Associate Professor Melissa McLeod

2026

Journal - Research Article

Teng, A., Stanley, J., & McLeod, M. (2026). Journey towards piloting Helicobacter pylori screen-and-treat to address health inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Helicobacter, 31(2), e70123. doi: 10.1111/hel.70123

Teng, A., McLeod, M., & Crengle, S. (2026). Is ethnicity an independent predictor of health need? Linked cohort logistic regression analysis to predict amenable mortality. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 139(1628), 22-33. doi: 10.26635/6965.7002

Mülder, D. T., Lee, Y.-C., Dinis-Ribeiro, M., McLeod, M., Park, J. Y., & Lansdorp-Vogelaar, I. (2026). Optimizing benefits-harms of H. pylori screen-and-treat programs tailored to the regional settings. Helicobacter, 31(2), e70111. doi: 10.1111/hel.70111

Journal - Research Other

Park, J. Y., Lee, Y. C., Moayyedi, P., Lansdorp-Vogelaar, I., Camargo, M. C., Tepeš, B., … McLeod, M., … Teng, A., & Forman, D. (2026). Helicobacter pylori Screen-and-Treat programs for gastric cancer prevention: IARC Working Group Report. New England Journal of Medicine, 394(11), 1131-1137. doi: 10.1056/NEJMsb2515372

2025

Journal - Research Article

Gibb, S., Petrović-van der Deen, F. S., & McLeod, M. (2025). Measuring ethnic disparities in lung cancer: The role of population and data sources. International Journal for Equity in Health, 24, 319. doi: 10.1186/s12939-025-02678-x

King, P. T., Petrović-van der Deen, F. S., McLeod, M., Harris, R., Davies, C., Cormack, D., Ingham, T., Jones, B., Robson, B., … Tuari-Toma, B., Stairmand, J., Cole, M., Pehi, T., … Cunningham, R. (2025). The undercounting of Indigenous Māori imprisoned by the New Zealand carceral state: A national record study. Health & Justice, 13, 48. doi: 10.1186/s40352-025-00355-3

Shaw, C., Gage, R., McLeod, M., Jones, R., Keall, M., Woodward, A., & Cobiac, L. (2025). Population health, health equity and health system impacts of light vehicle electrification: A modelling study in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/jech-2025-223865

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

Jones, R., McLeod, M., Gage, R., Woodward, A., & Shaw, C. (2025). Inequities in patterns and determinants of travel for Māori in Aotearoa/NewZealand. Journal of Transport & Health, 40, 101959. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2024.101959

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Schaapveld, T., Stevenson, S., Parker, K., Bartholomew, K., Sandiford, P., McLeod, M., & Crengle, S. (2025). Evaluating primary care practice's LCE smoking history accuracy for Māori patients: Implications for a future lung cancer screening programme. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1625), (pp. 97). Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz

Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Lansdorp-Vogelaar, I., Mülder, D. T., Dinis-Ribeiro, M., McLeod, M., Park, J. Y., & Lee, Y.-C. (2025). How to optimize the cost-benefits of Helicobacter pylori screen-and-treat programmes for gastric cancer prevention. In J. Y. Park (Ed.), Population-based Helicobacter pylori screen-and-treat strategies for gastric cancer prevention: Guidance on implementation [IARC Working Group Report No. 12]. (pp. 411-442). Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Retrieved from https://publications.iarc.who.int

Lee, Y.-C., Lansdorp-Vogelaar, I., Leja, M., Tepeš, B., Teng, A., McLeod, M., & Camargo, M. C. (2025). Process and outcome measures for improving the quality and equity of Helicobacter pylori screen-and-treat programmes for gastric cancer prevention. In J. Y. Park (Ed.), Population-based Helicobacter pylori screen-and-treat strategies for gastric cancer prevention: Guidance on implementation [IARC Working Group Report No. 12]. (pp. 388-410). Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Retrieved from https://publications.iarc.who.int

