Gordon is part of the Biostatistical Consulting Service team at the University of Otago, Wellington, which provides statistical consulting to health researchers. Within the Health Inequalities Research programme, he was involved in the Differential Colon Cancer Survival by Ethnicity in New Zealand project and also works with Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare on several research projects, including Unequal Treatment: The Role of Health Services.
Gordon's concerns include discrimination and inequalities, which are reflected in his health research.
Publications
Darlow, B., Brown, M., McKinlay, E., Gray, L., Purdie, G., & Pullon, S. (2023). Influence of a rural interprofessional education placement on the rural health workforce: Working in primary care, rural settings, and with Māori [Short research report]. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(1), 78-83. doi: 10.1071/hc22136
Journal - Research Article
Darlow, B., Brown, M., McKinlay, E., Gray, L., Purdie, G., & Pullon, S. (2022). The Longitudinal Interprofessional study: Impact of pre-registration interprofessional education on the attitudes and skills of health professionals during their early careers. Proceedings of the New Zealand Primary Care Research Colloquium. (pp. 2-3). Retrieved from https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/fmhs/about-the-faculty/soph/sections-departments-centres/general-practice-and-primary-health-care/research-interests.html
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Darlow, B., Brown, M., McKinlay, E., Gray, L., Purdie, G., Pullon, S., the Longitudinal Interprofessional Study Group, including Beckingsale, L., Foster Page, L., Gallagher, P., Handley, J., Herkt, J., Kuperus, L., McHugh, P., Meldrum, A., Skinner, M., Schwass, R., Weaver, J., Wilson, C., & Windle, J. (2022). Longitudinal impact of preregistration interprofessional education on the attitudes and skills of health professionals during their early careers: A non-randomised trial with 4-year outcomes. BMJ Open, 12, e060066. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060066
Journal - Research Article
Paterson, C., Kilmister, E. J., Brasch, H. D., Bockett, N., Patel, J., Paterson, E., Purdie, G., … Tan, S. T. (2021). Cell populations expressing stemness-associated markers in lung adenocarcinoma. Life, 11, 1106. doi: 10.3390/life11101106
Journal - Research Article
Thomas, S., Bennett, J., Jack, S., Oliver, J., Purdie, G., Upton, A., & Baker, M. G. (2021). Descriptive analysis of group A Streptococcus in skin swabs and acute rheumatic fever, Auckland, New Zealand, 2010–2016. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 8, 100101. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100101
Journal - Research Article
Cormack, D., Purdie, G., & Robson, B. (2007). Cancer. In B. Robson & R. Harris (Eds.), Hauora: Māori standards of health IV: A study of the years 2000-2005. (pp. 103-119). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago.
Chapter in Book - Research
Harris, R., Purdie, G., Robson, B., Wright, C., Zhang, J., & Baker, M. (2007). Appendix 3: Estimating Māori hospitalisations and cancer registrations. In B. Robson & R. Harris (Eds.), Hauora: Māori standards of health IV: A study of the years 2000-2005. (pp. 249-259). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago.
Chapter in Book - Research
Robson, B., & Purdie, G. (2007). Appendix 1: Methods. In B. Robson & R. Harris (Eds.), Hauora: Māori standards of health IV: A study of the years 2000-2005. (pp. 229-239). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago.
Chapter in Book - Research
Robson, B., & Purdie, G. (2007). Mortality. In B. Robson & R. Harris (Eds.), Hauora: Māori standards of health IV: A study of the years 2000-2005. (pp. 33-61). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago.
Chapter in Book - Research
Robson, B., Robson, C., Harris, R., & Purdie, G. (2007). Hospitalisations. In B. Robson & R. Harris (Eds.), Hauora: Māori standards of health IV: A study of the years 2000-2005. (pp. 63-101). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago.
