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Assoc Prof David McBride

TD, ED, PhD, MB BCh, BAO, FAFOEM

Associate Professor McBride (Lt Col) is Director of the University of Otago's newly established Research Theme: 'Health of Veterans, Serving Personnel and their Families'.

He commissioned in the Territorial Army as a Troop Commander (RCT) in 1981. Since coming to New Zealand in 1995 he has served as CO of the Otago and Southland Regiment and has deployed as a medical officer to East Timor and Afghanistan.

Research interests

  • Occupational epidemiology
  • Mortality and morbidity from occupational disease
  • Chemical and physical exposures, including persistent organochlorine compounds
  • Noise and Vibration
  • Veterans' health

Publications

McBride, D. I., Richardson, A., Gardner, D., Wyeth, E., Shepherd, D., Derrett, S., & Cameron, C. (2023). Multiple symptom illness in New Zealand contemporary veterans. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1580), 62-67. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
Journal - Research Article
Hall, A. L., Batchelor, T., Bogaert, L., Buckland, R., Cowieson, A. B., Drew, M., … McBride, D. I., … Taylor, K. (2023). International perspective on military exposure data sources, applications, and opportunities for collaboration. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1154595. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1154595
Journal - Research Other
Mitchell, C., Rolston, M., McBride, D., Emery, T., & Hamerton, H. (2022). When Ngāti Tūmatauenga come home: Stories from a couple of army vets about military to civilian transition in Aotearoa New Zealand. In J. L. Savage & S. Bodkin-Allen (Eds.), Proceedings of the New Zealand Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITP) Research Symposium. (pp. 69). Invercargill, New Zealand: Southern Institute of Technology / Te Pūkenga. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Emery, T., McBride, D., Hamerton, H. R., Mitchell, C., & Rolston, M. (2022). Te Kai a te rangatira he Kōrero: Storytelling as a pathway to care for military veterans. In J. L. Savage & S. Bodkin-Allen (Eds.), Proceedings of the New Zealand Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITP) Research Symposium. (pp. 68). Invercargill, New Zealand: Southern Institute of Technology / Te Pūkenga. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
McBride, D., Samaranayaka, A., Richardson, A., Gardner, D., Shepherd, D., Wyeth, E., de Graaf, B., & Derrett, S. (2022). Factors associated with self-reported health among New Zealand military veterans: A cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 12, e056916. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056916
Journal - Research Article
McBride, D., & Harcombe, H. (2012). Work related musculoskeletal pain and its management. In S. Ghosh (Ed.), Pain in perspective. (pp. 63-92). New York: Intech. doi: 10.5772/51706
Chapter in Book - Research
Harrington, J. M., & McBride, D. I. (1995). The health effects of some physical agents. In J. M. Harrington & D. J. McBride (Eds.), In Occupational Hygiene 2nd edn. (pp. 55-60). Osney Mead, Oxford: Blackwell Scientific.
Chapter in Book - Research
McBride, D. I., Richardson, A., Gardner, D., Wyeth, E., Shepherd, D., Derrett, S., & Cameron, C. (2023). Multiple symptom illness in New Zealand contemporary veterans. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1580), 62-67. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
Journal - Research Article
McBride, D., Samaranayaka, A., Richardson, A., Gardner, D., Shepherd, D., Wyeth, E., de Graaf, B., & Derrett, S. (2022). Factors associated with self-reported health among New Zealand military veterans: A cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 12, e056916. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056916
Journal - Research Article
Dirks, K. N., Le Roux, L., Shepherd, D., McBride, D., & Welch, D. (2021). The contribution of personal audio system use and commuting by bus on daily noise dose. Noise & Health, 23(110), 87-93. doi: 10.4103/nah.NAH_81_20
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, D., Welch, D., McBride, D., & Dirks, K. N. (2021). Health-related quality of life across a variety of community contexts. International Journal of Community Well-Being, 4, 17-31. doi: 10.1007/s42413-020-00076-5
Journal - Research Article
Austin, G., Calvert, T., Fasi, N., Fuimaono, R., Galt, T., Jackson, S., Lepaio, L., … Ritchie, D., Theis, N., Dockerty, J., Doolan-Noble, F., & McBride, D. (2020). Soldiering on only goes so far: How a qualitative study on veteran loneliness in New Zealand influenced support during COVID-19 lockdown. Journal of Military, Veteran & Family Health, 6(Suppl. 2), 60-69. doi: 10.3138/jmvfh-CO19-007
Journal - Research Article
Cox, B., Sneyd, M. J., Hingston, G., McBride, D., & Bagshaw, P. F. (2020). Enhancing bowel screening: Preventing colorectal cancer by flexible sigmoidoscopy in New Zealand. Public Health, 179, 27-37. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2019.09.021
Journal - Research Article
Hall, A. L., MacLean, M. B., VanTil, L., McBride, D. I., & Glass, D. C. (2020). Considering exposure assessment in epidemiological studies of chronic health in military populations. Frontiers in Public Health, 8, 577601. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.577601
