Mr Avinesh Pillai

Senior Research Fellow

In: Statistics » Faculty of Science

Doctoral Candidate - Doctor of Philosophy

In: Nursing » Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences

Biography

Avinesh attended Auckland University for his MSc (in Statistics). He then started work at the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) in Sydney as a medical statistician and later joined the George Institute for International Health in Sydney in 2007. He moved back to Auckland and joined the Department of Statistics in 2011.

Research | Current

Avinesh's research interests include longitudinal data methods and statistical computing.

Responsibilities

Avinesh is the team leader and a senior consultant in the Statistical consulting Centre in the Department of Statistics. He is the data analytics manager for the Growing Up in New Zealand Study.

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Committees/Professional groups/Services

Accredited statistician, Statistical Society of Australia

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Lai, H. K., Camargo, C. A., Woodward, A., Hobbs, M., Pillai, A., Morton, S. M., & Grant, C. C. (2019). Long-term exposure to neighborhood smoke from household heating and risk of respiratory and dermatological prescription medications-Growing Up in New Zealand child cohort study. Allergy, 74 (2), 391-395. 10.1111/all.13615
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/46027
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Cameron Grant, Susan Morton, Hakkan Lai, Alistair Woodward, Mark Hobbs, Carlos Camargo
Teh, R., Kerse, N., Waters, D. L., Hale, L., Pillai, A., Leilua, E., ... Maxted, E. (2019). Study protocol of a randomised controlled trial to examine the impact of a complex intervention in pre-frail older adults. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research10.1007/s40520-018-1106-7
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Martin Connolly, Ruth Teh, Ngaire Kerse, Richard Edlin
Gerritsen, S., Wall, C., Grant, C. C., Teixeira, J., Marchioni, D., Pillai, A., ... Castro, T. G. (2018). Infant feeding index among the Growing up in New Zealand cohort: Adherence to the national food and nutrition guidelines. Paper presented at 2018 Conference of the Nutrition Society, Auckland, New Zealand. 28 November - 30 November 2018. Related URL.
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Teresa Gontijo de Castro, Sarah Gerritsen, Cameron Grant, Susan Morton
Gerritsen, S., Wall, C., Grant, C. C., Teixeira, J., Marchioni, D., Pillai, A., ... Castro, T. G. (2018). Inequalities in infant feeding practices among the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort. Paper presented at 2018 Conference of the NZ Nutrition Society, Auckland, New Zealand. 28 November - 30 November 2018. Related URL.
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Teresa Gontijo de Castro, Sarah Gerritsen, Cameron Grant, Susan Morton
Hobbs, M. R., Atatoa Carr, P., Fa'alili-Fidow J, Pillai, A., Morton, S. M. B., & Grant, C. C. (2018). How differing methods of ascribing ethnicity and socio-economic status affect risk estimates for hospitalisation with infectious disease. Epidemiology and infection, 1-9. 10.1017/S0950268818002935
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Mark Hobbs, Susan Morton, Cameron Grant
Gontijo de Castro, T. G., Gerritsen, S. C., Wall, C. R., Grant, C. C., Teixeira, J. A., Marchioni, D. M., ... Morton, S. M. B. (2018). Infant Feeding in New Zealand: Adherence to Food and Nutrition Guidelines among the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Social Development. Related URL.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/45283
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Sarah Gerritsen, Teresa Gontijo de Castro, Cameron Grant, Susan Morton
Lauti, M., Kularatna, M., Pillai, A., Hill, A. G., & MacCormick, A. D. (2018). A Randomised Trial of Text Message Support for Reducing Weight Regain Following Sleeve Gastrectomy. Obesity surgery, 28 (8), 2178-2186. 10.1007/s11695-018-3176-1
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/42359
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Andrew MacCormick, Andrew Hill
Jameson, M. B., Arendse, M., Pillai, A., Warren, J., Lolohea, S., & van Dalen, R. (2018). Final analysis of a randomized placebo-controlled double-blind phase II trial of perioperative cimetidine (CIM) in early colorectal cancer (CRC). JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. (pp. 2). 10.1200/JCO.2018.36.15_suppl.e15678
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Michael Jameson