PhD, AKC, DHMSA, PGDPH, PGCAP, BSc, CStat, FHEA, MRSNZ
Senior Research Fellow; BODE3Affiliate of Kings College London, United Kingdom
Contact details
Fax +64 4 389 5319
Email jennifer.summers@otago.ac.nz
Research interests and activities
Jennifer joined the University of Otago as a Senior Research Fellow in 2020. She is currently a member of the Health Environment & Infection Research Unit (HEIRU). Jennifer is involved with COVID-19 related research, and is part of the Co-Search team. She is currently researching the COVID-19 response amongst island jurisdictions including New Zealand and supervises postgraduate students in Public Health.
Jennifer's previous role at Otago University was in the Burden of Disease Epidemiology, Equity and Cost-Effectiveness Programme (BODE3), and she held a previous position in the the Division of Health and Social Care Research at King's College London, United Kingdom as a Medical Statistician.
Jennifer was awarded her PhD in 2013 from the University of Otago in Public Health, titled 'The Burden and Risk Factors for Death from the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic amongst the New Zealand Military Forces of World War One'. Jennifer was also awarded a Diploma in the History of Medicine from the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in 2020, titled 'An Overview of Vaccine use amongst the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces during World War One'.
Jennifer's research interests include investigating aspects of life-course, historical and infectious disease epidemiology; specifically transmission and containment of influenza, both pandemic and seasonal strains. Jennifer also has research interests in historical epidemiology, military history, pandemic preparedness, disease modelling (including transmission dynamics), health workforces and policy, and statistical methodologies. Jennifer is a Chartered Statistician (CStat) from the Royal Statistical Society, United Kingdom.
Publications
Beloeil, H., Girish, J. P., Lavand'homme, P., Cox, F., Summers, J., Pogatzki-Zahn, E., & Forget, P. (2025). Perioperative analgesia in high-risk patients, what clinicians and searchers must know? A narrative review. Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101644 Journal - Research Article
Summers, J., Kerr, J., Grout, L., Baker, M., & Wilson, N. (2025). Comparing the Covid-19 response and major outcomes in island nations. The Briefing, (22 July). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/comparing-covid-19-response-and-major-outcomes-island-nations Journal - Research Other
Ouakrim, D. A., Wilson, T., Howe, S., Summers, J., Edwards, R., Gartner, C. E., Wilson, N., & Blakely, T. (2025). Modelling the potential impacts of limiting vaping product sales to pharmacies. Tobacco Control. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/tc-2025-059305 Journal - Research Article
Summers, J. A., Kerr, J., Grout, L., Kvalsvig, A., Baker, M. G., & Wilson, N. (2025). A proactive Covid-19 response associated with better health and economic outcomes for OECD High-Income Island Countries. SSM Population Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2025.101827 Journal - Research Article
Wilson, N., Summers, J. A., Clement, C., & Thomson, G. (2024). Health impacts of war: Case studies of New Zealand veterans of the First World War. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1594), 54-61. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article
2025
Journal - Research Article
Beloeil, H., Girish, J. P., Lavand'homme, P., Cox, F., Summers, J., Pogatzki-Zahn, E., & Forget, P. (2025). Perioperative analgesia in high-risk patients, what clinicians and searchers must know? A narrative review. Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2025.101644
Ouakrim, D. A., Wilson, T., Howe, S., Summers, J., Edwards, R., Gartner, C. E., Wilson, N., & Blakely, T. (2025). Modelling the potential impacts of limiting vaping product sales to pharmacies. Tobacco Control. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/tc-2025-059305
Summers, J. A., Kerr, J., Grout, L., Kvalsvig, A., Baker, M. G., & Wilson, N. (2025). A proactive Covid-19 response associated with better health and economic outcomes for OECD High-Income Island Countries. SSM Population Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2025.101827
Journal - Research Other
Summers, J., Kerr, J., Grout, L., Baker, M., & Wilson, N. (2025). Comparing the Covid-19 response and major outcomes in island nations. The Briefing, (22 July). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/comparing-covid-19-response-and-major-outcomes-island-nations
2024
Chapter in Book - Research
Summers, J., Kvalsvig, A., French, N., & Baker, M. G. (2024). Campylobacter. In L. M. Santiago-Connolly (Ed.), Encyclopedia of food safety (vol. 2): Infectious agents and toxins and their route into the food chain. (2nd ed.) (pp. 96-110). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-822521-9.00035-6
Journal - Research Article
Wilson, N., Summers, J. A., Clement, C., & Thomson, G. (2024). Health impacts of war: Case studies of New Zealand veterans of the First World War. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1594), 54-61. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/
Wilson, N., Clement, C., Summers, J. A., Thomson, G., & Harper, G. (2024). Differential lifespan impacts on veterans by war exposure in the First World War. BMJ Military Health, 170, 470-476. doi: 10.1136/military-2022-002278
Ouakrim, D. A., Wilson, T., Waa, A., Maddox, R., Andrabi, H., Mishra, S. R., Summers, J. A., … Edwards, R., Wilson, N., & Blakely, T. (2024). Tobacco endgame intervention impacts on health gains and Māori:non-Māori health inequity: A simulation study of the Aotearoa/New Zealand Tobacco Action Plan. Tobacco Control, 33, e173-e184. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057655
Journal - Research Other
Summers, J., Harwood, M., Bennett, J., Baker, M., & Wilson, N. (2024). Comparing two pandemics: A century apart. The Briefing, (15 March). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/comparing-two-pandemics-century-apart
2023
Chapter in Book - Research
Brown, L. C., Greenlay, E. J., & Summers, J. (2023). Statistics and evidence-based healthcare. In P. Bennett, C. Williamson, L. Sykes, D. A. MacIntyre & P. H. Dixon (Eds.), Basic science in obstetrics and gynaecology: A textbook for MRCOG, Part 1. (5th ed.) (pp. 251-264). Elsevier.
