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MBChB, MSc, MPH, FNZCPHM Senior Research Fellow; Virtual Health Information Network

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Contact details

Email andrea.teng@otago.ac.nz

Research interests and activities

Andrea Teng is a public health physician and senior research fellow working as an epidemiologist in the Department of Public Health. Andrea's research focus is on prevention of non-communicable disease especially nutrition-related conditions, equity, public health in the Pacific, policy evaluation, and integrated data research. She is PI on these projects:

Research groups

Publications

Satherley, N., de Graaf, B., Davie, G., Gibb, S., Teng, A., & Sporle, A. (2025). Applying Indigenous identity definitions in official health statistics: A case study using linked cancer registry data on stomach cancer. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1614), 81-90. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Lao, C., Gurney, J., Stanley, J., Teng, A., Kuper-Hommel, M., Campbell, I., Krebs, J., Sika-Paotonu, D., Koea, J., Stairmand, J., & Lawrenson, R. (2025). Differences in systemic treatments for breast cancer between patients with and without diabetes. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1613), 67-78. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Teng, A., Stanley, J., Krebs, J., Jackson, C. G. C. A., Koea, J., Scott, N., Sika-Paotonu, D., Stairmand, J., … Gurney, J. (2025). Projected increases in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2020–2044. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1608), 94-106. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Teng, A., Hildred, E., Stanley, J., Inns, S., & McLeod, M. (2025). Ethnic inequity in the current approach to testing and treatment: Linked data cohort analysis. Helicobacter, 30, e70005. doi: 10.1111/hel.70005 Journal - Research Article

Teng, A., Stanley, J., Lawrenson, R., Lao, C., Krebs, J., Koea, J., Sika-Paotonu, D., & Gurney, J. (2025). Co-occurence of cancer and diabetes in a high-income country: Age-period-cohort projections 2020-2024. Cancer Epidemiology, 94, 102723. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2024.102723 Journal - Research Article

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