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Contact Details

Email
patricia.priest@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor
Department
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine
Qualifications
MB ChB MPH DPhil FAFPHM
Research summary
Epidemiology and public health
Teaching
  • Introductory and advanced epidemiological methods
  • Public health

Research

  • Infectious disease epidemiology and prevention / control
  • Screening
  • Public health / epidemiology

Publications

Webber, C., Sriamporn, K. T., Morley, S. L., Ritchie, S., Hollingshead, B. M., McAllister, S., Priest, P., … Saxton, P. (2025). Why men who have sex with men in New Zealand intend to donate or not donate blood. Vox Sanguinis. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/vox.70043 Journal - Research Article

Jefferies, S., Gilkison, C., Duff, P., Grey, C., French, N., Carr, H., Priest, P., & Crengle, S. (2025). Ethnic equity in Aotearoa New Zealand's COVID-19 response: A descriptive epidemiological study. Public Health, 244, 105732. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105732 Journal - Research Article

McLeod, M., Morgaine, K., Fineran, P., Priest, P., & Jackson, S. (2024, August). Developing phage therapies for carbapenem-resistant acinetobacter baumannii and exploring public acceptance. Verbal presentation at the BMS Postgraduate Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Priest, P. (2024, November). HIV transmission in Aotearoa New Zealand: Are we on track to meet the 2030 target? Verbal presentation at the Infectious Diseases & Pandemic Preparedness Summit, Wellington, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Straub, C., Taylor, W., French, N. P., Murdoch, D. R., Priest, P., Anderson, T., & Scott, P. (2024). Zoonotic transmission of asymptomatic carriage Staphylococcus aureus on dairy farms in Canterbury, New Zealand. Microbial Genomics, 10, 001318. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001318 Journal - Research Article

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