Journal - Research Article
Wilson, N., Summers, J. A., Harper, G., & Thomson, G. (2023). The unseen casualties of the First World War: Insights from a randomly selected military sample. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1584), 38-55. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
Summers, J., Kvalsvig, A., Telfar Barnard, L., Bennett, J., Harwood, M., Wilson, N., & Baker, M. G. (2023). Improvements and persisting challenges in COVID-19 response compared with 1918–19 influenza pandemic response, New Zealand (Aotearoa) [Historical review]. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29(9), 1827-1836. doi: 10.3201/eid2909.221265
Wilson, N., Clement, C., Summers, J. A., Thomson, G., & Harper, G. (2023). Impact of war on veteran life span: Natural experiment involving combat versus non-combat exposed military personnel. BMJ Military Health, 169(6), 505-509. doi: 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2021-001991
Journal - Research Other
Baker, M. G., Kvalsvig, A., Plank, M. J., Geoghegan, J. L., Wall, T., Tukuitonga, C., Summers, J., Bennett, J., Kerr, J., Turner, N., … Betty, B., … French, N., & Wilson, N. (2023). Continued mitigation needed to minimise the high health burden from COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1583), 67-91. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
Grout, L. M., Kvalsvig, A., Summers, J., Gottfreðsson, M., Baker, M., & Wilson, N. (2023). To prepare for future pandemics, we can learn from the OECD's top two performers: New Zealand and Iceland. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/to-prepare-for-future-pandemics-we-can-learn-from-the-oecds-top-two-performers-new-zealand-and-iceland-198973
Baker, M., Summers, J., Kerr, J., & Wilson, N. (2023). Aotearoa New Zealand's fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care. The Briefing, (28 April). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/aotearoa-new-zealands-fourth-wave-covid-19-and-why-we-should-care?utm_source=mc_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=covid_wave_4
Kvalsvig, A., Tuari-Toma, B., Timu-Parata, C., Bennett, J., Sinnema, C., Summers, J., Davies, C., Jackson, C., Dickson, A., Telfar Barnard, L., & Baker, M. G. (2023). Protecting school communities from COVID-19 and other infectious disease outbreaks: The urgent need for healthy schools in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1571), 7-19. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
Grout, L., Gottfreðsson, M., Kvalsvig, A., Baker, M. G., Wilson, N., & Summers, J. (2023). Comparing COVID-19 pandemic health responses in two high-income island nations: Iceland and New Zealand. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 51(5), 797-813. doi: 10.1177/14034948221149143
Summers, J. A., Wilson, N., Blakely, T., & Sigglekow, F. (2023). Disease-related loss to government funding: Longitudinal analysis of individual-level health and tax data for an entire country [Brief report]. Value in Health, 26(2), 170-175. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2022.08.007
2022
Journal - Research Article
Kvalsvig, A., Telfar Barnard, L., Summers, J., & Baker, M. G. (2022). Integrated prevention and control of seasonal respiratory infections in Aotearoa New Zealand: Next steps for transformative change. Policy Quarterly, 18(1), 44-51. doi: 10.26686/pq.v18i1.7500
Wilson, N., Hoek, J., Nghiem, N., Summers, J., Grout, L., & Edwards, R. (2022). Modelling the impacts of tobacco denicotinisation on achieving the Smokefree 2025 goal in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1548), 65-76. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Other
Bennett, J., Shorter, C., Kvalsvig, A., Telfar Barnard, L., Wilson, N., Crane, J., Douwes, J., Cunningham, C., … Summers, J., … Baker, M. G., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2022). Indoor air quality, largely neglected and in urgent need of a refresh. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1559), 136-139. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz
Summers, J. A., Ouakrim, D. A., Wilson, N., & Blakely, T. (2022). Updated health and cost impacts of electronic nicotine delivery systems, using recent estimates of relative harm for vaping compared to smoking [Brief report]. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 24(3), 408-412. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab178
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Blakely, T., Ouakrim, D. A., Wilson, N., & Summers, J. (2022). Could denicotinisation of tobacco products in NZ achieve less than 5% by 2025. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) 28th Annual Meeting. (pp. 18). Retrieved from https://www.srnt.org
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Baker, M., & Summers, J. (2022, November). Impact of Covid 19 on men's health. Verbal presentation at the Men's Health Colloquium, [Online].
