Associate Professor Nikki Mary Turner

MBChB, Dip Obs Auck., DCH London., FRNZCGP., MPH Hons MD Auck.

Director - IMAC

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Biography

Nikki is an academic General Practitioner, Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) and a Associate Professor in the Division of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland. She is also an honorary Associate Professor for the University of Otago, Wellington. Her roles include Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre (IMAC) at the University of Auckland. She has developed and evolved IMAC from its inception in 1996 into a national communication, coordination, education and research centre. She works part time as a General Practitioner at the NUHS Broadway clinic in Strathmore, Wellington

Nikki's academic interests are in immunisation, primary health care and preventive child health. She represents the RNZCGP (College of General Practitioners) in child health interests, and is a health spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Group. She is a member of the World Health Organization Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization and Chair of the Measles and Rubella elimination subcommittee.

Research | Current

Immunisation
Preventative child health
Primary healthcare

Distinctions/Honours

MPH honors, MD

Responsibilities

Associate Professor, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Auckland

Director, The Immunisation Advisory Centre

General Practitioner, Wellington

Areas of expertise

Immunisation, Primary Care, Preventative child health

Committees/Professional groups/Services

Member of the World Health Organization Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunisation
Chair of the Measles Rubella subcommittee to SAGE, WHO
Member of the PTAC Immunisation subcommittee, for Pharmac and the Ministry of Health
Chair of the New Zealand National Verification Committee (NVC) for measles and rubella
Member of the QIF Expert Advisory Group for the Ministry of Health WellChild Tamariki Ora programme
Member of the Homecare Medical (HCM) clinical governance committee
Health spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Group

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Griffin, J. B., Yu, L., Watson, D., Turner, N., Walls, T., Howe, A. S., ... Petousis-Harris, H. (2018). Pertussis Immunisation in Pregnancy Safety (PIPS) Study: A retrospective cohort study of safety outcomes in pregnant women vaccinated with Tdap vaccine. Vaccine10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.07.011
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Anna Howe, Yannan Jiang
Turner, N. M., MacRae, J., Nowlan, M. L., McBain, L., Stubbe, M. H., & Dowell, A. (2018). Quantifying the incidence and burden of herpes zoster in New Zealand general practice: a retrospective cohort study using a natural language processing software inference algorithm. BMJ open, 8 (5)10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021241
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Mary Nowlan
Charania, N. A., Watson, D. G., & Turner, N. M. (2018). Perceptions of caregivers and providers regarding the potential introduction of the varicella vaccine to the childhood immunisation schedule in New Zealand: A qualitative exploratory study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54 (1), 28-35. 10.1111/jpc.13661
Lawton, B., Howe, A. S., Turner, N., Filoche, S., Slatter, T., Devenish, C., & Hung, N. A. (2018). Association of prior HPV vaccination with reduced preterm birth: A population based study. Vaccine, 36 (1), 134-140. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.11.020
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Anna Howe
Chisholm, H., Howe, A., Petousis-Harris, H., & Turner, N. (2017). Breakthrough pertussis in New Zealand infants and young children. Paper presented at 10th New Zealand Immunisation Conference and pre-conference Workshop 2017, Wellington, New Zealand. 7 September - 9 September 2017.
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Helen Petousis-Harris, Hannah Chisholm, Anna Howe
Dowell, A., Darlow, B., Macrae, J., Stubbe, M., Turner, N., & McBain, L. (2017). Childhood respiratory illness presentation and service utilisation in primary care: A six-year cohort study in Wellington, New Zealand, using natural language processing (NLP) software. BMJ Open, 7 (7)10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017146
Taylor, L., Turner, N. M., & Poutasi, C. (2017). Identifying best practice in childhood immunisation: A study into best practice in achieving high rates of childhood immunisation shows the keys include effective teamwork, creating good connections with parents and caregivers, and taking a systematic approach. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, 23 (6), 25-27. Related URL.
Howe, A., Petousis-Harris, H., Paynter, J., Griffin, J., Watson, D., & Turner, N. (2017). Inequities in pneumococcal disease following introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in NZ. Paper presented at PHAA Communicable Disease Control Conference 2017, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 26 June - 28 June 2017.
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Anna Howe, Helen Petousis-Harris, Janine Paynter