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José Derraik
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Author 135
Editor 1,035

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Public Health
Metabolic Sciences
Nursing
Pediatrics
Epidemiology
Ecology
Entomology
Parasitology
Virology
Infectious Diseases
Conservation Biology
Zoology
Population Biology
Gynecology and Obstetrics
Global Health
Women's Health
Microbiology
Nutrition
Ethical Issues
Science Policy
Natural Resource Management
Health Policy
Psychiatry and Psychology

José G B Derraik

PeerJ Author

Summary

Dr José G B Derraik is a health researcher with expertise spanning several domains, including Public Health, Paediatrics, Medicine, Epidemiology, Environmental Health, Biosecurity, and Ecology. Notably, his experience covers a wide range of clinical studies, from cross-sectional studies to randomised controlled trials, involving children, adolescents, and adults (including pregnant women). Other primary research areas are Epidemiology and Paediatrics, with a specific focus on the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD), which delves into the associations between early life events and their short- and long-term health implications.

One of Derraik's key strengths is fostering effective and harmonious international collaborations. He currently collaborates with colleagues from many countries, including (in alphabetical order) Australia, Brazil, China, Ireland, Italy, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and Thailand. In 2017, Uppsala University in Sweden appointed him as an invited researcher in their Dept of Women's & Children's Health, through which he has co-authored several studies on the long-term associations with early life events, utilizing extensive datasets from the Swedish Birth Register and Swedish Conscript Register. In 2018, he was appointed an Honorary Associate Professor at the Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine in Hangzhou, China, a hospital that stands as only the second National Clinical Research Centre for Child Health in that country. Additionally, in Thailand, he has been serving as a Visiting Professor at the Research Institute for Health Sciences at Chiang Mai University since 2021. Derraik's role includes co-leading the long-term follow-up of a birth cohort in Chiang Mai, with the 30-year follow-up recently concluded.

Worth highlighting is Derraik's expertise in the data analysis of clinical studies, having played a pivotal role in over 170 peer-reviewed publications. His professional journey has also included the public sector, where he served as a senior advisor for MAF Biosecurity New Zealand. In this capacity, he offered expert technical counsel to the NZ Government and the Minister of Biosecurity on public health concerns. Lastly, he’s always eager to grow and learn, having recently embarked on understanding how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance the precision and efficiency of his work. He is currently delving into several generative AI tools to optimise both efficiency and quality of his research.

Clinical Trials Diabetes & Endocrinology Epidemiology Evidence Based Medicine Global Health Pediatrics Public Health

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Auckland
Uppsala Universitet

Work details

Honorary Senior Research Fellow

University of Auckland
Department of Paediatrics: Child & Youth Health

Honorary Associate Professor

Zhejiang University School of Medicine
October 2018
Children's Hospital

Honorary Researcher

Uppsala Universitet
Department of Women’s and Children’s Health

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
  • Edited 10
July 13, 2018
Socioeconomic status is not associated with health-related quality of life in a group of overweight middle-aged men
José G.B. Derraik, Benjamin B. Albert, Martin de Bock, Éadaoin M. Butler, Paul L. Hofman, Wayne S. Cutfield
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5193 PubMed 30013848

Academic Editor on

July 22, 2019
Patterned progression of gut microbiota associated with necrotizing enterocolitis and late onset sepsis in preterm infants: a prospective study in a Chinese neonatal intensive care unit
Jiayi Liu, Yuqing Li, Yi Feng, Liya Pan, Zhoulonglong Xie, Zhilong Yan, Li Zhang, Mingkun Li, Jianhua Zhao, Jianhua Sun, Li Hong
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7310 PubMed 31367483
February 25, 2019
Association between maternal pre-delivery body mass index and offspring overweight/obesity at 1 and 2 years of age among residents of a suburb in Taiwan
Hsien-Kuan Liu, Chien-Yi Wu, Yung-Ning Yang, Pei-Ling Wu, Zong-Rong He, San-Nan Yang, Shu-Leei Tey
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6473 PubMed 30828490
January 25, 2019
Nonconventional opponents: a review of malaria and leishmaniasis among United States Armed Forces
Kaylin J. Beiter, Zachariah J. Wentlent, Adrian R. Hamouda, Bolaji N. Thomas
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6313 PubMed 30701136
November 20, 2018
Reassessing public opinion of captive cetacean attractions with a photo elicitation survey
Sophia N. Wassermann, Edward J. Hind-Ozan, Julia Seaman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5953 PubMed 30498636
October 19, 2018
Supporting a sugar tax in New Zealand: Sugar sweetened beverage (‘fizzy drink’) consumption as a normal behaviour within the obesogenic environment
Kirsten Robertson, Maree Thyne, James A. Green
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5821 PubMed 30364491
October 11, 2018
Estimating unrecorded human-caused mortalities of grizzly bears in the Flathead Valley, British Columbia, Canada
Bruce N. McLellan, Garth Mowat, Clayton T. Lamb
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5781 PubMed 30324033
October 3, 2018
Epidemiological characteristics and factors affecting length of hospital stay for children and adults with burns in Zunyi, China: a retrospective study
Tao Wang, Chan Nie, Hong Zhang, Xueqin Zeng, Huiting Yu, Zairong Wei, Chenglan Yang, Xiuquan Shi
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5740 PubMed 30310756
February 15, 2018
Vector competence of selected North American Anopheles and Culex mosquitoes for Zika virus
Brittany L. Dodson, Sujit Pujhari, Jason L. Rasgon
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4324 PubMed 29472998
November 15, 2017
The Furvela tent-trap Mk 1.1 for the collection of outdoor biting mosquitoes
Jacques D. Charlwood, Mark Rowland, Natacha Protopopoff, Corey Le Clair
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3848 PubMed 29158961
October 30, 2017
Early skin-to-skin contact between healthy late preterm infants and their parents: an observational cohort study
Kerstin H. Nyqvist, Andreas Rosenblad, Helena Volgsten, Eva-Lotta Funkquist, Elisabet Mattsson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3949 PubMed 29104822