Other Research Output
Edwards, R., Ouakrim, D. A., Wilson, T., Waa, A., Maddox, R., Summers, J., ..., Wison, N., Blakely, T. (2022, October). The case for denicotinising tobacco in Aotearoa NZ remains strong: Response to online critique. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/the-case-for-denicotinising-tobacco-in-aotearoa-nz-remains-strong-response-to-online-critique/
Wilson, N., Summers, J. (2022, October). Politicians in Aotearoa NZ live longer than other Kiwis and the gap keeps widening. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/politicians-in-aotearoa-nz-live-longer-than-other-kiwis-and-the-gap-keeps-widening
Wilson, N., Thomson, G., Summers, J., Baker, M. (2022, September). An official inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic response: It’s time and it’s vital. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/an-official-inquiry-into-the-covid-19-pandemic-response-its-time-and-its-vital/
Jackson, C., Kvalsvig, A., Summers, J., Baker, M. (2022, July). Monkeypox has arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand: What is the level of risk and how do we manage it?. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/monkeypox-has-arrived-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-what-is-the-level-of-risk-and-how-do-we-manage-it/
Kvalsvig, A., Summers, J., Baker, M. (2022, August). Public Health Solutions Series: Protecting the healthcare system: a strategic approach to reducing infectious disease impacts in Aotearoa New Zealand. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/public-health-solutions-series-protecting-the-healthcare-system-a-strategic-approach-to-reducing-infectious-disease-impacts-in-aotearoa-new-zealand/
Summers, J., Wilson, N., Telfar Barnard, L., Bennett, J., Kvalsvig, A., Baker, M. (2022, August). The Covid-19 experience in Aotearoa New Zealand and other comparable high-income jurisdictions and implications for managing the next pandemic phase. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/the-covid-19-experience-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-and-other-comparable-high-income-jurisdictions-and-implications-for-managing-the-next-pandemic-phase/
Kvalsvig, A., Baker, M., Summers, J., Telfar Barnard, L., Dickson, A., Bennett, J., Timu-Parata, C., Wilson, N., (2022, May). The urgent need for a Covid-19 Action Plan for Schools in Aotearoa New Zealand. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/the-urgent-need-for-a-covid-19-action-plan-for-schools-in-aotearoa-new-zealand/
Baker, M., Summers, J., Kvalsvig, A., Harwood, M., Wilson, N. (2022, January). Preparing for Omicron: A proactive Government response is urgently needed to minimise harms. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/preparing-for-omicron-a-proactive-government-response-is-urgently-needed-to-minimise-harms/
Kvalsvig, A., Brooks, A., Wilson, N., Bennett, J., Summers, J., Timu-Parata, C., Wild, C., Tuari-Toma, B., Jackson, C., Baker, M. (2022, March). Longer-term harm from Covid-19 in children: The evidence suggests greater efforts are needed to protect children in Aotearoa NZ from infection. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/longer-term-harm-from-covid-19-in-children-the-evidence-suggests-greater-efforts-are-needed-to-protect-children-in-aotearoa-nz-from-infection/
Kvalsvig, A., Wilson, N., Timu-Parata, C., Tuari-Toma, B., Summers, J., Davies, C., Jackson, C., Bennett, J., Baker, M. G. (2022, January). Protecting New Zealand children from the developing Omicron outbreak. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/protecting-new-zealand-children-from-the-developing-omicron-outbreak/
Summers, J., Baker, M., Wilson, N. (2022, February). Mortality declines in Aotearoa NZ during the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/mortality-declines-in-aotearoa-nz-during-the-first-two-years-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/
Summers, J., Wilson, N., Baker, M. (2022, February). COVID-19 hospitalisation peaks in Australian States since Omicron emerged: Potential relevance to Aotearoa NZ. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/covid-19-hospitalisation-peaks-in-australian-states-since-omicron-emerged-potential-relevance-to-aotearoa-nz/
Wilson, N., Summers, J., Baker, M. (2022, March). Covid-19 hospitalisations now peaking in Aotearoa NZ: But key Covid-19 control measures still need to be maintained. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/covid-19-hospitalisations-now-peaking-in-aotearoa-nz-but-key-covid-19-control-measures-still-need-to-be-maintained/
Wilson, N., Summers, J., Kvalsvig, A., Baker, M. (2022, January). Potential impact of an Omicron iutbreak: A look at the IHME modelling for NZ. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/the-omicron-waves-comparing-aotearoa-nz-and-australia-in-four-key-graphs/
Summers, J., Baker, M., Wilson, N. (2022, April). The Omicron waves: Comparing Aotearoa NZ and Australia in four key graphs. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/the-omicron-waves-comparing-aotearoa-nz-and-australia-in-four-key-graphs/
Summers, J., Baker, M., Wilson, N. (2022, May). Covid-19 Case-Fatality Risk & Infection-Fatality Risk: Important measures to help guide the pandemic response. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/covid-19-case-fatality-risk-infection-fatality-risk-important-measures-to-help-guide-the-pandemic-response/
