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Contact Details

Email
nick.bowden@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Fellow
Department
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
PhD (Otago)
Research summary
Quantitative social scientist
Memberships

Research

I am a quantitative social scientist specialising in using linked whole-of-population data.

Currently I lead three separate projects. The first examines health and non-health outcomes for autistic children and young people and their parents to better understand the impacts of autism. The aim is to establish a nationwide early screening programme to facilitate more timely diagnoses, and an early support programme for autistic children and their whānau.

The second project explores associations between the physical environment that young people grow up in and subsequent mental health outcomes. The third project examines educational outcomes for young people with type 1 diabetes.

More generally, my research explores the intersection between health and non-health outcomes using population level data and I’m involved in a number of ongoing projects in this space.

Publications

Bowden, N., Anns, F., Vu, H., Dacombe, J., Muir, C., Russell, J., … Williams, J., & Clendon, S. (2025). School attendance among autistic students in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A population cross-sectional study using the integrated data infrastructure. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health. Advance online publication. Journal - Research Article

Teng, A. M., Underwood, L., Bowden, N., Jamieson, H., & Milne, B. (2024). How does the level of functional impairment vary in individuals with non-communicable disease and comorbidity? Cross-sectional analysis of linked census and administrative data in Aotearoa New Zealand. BMJ Open, 14(12), e079412. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079412 Journal - Research Article

McLay, L. K., Schluter, P. J., Williams, J., Anns, F., Monk, R., Dacombe, J., … Ruhe, T., … Bowden, N. (2024). Health service utilization among autistic youth in Aotearoa New Zealand: A nationwide cross-sectional study. Autism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/13623613241298352 Journal - Research Article

Mitchell, M., Tomlinson, B. I., Egan, G. O., Huang, Y., Kellett, E. C., Rowley, G. P. F., Tang, S. I., Maindonald, Y. G., Logan, E. M., Russell, B. R., Bowden, N., & Harrison, O. K. (2024). Key factors related to happiness and anxiety in Aotearoa New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1606), 73-91. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Schluter, P. J., Bowden, N., Dacombe, J., McLay, L., & Lee, M. (2024). Hospital dental admissions and caries experience among children with neurodevelopmental disabilities: A population-based record linkage cohort study. Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.13018 Journal - Research Article

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