Rate My Professor Steve Withington

Withington has conducted extensive research on leprosy, contributing chapters like 'Leprosy' in Manson’s Tropical Diseases, 22nd Edition (2009), and peer-reviewed articles including 'Steroid prophylaxis for prevention of nerve function impairment in leprosy: randomised placebo controlled trial (TRIPOD 1)' in BMJ (2004), multiple studies in Leprosy Review on nerve function impairment, reactions, socio-economic factors, and treatment delays (2003-2005), and 'Effectiveness of single dose rifampicin in preventing leprosy' in BMJ (2008). His recent publications address rural health disparities in New Zealand, such as 'A retrospective observational study examining interhospital transfers from six New Zealand rural hospitals in 2019' in Australian Journal of Rural Health (2023), 'Rural youth in distress? Youth self-harm presentations to a rural hospital over 10 years' (2019), 'Exploring the response to the Covid-19 pandemic at the rural hospital-base hospital interface' in New Zealand Medical Journal (2021), and 'Rural urban differences in receipt of radiation oncology services for breast, prostate and lung cancer by ethnicity' in Journal of Medical Imaging & Radiation Oncology (2026). He has presented on radiation oncology utilisation by rural cancer patients at the National Rural Health Conference (2025). Additionally, Withington serves as a Trustee of the Stepping Stone Trust in Christchurch and has contributed to an international textbook chapter on mothers and children with leprosy.