Leung, W. K., Tepeš, B., Goodman, K. J., Teng, A., McLeod, M., & Camargo, M. C. (2025). Needs and readiness for the implementation of Helicobacter pylori screen-and-treat strategies for gastric cancer prevention locally. In J. Y. Park (Ed.), Population-based Helicobacter pylori screen-and-treat strategies for gastric cancer prevention: Guidance on implementation [IARC Working Group Report No. 12]. (pp. 287-316). Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Retrieved from https://publications.iarc.who.int

2024

Journal - Research Article

Shaw, C., Mizdrak, A., Gage, R., McLeod, M., Jones, R., Woodward, A., & Cobiac, L. (2024). Policy approaches to decarbonising the transport sector in Aotearoa New Zealand: Modelling equity, population health, and health-system effects. Lancet Planetary Health, 8(9), e647-e656. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00171-2

Shaw, C., Gage, R., McLeod, M., Jones, R., Mizdrak, A., & Woodward, A. (2024). Socioeconomic inequalities in greenhouse gas emissions from household travel in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Travel Behaviour & Society, 37, 100820. doi: 10.1016/j.tbs.2024.100820

Journal - Research Other

McLeod, M., & Loring, B. (2024). Letter to the editor for the article “The impact of non-structured PSA testing on prostate cancer-specific mortality on New Zealand Māori men”. World Journal of Urology, 42, 628. doi: 10.1007/s00345-024-05327-0

Loring, B., Reid, P., Curtis, E., McLeod, M., Harris, R., & Jones, R. (2024). Ethnicity is an evidence-based marker of need (and targeting services is good medical practice). New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1603), 9-13. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Curtis, E., Jaung, R., Paine, S.-J., McLeod, M., Tamatea, J., Atkinson, J., … Robson, B., Reid, P., & Harris, R. B. (2024). Examining the impact of COVID-19 on Māori:non-Māori health inequities in Aotearoa, New Zealand: An observational study protocol. BMJ Open, 14, e083564. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083564

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Petrović-van der Deen, F., Gibb, S., McLeod, M., & Teng, A. (2024). Do choice of population and ethnicity information source affect estimates of ethnic disparities in non-communicable disease rates? Proceedings of the 13th Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ) Conference. 491. Retrieved from https://www.hsraanz.org/

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

McLeod, M., & Harris, R. (2024, September). Application of Kaupapa Māori epidemiology methods. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Waitangi, New Zealand.

2023

Journal - Research Article

Gage, R., Mizdrak, A., Richards, J., Bauman, A., McLeod, M., Jones, R., … Shaw, C. (2023). The epidemiology of domain-specific physical activity in New Zealand adults: A nationally representative cross-sectional survey. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 20, 909-920. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2022-0156

Randle, J., Rogan, A., Lockett, J., McLeod, M., Balm, M., & Peckler, B. (2023). Evolving swabbing practices for COVID-19 in a New Zealand emergency department during the early stages of an emerging pandemic. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 35, 812-820. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14237

King, P. T., Cormack, D., Harris, R., Paine, S.-J., & McLeod, M. (2023). ‘Never-ending beginnings’: A qualitative literature review of Māori temporal ontologies. Kōtuitui, 18(3), 252-267. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2022.2138467

Commissioned Report for External Body

McLeod, M., & Harris, R. (2023). Action plan for achieving high quality ethnicity data in the health and disability sector. Commissioned by Te Aka Whai Ora: Māori Health Authority. 25p.

2022

Journal - Research Article

Harris, R. B., Paine, S.-J., Atkinson, J., Robson, B., King, P. T., Randle, J., Mizdrak, A., & McLeod, M. (2022). We still don't count: The under-counting and under-representation of Māori in health and disability sector data. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1567), 54-78. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Randle, J., Inns, S., Harris, R., & McLeod, M. (2022). Ethnicity data audit in a secondary care gastroenterology service. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1565), 51-59. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Gurney, J. K., McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Robson, B., Campbell, D., Dennett, E., Ongley, D., … Sarfati, D., & Koea, J. (2022). Regional variation in post-operative mortality in New Zealand. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 92, 1015-1025. doi: 10.1111/ans.17510