2021
Journal - Research Article
Grout, L., Katar, A., Ouakrim, D. A., Summers, J. A., Kvalsvig, A., Baker, M. G., Blakely, T., & Wilson, N. (2021). Failures of quarantine systems for preventing COVID-19 outbreaks in Australia and New Zealand. Medical Journal of Australia, 215(7), 320-324. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51240
Chalkidou, A., Macmillan, T., Grzeda, M. T., Peacock, J., Summers, J., Eddy, S., … van As, N. (2021). Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy in patients with oligometastatic cancers: A prospective, registry-based, single-arm, observational, evaluation study. Lancet Oncology, 22(1), 98-106. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30537-4
Jin, H., Chalkidou, A., Hawkins, M., Summers, J., Eddy, S., Peacock, J. L., … on behalf of the SABR Data Working Group. (2021). Cost-effectiveness analysis of stereotactic ablative body radiation therapy compared with surgery and radiofrequency ablation in two patient cohorts: Metastatic liver cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma. Clinical Oncology, 3, e143-e154. doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2020.08.010
Journal - Research Other
Wilson, N., Summers, J. A., Grout, L., & Baker, M. G. (2021). Bumper issue of COVID-19 pandemic studies of relevance to Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1538), 9-17. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Wilson, N., Grout, L., Summers, J., Jones, A. C., Mizdrak, A., Nghiem, N., Cleghorn, C., & Blakely, T. (2021). Should prioritising health interventions be informed by modelling studies? The case of cancer control in Aotearoa New Zealand [Viewpoint]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1531), 101-113. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Summers, J. (2021). What are the lessons for NZ from battles against delta around the world? The Spinoff, (5 September). Retrieved from https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/05-09-2021/what-are-the-lessons-for-nz-from-battles-against-delta-around-the-world?amp=
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Wilson, N., Grout, L., Summers, J. A., Nghiem, N., & Baker, M. G. (2021). Use of the elimination strategy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Health and economic impacts for New Zealand relative to other OECD countries. medRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2021.06.25.21259556
Other Research Output
Grout, L., Katar, A., Summers, J., Wilson, N. (2021, May). Australia’s quarantine systems failures: Lessons for NZ. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/australias-quarantine-systems-failures-lessons-for-nz/.
Grout, L., Summers, J., Kvalsvig, A., Baker, M., Wilson, N. (2021, August). Five lessons for Aotearoa NZ from the current COVID-19 outbreak in New South Wales. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/five-lessons-for-aotearoa-nz-from-the-current-covid-19-outbreak-in-new-south-wales/
Grout, L., Summers, J., Kvalsvig, A., Baker, M., Wilson, N. (2021, March). To ensure success of the trans-Tasman travel "green zone", we need to reduce system failures at the NZ border. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/to-ensure-success-of-the-trans-tasman-travel-green-zone-we-need-to-reduce-system-failures-at-the-nz-border/
Grout, L., Summers, J., Wilson, N., Baker, M. (2021, July). Running into trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/running-into-trouble-covid-19-in-japan-during-the-tokyo-olympics/
Grout, L., Wilson, N., Bennett, J., Summers, J., Kvalsvig, A., Baker, M. (2021, August). Throwing open the windows: The need for ventilation improvements as part of Covid-19 outbreak control in Aotearoa. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/throwing-open-the-windows-the-need-for-ventilation-improvements-as-part-of-covid-19-outbreak-control-in-aotearoa/
Grout, L., Wilson, N., Summers, J., Kvalsvig, A., Baker, M. (2021, September). An upgraded Alert Level 2 is urgently needed to address the Delta variant threat. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/an-upgraded-alert-level-2-is-urgently-needed-to-address-the-delta-variant-threat
Kvalsvig, A., Bennett, J., Russell, J., Summers, J., Grout, L., Baker, M., Wilson, N. (2021, September). Improving ventilation in schools: A key protection against Covid-19 outbreaks and an enduring legacy for healthier learning. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/improving-ventilation-in-schools-a-key-protection-against-covid-19-outbreaks-and-an-enduring-legacy-for-healthier-learning
Summers, J., Grout, L., Baker, M., Kvalsvig, A., Wilson, N. (2021, July). The changing COVID-19 situation in Taiwan: What can NZ learn from Taiwan’s latest outbreak?. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/the-changing-covid-19-situation-in-taiwan-what-can-nz-learn-from-taiwans-latest-outbreak
Summers, J., Wilson, N., Grout, L., Kvalsvig, A., Baker, M. (2021, August). Lessons from jurisdictions that are battling their own Delta variant outbreaks. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/lessons-from-jurisdictions-that-are-battling-their-own-delta-variant-outbreaks