Journal - Research Article
McBride, D., Dockerty, J., Turner, R., Austin, G., Calvert, T., Fasi, N., … Jackson, S., … Theis, N. (2020). The New Zealand nuclear veteran and families study, exploring the options to assess heritable health outcomes. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1515), 70-78. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Richardson, A., Gurung, G., Samaranayaka, A., Gardner, D., de Graaf, B., Wyeth, E. H., Derrett, S., … McBride, D. (2020). Risk and protective factors for post-traumatic stress among New Zealand military personnel: A cross sectional study. PLoS ONE, 15(4), e0231460. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231460
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, D., Heinonen-Guzejev, M., Heikkilä, K., Welch, D., Dirks, K. N., & McBride, D. (2020). The epidemiology of noise sensitivity in New Zealand. Neuroepidemiology, 54, 482-489. doi: 10.1159/000511353
Journal - Research Article
McBride, D. I., Collins, J. J., Bender, T. J., Bodner, K. M., & Aylward, L. L. (2018). Cohort study of workers at a New Zealand agrochemical plant to assess the effect of dioxin exposure on mortality. BMJ Open, 8(10), e019243. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019243
Journal - Research Article
McBride, D., Porter, N., Lovelock, K., Shepherd, D., Zubizaretta, M., & Burch, J. (2018). Risk and protective factors for the course of post-traumatic stress disorder in frontline workers after the Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake. Disaster Prevention & Management, 27(2), 193-206. doi: 10.1108/DPM-09-2017-0226
Journal - Research Article
Welch, D., Dirks, K. N., Shepherd, D., & McBride, D. (2018). Health-related quality of life is impacted by proximity to an airport in noise-sensitive people. Noise & Health, 20(96), 171-177. doi: 10.4103/nah.NAH_62_17
Journal - Research Article
Coggon, D., Ntani, G., Walker-Bone, K., Palmer, K. T., Felli, V. E., Harari, R., … Harcombe, H., … Derrett, S., McBride, D., Herbison, P., Gray, A., & Salazar Vega, E. J. (2017). Epidemiological differences between localized and non-localized low back pain. Spine, 42(10), 740-747. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001956
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, D., McBride, D., & Lovelock, K. (2017). First responder well-being following the 2011 Canterbury earthquake. Disaster Prevention & Management, 26(3), 286-297. doi: 10.1108/DPM-06-2016-0112
Journal - Research Article
Hill, E., Egan, R., Llewellyn, R., & McBride, D. (2016). New Zealand Defence Forces and spirituality: What does it mean? What are their spiritual needs? How is spiritual health care practised? Health & Social Care Chaplaincy, 4(1), 71-90. doi: 10.1558/hscc.v4i1.28488
Journal - Research Article
McBride, D. (2016). In the virtual issue on the occupational health of musicians. Occupational Medicine, 66, 592-594. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqw124
Journal - Research Article
McBride, D., Lovelock, K., Shepherd, D., Dirks, K., Welch, D., & Gray, A. (2016). Community exposure to hazardous site remediation in rural New Zealand: An exposed-referent study of serum dioxins and health effects. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40(5), 412-417. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12583
Journal - Research Article
Sarquis, L. M. M., Coggon, D., Ntani, G., Walker-Bone, K., Palmer, K. T., Felli, V. E., … Harcombe, H., … Derrett, S., McBride, D., Herbison, P., Gray, A., & Salazar Vega, E. J. (2016). Classification of neck/shoulder pain in epidemiological research: A comparison of personal and occupational characteristics, disability and prognosis among 12,195 workers from 18 countries. Pain, 157(5), 1028-1036. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000477
Journal - Research Article
Shepherd, D., Dirks, K., Welch, D., McBride, D., & Landon, J. (2016). The covariance between air pollution annoyance and noise annoyance, and its relationship with health-related quality of life. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 13(8), 792. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13080792
Journal - Research Article
Vargas-Prada, S., Coggon, D., Ntani, G., Walker-Bone, K., Palmer, K. T., Felli, V. E., … Harcombe, H., … Derrett, S., McBride, D., Herbison, P., Gray, A., & Salazar Vega, E. J. (2016). Descriptive epidemiology of somatising tendency: Findings from the CUPID Study. PLoS ONE, 11(4), e0153748. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153748
Journal - Research Article
Cox, B., McBride, D., Broughton, J., & Tong, D. (2015). Health conditions in a cohort of New Zealand Vietnam veterans: Hospital admissions between 1988 and 2009. BMJ Open, 5(12), e008409. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008409
Journal - Research Article
McBride, D. I., Lovelock, K., Dirks, K. N., Welch, D., & Shepherd, D. (2015). Responsible corporate change: Detecting and managing employee stress. Occupational Medicine, 65(3), 226-228. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqu210
Journal - Research Article
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