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Contact Details

Phone
+64 4 918 6794
Email
michael.keall@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Professor
Department
Department of Public Health (Wellington)
Qualifications
BA (Hons) PhD
Research summary
Injury epidemiology

Research

Michael is an injury epidemiologist who has been working for the University of Otago, Wellington since 2006. His research interests include: home injury prevention, road safety, and exposure assessment (assessing structural environmental risks).

He is currently leading the Home Injury Prevention Intervention, a major randomised controlled trial funded by the NZ Health Research Council that is looking at the effectiveness of repairs to home injury hazards as a means to reduce home injury. He is a principal investigator in two major research programmes hosted by the University of Otago, Wellington - He Kainga Oranga and the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities.

Publications

Keall, M. D., & Newstead, S. (2026). Estimated real-world safety benefits associated with blind spot monitoring systems in Australasian passenger vehicles. Traffic Injury Prevention. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/15389588.2026.2615689 Journal - Research Article

Situmorang, M. L., Mandic, S., Smith, M., Keall, M., Donnellan, N., & Coppell, K. J. (2026). Adolescents' unhealthy snacking behaviour during the school journey and the association with transport modes and food outlets along the school route. Perspectives in Public Health, 146(3), 135-144. doi: 10.1177/17579139241257091 Journal - Research Article

Keall, M., Chapman, R., Love, K., Penny, G., Randal, E., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2025). Travel behaviour and carbon emissions of residents of public housing areas in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Urban Science, 9, 469. doi: 10.3390/urbansci9110469 Journal - Research Article

Keall, M. D., Fyfe, C., Howden-Chapman, P., & Pierse, N. (2025). Association by age groups between retrofitting home heating and insulation and subsequent hospitalised home fall rates: A natural experiment. Safety, 11, 81. doi: 10.3390/safety11030081 Journal - Research Article

Shaw, C., Gage, R., McLeod, M., Jones, R., Keall, M., Woodward, A., & Cobiac, L. (2025). Population health, health equity and health system impacts of light vehicle electrification: A modelling study in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/jech-2025-223865 Journal - Research Article

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