Randal, E., Shaw, C., McLeod, M., Keall, M., Woodward, A., & Mizdrak, A. (2022). The impact of transport on population health and health equity for Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand: A prospective burden of disease study. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 19, 2032. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19042032

Gurney, J. K., McLeod, M. A., Campbell, D., Dennett, E., Jackson, S., Koea, J., Lash, N., & Ongley, D. (2022). Anaesthetic choice for hip or knee arthroplasty in New Zealand: Risk of postoperative death and variations in use. Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, 50(3), 178-188. doi: 10.1177/0310057x211050934

Journal - Research Other

Gurney, J. K., McLeod, M., Thomas, C., Campbell, D., Dennett, E., Jackson, S., Ongley, D., … Stanley, J., Sarfati, D., & Koea, J. (2022). Understanding disparities in post-operative mortality for indigenous patients. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1565), 104-112. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

McLeod, M., Sandiford, P., Kvizhinadze, G., Bartholomew, K., & Crengle, S. (2022). Cost-effectiveness of lung cancer screening in New Zealand varies by ethnicity. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 17(9, Suppl.), (pp. S175-S176). doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.07.645

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Shaw, C., Gage, R., Mizdrak, A., McLeod, M., Jones, R., & Woodward, A. (2022, November). Socioeconomic inequalities in greenhouse gas emissions from household travel in Aotearoa/NZ. Verbal presentation at the 4th Transport Research Network (TRN) Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Randle, J., McLeod, M., Harris, R., Inns, S., & Atkinson, J. (2022, November). It’s worse than it looks: Māori ethnicity data quality in health and its implications for the National bowel screening programme age extension. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshop, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Randal, E., Shaw, C., McLeod, M., Keall, M., Woodward, A., & Mizdrak, A. (2022, November). The impact of transport on population health and health equity for Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand: A perspective burden of disease study. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshop, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Harris, R., & McLeod, M. (2022, November). We still don't count: Why we need to collect good demographic and ethnicity data [Invited]. Verbal presentation at the THIS Space Conference, [Online].

McLeod, M., & Harris, R. (2022). We still don't count: The under-counting and under-representation of Māori in health and disability data. Verbal presentation at the Inaugural Public Health Observation New Zealand (PHONZ) Virtual Conference: Better Health Through Intelligence, Wellington, New Zealand.

Commissioned Report for External Body

Curtis, E., Loring, B., Harris, R., McLeod, M., Mills, C., Scott, N., & Reid, P. (2022). Māori Health Priorities: A report commissioned by the interim Māori Health Authority (iMHA) to inform development of the interim New Zealand Health Plan (iNZHP). Commissioned by interim Māori Health Authority (iMHA). Wellington, New Zealand: Māori Health Authority. 38p.

2021

Journal - Research Article

Gurney, J., McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Sarfati, D., Campbell, D., Davies, C., Dennett, E., … Ongley, D., Robson, B., Rumball-Smith, J., Signal, V., Stairmand, J., Thomas, C., & Koea, J. (2021). Disparities in post-operative mortality between Māori and non-indigenous ethnic groups in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1542), 15-28. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Other

McLeod, M., Harris, R., Paine, S.-J., Crengle, S., Cormack, D., Scott, N., & Robson, B. (2021). Bowel cancer screening age range extension for Māori: What is all the fuss about? New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1535), 71-77. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sandiford, P., McLeod, M., on behalf of BODE Research Group, led by Crengle, S. (2021). LC screening: Aotearoa New Zealand cost effectivenss re-analysis [Extended abstract]. Proceedings of the Aotearoa Lung Cancer Screening Symposium. (21), (pp. 7-8). Retrieved from https://www.researchreview.co.nz

Commissioned Report for External Body

McLeod, M., & Harris, R. (2021). Review of PHARMAC cost-utility analysis modelling approaches in relation to Māori health equity. Commissioned by Pharmac Review. Wellington: Ministry of Health. 27p. Retrieved from https://www.health.govt.nz/publication/pharmac-review-final-report

