. J., Cameron, C., Dockerty, J. D., Schultz, M., & Murray, I. A. (2014). Do high risk patients alter their lifestyle to reduce risk of colorectal cancer? BMC Gastroenterology, 14(1), 22. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-14-22

Hatah, E., Tordoff, J., Duffull, S. B., Cameron, C., & Braund, R. (2014). Retrospective examination of selected outcomes of Medicines Use Review (MUR) services in New Zealand. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 36(3), 503-512. doi: 10.1007/s11096-014-9913-1

Sneyd, M. J., Cameron, C., & Cox, B. (2014). Individual risk of cutaneous melanoma in New Zealand: Developing a clinical prediction aid. BMC Cancer, 14, 359. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-359

Tarr, G. P., Smith, R. A., John, R. A., Crowley, A. P., Kok, J. B. C., Lee, H.-N., Mustafa, M. H. B., Sii, K. M., Son, S.-E., Weaver, L. J., Cameron, C., Dockerty, J. D., Murray, I. A., & Schultz, M. (2013). Perceived risks and benefits of surveillance colonoscopy in people undergoing surveillance for family history of colorectal cancer. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1382). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Dickson, N., van Roode, T., Cameron, C., & Paul, C. (2013). Stability and change in same-sex attraction, experience, and identity by sex and age in a New Zealand birth cohort. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 42(5), 753-763. doi: 10.1007/s10508-012-0063-z

Cameron, C. M., Coppell, K. J., Fletcher, D. J., & Sharples, K. J. (2012). Capture-recapture using multiple data sources: Estimating the prevalence of diabetes. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 36(3), 223-228. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00868.x

Leisnham, P. T., Cameron, C., & Jamieson, I. G. (2003). Life cycle, survival rates and longevity of an alpine weta Hemideina maori (Orthoptera: anostostomatidae) determined using mark-recapture analysis. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 27(2), 191-200.

Cameron, C., Barker, R. J., Fletcher, D. J., Slooten, E., & Dawson, S. M. (1999). Modelling survival of Hector's dolphins around Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, & Environmental Statistics, 4(2), 126-135.

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Robertson, L., Cameron, C., Hoek, J. A., Sullivan, T., Marsh, L., Peterson, E., & Gendall, P. (2018). Prevalence and characteristics of tobacco purchases in convenience stores: Results of a postpurchase intercept survey in Dunedin, New Zealand [Brief report]. Tobacco Control. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054643

Sanders, J., Cameron, C., & Dawes, P. (2018). Response to "Gabapentin to prevent acute pain after tonsillectomy". Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery, 158(5), 963-964. doi: 10.1177/0194599818761874

Marsh, L., Ajmal, A., McGee, R., Robertson, L., Cameron, C., & Doscher, C. (2016). Tobacco retail outlet density and risk of youth smoking in New Zealand [Brief report]. Tobacco Control, 26, e71-e74. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052512

Sneyd, M. J., Cameron, C., & Cox, B. (2013). [Letter to the editor]. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 54(4), e97. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12084

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