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Contact Details

Email
ben.wheeler@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor / Paediatric Endocrinologist
Department
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MB ChB(Otago) DCH PhD CCE FRACP
Research summary
Professor Ben Wheeler is a Paediatric Endocrinologist and Paediatrician working for the University of Otago and the Southern District Health Board. His research focuses on access to and use of new technologies for children and young people affected
Clinical
Children’s health, Paediatric endocrinology and diabetes

Research

Professor Ben Wheeler is a Paediatric Endocrinologist and Paediatrician working for the University of Otago and the Southern District Health Board.

His research focuses on access to and use of new technologies for children and young people affected by diabetes, as well as factors that impact on glycaemic control in diabetes. He also has a research interest in vitamin D and bone health during pregnancy, lactation, and infancy. He has a number of collaborations ongoing in these areas, and usually multiple clinical trials or studies running in these areas at any one time.

He is always looking for new collaborations and for new PhD and other research students to join his team.

Publications

Michaels, V. R., Boucsein, A., Haszard, J. J., Galland, B., Meredith-Jones, K. A., Zhou, Y., Jones, S. D., … Wiltshire, E., … de Bock, M. I., & Wheeler, B. J. (2025). Impact of automated insulin delivery on subjective and objective sleep in children and young adults with very high HbA1c: Sleep outcomes from the CO-PILOT randomised controlled trial. Diabetic Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dme.70093 Journal - Research Article

Michaels, V. R., Boucsein, A., Zhou, Y., Jones, S. D., Paul, R. G., Wiltshire, E. J., Jefferies, C., de Bock, M. I., & Wheeler, B. J. (2025). Impact of Simplera Sync™ sensors and Extended™ Wear Infusion Sets on glycaemia and system performance of the MiniMed™ 780G system in children and young adults with previously high HbA1c. Diabetic Medicine, e70048. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dme.70048 Journal - Research Article

Graves, L. E., & Wheeler, B. (2025). Recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of paediatric endocrine disorders. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jpc.70047 Journal - Research Other

Warunyuwong, W., Boucsein, A., & Wheeler, B. J. (2025). MiniMed 780G provides safe and effective short- and long-term management of a person with type 1 diabetes with an extremely elevated HbA1c and multiple hospital admissions for cannabis intoxication: A case report. Diabetes Technology & Obesity Medicine, 1(1), 42-49. doi: 10.1089/dtom.2025.0006 Journal - Research Other

Lever, C. S., Williman, J. A., Boucsein, A., Watson, A., Sampson, R. S., Sergel-Stringer, O. T., Keesing, C., Wheeler, B. J., de Bock, M. I., & Paul, R. G. (2025). Extended use of real-time continuous glucose monitoring in adults with insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes: Results from the first 26 weeks of the 2GO-CGM trial. Diabetic Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dme.70025 Journal - Research Article

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