Rate My Professor Simon Horsburgh

Associate Professor Simon Horsburgh serves in the Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Otago. He holds qualifications of BA(Hons), MA(Dist), and PhD. Previously recognized as a Lecturer in Epidemiology at the University of Otago, Horsburgh is an epidemiologist and a core member of the Pharmacoepidemiology Research Network. His research interests include social pharmacy, epidemiology, medicines utilisation, equity in healthcare access, health information data systems, and epidemiological research methods. These focus areas inform his studies on medication adherence, antibiotic prescribing, gout epidemiology, e-government trust, and work-related injuries in New Zealand.

Horsburgh teaches PUBH 192: Foundations of Epidemiology and PUBH 311: Research Methods for Public Health. His publications, cited 1789 times according to Google Scholar, encompass key contributions such as 'Inequities in medicines use are probably much worse than we thought' (Norris et al., 2024, Journal of Primary Health Care), 'Impact of removing prescription co-payments on the use of costly health services: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial' (Norris et al., 2023, BMC Health Services Research), 'Societal burden of work on injury deaths in New Zealand, 2005–14: An observational study' (Lilley et al., 2023, SSM Population Health), 'Patterns of metformin monotherapy discontinuation and reinitiation in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in New Zealand' (Horsburgh et al., 2021, PLOS ONE), 'Do they want it? Do they use it? The ‘Demand-Side’ of e-Government in Australia and New Zealand' (Gauld, Goldfinch, & Horsburgh, 2010, Government Information Quarterly), 'Gout: joints and beyond, epidemiology, clinical features, treatment and co-morbidities' (Robinson & Horsburgh, 2014, Maturitas), and 'Is public trust in government associated with trust in e-government?' (Horsburgh, Goldfinch, & Gauld, 2011, Social Science Computer Review).