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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 474 7214
Email
claire.cameron@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Associate Professor and Director, Biostatistics Centre
Qualifications
BSc(Hons) DipGrad MSc PhD(Otago)
Research summary
Biostatistics and health-related research
Memberships
  • New Zealand Statistical Association (NZSA) since 1990
  • NZSA Mentoring Programme since 2022
  • Caucus of Women in Statistics and Data Science since 2020

Research

Research Associate Professor Claire Cameron has expertise in the methods and design aspects of health-related research. Her involvement in research is varied but, preferably, it is as a member of a research team right from the beginning - early involvement in any project is key.

Claire has worked as a statistician since 1990 first in official statistics then she did a master’s using a multi-state mark recapture model to estimate the msurvival rate of hector's dolphins around Banks' Peninsula (1994). She taught statistics at first and second year level for many years. Her PhD investigated the use of open population capture-recapture models to estimate diabetes prevalence and incidence in Otago. She joined the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine in 2010 and has been a member of the Biostatistics Centre since its inception in 2017.

Publications

Hussain, F. M., Jaye, C., Cameron, C., & Stokes, T. (2026). From values to practice: Exploring health workforce choices in a Small Island Developing State. Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE) Conference: Weaving Connection Nau te routou, naku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi. 495. Retrieved from https://www.anzahpe.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Kavale-Henderson, L. A., Buckberry, J., Buckley, H., Cameron, C., King, C., Koon, H., … Loch, C. (2026). “An injurious and utterly unfit environment”: A case study comparing dental evidence of childhood stress in nineteenth century working-class peoples from British and colonial New Zealand contexts. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 190, e70315. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.70315 Journal - Research Article

Halcrow, S. E., Gowland, R. L., Lončar, S. R., Metzger, J. A., & Cameron, C. (2026). Biopower, necropolitics, and the afterlives of infants: Uncovering the ethics of historial anatomical collections. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 190(2), e70294. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.70294 Journal - Research Article

Arrowsmith, K., McLean, R., Phillipson-Puna, T., Muliaumasealii, M., Leilua, S., Meher, M., Crengle, S., … and also New Zealand Prospective Older Adult Transport and Health Study (NZPATHS), including Connor, J., & Cameron, C. (2026). Mana Motuhake: Kaumātua Māori journey for transport equity in Aotearoa. (pp. 1-34). Dunedin, New Zealand: National Hauora Coalition and University of Otago. [Technical/Scientific Report]. Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Binti Abdul Sattar, S. S., Chandler, N. P., Abdullah, M. B., Cathro, P., Cameron, C., & Friedlander, L. (2026). Diabetes and calcification within the dental pulp: A scoping review. British Dental Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41415-025-9347-2 Journal - Research Article

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