Rate My Professor Angharad Hurley

Dr Hurley's research interests include paediatric IBD, encompassing self-management outcome measures, socio-geographic risk factors for emergency department presentations, validation of symptom assessment tools against laboratory markers of inflammation, and the epidemiology and outcomes of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes. She has received significant recognition for her work, including the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation Emerging Researcher Fellowship in 2024 valued at $220,000 for investigating socio-economic deprivation, geographic location, and ethnicity in relation to paediatric emergency department admissions at Christchurch Hospital. Additional grants include the New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology Small Research Grant for validating a paediatric IBD symptom assessment tool and funding from the Cystic Fibrosis Canterbury Trust. Key publications include Vernon-Roberts et al. (2025) 'Assessment of direct costs attributed to the clinical management of children with inflammatory bowel disease in New Zealand' in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition; Hall et al. (2026) 'Development and validation of a tool to assess disease-related knowledge in children with coeliac disease' in the Journal of Clinical Medicine; Vernon-Roberts et al. (2022) 'Meta-analysis of the efficacy of taurolidine in reducing catheter-related bloodstream infections' in JPEN Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition; and Vernon-Roberts et al. (2024) 'Patterns of vitamin D testing and supplementation for children with inflammatory bowel disease' in JGH Open. Her contributions advance understanding of paediatric chronic disease management and health equity in New Zealand.