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Contact Details

Phone
+64 4 918 6044
Email
james.stanley@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Professor
Department
Department of Public Health (Wellington)
Qualifications
BA(Hons) PhD
Research summary
Biostatistics

Research

I joined the University of Otago, Wellington as a Research Fellow in April 2007. In 2024 I was promoted to Research Professor. I am also currently the Director of the Biostatistical Group at the University of Otago, Wellington.

Since joining Otago as a biostatistician, I have been a coinvestigator on over 20 large externally funded projects, including work with the C3 research group (led by Professor Diana Sarfati) on multimorbidity in New Zealand, and multiple projects on cancer-related outcomes. I also work with Professor Ricci Harris and Dr Donna Cormack on several projects on how racism influences health (including an HRC project for which I am the Principal Investigator, HRC 17/066), and with Professor Richard Edwards and Andrew Waa on several tobacco control projects through the ASPIRE research group. I am also a co-director of the Integrated Data Research Group.

I am currently Director of the Biostatistical Group for the Wellington campus, where my role includes coordinating colleagues and collaborating with researchers across the campus and the broader community. As well as these roles, I teach biostatistical and research methods in several formal courses at UOW (including co-convening the HASC417 Research Methods paper), as well as developing and running practical workshops on statistical methods for staff and students.

Prior to joining the University of Otago as a biostatistician, I trained and worked as an experimental psychologist, with a PhD from the University of Otago (graduated 2004) and post-doctoral experience in cognitive neuroscience (University of Birmingham in the UK, 2004-2006).

Research groups

Publications

Kim, A. H. M., Stairmand, J., Pourzand, F., Bergen, T., Kokaua, J., McTavish, S., … Kvalsvig, A., … Atkinson, J., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., … Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2026). Denominator choice, age-standardization, and the epidemiology of enteric infection hospitalizations among Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand: Methodological implications for health equity research. Journal of Health Equity, 3(1), 2712533. doi: 10.1080/29944694.2026.2712533 Journal - Research Article

Edwards, R., Zhang, J., Nip, J., Stanley, J., Waa, A., & Pettie, M. (2026). Patterns of smoking by age and ethnicity: An analysis of New Zealand Health Survey data between 2020 and 2022. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 139(1639), 96-103. doi: 10.26635/6965.7426 Journal - Research Other

Barthow, C., Kuiper, N., Betty, B., Stanley, J., Ranchhod, D., Miller, E., … McKinlay, E., & Krebs, J. (2026). Metabolic complexity and health service use among adults with prediabetes and diabetes in a high-need primary care population: A cross-sectional study. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) Annual Scientific Meeting. (pp. 16). Retrieved from https://www.nzssd.org.nz/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Teng, A., Stanley, J., & McLeod, M. (2026). Journey towards piloting Helicobacter pylori screen-and-treat to address health inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Helicobacter, 31(2), e70123. doi: 10.1111/hel.70123 Journal - Research Article

Darlow, B., Brown, M., Vincent, L., Keenan, R., Simmonds, S., Briggs, A. M., Hudson, B., … McKinlay, E., Grainger, R., Stanley, J., & Dean, S. (2026). Participant experiences of the Knee Care for Arthritis through Pharmacy Service (KneeCAPS): A personalised hī. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage Open, 8(2), 100759. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2026.100759 Journal - Research Article

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