Wilson, N., Bennett, J., Grout, L., Russell, J., Summers, J., Baker, M. (2021, September). Intensifying Covid-19 control measures: 5 measures for faster elimination and 5 measures to prevent future outbreaks. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/intensifying-covid-19-control-measures-5-measures-for-faster-elimination-and-5-measures-to-prevent-future-outbreaks
Wilson, N., Grout, L., Summers, J., Kvalsvig, A., Baker, M. (2021, May). How to best describe NZ’s border control problems around COVID-19 with a possible typology. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/how-to-best-describe-nzs-border-control-problems-around-covid-19-with-a-possible-typology
Wilson, N., Hoek, J., Nghiem, N., Summers, J., Grout, L., Edwards, R. (2021, September). A Smokefree Aotearoa: Could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there?. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/a-smokefree-aotearoa-could-taking-the-nicotine-out-of-smoked-tobacco-products-help-us-get-there
Wilson, N., Hoek, J., Summers, J., Ouakrim, D. A., Waa, A., Edwards, R., Blakely, T. (2021, November). Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/vaping-needs-much-tighter-regulation-as-we-approach-smokefree-aotearoa-2025-two-new-studies/
Wilson, N., Summers, J., Baker, M. (2021, April). More evidence that elimination is the best COVID-19 control strategy for health and the economy. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/more-evidence-that-elimination-is-the-best-covid-19-control-strategy-for-health-and-the-economy/
Wilson, N., Summers, J., Grout, L., Baker, M. (2021, August). Five potential enhancements of Covid-19 outbreak control in Aotearoa NZ. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/five-potential-enhancements-of-covid-19-outbreak-control-in-aotearoa-nz
Wilson, N., Summers, J., Grout, L., Kvalsvig, A. (2021, May). Improving NZ government communication about COVID-19: Five suggestions including a proposal for depoliticisation. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/improving-nz-government-communication-about-covid-19-five-suggestions-including-a-proposal-for-depoliticisation
Summers, J., Ussher, J., Moreland, N., Grout, L., Wilson, N., Baker, M. (2021, October). Using rapid antigen tests to improve COVID-19 control in Aotearoa NZ. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/how-rapid-antigen-tests-might-improve-covid-19-control-in-aotearoa-nz/
Wilson, N., Summers, J., Baker, M. (2021, October). The need for an updated strategic approach to Covid-19 control in Aotearoa NZ. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/the-need-for-an-updated-strategic-approach-to-covid-19-control-in-aotearoa-nz/
2020
Journal - Research Article
Goddard, K., Pennington, M., Kartha, M. R., Macmillan, T., Bunce, C., Summers, J. A., … Chalkidou, A. (2020). Complex clinical pathways: Assessing the value of a device for detecting diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Diabetic Foot Journal, 23(1), 16, 20.
Ostermann, M., Summers, J., Lei, K., Card, B., Harrington, D. J., Sherwood, R., … Bear, D. E. (2020). Micronutrients in critically ill patients with severe acute kidney injury: A prospective study. Scientific Reports, 10, 1505. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-58115-2
Pennington, M., Summers, J., Coker, B., Eddy, S., Kartha, M. R., Edwards, K., … Peacock, J. L. (2020). Selective dorsal rhizotomy: Evidence on cost-effectiveness from England. PLoS ONE, 15(8), e0236783. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236783
Journal - Research Other
Kvalsvig, A., Summers, J., Gray, L., Telfar Barnard, L., & Baker, M. G. (2020). COVID-19 outbreaks in Aotearoa New Zealand: Urgent action is required to address systematic causes and consequences of border failures. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1527), 8-14. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Summers, J., Cheng, H.-Y., Lin, H.-H., Telfar Barnard, L., Kvalsvig, A., Wilson, N., & Baker, M. G. (2020). Potential lessons from the Taiwan and New Zealand health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 4, 100044. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2020.100044
Other Research Output
Wilson, N., Summers, J., Kvalsvig, A., Baker, M. (2020, October). How to systematically reduce the border failure risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/how-to-systematically-reduce-the-border-failure-risk-for-covid-19-in-aotearoa-nz/
Wilson, N., Febery, S., Chan, L., Summers, J., Baker, M. (2020, May). Why a "mouth and nose" lockdown with masks might help avoid a "full body" lockdown at home. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/2020/05/20/why-a-mouth-and-nose-lockdown-with-masks-might-help-avoid-a-full-body-lockdown-at-home/#more-4722
Wilson, N., Summers, J., Thomson, G., Kvalsvig, A., Boyd, M., Baker, M. (2020, June). Five key reasons why NZ should have an official inquiry into the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/2020/06/11/five-key-reasons-why-nz-should-have-an-official-inquiry-into-the-response-to-the-covid-19-pandemic
Wilson, N., Mizdrak, A., Summers, J., Baker, M. (2020, July). Weekly deaths declined in NZ's lockdown: But we still don’t know exactly why. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/2020/07/10/weekly-deaths-declined-in-nzs-lockdown-but-we-still-dont-know-exactly-why
