News
Media – Stats NZ: Grinding gears in data’s “big machine”
COMPASS Director, Barry Milne, was interviewed by Radio New Zealand for a news story on how well the IT infrastructure supporting the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) is - or is not – working: Stats NZ: Grinding gears in data’s “big machine.” Radio New Zealand...
Student Achievement
COMPASS PhD Student Alexia Searchfield won the New Investigator Award at the Paediatric Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) conference in Manukau!! Congratulations to Alexia! ...
Funding success: Associated New Zealand ME Society Grant
COMPASS Researcher Natalia Boven was awarded an Associated New Zealand ME Society (ANZMES) grant with a project titled, “Identifying child and adolescent predictors of adult ME/CFS and Long Covid”. The project is supported by a multidisciplinary team, including Dr...
Webinar: The purpose and relevance of survey design for a population census and population statistics
Wednesday 19 November 2025 You can access the recording here: https://phonz.org.nz/webinars COMPASS Director, Barry Milne, presented at the Public Health Observatory of New Zealand (PHONZ) webinar on 19 November, “The purpose and relevance of survey design for a...
New Publication: Utilisation of specialist mental health and addiction services in New Zealand
COMPASS Associate, Arezoo Malihi, led a paper investigating the mental health service use of refugees in New Zealand. Malihi, A. Z., Milne, B., Petrović-van der Deen, F. S., Ameratunga, S., Exeter, D. J., McLay, J., San Diego, R., Soosay, I., Othmani, K., &...
New Publication: Neurodegenerative diseases in male former rugby players
PhD student, Fran Anns, led a paper on neurodegenerative disease outcomes among former rugby players, supported by senior author and project leader, Steph D’ Souza, COMPASS Director, Barry Milne, and national and international colleagues. This paper received...
VHIN Webinar: Vaccine effectiveness and vaccine safety of herpes zoster vaccination
Our next Virtual Health Information Network webinar takes place on Wednesday 10 September from midday. What: Vaccine effectiveness and vaccine safety of herpes zoster vaccination Who: James Mbinta, School of Health, Victoria University of Wellington When: Wednesday...
PhD Success!
PhD Student Mohammad Shahbaz successfully defended his PhD!! Mohammad’s PhD, “Quality of linked data to assess the long-term outcomes of a neonatal trial” was part of the ANCHOR project, and was supervised by Jane Harding, Greg Gamble, and Barry Milne. Well done,...
New Publication: Pan-Pacific mental health study
Barry Milne worked with colleagues from University of Otago and (formerly) Ministry for Pacific Peoples to produce a paper describing the Tivaivai model for analysis of data in the IDI to understand Pacific mental health. Forrest Samu, K., van der Veer, A., Ruhe,...