Red X iconGreen tick iconYellow tick icon

Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 470 9189
Email
ben.wheeler@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor / Paediatric Endocrinologist
Department
Department of Women's and Children's 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

Stedman, L. A., Williman, J., Burnside, M., Davies, H., Jefferies, C., Marsters, B., … Wheeler, B., Wiltshire, E., de Bock, M., on behalf of KIWIDIAB. (2024). Emergent inequity of glycaemic metrics for Māori children with type 1 diabetes is negated by early use of continuous glucose monitoring. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1598), 14-21. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Burnside, M., Williman, J., Davies, H., Jefferies, C., Paul, R., Wheeler, B., Wiltshire, E., Anderson, Y., & de Bock, M. (2024). National health care that does not fund continuous glucose monitoring drives inequity in paediatric diabetes: The New Zealand example [RACP Trainee Research Awards in Paediatric Medicine Aotearoa New Zealand 2022]. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 60(Suppl. 2), (pp. 4). doi: 10.1111/jpc.16543 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Lever, C. S., Williman, J. A., Boucsein, A., Watson, A., Sampson, R. S., Sergel-Stringer, O. T., Keesing, C., … Wheeler, B. J., de Bock, M. I., & Paul, R. G. (2024). Real time continuous glucose monitoring in high-risk people with insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes: A randomised controlled trial. Diabetic Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dme.15348 Journal - Research Article

McLean, N. H., Haszard, J. J., Daniels, L., Taylor, R. W., Wheeler, B. J., Conlon, C. A., … Katiforis, I., … Cox, A. M., … Bruckner, B., … Heath, A.-L. M. (2024). Baby food pouches, baby-led weaning, and iron status in New Zealand infants: An observational study. Nutrients, 16, 1494. doi: 10.3390/nu16101494 Journal - Research Article

Fisher, C., Williman, J., Burnside, M., Davies, H., Jefferies, C. A., Paul, R., Wheeler, B. J., & de Bock, M. (2024). Children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes in Aotearoa New Zealand: An online survey of workforce and outcomes 2021. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jpc.16566 Journal - Research Article

Back to top