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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7108
Email
sue.mcallister@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Research Fellow
Department
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine (Dunedin)
Qualifications
RN(Comp) MPH PhD(Otago)
Research summary
HIV, tuberculosis, and international health

Research

Sue trained as a nurse and worked for a number of years in community health projects in Nepal. After returning to New Zealand in 1997, she completed her Master of Public Health, worked in the Dunedin School of Medicine's HIV Epidemiology Group, and on a number of different research projects in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine.

After completing a PhD at the end of 2012, Sue joined the Centre for International Health (CIH) and worked with the Tuberculosis (TB) Research Group based in Bandung, Indonesia, until June 2016. She is now based once again in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine in Dunedin, working part-time in the CIH on TB-related projects, and part-time in the HIV Epidemiology Group.

Research interests include HIV / AIDS, tuberculosis, international health, and socioeconomic and quality of life consequences of illness.

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

Lestari, B. W., Saptiningrum, E., Huria, L., Fikri, A. R., Daniels, B., Vasquez, N. A., … McAllister, S. M., … Alisjahbana, B. (2025). Pre-treatment direct costs for people with tuberculosis during the COVID-19 pandemic in different healthcare settings in Bandung, Indonesia. PLoS ONE, 20(4), e0320401. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320401 Journal - Research Article

Verrall, A. J., Houghton, L., Apriani, L., Atmaja, H. E., van Laarhoven, A., Ussher, J. E., … Sharples, K., McAllister, S., … Hill, P. C., & Alisjahbana, B. (2025). Micronutrient status and risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in Indonesian tuberculosis case contacts. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trae140 Journal - Research Article

Lestari, B. W., Afifah, N., McAllister, S., Miranda, A. V., Herawati, E., Hadisoemarto, P. F., … Hill, P. C., … Hulscher, M. (2024). Determinants of adherence towards tuberculosis guidelines among Indonesian private practitioners: A qualitative study. BMJ Global Health, 9, e015261. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-015261 Journal - Research Article

McAllister, S. (2024, June). Linking whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to epidemiological and social network data from passive and active community case finding in Bandung, Indonesia. Verbal presentation at the 58th Otago Foreign Policy School: Global Health: Challenges and Responses, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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