2026
Journal - Research Article
Davies, C., Timu-Parata, C., Signal, V., Baker, M., Firestone, R., Kvalsvig, A., Robson, B., & Waa, A. (2026). Integrating a whānau-ora approach in primary care to mitigate the impact of syndemics: Whānau and key informant views. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 32, PY25241. doi: 10.1071/py25241
2025
Journal - Research Article
Signal, V., Smith, M., Cameron, L., Costello, S., Dawkins, P., Koea, J., … Gurney, J. (2025). Closing the equity gap in access to early lung cancer diagnosis in Aotearoa: Key informant perspectives and recommendations for action. Journal of Primary Health Care, 17(4), 355-362. doi: 10.1071/HC24187
Schauer, C., Teng, A., Signal, V., Stanley, J., Mules, T. C., Koea, J., & Inns, S. J. (2025). Translating evidence into action: Overcoming barriers to gastric cancer prevention in Aotearoa [Review]. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 55(5), 1252-1270. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2024.2427818
Journal - Research Other
Wall, V., Signal, V., Cooper, J., Davies, C., Goza, M., Koea, J., Robson, B., … Smith, M., Stairmand, J., & Gurney, J. (2025). Supportive care needs and assessment tools for family caregivers of Indigenous people with cancer: A narrative review. Supportive Care in Cancer, 33, 1119. doi: 10.1007/s00520-025-10115-6
Clough, S., Ruka, M., Wheeler, M., Stanley, J., Signal, V., Koea, J., & Gurney, J. (2025). Blood cancers and Māori: A perspective on current evidence and next steps. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1620), 92-97. doi: 10.26635/6965.6816
Gurney, J., Stanley, J., Davies, A., Signal, V., Dawkins, P., Cameron, L., Costello, S., Jackson, C. G. C. A., … Whitehead, J., & Koea, J. (2025). Improving lung cancer survival outcomes for Māori. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1618), 96-103. doi: 10.26635/6965.6947
2024
Journal - Research Article
Clough, S., Wheeler, M., Stanley, J., Signal, V., Ruka, M., Koea, J., & Gurney, J. (2024). Blood cancer incidence, mortality and survival for Māori in New Zealand. Cancer Epidemiology, 93, 102656. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2024.102656
Journal - Research Other
Signal, V., Smith, M., Costello, S., Davies, A., Dawkins, P., Jackson, C. G. C. A., Koea, J., Whitehead, J., & Gurney, J. (2024). Indigenous access to clinical services along the lung cancer treatment pathway: A review of current evidence. Cancer Causes & Control, 35, 1497-1507. doi: 10.1007/s10552-024-01904-1
2023
Journal - Research Article
Signal, V., Jones, R., Davies, C., Stairmand, J., Smith, M., Adler, J., & Gurney, J. K. (2023). It’s more than just physical: Experiences of pain and pain management among Māori with cancer and their whanau. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 18(1). doi: 10.32799/ijih.v18i1.39255
Jones, R. M., Signal, V., Smith, M., Stairmand, J., Davies, C., & Gurney, J. (2023). Palliative care and quality of life needs and outcomes for Māori with cancer: What do we know? AlterNative, 19(2), 219-228. doi: 10.1177/11771801231163919
Gurney, J., Davies, A., Stanley, J., Signal, V., Costello, S., Dawkins, P., … Jackson, C., … Koea, J. (2023). Emergency presentation prior to lung cancer diagnosis: A national-level examination of disparities and survival outcomes. Lung Cancer, 179, 107174. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2023.03.010
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Signal, V., Waaka, L., Wall, J., Smith, M., Robson, B., Richards, K., & Ruru, H. (2023). Organisational policy to support oral health equity in Aotearoa New Zealand. Population Medicine, 5(Suppl.), (pp. 491-492). doi: 10.18332/popmed/165117
2022
Journal - Research Article
Davies, C., Timu-Parata, C., Stairmand, J., Robson, B., Kvalsvig, A., Lum, D., & Signal, V. (2022). A kia ora, a wave and a smile: An urban marae-led response to COVID-19, a case study in manaakitanga. International Journal for Equity in Health, 21, 70. doi: 10.1186/s12939-022-01667-8
2021
Journal - Research Article
Gurney, J., McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Sarfati, D., Campbell, D., Davies, C., Dennett, E., … Ongley, D., Robson, B., Rumball-Smith, J., Signal, V., Stairmand, J., Thomas, C., & Koea, J. (2021). Disparities in post-operative mortality between Māori and non-indigenous ethnic groups in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1542), 15-28. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Other
Kvalsvig, A., Wilson, N., Davies, C., Timu-Parata, C., Signal, V., & Baker, M. G. (2021). Expansion of a national Covid-19 alert level system to improve population health and uphold the values of Indigenous peoples. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 12, 100206. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100206
Pilleron, S., Gower, H., Janssen-Heijnen, M., Signal, V. C., Gurney, J. K., Morris, E. J. A., Cunningham, R., & Sarfati, D. (2021). Patterns of age disparities in colon and lung cancer survival: A systematic narrative literature review. BMJ Open, 11, e044239. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044239
