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Contact Details

Email
joseph.hii@otago.ac.nz

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Position
Research Analyst
Department
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
BSc Mathematics and Statistics (Canterbury) PGDipApStat (Otago)
Research summary
Applied Statistics, Biostatistics, Computational Statistics, Statistics Education
Teaching
Tutoring STAT 110 Statistical Methods and STAT 115 Introduction to Biostatistics

Research

Joseph joined the New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group (NZMRDG) in 2007. His primary research is related to the analysis of quantitative data for the annual reports of Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) and Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) and a variety of data requests on behalf of and as approved by PMMRC and CYMRC. These include testing trends over time, estimating confidence intervals, hypothesis testing and multivariate analysis.

Prior to arriving to NZMRDG, Joseph has worked as a tutor and test supervisor for undergraduate papers in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics since 2003. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Statistics from University of Canterbury and Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Statistics from University of Otago. His interests are applied and computational statistics in medical research, science, Bayesian statistics and modelling, probability theory and distribution.

Publications

National Mortality Review Committee, including Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review subject matter expert, Edmonds, L., and also New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group, including Dawson, P., Sinclair, O., Hii, J., Charters, K., Zavacky, J., Szymanska, K., & Lawrence Lodge, R. (2024). Sixteenth annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee | Te pūrongo ā-tau tekau mā ono o te Komiti Arotake Mate Pēpi, Mate Whaea hoki: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2021 | Te tuku pūrongo mō te mate me te whakamate 2021. Commissioned by Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission. Wellington, New Zealand: Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 92p. Retrieved from https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/resources/ Commissioned Report for External Body

Battin, M. R., Hii, J., Burgess, W., van den Boom, J., & McDonald, G. (2024). Mortality associated with neonatal encephalopathy in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 60(Suppl. 1), (pp. 7-8). doi: 10.1111/jpc.16526 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

McDonald, G., Hayman, R., & Hii, J. (2024). Burden and distribution of mortality due to sepsis and severe infection in children and adolescents in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jpc.16538 Journal - Research Article

Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, including Edmonds, L., Berry, M., Cormack, D., and also Te Rōpū Kohi Pitopito Mōhiotanga mō te Take Mate | New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group, including Dawson, P., Burgess, W., Roy, M., Paterson, H., Crengle, S., McDonald, G., Hii, J., Szymanska, K., Wolfe, N., Lawrence Lodge, R., Rayner, C., & Chalmers, S. (2022). Fifteenth annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee | Te pūrongo ā-tau tekau mā rima o te Komiti Arotake Mate Pēpi, Mate Whaea hoki: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2020 | Te tuku pūrongo mō te mate me te whakamate 2020. Commissioned by Health Quality & Safety Commission. Wellington, New Zealand: Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 209p. Retrieved from https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-programmes/mrc/pmmrc/ Commissioned Report for External Body

Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, including Berry, M., Cormack, D., and also Te Rōpū Kohi Pitopito Mōhiotanga mō te Take Mate | New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group, including Hii, J., Szymanska, K., Wolfe, N., Lawrence Lodge, R., Chalmers, S., McDonald, G., Oben, G., Crengle, S., & Paterson, H. (2021). Fourteenth annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee | Te pūrongo ā-tau tekau mā whā o te Komiti Arotake Mate Pēpi, Mate Whaea hoki: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2018 | Te tuku pūrongo mō te mate me te whakamate 2018. Commissioned by Health Quality & Safety Commission. Wellington, New Zealand: Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 141p. Retrieved from https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-programmes/mrc/pmmrc/ Commissioned Report for External Body

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