Rate My Professor Sheree Gibb

Dr Sheree Gibb is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago, Wellington, part of the Faculty of Medicine and the Division of Health Sciences. She earned her MSc from the University of Canterbury between 2004 and 2006, followed by a PhD from the University of Otago from 2007 to 2009, which she completed using data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study. Her academic career centers on longitudinal health and social research, with a particular expertise in leveraging administrative data. Since 2012, she has utilized New Zealand's Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) extensively in both university and government settings, establishing herself as one of the country's foremost experts in this area. Gibb co-directs the Integrated Data Research Group within the Department of Public Health and holds memberships in the Virtual Health Information Network, the EleMent mental health research group, and the Big Data team for the A Better Start National Science Challenge.

Gibb's research interests encompass a broad spectrum of public health issues, including mental health, suicide prevention, poverty, childhood obesity, ethnic disparities in health outcomes—especially among Māori populations—cancer survival inequities, autism spectrum disorders, first episode psychosis, criminal justice interactions, educational outcomes, and social determinants of health. She has produced over 65 peer-reviewed publications, many employing linked administrative data for national cohort studies. Notable works include 'Gastric cancer survival (in)equity from 2002 to 2021: examining demographic and clinical characteristics among Māori and non-Māori' (2026, New Zealand Medical Journal), 'Measuring ethnic disparities in lung cancer: the role of population and data sources' (2025, International Journal for Equity in Health), 'Incidence, prevalence and mortality of inflammatory bowel disease in New Zealand 2006–2022' (2025, Internal Medicine Journal), 'Applying Indigenous identity definitions in official health statistics: a case study using linked cancer registry data on stomach cancer' (2025, New Zealand Medical Journal), 'Mortality risk among Autistic children and young people: a nationwide birth cohort study' (2024, Autism), and 'Association Between High-Need Education-Based Funding and Suspension Rates for Autistic Students' (2022, JAMA Pediatrics). With over 2,500 citations, her contributions have significantly advanced understanding of health inequities, social outcomes, and policy implications in Aotearoa New Zealand.