Timeframe
2016–2024
Funding
Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment
COMPASS staff
Barry Milne
Nichola Shackleton
Jessica McLay
Stephanie D’Souza
Collaborators
University of Auckland
Wayne Cutfield
Sally Merry
Tania Cargo
Sarah Hetrick
Kiani Stevenson
José Derraik
Karen Leong
University of Canterbury
Gail Gillon
University of Otago
Barry Taylor
Rick Audas
Sheree Gibb
Jesse Kokaua
Nick Bowden
Rose Richards
Justine Camp
Description
A Better Start: E Tipu E Rea was one of the 11 National Science Challenges (NSCs) established by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment in 2014. Its mission was to find better ways to predict, prevent, and treat specific issues in children and teenagers, with the three research pathways of:
- Healthy weight;
- Successful learning; and
- Resilient teens.
COMPASS staff were members of the “Big Data” theme, which Barry Milne led from 2020 to 2024. This theme analysed whole population administrative data (mainly the IDI) to answer key research questions relating to the three research pathways listed above.