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 a consultant within the Department of Statistics Statistical Consulting Centre.

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Committees/Professional groups/Services

Accredited statistician, Statistical Society of Australia

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

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
Lai, H. K., Camargo, C. A., Woodward, A., Hobbs, M., Pillai, A., Morton, S. M., & Grant, C. C. (2018). 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. Allergy10.1111/all.13615
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Cameron Grant, Susan Morton, Alistair Woodward
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
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
Parsons, M., Parsons, J., Rouse, P., Pillai, A., Mathieson, S., Parsons, R., ... Kenealy, T. (2018). Corrigendum: Supported Discharge Teams for older people in hospital acute care: a randomized controlled trial. Age and ageing, 47 (3)10.1093/ageing/afx179
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Timothy Kenealy
Morton, S. M. B., Grant, C. C., Walker, C. G., Berry, S. D., Meissel, K., Ly, K., ... Wilson, S. (2018). Growing up in New Zealand: A longitudinal study of New Zealand children and their families. Transition to school. Auckland, New Zealand: Growing Up in New Zealand. Related URL.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/43140
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Kane Meissel, Susan Morton, Cameron Grant, Caroline Walker, Emma Marks, Lisa Underwood, Jacinta Fa'alili-Fidow
Teh, R. O., Menzies, O. H., Connolly, M. J., Doughty, R. N., Wilkinson, T. J., Pillai, A., ... Broad, J. B. (2018). Patterns of multi-morbidity and prediction of hospitalisation and all-cause mortality in advanced age. Age and Ageing, 47 (2), 261-268. 10.1093/ageing/afx184
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/42979
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Joanna Broad, Ruth Teh, Martin Connolly, Ngaire Kerse, Thomas Lumley, Rob Doughty
Parsons, M., Parsons, J., Rouse, P., Pillai, A., Mathieson, S., Parsons, R., ... Kenealy, T. (2018). Supported Discharge Teams for older people in hospital acute care: A randomised controlled trial. Age and Ageing, 47 (2), 288-294. 10.1093/ageing/afx179
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/40740
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Matthew Parsons, John Parsons, Timothy Kenealy, Paul Rouse