Rate My Professor Miranda Buhler

In health services research, Buhler analyzes allied health workforce distribution to improve equitable access for Māori, Pacific, and low socioeconomic populations, employing geospatial methods such as 3-step floating catchment area analysis. Notable publications include 'Effectiveness of splinting for pain and function in people with thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis: a systematic review with meta-analysis' (Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 2019), 'Impact of thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis: a pragmatic qualitative study' (Arthritis Care & Research, 2021), 'Geographic accessibility to physiotherapy care in Aotearoa New Zealand' (Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 2024), and 'Spatial equity of physiotherapy accessibility in Aotearoa New Zealand in relation to Māori and Pacific ethnicity, socioeconomic deprivation, and rurality' (Health Policy, 2025). Buhler serves as Co-chair of Hand Therapy New Zealand, Kaitiaki for Tae Ora Tinana at Physiotherapy New Zealand, and on the Health Research South Board, ANZMUSC Early Career Fellow Committee, and the editorial board of Hand Therapy. She contributes to clinical teaching, mentoring, and supervision in hand therapy, as well as lecturing in PHTY354 Physiotherapy Rehabilitation Science. Her Otago Early and Mid-Career Accelerator Grant supports the 'Mahi' project mapping physiotherapy workforce disparities across New Zealand.