2020

Journal - Research Article

Signal, V., McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Stairmand, J., Sukumaran, N., Thompson, D.-M., Henderson, K., Davies, C., Krebs, J., Dowell, A., Grainger, R., & Sarfati, D. (2020). A mobile- and web-based health intervention program for diabetes and prediabetes self-management (BetaMe/Melon): Process evaluation following a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(12), e19150. doi: 10.2196/19150

Gurney, J. K., McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Campbell, D., Boyle, L., Dennett, E., … Sarfati, D. (2020). Postoperative mortality in New Zealand following general anaesthetic: Demographic patterns and temporal trends. BMJ Open, 10(9), e036451. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036451

McLeod, M., Sandiford, P., Kvizhinadze, G., Bartholomew, K., & Crengle, S. (2020). Impact of low-dose CT screening for lung cancer on ethnic health inequities in New Zealand: A cost-effectiveness analysis. BMJ Open, 10, e037145. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037145

Steyn, N., Binny, R. N., Hannah, K., Hendy, S. C., James, A., Kukutai, T., … McLeod, M., … Sporle, A. (2020). Estimated inequities in COVID-19 infection fatality rates by ethnicity for Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1521), 28-39. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Signal, V., Stairmand, J., Thompson, D., Henderson, K., Davies, C., Krebs, J., Dowell, A., Grainger, R., & Sarfati, D. (2020). Impact of a comprehensive digital health programme on HbA_1c and weight after 12 months for people with diabetes and prediabetes: A randomised controlled trial. Diabetologia, 63, 2559-2570. doi: 10.1007/s00125-020-05261-x

Gurney, J., Stanley, J., McLeod, M., Koea, J., Jackson, C., & Sarfati, D. (2020). Disparities in cancer-specific survival between Māori and non-Māori New Zealanders, 2007-2016. JCO Global Oncology, 6, 766-774. doi: 10.1200/go.20.00028

McLeod, M., Signal, V., Gurney, J., & Sarfati, D. (2020). Postoperative mortality of indigenous populations compared with nonindigenous populations: A systematic review. JAMA Surgery, 155(7), 636-656. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.0316

Journal - Research Other

McLeod, M., Gurney, J., Harris, R., Cormack, D., & King, P. (2020). COVID-19: We must not forget about Indigenous health and equity. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44(4), 253-256. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13015

Signal, V., Gurney, J., Inns, S., McLeod, M., Sika-Paotonu, D., Sowerbutts, S., Teng, A., & Sarfati, D. (2020). Helicobacter pylori, stomach cancer and its prevention in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 50(3), 397-417. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2019.1650081

Commissioned Report for External Body

Kvalsvig, A., Shaw, C., Telfar-Barnard, L., Mizdrak, A., Atatoa-Carr, P., McLeod, M., & Cunningham, R. (2020). Aotearoa/New Zealand’s COVID-19 elimination strategy: An overview. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Manatū Hauora: Ministry of Health. 18p. Retrieved from https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/aotearoa-new_zealands_covid-19_elimination_strategy-_an_overview17may.pdf

Cunningham, R., Shaw, C., Kvalsvig, A., Telfar Barnard, L., Mizdrak, A., Atatoa Carr, P., … McLeod, M., & Hume, C. (2020). COVID-19 in children. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Manatū Hauora: Ministry of Health. 10p. Retrieved from https://www.health.govt.nz/publication/covid-19-modelling-and-other-commissioned-reports

Shaw, C., Kvalsvig, A., Telfar-Barnard, L., Mizdrak, A., Atatoa-Carr, P., McLeod, M., & Cunningham, R. (2020). Background and overview of approaches to COVID-19 pandemic control in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Manatū Hauora: Ministry of Health. 21p. Retrieved from https://www.health.govt.nz/publication/covid-19-modelling-and-other-commissioned-reports