Chapter in Book - Research
Darlow, B., Brown, M., McKinlay, E., Gray, L., Purdie, G., & Pullon, S. (2023). Influence of a rural interprofessional education placement on the rural health workforce: Working in primary care, rural settings, and with Māori [Short research report]. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(1), 78-83. doi: 10.1071/hc22136
Journal - Research Article
Darlow, B., Brown, M., McKinlay, E., Gray, L., Purdie, G., Pullon, S., the Longitudinal Interprofessional Study Group, including Beckingsale, L., Foster Page, L., Gallagher, P., Handley, J., Herkt, J., Kuperus, L., McHugh, P., Meldrum, A., Skinner, M., Schwass, R., Weaver, J., Wilson, C., & Windle, J. (2022). Longitudinal impact of preregistration interprofessional education on the attitudes and skills of health professionals during their early careers: A non-randomised trial with 4-year outcomes. BMJ Open, 12, e060066. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060066
Journal - Research Article
Chester, A. N., Purdie, G. L., Dennett, E. R., & Parker, A. J. (2021). A survey of neurosurgical management and prognostication of traumatic brain injury following the RESCUEicp trial. British Journal of Neurosurgery, 35(3), 329-333. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2020.1812521
Journal - Research Article
Gordon, S. E., Kininmonth, L. A., Newton-Howes, G., Purdie, G. L., & Gardiner, T. (2021). A comparative analysis of two alternative programmes to counter stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness delivered to medical students. Australasian Psychiatry, 29(3), 357-360. doi: 10.1177/1039856220971935
Journal - Research Article
Newton-Howes, G., Senior, J., Beaglehole, B., Purdie, G. L., & Gordon, S. E. (2021). Does a comprehensive service user-led education programme effect more positive attitudes towards recovery and less stigmatising attitudes towards people with lived experience of mental distress in medical students? A comparative cohort study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 55(9), 903-910. doi: 10.1177/0004867420987886
Journal - Research Article
Paterson, C., Kilmister, E. J., Brasch, H. D., Bockett, N., Patel, J., Paterson, E., Purdie, G., … Tan, S. T. (2021). Cell populations expressing stemness-associated markers in lung adenocarcinoma. Life, 11, 1106. doi: 10.3390/life11101106
Journal - Research Article
Siljee, S., Buchanan, O., Brasch, H. D., Bockett, N., Patel, J., Paterson, E., Purdie, G. L., Davis, P. F., … Tan, S. T. (2021). Cancer stem cells in metastatic head and neck cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma express components of the renin-angiotensin system. Cells, 10, 243. doi: 10.3390/cells10020243
Journal - Research Article
Thomas, S., Bennett, J., Jack, S., Oliver, J., Purdie, G., Upton, A., & Baker, M. G. (2021). Descriptive analysis of group A Streptococcus in skin swabs and acute rheumatic fever, Auckland, New Zealand, 2010–2016. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 8, 100101. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100101
Journal - Research Article
Herst, P. M., Aumata, A., Sword, V., Jones, R., Purdie, G., & Costello, S. (2020). Cranberry capsules are not superior to placebo capsules in managing acute non-haemorrhagic radiation cystitis in prostate cancer patients: A phase III double blinded randomised placebo controlled clinical trial. Radiotherapy & Oncology, 149, 117-123. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.05.006
Journal - Research Article
Tweed, M., Purdie, G., & Wilkinson, T. (2020). Defining and tracking medical student self-monitoring using multiple-choice question item certainty. BMC Medical Education, 20, 344. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02250-x
Journal - Research Article
Hales, C., Gray, L., MacDonald, C., & Purdie, G. (2019). Dissonance in naming adiposity: A quantitative survey of naming preferences from a convenience sample of health professional and lay population in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1496), 20-30. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
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Murphy, R., Morgan, X. C., Wang, X. Y., Wickens, K., Purdie, G., Fitzharris, P., Otal, A., Lawley, B., Stanley, T., Barthow, C., Crane, J., … Tannock, G. W. (2019). Eczema-protective probiotic alters infant gut microbiome functional capacity but not composition: Sub-sample analysis from a RCT. Beneficial Microbes, 10(1), 5-17. doi: 10.3920/bm2017.0191
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Tweed, M., Purdie, G., & Lacey, C. (2019). Considering evidence for ethnicity bias using assessment case scenarios and medical student correctness and certainty. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1491), 71-77. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
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Rajput, N., McKinlay, C., Purdie, G., Filipovska, J., Battin, M., Patel, H., & Tuohy, P. (2018). Community-based screening to detect school readiness problems in very preterm children. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 54(3), 238-246. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13707
Journal - Research Article
Slykerman, R. F., Kang, J., Van Zyl, N., Barthow, C., Wickens, K., Stanley, T., … Purdie, G., … Crane, J., & Mitchell, E. A. (2018). Effect of early probiotic supplementation on childhood cognition, behaviour and mood a randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Acta Paediatrica, 107, 2172-2178. doi: 10.1111/apa.14590
Journal - Research Article
Wickens, K., Barthow, C., Mitchell, E. A., Kang, J., Van Zyl, N., Purdie, G., Stanley, T., … Crane, J. (2018). Effects of Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 in early life on the cumulative prevalence of allergic disease to 11 years. Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, 29, 808-814. doi: 10.1111/pai.12982
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Wickens, K., Barthow, C., Mitchell, E. A., Stanley, T. V., Purdie, G., Rowden, J., Kang, J., Hood, F., … Franklin, I., Barnes, P., … Abels, P., … Crane, J. (2018). Maternal supplementation alone with Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 during pregnancy and breastfeeding does not reduce infant eczema. Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, 29(3), 296-302. doi: 10.1111/pai.12874
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Slykerman, R. F., Hood, F., Wickens, K., Thompson, J. M. D., Barthow, C., Murphy, R., Kang, J., … Crane, J., Stanley, T., Abels, P., Purdie, G., … the Probiotic in Pregnancy Study Group. (2017). Effect of Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 in pregnancy on postpartum symptoms of depression and anxiety: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial. EBioMedicine, 24, 159-165. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.09.013
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Tweed, M. J., Stein, S., Wilkinson, T. J., Purdie, G., & Smith, J. (2017). Certainty and safe consequence responses provide additional information from multiple choice question assessments. BMC Medical Education, 17, 106. doi: 10.1186/s12909-017-0942-z
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