Wilson, N., Chambers, T., Kvalsvig, A., Mizdrak, A., Nghiem, N., Summers, J., Baker, M. (2020, July). NZ's "Team of 5 million" has achieved the lowest COVID-19 death rate in the OECD: But there are still gaps in our pandemic response. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/2020/07/22/nzs-team-of-5-million-has-achieved-the-lowest-covid-19-death-rate-in-the-oecd-but-there-are-still-gaps-in-our-pandemic-response
Wilson, N., Summers, J. Anglemyer, A. Blakely, T., Baker, M. (2020, August). NZ’s COVID-19 response compared to selected other jurisdictions: Australia, Taiwan and the United States. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/2020/08/26/nzs-covid-19-response-compared-to-selected-other-jurisdictions-australia-taiwan-and-the-united-states/
2019
Journal - Research Article
Summers, J., Coker, B., Eddy, S., Elstad, M., Bunce, C., Bourmpaki, E., … for the Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy Steering Committee. (2019). 'Selective dorsal rhizotomy in ambulant children with cerebral palsy: An observational cohort study. Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 3, 455-462. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30119-1
Commissioned Report for External Body
Bourmpaki, E., Bunce, C., Chalkidou, A., Coker, B., Eddy, S., Elstad, M., … Summers, J. (2019). Commissioning through Evaluation: Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) for patients with oligometastases report. Commissioned by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). London, UK: Kings Technology Evaluation Centre. 338p. Retrieved from https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1909-sabr-for-reirradiation-cte-report.pdf
Bourmpaki, E., Bunce, C., Chalkidou, A., Coker, B., Eddy, S., Elstad, M., … Summers, J. (2019). Commissioning through Evaluation: Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) re-irradiation report. Commissioned by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). London, UK: Kings Technology Evaluation Centre. 329p. Retrieved from https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1909-sabr-for-reirradiation-cte-report.pdf
Bunce, C., Chalkidou, A., Coker, B., Eddy, S., Elstad, M., Goddard, K., … Summers, J. (2019). Commissioning through Evaluation: Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma report. Commissioned by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). London, UK: Kings Technology Evaluation Centre. 310p. Retrieved from https://www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation/sabr-for-hepatocellular-carcinoma-adults/user_uploads/1913-draft-cte-report-sep-19.pdf
2018
Journal - Research Article
Summers, J. A., Baker, M. G., & Wilson, N. (2018). New Zealand's experience of the 1918-9 influenza pandemic: A systematic review after 100 years. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1487), 54-69. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Other
Summers, J. A., Radhakrishnan, M., Morris, E., Chalkidou, A., Rua, T., Patel, A., … Peacock, J. (2018). Virtual TouchTM quantification to diagnose and monitor liver fibrosis in hepatitis B and hepatitis C: A NICE medical technology guidance. Applied Health Economics & Health Policy, 15, 139-154. doi: 10.1007/s40258-016-0277-7
Macmillan, T., Pennington, M., Summers, J. A., Goddard, K., Zala, D., Herz, N., … Chalkidou, A. (2018). SecurAcath for securing peripherally inserted central catheters: A NICE medical technology guidance. Applied Health Economics & Health Policy, 16, 779-791. doi: 10.1007/s40258-018-0427-1
Wilson, N., Thomson, G., Summers, J. A., Harper, G., Horrocks, J., & Roberts, E. (2018). The health impacts of the First World War on New Zealand: A summary and a remaining research agenda. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42(6), 516-518. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12837
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Wilson, N., Summers, J. A., & Baker, M. G. (2018, December). The 1918 influenza pandemic and persisting lessons for modern day New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the 4th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Bourmpaki, E., Bunce, C., Chalkidou, A., Coker, B., Eddy, S., Elstad, M., … Summers, J. (2018). Commissioning through Evaluation: Selective dorsal rhizotomy. Commissioned by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). London, UK: Kings Technology Evaluation Centre. 341p. Retrieved from https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Commissioning-Through-Evaluation_Selective-Dorsal-Rhizotomy_Final-Report.pdf
Other Research Output
Wilson, N., Baker, M., Summers, J., Boyd, M. Tiatia, R. (2018, November). A 100 years ago today a death ship from NZ arrived in Samoa: A reminder of NZ’s responsibilities to its South Pacific neighbours. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/a-100-years-ago-today-the-likely-first-nz-death-from-the-1918-influenza-pandemic/
Wilson, N., Summers, J., Baker, M. (2018, August). A 100 years ago today: The likely first NZ death from the 1918 influenza pandemic. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/a-100-years-ago-today-the-likely-first-nz-death-from-the-1918-influenza-pandemic/
Wilson, N., Thomson, G., Summers, J.A., Harper, G., Roberts, E. (2018, October). The health impacts of the First World War for NZ: A review. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/the-health-impacts-of-the-first-world-war-for-nz-a-review/