Cunningham, R., Shaw, C., Kvalsvig, A., Telfar Barnard, L., Mizdrak, A., Atatoa Carr, P., … McLeod, M., & Hume, C. (2020). Case and contact management: Monitoring and reporting to achieve and sustain elimination of COVID-19. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Manatū Hauora: Ministry of Health. 18p. Retrieved from https://www.health.govt.nz/publication/covid-19-modelling-and-other-commissioned-reports

Cunningham, R., Shaw, C., Kvalsvig, A., Telfar Barnard, L., Mizdrak, A., Atatoa Carr, P., … McLeod, M., & Hume, C. (2020). Control measures to deliver COVID-19 strategies: Education sector evidence review. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Manatū Hauora: Ministry of Health. 16p. Retrieved from https://www.health.govt.nz/publication/covid-19-modelling-and-other-commissioned-reports

Other Research Output

King, P., Cormack, D., McLeod, M., Harris, R., Gurney, J. (2020, April). COVID-19 and Māori health: When equity is more than a word. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/2020/04/10/covid-19-and-maori-health-when-equity-is-more-than-a-word/

2019

Journal - Research Article

Cleghorn, C. L., Wilson, N., Nair, N., Kvizhinadze, G., Nghiem, N., McLeod, M., & Blakely, T. (2019). Health benefits and costs of weight-loss dietary counselling by nurses in primary care: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Public Health Nutrition, 23(1), 83-93. doi: 10.1017/s1368980019002945

Cleghorn, C., Wilson, N., Nair, N., Kvizhinadze, G., Nghiem, N., McLeod, M., & Blakely, T. (2019). Health benefits and cost-effectiveness from promoting smartphone apps for weight loss: Multistate life table modeling. JMIR mHealth & uHealth, 7(1), e11118. doi: 10.2196/11118

2018

Journal - Research Article

Hider, P., Dempster-Rivett, K., Williman, J., Dempster-Rivett, M., Sadler, L., McLeod, M., Miller, A., & Sykes, P. (2018). A review of cervical cancer occurrences in New Zealand 2008–2012. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1472), 53-63. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Other

Gurney, J. K., Stanley, J., McGlynn, K., Richiardi, L., Shaw, C., Edwards, R., Merriman, T. R., Robson, B., … McLeod, M., Kennedy, M. A., & Sarfati, D. (2018). Testicular Cancer in New Zealand (TCNZ) study: Protocol for a national case-control study. BMJ Open, 8, e025212. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025212

Sarfati, D., McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Signal, V., Stairmand, J., Krebs, J., Dowell, A., Leung, W., Davies, C., & Grainger, R. (2018). BetaMe: Impact of a comprehensive digital health programme on HbA1c and weight at 12 months for people with diabetes and pre-diabetes: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 19, 161. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2528-4

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

McLeod, M. (2018, February). Inequalities in screening: Bowel cancer. Verbal presentation at the Indigenous People and Cancer Symposium: A Shared Agenda for Aotearoa, Australia, and Pacific Nations, Wellington, New Zealand.

McLeod, M. (2018, October). A framework for considering health equity for Māori in cancer screening. Verbal presentation at the World Cancer Congress: Strengthen, Inspire, Deliver, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Awarded Doctoral Degree

McLeod, M. (2018). Making health equity count: Incorporating health equity for Māori into cost-utility analyses (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/8737

2017

Journal - Research Article

McLeod, M., Kvizhinadze, G., Boyd, M., Barendregt, J., Sarfati, D., Wilson, N., & Blakely, T. (2017). Colorectal cancer screening: How health gains and cost-effectiveness vary by ethnic group, the impact on health inequalities, and the optimal age range to screen. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 26(9), 1391-1400. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-17-0150

McLeod, M., King, P., Stanley, J., Lacey, C., & Cunningham, R. (2017). Ethnic disparities in the use of seclusion for adult psychiatric inpatients in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1454), 30-39. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Teng, A. M., Kvizhinadze, G., Nair, N., McLeod, M., Wilson, N., & Blakely, T. (2017). A screening program to test and treat for Helicobacter pylori infection: Cost-utility analysis by age, sex and ethnicity. BMC Infectious Diseases, 17(1), 156. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2259-2

