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Contact Details

Email
bob.hancox@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor
Department
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine
Qualifications
BSc MB ChB MD MRCP(UK) FRACP
Research summary
Respiratory epidemiology
Clinical
Respiratory Physician

Research

Bob Hancox is a respiratory specialist who combines epidemiological and clinical research to investigate why people develop diseases such as asthma, allergies, and chronic lung disease and to find better ways to assess and treat these disorders. Much of his research is based on the long-running Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, which has followed 1,037 children since their birth in Dunedin in the early 1970s into adult life. Important findings from this research reveal how childhood experiences and lifestyle affect lung health in adulthood.

He also leads the Next Generation Study, which assesses the children of the Dunedin Study members to understand how health and well-being transfer across generations. Other research has included investigations into the long-term effects of television viewing on children’s health, social, and educational development, and into the early-life origins of obesity.

Publications

Maze, M. J., Rodgers, H., Williman, J., Anstey, R., Best, E., Bhally, H., … Dummer, J., Epton, M., … Hancox, R. J., … Murdoch, D. R., … Raymond, N., … Storer, M., Walls, T., … Wright, K. (2025). Variation in clinical presentation, complications and outcomes for Māori and Pacific peoples among hospitalised adults with COVID-19 in 2022, Aotearoa New Zealand. Internal Medicine Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/imj.70114 Journal - Research Article

Hancox, R. J. (2024). The commercial determinants of respiratory health. Respirology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/resp.14871 Journal - Research Other

Wurzel, D. F., Montgomery, B. D., Anderson, N., Schneider-Futschik, E. K., George, J., Bosnic-Anticevich, S., … Hancox, R. J., Fingleton, J., … Blakey, J. (2024). Environmental impact of inhaled medicines: A Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand position statement. Respirology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/resp.14852 Journal - Research Other

Woodall, M. J., Ma, J., Emett, K., Hamblin, A. P. E., Knowles, K., Lee, T. H., Mitchell, W., … Topeto, L. R., Dockerty, J. D., & Hancox, R. J. (2024). investigating attitudes into the global warming impact of inhalers for respiratory diseases. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE). doi: 10.1289/isee.2024.0412 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Maze, M. J., Williman, J., Anstey, R., Best, E., Bhally, H., Bryce, A., … Dummer, J., Epton, M., … Hancox, R. J., … Murdoch, D. R., … Raymond, N., … Walls, T., … Wright, K. (2024). Evaluation of risk prediction scores for adults hospitalised with COVID-19 in a highly vaccinated population, Aotearoa New Zealand 2022. IJID Regions. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100424 Journal - Research Article

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