2017
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ross, P. J., Repana, D., Saunders, M., Wilson, R. H., Plummer, C. J., Summers, J., … Bridgewater, J. (2017). A phase I/II dose finding study evaluating the safety and tolerability of capecitabine and aflibercept in patients with unresectable metastatic colorectal cancer deemed unsuitable for doublet/triplet chemotherapy: Results of the phase I study. European Journal of Cancer, 72(Suppl. 1), (pp. S69-S70). doi: 10.1016/S0959-8049(17)30306-4
Commissioned Report for External Body
Bunce, C., Chalkidou, A., Goddard, K., Herz, N., Kartha, M., Keevil, S., … Summers, J. (2017). External Assessment Centre (EAC) report: Neuropad test for the early detection of diabetic foot neuropathy. Commissioned by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). London, UK: King's Imaging Technology Evaluation Centre. 172p. Retrieved from https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/mtg38/documents/assessment-report
Bourmpaki, E., Bunce, C., Chalkidou, A., Kartha, M., Keevil, S., Langford, T., … Summers, J. (2017). External Assessment Centre (EAC) report: The IN.PACT drug-coated balloon for femoro-popliteal peripheral arterial disease. Commissioned by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). London, UK: Kings Technology Evaluation Centre. 121p. Retrieved from https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/mtg34/documents/assessment-report
2016
Journal - Research Article
Morris, E., Chalkidou, A., Hammers, A., Peacock, J., Summers, J., & Keevil, S. (2016). Diagnostic accuracy of 18F amyloid PET tracers for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, 43, 374-385. doi: 10.1007/s00259-015-3228-x
Khan, M. S., Gan, C., Ahmed, K., Ismail, A. F., Watkins, J., Summers, J. A., … Dasgupta, P. (2016). A single-centre early phase randomised controlled three-arm trial of open, robotic, and laparoscopic radical cystectomy (CORAL). European Urology, 69, 613-621. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2015.07.038
Summers, J. A., Peacock, J., Coker, B., McMillan, V., Ofuya, M., Lewis, C., … Reid, F. (2016). Multicentre prospective survey of SeHCAT provision and practice in the UK. BMJ Open Gastroenterology, 3(1), e000091. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2016-000091
Journal - Research Other
Reid, F., Peacock, J., Coker, B., McMillan, V., Lewis, C., Keevil, S., … Summers, J. (2016). A multicenter prospective study to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of the SeHCAT test in measuring bile acid malabsorption: Research protocol. JMIR Research Protocols, 5(1), e13. doi: 10.2196/resprot.4467
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
McLaughlin, J., Logan, R., Reid, F., & Summers, J. (2016). 'Bile Acid Diarrhoea: Evidence for lower SeHCAT retention in type 3 patients following cholecystectomy. United European Gastroenterology Journal, 4(5S), (pp. A91). doi: 10.1177/2050640616663688
Commissioned Report for External Body
Chalkidou, A., Goddard, K., Herz, N., Keevil, S., Macmillan, T., Peacock, J., … Summers, J., & Zala, D. (2016). External Assessment Centre (EAC) report: The SecurAcath device for securing percutaneous catheters. Commissioned by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). London, UK: Kings Technology Evaluation Centre. 173p. Retrieved from https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/mtg34/documents/assessment-report
2015
Journal - Research Other
Summers, J. A., Clinch, J., Radhakrishnan, M., Healy, A., McMillan, V., Morris, E., … Keevil, S. F. (2015). The gekoTM electro-stimulation device for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: A NICE medical technology guidance. Applied Health Economics & Health Policy, 13, 135-147. doi: 10.1007/s40258-014-0139-0
Summers, J. A. (2015). A flu that brought nations to a standstill. Hektoen International, 7(3). Retrieved from https://hekint.org/2017/02/01/a-flu-that-brought-nations-to-a-standstill
2014
Journal - Research Article
Wilson, N., Clement, C., Summers, J. A., Bannister, J., & Harper, G. (2014). Mortality of first world war military personnel: Comparison of two military cohorts. BMJ, 349, g7168. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g7168
Summers, J. A., Stanley, J., Baker, M. G., & Wilson, N. (2014). Risk factors for death from pandemic influenza in 1918-1919: A case-control study. Influenza & Other Respiratory Viruses, 8(3), 329-338. doi: 10.1111/irv.12228
Journal - Research Other
Wilson, N., Summers, J., & Baker, M. G. (2014). Impact of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic on the New Zealand military and persisting lessons for pandemic control. Microbiology Australia, 35(3), 138-140. doi: 10.1071/MA14048
Wilson, N., Oliver, J., Summers, J. A., Baker, M. G., Waller, M., & Shanks, G. D. (2014). Age-specific mortality during the 1918-19 influenza pandemic and possible relationship to 1889-92 pandemic. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 210(6), 993-995. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu191
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Summers, J., & Browne, M. (2014). Beautifully hideous: Pioneering plastic surgery in World War I. Wellcome History, (54), 2-5.