Other Research Output

Teng, A., McLeod, M., Blakely, T., Wilson, N. (2017, April). Is it time to pilot a test and treat programme for reducing the stomach cancer burden and inequalities in NZ? University of Otago Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/2017/04/18/is-it-time-to-pilot-a-test-and-treat-programme-for-reducing-the-stomach-cancer-burden-and-inequalities-in-nz/

2016

Journal - Research Article

Teng, A. M., Atkinson, J., Disney, G., Wilson, N., Sarfati, D., McLeod, M., & Blakely, T. (2016). Ethnic inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality: Census-linked cohort studies with 87 million years of person-time follow-up. BMC Cancer, 16, 755. doi: 10.1186/s12885-016-2781-4

Collinson, L., Kvizhinadze, G., Nair, N., McLeod, M., & Blakely, T. (2016). Economic evaluation of single-fraction versus multiple-fraction palliative radiotherapy for painful bone metastases in breast, lung and prostate cancer. Journal of Medical Imaging & Radiation Oncology, 60, 650-660. doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.12467

Journal - Research Other

Sarfati, D., Shaw, C., McLeod, M., Blakely, T., & Bissett, I. (2016). Screening for colorectal cancer: Spoiled for choice? New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1440), 120-128. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Sarfati, D., Shaw, C., McLeod, M., Blakely, T., & Bissett, I. (2016). Response to Cox letter. New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1446), 116-118. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Nair, N., McLeod, M., Al-Murrani, A., & Metcalfe, S. (2016, September). More bang for your buck: An introduction to cost-effectiveness analysis for public health practice. Workshop presentation at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine (NZCPHM) Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshop, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Teng, A. M., Atkinson, J., Disney, G., Wilson, N., Sarfati, D., McLeod, M., & Blakely, T. (2016, September). Ethnic inequalities in cancer incidence and mortality: Census-linked cohort studies with 87 million years of person-time follow-up. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine (NZCPHM) Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshop, Christchurch, New Zealand.

McLeod, M. (2016, April). Colorectal cancer screening: How will it impact on Māori? Verbal presentation at the World Indigenous Cancer Conference, Brisbane, Australia.

2015

Journal - Research Article

Blakely, T., Cobiac, L. J., Cleghorn, C. L., Pearson, A. L., van der Deen, F. S., Kvizhinadze, G., Nghiem, N., McLeod, M., & Wilson, N. (2015). Health, health inequality, and cost impacts of annual increases in tobacco tax: Multistate life table modeling in New Zealand. PLoS Medicine, 12(7), e1001856. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001856

Kvizhinadze, G., Wilson, N., Nair, N., McLeod, M., & Blakely, T. (2015). How much might a society spend on life-saving interventions at different ages while remaining cost-effective? A case study in a country with detailed data. Population Health Metrics, 13, 15. doi: 10.1186/s12963-015-0052-2

2014

Journal - Research Article

McLeod, M., Blakely, T., Kvizhinadze, G., & Harris, R. (2014). Why equal treatment is not always equitable: The impact of existing ethnic health inequalities in cost-effectiveness modeling. Population Health Metrics, 12, 15. doi: 10.1186/1478-7954-12-15

Neuwelt, P., Crengle, S., Cormack, D., McLeod, M., & Bramley, D. (2014). General practice ethnicity data: Evaluation of a tool. Journal of Primary Health Care, 6(1), 49-55.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Kvizhinadze, G., Wilson, N., Nair, N., McLeod, M., & Blakely, T. (2014). A new framework for identifying cost-effective life-saving interventions by stage of the life course, a refinement on standard VSL approaches. Proceedings of the New Zealand Population Health Congress: Connecting Communities, Policy and Science. (pp. 262). Retrieved from http://www.pophealthcongress.org.nz/nzphc14/programme/programme

2013

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Blakely, T., McLeod, M., Nghiem, N., Kvizhinadze, G., Quirke, T., Bartholomew, N., & Tobias, M. (2013, July). Using expected years of life lived with disability (YLDs) from a burden of disease study to account for expected comorbidity by sex, age and ethnic group in economic evaluations. Verbal presentation at the 9th World Congress on Health Economics: Celebrating Health Economics, Sydney, Australia.

