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Contact Details

Email
barry.taylor@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor
Department
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MB ChB(Otago) FRACP
Research summary
Sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI), sleep disorders, prevention of obesity, diabetes

Research

Barry Taylor's research interests have spanned paediatric endocrinology, sudden infant death syndrome (both epidemiology and the physiology underpinning the ability of infants to wake up on arousal), and the development of national mortality review for child and youth deaths.

He has, with other staff in the Department, developed interests into the investigation of sleep disorders of children, especially disorders of breathing and autonomic function during sleep and their effects on daytime behaviour.

With the rapidly increasing child obesity rates a national problem, a significant part of Barry's research now focuses on prevention and management of this issue. Of special interest is the interaction (at many levels) between sleep and obesity.

New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group
New Zealand Paediatric Surveillance Unit
POI.nz Study

Publications

Adams, J., Tustin, K., Wicken, A., McAnally, H., Duncanson, M., Taylor, B., & Turnbull, F. (2025). Mental health of children and young people in Aotearoa 2023. (pp. 1-109). Dunedin, New Zealand: New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/45251 Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Taylor, R. W., Galland, B. C., Heath, A.-L. M., Gray, A. R., Meredith-Jones, K. A., Fortune, S. A., Sullivan, T. A., Adebowale, T., McIntosh, D., Jackson, R. F., & Taylor, B. J. (2025). Long-term follow-up of the impact of brief sleep and lifestyle interventions in infancy on BMI z-score at 11 years of age: The POI randomized controlled trial. Pediatric Obesity. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.13204 Journal - Research Article

Tustin, K., Adams, J., McAnally, H., Duncanson, M., Wicken, A., Taylor, B., & Turnbull, F. (2024). Oral health of children and young people in Aotearoa 2023. (pp. 1-74). Dunedin, New Zealand: New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/43181 Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Adams, J., Tustin, K., Duncanson, M., Wicken, A., McAnally, H., Taylor, B., & Turnbull, F. (2024). Rheumatological conditions in children and young people in Aotearoa 2023. (pp. 1-64). Dunedin, New Zealand: New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/43205 Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

McAnally, H., Adams, J., Tustin, K., Duncanson, M., Wicken, A., Taylor, B., & Turnbull, F. (2024). Intentional injuries of children and young people in Aotearoa 2023. (pp. 1-47). Dunedin, New Zealand: New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/43201 Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

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