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Contact Details

Email
shirley.jones@otago.ac.nz
Position
Clinical Research Nurse
Department
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
EN
Research summary
Research with people living with Diabetes, looking at advancements to improve health outcomes.

Research

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. There is also a research interest in vitamin D and bone health during pregnancy, lactation, and infancy. There are multiple clinical trials or studies running in these areas at any one time.

Publications

Gale, J. T., Boucsein, A., Williman, J., Lever, C., Crocket, H., Dewes, O., … de Bock, M., … Hall, R., … Jones, S., … Wheeler, B. J. (2026). Accelerating care, capacity and equity in automated insulin delivery systems for New Zealanders with type 1 diabetes: The ACCESS-AID study protocol. Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders, 25(1), 96. doi: 10.1007/s40200-026-01864-0 Journal - Research Other

Wilkinson, T., Donnelly, S., Lever, C., Williman, J., Meier, R., Boucsein, A., Jones, S., Ballagh, D., … Sampson, R., … Paul, R., Wheeler, B., & de Bock, M. (2025). First in human feasibility study: Automated insulin delivery utilizing a self-adapting algorithm in adults with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Journal of Diabetes Science & Technology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/19322968251349528 Journal - Research Article

Michaels, V. R., Boucsein, A., Haszard, J. J., Galland, B., Meredith-Jones, K. A., Zhou, Y., Jones, S. D., … Wiltshire, E., … de Bock, M. I., & Wheeler, B. J. (2025). Impact of automated insulin delivery on subjective and objective sleep in children and young adults with very high HbA1c: Sleep outcomes from the CO-PILOT randomised controlled trial. Diabetic Medicine, 42(8), e70093. doi: 10.1111/dme.70093 Journal - Research Article

Michaels, V. R., Boucsein, A., Zhou, Y., Jones, S. D., Paul, R. G., Wiltshire, E. J., Jefferies, C., de Bock, M. I., & Wheeler, B. J. (2025). Impact of Simplera Sync™ sensors and Extended™ Wear Infusion Sets on glycaemia and system performance of the MiniMed™ 780G system in children and young adults with previously high HbA1c. Diabetic Medicine, e70048. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dme.70048 Journal - Research Article

Sehgal, S., De Bock, M., Grosman, B., Williman, J., Kurtz, N., Guzman, V., … Jones, S., Frewen, C., Watson, A., Taylor, B., & Wheeler, B. J. (2024). Use of a decision support tool and quick start onboarding tool in individuals with type 1 diabetes using advanced automated insulin delivery: A single-arm multi-phase intervention study. BMC Endocrine Disorders, 24(1), 167. doi: 10.1186/s12902-024-01709-y Journal - Research Article

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