McLeod, M., Blakely, T., & Kvizhinadze, G. (2013, July). How do you quantitatively incorporate equity into cost effectiveness analyses? First understand the heterogeneity. Verbal presentation at the 9th World Congress on Health Economics: Celebrating Health Economics, Sydney, Australia.

Commissioned Report for External Body

McLeod, M., & Cormack, D. (2013). Primary care ethnicity data audit toolkit: A toolkit for assessing ethnicity data quality. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health. 39p. Retrieved from http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/primary-care-ethnicity-data-audit-toolkit

2011

Journal - Research Article

McLeod, M., Cormack, D., Harris, R., Robson, B., Sykes, P., & Crengle, S. (2011). Achieving equitable outcomes for Māori women with cervical cancer in New Zealand: Health provider views. New Zealand Medical Journal, 124(1334). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/124-1334/4661/content.pdf

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Cormack, D., McLeod, M., & Harris, R. (2011). The impacts of racism on health, training and careers of Indigenous medical students and physicians. Proceedings of the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education Conference: LIME Connection IV: Medical Education for Indigenous Health: Building the Evidence Base. (pp. 59-60). Retrieved from http://www.limenetwork.net.au/content/post-conference-report-2011

Robson, B., Purdie, G., McLeod, M., Harwood, M., Reid, P., Curtis, E., & Barnes, A. (2011). Overcoming racism to improve indigenous cardiovascular health: Tackling inequalities in cardiac health care. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 20(Suppl. 1), (pp. S2). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.04.011

2010

Journal - Research Article

McLeod, M., Harris, R., Purdie, G., Cormack, D., Robson, B., Sykes, P., Crengle, S., Iupati, D., & Walker, N. (2010). Improving survival disparities in cervical cancer between Māori and non-Māori women in New Zealand: A National Retrospective Cohort Study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34(2), 193-199. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00506.x

Commissioned Report for External Body

Cormack, D., & McLeod, M. (2010). Improving and maintaining quality in ethnicity data collections in the health and disability sector. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 75p.

2009

Journal - Research Article

McLeod, M., Mason, K., White, P., & Read, D. (2009). The 2005 Wellington influenza outbreak: Syndromic surveillance of Wellington Hospital Emergency Department activity may have provided early warning. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 33(3), 289-294. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00391.x

Blakely, T., & McLeod, M. (2009). Will the financial crisis get under the skin and affect our health? Learning from the past to predict the future. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122(1307). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1307/3915/content.pdf

2008

Journal - Research Article

McLeod, M., Kelly, H., Wilson, N., & Baker, M. G. (2008). Border control measures in the influenza pandemic plans of six South Pacific nations: A critical review. New Zealand Medical Journal, 121(1278). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/121-1278/3163/content.pdf

Journal - Research Other

McLeod, M. A., Baker, M., Wilson, N., Kelly, H., Kiedrzynski, T., & Kool, J. L. (2008). Protective effect of maritime quarantine in South Pacific jurisdictions, 1918-19 influenza pandemic [Dispatch]. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14(3), 468-470.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Baker, M. G., McLeod, M., Kelly, H., Wilson, N., Alvarado-Ramy, F., & CDC funded NZ Pandemic Influenza Research Team. (2008). Protective effect of maritime quarantine in South Pacific islands during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic. Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID). (pp. 158). ICEID. Retrieved from http://www.iceid.org/images/stories/2008program.pdf

Wilson, N., McLeod, M., Kelly, H., & Baker, M. (2008). Influenza pandemic planning among South Pacific nations: A critical review of available plans from a border control perspective. Proceedings of the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID). (pp. 52-53). ICEID. Retrieved from http://www.iceid.org/images/stories/2008program.pdf