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Contact Details

Phone
+64 4 918 6044
Email
james.stanley@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Professor
Department
Dean's Department (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

Gurney, J., Ballantine, K., Chiang, A., Davies, A., Jackson, C. G. C. A., Koea, J., Stanley, J., & Macfarlane, S. (2025). Child and adolescent/young adult cancer incidence and survival for Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand. Cancer Epidemiology, 97, 102868. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2025.102868 Journal - Research Article

Gurney, J., Davies, A., Stanley, J., Dunn, A., Cameron, L., Costello, S., … Jackson, C. G. C. A. (2025). National variation in the treatment of lung cancer in a universal healthcare context. British Journal of Cancer. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/s41416-025-03071-9 Journal - Research Article

Graham, D., Stanley, J., Broadbent, J., & Smith, M. (2025). Inequities and economics at the bottom of the cliff. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 95(Suppl. 1), IH015P. doi: 10.1111/ans.70070 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Mansoor, Z., Bell, E., Stanley, J., Buchanan, M., & Fortune, S. (2025). What matters most to young people and families receiving mental health treatment? A co-design approach to inform outcomes in a randomised control trial of Tuning in to Teens. Mental Health & Prevention, 38, 200422. doi: 10.1016/j.mhp.2025.200422 Journal - Research Article

Mala, K., Baker, M. G., Stanley, J., & Bennett, J. (2025). The epidemiology of repeatedly positive bacterial skin infections in Auckland children, New Zealand. Journal of Infection, 90, 106484. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2025.106484 Journal - Research Article

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