2020
Journal - Research Article
Signal, V., McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Stairmand, J., Sukumaran, N., Thompson, D.-M., Henderson, K., Davies, C., Krebs, J., Dowell, A., Grainger, R., & Sarfati, D. (2020). A mobile- and web-based health intervention program for diabetes and prediabetes self-management (BetaMe/Melon): Process evaluation following a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(12), e19150. doi: 10.2196/19150
McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Signal, V., Stairmand, J., Thompson, D., Henderson, K., Davies, C., Krebs, J., Dowell, A., Grainger, R., & Sarfati, D. (2020). Impact of a comprehensive digital health programme on HbA1c and weight after 12 months for people with diabetes and prediabetes: A randomised controlled trial. Diabetologia, 63, 2559-2570. doi: 10.1007/s00125-020-05261-x
McLeod, M., Signal, V., Gurney, J., & Sarfati, D. (2020). Postoperative mortality of indigenous populations compared with nonindigenous populations: A systematic review. JAMA Surgery, 155(7), 636-656. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.0316
Signal, V., Jackson, C., Signal, L., Hardie, C., Holst, K., McLaughlin, M., Steele, C., & Sarfati, D. (2020). Improving management of comorbidity in patients with colorectal cancer using comprehensive medical assessment: A pilot study. BMC Cancer, 20, 50. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-6526-z
Journal - Research Other
Signal, V., Gurney, J., Inns, S., McLeod, M., Sika-Paotonu, D., Sowerbutts, S., Teng, A., & Sarfati, D. (2020). Helicobacter pylori, stomach cancer and its prevention in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 50(3), 397-417. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2019.1650081
2018
Journal - Research Article
Huang, S., Signal, V., Sarfati, D., Shaw, C., Stanley, J., McGlynn, K., & Gurney, J. (2018). Physical activity and risk of testicular cancer: A systematic review. BMC Cancer, 18, 189. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4093-3
Journal - Research Other
Signal, V., Huang, S., Sarfati, D., Stanley, J., McGlynn, K. A., & Gurney, J. K. (2018). Dairy consumption and risk of testicular cancer: A systematic review. Nutrition & Cancer, 70(5), 710-736. doi: 10.1080/01635581.2018.1470655
Sarfati, D., McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Signal, V., Stairmand, J., Krebs, J., Dowell, A., Leung, W., Davies, C., & Grainger, R. (2018). BetaMe: Impact of a comprehensive digital health programme on HbA1c and weight at 12 months for people with diabetes and pre-diabetes: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 19, 161. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2528-4
2017
Journal - Research Article
Gurney, J., Richiardi, L., McGlynn, K. A., Signal, V., & Sarfati, D. (2017). Analgesia use during pregnancy and risk of cryptorchidism: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Human Reproduction, 32(5), 1118-1129. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dex047
Journal - Research Other
Gurney, J. K., McGlynn, K. A., Stanley, J., Merriman, T., Signal, V., Shaw, C., Edwards, R., … Sarfati, D. (2017). Risk factors for cryptorchidism. Nature Reviews Urology, 14, 534-548. doi: 10.1038/nrurol.2017.90
2016
Journal - Research Article
Makowharemahihi, C., Wall, J., Keay, G., Britton, C., McGibbon, M., LeGeyt, P., … Signal, V. (2016). Quality improvement: Indigenous influence in oral health policy, process, and practice. Journal of Health Care for the Poor & Underserved, 27(1, Suppl.), 54-60. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2016.0035
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Signal, V. (2016, April). Indigenous inequities in the stomach cancer treatment pathway in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Signal, V. (2016). Making sense of stomach cancer inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6681
2015
Journal - Research Article
Gurney, J., Shaw, C., Stanley, J., Signal, V., & Sarfati, D. (2015). Cannabis exposure and risk of testicular cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Cancer, 15, 897. doi: 10.1186/s12885-015-1905-6
Signal, V., Sarfati, D., Cunningham, R., Gurney, J., Koea, J., & Ellison-Loschmann, L. (2015). Indigenous inequities in the presentation and management of stomach cancer in New Zealand: A country with universal health care coverage. Gastric Cancer, 18(3), 571-579. doi: 10.1007/s10120-014-0410-y
2013
Journal - Research Article
Swart, E. M., Sarfati, D., Cunningham, R., Dennett, E., Signal, V., Gurney, J., & Stanley, J. (2013). Ethnicity and rectal cancer management in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1384). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Signal, V. (2013). Ethnic inequalities in stomach cancer treatment pathways. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 9(Suppl. 3), (pp. 74). doi: 10.1111/ajco.12144
