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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

Marks, B. E., Hilliard, M. E., Kovatchev, B., Moser, O., Tanenbaum, M. L., Ackeifi, C., … Wheeler, B. J., … Danne, T. (2026). Roadmap to fully closing the loop to optimize health in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/15209156261496643 Journal - Research Article

Zhou, Y., Ni, Y., Deng, H., Lin, Q., Lei, M., Lin, Z., … Wheeler, B. J., … Yan, J. (2026). Early use of automated insulin delivery with telehealth support in people recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes: One-year outcomes from a prospective observational study. Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dom.71347 Journal - Research Article

Zhou, Y., & Wheeler, B. J. (2026). Diabetes technology in children. In S. Gupta & A. Gupta (Eds.), A health care professionals guide on digital diabetes. (pp. 227-248). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-24854-1_14 Chapter in Book - Research

Andrikopoulos, S., Raven, L. M., Ajjan, R., Lomax, K., Whelan, T., Fenton, B., … Wilkinson, T. M., … Wheeler, B. J., & Ross, G. P. (2026). Regulatory standardisation to improve the safety of continuous glucose monitoring systems in Australia and New Zealand: Joint ADS/ADEA/ADIPS/ANZSPED/NZSSD statement. Internal Medicine Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/imj.70586 Journal - Research Other

Styles, S. E., Haszard, J. J., Oravcova-Wheeler, Z., Campbell, A., Arroll, B., Ciarrochi, J., … Ketu-McKenzie, M., & Wheeler, B. J. (2026). Preliminary outcomes of a brief values-guided self-management intervention to improve glucose levels among emerging adults with type 1 diabetes and above-recommended HbA1C: A pilot study. Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, 9(4), e70255. doi: 10.1002/edm2.70255 Journal - Research Article

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