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Will TaylorWill Taylor trained in rheumatology and rehabilitation medicine, obtaining vocational registration in these areas in 1998. He continues to practise clinical medicine in Wellington and Gisborne, New Zealand. His PhD, partly based in Leeds UK, led to the widespread adoption of new classification criteria for the diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis. He also chaired the development of new ACR/EULAR classification criteria for gout. Between 2008 and 2017 he lead the Rehabilitation Teaching & Research Unit.

Will supervises research students and is actively involved in research in a variety of fields including vocational rehabilitation, goal-setting, outcome measurement and clinical trial methodology (especially in gout). He works in collaboration with a number of local and overseas researchers including the Australia and New Zealand Musculoskeletal Clinical Trials (ANZMUSC) network, AUT University, OMERACT (Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials), GRAPPA (Group for Research and Assessment in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis) and the ICF Research Centre. He has a particular interest in instrumentation, psychometrics and clinical epidemiology. A current research interest concerns response criteria following treatment for gout and classification criteria for gout.

Will teaches in REHB 704 Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation.

Email will.taylor@otago.ac.nz

Publications

Stewart, S., Gamble, G. D., Taylor, W. J., Harrison, A., Merriman, T. R., Mihov, B., … Stamp, L. K., Haslett, J., … Dalbeth, N. (2026). Musculoskeletal ultrasound findings in people with asymptomatic hyperuricemia: Baseline analysis from the Transitions in Gout Research (TIGER) study using the OMERACT gout ultrasound semiquantitative scoring system. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.ard.2026.03.021 Journal - Research Article

Dalbeth, N., Stewart, S., Gamble, G. D., Mihov, B., Stamp, L. K., Haslett, J., Taylor, W. J., Merriman, T. R., … Petrie, K. J. (2025). Perceptions about asymptomatic hyperuricemia and views about urate-lowering therapy in people with asymptomatic hyperuricemia. Arthritis Care & Research. doi: 10.1002/acr.25639 Journal - Research Article

White, R. T., Bakker, S., Bloomfield, M., Burton, M., Elvy, J., Eustace, A., French, N. P., Grant, J., … Taylor, W., Ussher, J., … Voss, E. M., & Dyet, K. (2025). 20 years later: Unravelling the genomic success of New Zealand's home-grown AK3 community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Microbial Genomics, 11, 001452. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001452 Journal - Research Article

Tabi-Amponsah, A. D., Stewart, S., Gamble, G., Stamp, L. K., Taylor, W. J., & Dalbeth, N. (2025). Time trends and predictors of gout remission over six years. Arthritis Care & Research, 77(12), 1415-1425. doi: 10.1002/acr.25584 Journal - Research Article

Thomas, E. J., Taylor, W. J., Siegert, R. J., & Levack, W. M. (2025). Brain Injury Sense of Self Scale: Psychometric development of a new measure of strength of self-identity after traumatic brain injury. European Journal of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine, 61(3), 472-481. doi: 10.23736/s1973-9087.25.08721-0 Journal - Research Article

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