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Contact Details

Phone
64 3 479 7311
Email
dave.barson@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Fellow, Data Manager and Programmer
Department
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine
Qualifications
BA PGDip DipGrad
Research summary
Large data sources and routinely collected administrative data sets

Research

Dave originally graduated from the University of Otago with a BA and PGDip focusing on Old English and Medieval Literature. After several years working in the film industry, he returned to university to complete a DipGrad in Computer Science.

Dave now works as a Data Manager in Preventive and Social Medicine with specific research interests in Injury Prevention and Pharmacoepidemiology.

He specialises in utilising routinely collected administrative health data, data linkage across multiple sources, web-based data collection, and information storage and management for large data-driven longitudinal projects.

Publications

Derrett, S., Owen, H. E., Barson, D., Maclennan, B., Samaranayaka, A., Harcombe, H., & Wyeth, E. H. (2024). New Zealand’s Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study—10 years on (POIS-10): Descriptive outcomes to 12 years post-injury [Short report]. Injury Prevention. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/ip-2023-045058 Journal - Research Article

Owen, H. E., Wyeth, E. H., Maclennan, B., Barson, D., McBride, P., Gabbe, B. J., … Derrett, S. (2023). Cohort profile: The Trauma Outcomes Project, a prospective study of New Zealanders experiencing major trauma. BMJ Open, 13, e075480. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075480 Journal - Research Article

Harcombe, H., Barson, D., Samaranayaka, A., Davie, G., Wyeth, E., Derrett, S., & McBride, P. (2023). Predictors of hospital readmission after trauma: A retrospective cohort study in New Zealand. Injury, 54(6), 1546-1552. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2023.03.009 Journal - Research Article

Sise, A., Donald, S., Coppell, K., Barson, D., Crengle, S., & Parkin, L. (2022, November). A nationwide retrospective cohort study of postpartum screening for type 2 diabetes following a first diagnosis of gestational diabetes in Aotearoa New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshop, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Harcombe, H., Barson, D., Samaranayaka, A., Davie, G., Wyeth, E., & Derrett, S. (2022). Predictors of readmission after trauma: A retrospective cohort study in New Zealand. Injury Prevention, 28(Suppl. 2), (pp. A15-A16). doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2022-safety2022.47 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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