2013
Journal - Research Article
Wilson, N., Summers, J. A., Baker, M. G., Thomson, G., & Harper, G. (2013). Fatal injury epidemiology among the New Zealand military forces in the First World War. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1385). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Summers, J. A., Shanks, G. D., Baker, M. G., & Wilson, N. (2013). Severe impact of the 1918-19 pandemic in a national military force. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1378). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Summers, J. A., Wilson, N., Baker, M. G., & Gottfredsson, M. (2013). The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 in two remote island nations: Iceland and New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1373). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Wilson, N., Nghiem, N., Summers, J. A., Carter, M.-A., & Harper, G. (2013). A nutritional analysis of New Zealand military food rations at Gallipoli in 1915: Likely contribution to scurvy and other nutrient deficiency disorders. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1373). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Summers, J., Pascoal, A., Keevil, S., Lewis, C., Cornelius, V., & Peacock, J. (2013). A trilogy of studies: Diagnostic accuracy and use of SeHCAT test in England. Proceedings of the NIHR Statistical Group: Imaging in Translation Research Meeting: Challenges in the Design and Analysis of Studies Evaluating Imaging Modalities. Retrieved from https://statistics-group.nihr.ac.uk
Commissioned Report for External Body
Clinch, J., Healey, A., Keevil, S., Lewis, C., McMillan, V., Morris, E., … Summers, J. (2013). External Assessment Centre (EAC) report: The gekoTM electro-stimulation device for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. Commissioned by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). London, UK: KITEC - King's Imaging Technology Evaluation Centre. 117p. Retrieved from https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/mtg19/documents/assessment-report
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Summers, J. A. (2013). The burden and risk factors for death from the 1918-19 influenza pandemic amongst the New Zealand military forces of World War One (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/3766
2012
Journal - Research Article
Wilson, N., Summers, J. A., & Baker, M. G. (2012). The 2009 influenza pandemic: A review of the strengths and weaknesses of the health sector response in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 125(1365). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Summers, J. A. (2012). Pandemic influenza outbreak on a troop ship: Diary of a soldier in 1918. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18(11), 1900-1903.
Wilson, N., Telfar Barnard, L., Summers, J. A., Shanks, G. D., & Baker, M. G. (2012). Differential mortality rates by ethnicity in 3 influenza pandemics over a century, New Zealand. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18(1), 71-77. doi: 10.3201/eid1801.110035
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Shanks, G. D., Summers, J. A., & Wilson, N. (2012). Large mortality differences between Australian and New Zealand soldiers during 1918-19 influenza pandemic. Proceedings of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) 61st Annual Meeting. Retrieved from http://www.astmh.org/Home.htm
Wilson, N., Summers, J., & Baker, M. (2012). Injury epidemiology and New Zealand military forces in World War one. Injury Prevention, 18(Suppl. 1), (pp. A153). doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040590l.6
2011
Journal - Research Other
Summers, J. A., Wilson, N., & Baker, M. G. (2011). New research on pandemic influenza at the World Congress of Epidemiology, Edinburgh, 7-11 August 2011 [Meeting report]. Eurosurveillance, 16(45), 20011. Retrieved from http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20011
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Wilson, N., Telfar Barnard, L., Summers, J., Shanks, D., & Baker, M. (2011). Relatively high mortality for Maori and Pacific peoples in the 2009 influenza pandemic and comparisons with previous pandemics. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 65(Suppl. 1), (pp. A356). doi: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976m.16
Summers, J. A., Wilson, N., & Baker, M. G. (2011). Ethnic gradient in mortality among New Zealand military personnel in World War I. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 65(Suppl. 1), (pp. A466). doi: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976q.14
Summers, J. A., Wilson, N., & Baker, M. G. (2011). Descriptive epidemiology of mortality among the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces of World War I. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 65(Suppl. 1), (pp. A465-A466). doi: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976q.12
Summers, J. A., Gottfredsson, M., Wilson, N., & Baker, M. G. (2011). Comparative study of the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 in two island nations: Iceland and New Zealand. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 65(Suppl. 1), (pp. A212). doi: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976h.12
2010
Journal - Research Article
Summers, J. A., Wilson, N., Baker, M. G., & Shanks, G. D. (2010). Mortality risk factors for pandemic influenza on New Zealand troop ship, 1918. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 16(12), 1931-1937. doi: 10.3201/eid1612.100429
2009
Journal - Research Other
Wilson, N., Summers, J., Baker, M., & Rice, G. (2009). A bizarre case of drowning as a result of pandemic influenza (1918 pandemic) [Clincial correspondence]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122(1302). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1302/3777/content.pdf