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Contact Details

Phone
+64 4 918 6837
Email
phillipa.barnes@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Fellow
Department
Department of Medicine (Wellington)
Qualifications
BA, DPH
Research summary
Asthma and allergy

Research

Phillipa Barnes is a Research Fellow with the Department of Medicine at the University of Otago, Wellington. Her main research interests are in respiratory and allergic disease health in children. Phillipa has worked on a considerable number of projects within this arena looking at: identifying childhood risk factors of asthma and allergies; probiotics in the prevention of eczema; associations between bedroom environment and the incidence of rhinovirus infections; housing factors associated with new onset wheeze; probiotic use in the prevention of ear infections and colds in young children; the microbiota of NZ Homes and any influences on health.?

As well as undertaking field work, Phillipa also takes the role of data manager for these projects.? She has extensive experience in designing and maintaining study databases using MS Access, REDCAP and Qualtrics.

Publications

Halley, C., Honeywill, C., Kang, J., Barnes, P., Purdie, G., Steenson, G., … Stanley, T., … McBain, L., Hudson, B., & Crane, J. (2026). Preventing otitis media and respiratory tract infections with the oral probiotic Streptococcus salivarius K12. European Journal of Pediatrics, 185(9), 718. doi: 10.1007/s00431-026-07379-3 Journal - Research Article

Halley, C., Kang, J., Barnes, P., Keall, M., Siebers, R., Davies, C., Howden-Chapman, P., & Crane, J. (2025). Bedding materials and early infant wheezing: A randomised controlled trial. Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, 36, e70073. doi: 10.1111/pai.70073 Journal - Research Article

Shorter, C., Crane, J., Barnes, P., Kang, J., Honeywill, C., Robertson, O., O'Sullivan, K., Telfar-Barnard, L., Pierse, N., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2022). The cost of achieving healthy temperatures in children's bedrooms: Evidence from New Zealand. Energy Policy, 164, 112861. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112861 Journal - Research Article

Walker, G. J., Stelzer-Braid, S., Shorter, C., Honeywill, C., Wynn, M., Willenborg, C., Barnes, P., Kang, J., Pierse, N., Crane, J., Howden-Chapman, P., & Rawlinson, W. (2022). Viruses associated with acute respiratory infection in a community-based cohort of healthy NZ children. Journal of Medical Virology, 94, 454-460. doi: 10.1002/jmv.25493 Journal - Research Article

Karvonen, A. M., Täubel, M., Shorter, C., Pierse, N., Douwes, J., Pekkanen, J., … Howden-Chapman, P., Stanley, T., Barnes, P., & Crane, J. (2019). Moisture damage related fungal microbiota and new-onset wheezing in children. Allergy, 74(Suppl. 106), (pp. 225-226). doi: 10.1111/all.13959 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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