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Ridvan (Riz) Tupai-Firestone

Dr Firestone works across a variety of research projects at the CPHR, including investigating lung function capacity among Pacific children, examining hidden fat and the gut microbiome among Pacific women. Her primary research is to develop an obesity intervention programme specifically for Pacific youth and young adults, an age group whose established lifestyle-related behaviours are malleable to change. She was awarded the HRC’s Sir Thomas Davis Te Patu Kite Rangi Ariki Health Research Fellowship in 2014 to develop this intervention programme. Dr Firestone also coordinates and teaches Pacific health course as part of the Masters of Public Health.

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Tupai-Firestone R, Funaki T, Dalhousie S, Henry A, Vano M, Grey J, Jull A, Whittaker R, Te Morenga L, Ni Mhurcha C. Identifying and overcoming barriers to healthier lives. Pacific Health Dialog, 2018; 21(2):54-66.	Journal
Verbiest M, Borrell S, Tupai-Firestone R, Funaki T, Goodwin D, Grey J, Henry A, Hughes E, Humpfrey G, Jiang Y, Jull A, Pekepo C, Schumacher J, Te Morenga L, Tunks M, Vano M, Whittaker R, Ni Murchu C. The effectiveness of a co-designed, culturally-tailored mHealth tool to support healthy lifestyles in Māori and Pasifika communities in New Zealand: Study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols,2018; 7(8):e10789.	Journal
Schleser M, Tupai-Firestone R. (2018) Pasifika youth and health perpectives: creative transformation through smartphone filmmaking and digital talanoa. Schleser M, Berry M (Eds): Mobile Story Making in an Age of Smartphones. Palgrave Macmillan: Switzerland.	Books and Chapters
Te Morenga L, Pekepo C, Corrigan C, Matoe L, Mules R, Goodwin D, Dymus J, Tunks M, Grey J, Humphrey G, Jull A, Whittaker R, Verbeist M, Tupai-Firestone R, Ni Murchu C. Co-designing an mHealth tool in the New Zealand Māori community with a “Kaupapa Māori” approach. AlterNative, 2018; 14(1): 90-99.	Journal
Douwes J, Slater T, Shanthakumar M, McLean D, Tupai-Firestone R, Judd L, Pearce N. Determinants of hand dermatitis, urticaria and loss of skin barrier function in professional cleaners in New Zealand. Int J Occup Environ Health, 2017; 23:2.	Journal
Tupai-Firestone R, Matheson A, Prapavessis D, Hamara M, Kaholokula K, Tuisano H, Tevita G, Henderson J, Schleser M, Ellison-Loschmann L. Pasifika Youth Empowerment Programme: a potential public health approach in tackling obesity-health related issues. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples.2018; 14(1): 63-72.	Journal
O'Brien W, Shultz S, Tupai-Firestone R, George L, Breier B, Kruger R. Exploring the challenges in obtaining physical activity data from women using hip-worn accelerometers. European Journal of Sport Science, 2017; 17(7): 922-930.	Journal
Schleser M, Tupai-Firestone R. (2016) (via Hangouts) Mobile Health 4 Pacific Youth. 6th MINA International Mobile Creativity and Mobile Innovation Symposium & Screening, 30 Nov – 2 Dec. Melbourne, Australia.	Conference Proceedings
Tupai-Firestone R. Circuit Breaker. Journal of Urgent Writing, 2016; 1: 98-108.	Journal
Eyles R, Jull A, Dobson R, Tupai-Firestone R, Whittaker R, Te Morenga L, Goodwin D, Ni Mhurcha C. Co-design of mHealth Delivered Interventions: A Systematic Review to Assess Key Methods and Processes. Curr Nutr Rep, 2016; 5(3): 160-167.	Journal
Eng A, 't Mannetje A, McKenzie F, Jeffreys M, Tupai-Firestone R, Pearce N, Ellison-Loschmann L. (2016). Occupational risk factors for breast cancer: Findings from the New Zealand Breast Cancer Study. Global Cancer Occurrence, Causes, and Avenues to Prevention Conference (IARC), 7-10 June 2016, Lyon, France (Poster).	Conference Proceedings
Tupai-Firestone R, Tuisano H, Manukia M, Kaholokula K, Foliaki S, Kingi T, Kruger R, Breier B, O'Connell A, Borman B, Ellison-Loschmann L. Understanding Pasifika youth and the obesogenic environment, Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand. NZ Med J, 2016; 129 (1434) 6879.	Journal
Howe L, Tupai-Firestone R, Tilling K, Lawlor D. (2015) Trajectories and transitions in childhood obesity. In: Burton-Jeangros C , Cullati S, Sacker A, Blane D. (Eds). A Life Course Perspective on Health Trajectories and Transitions. Springer.	Books and Chapters
Howe L, Ellison-Loschmann L, Pearce N, Douwes J, Jeffreys M, Tupai-Firestone R. Ethnic differences in early life risk factors for later obesity: a prospective cohort study in New Zealand. J Epidemiol Community Health, 2015; 69(6): 516-522.	Journal
Tupai-Firestone R, Matheson A, Borman B, Howe L, Ellison-Loschmann L. (2015) New Zealand, (Chapter 2). In Kennedy P, Kodate N (Eds). Maternity Services and Policy in an International Context. Taylor & Francis.	Books and Chapters
Bajardi P, Paolotti D, Vespignani A, Eames K, Funk S, Edmunds W, Turbelin C, Debin M, Colizza V, Smallenburg R, Koppeschaar C, Franzo A, Faustino V, Carnahan A, Rehn M, Merletti F, Douwes J, Tupai-Firestone R, Richiardi L. Association between Recruitment Methods and Attrition in Internet-Based Studies. Plos ONE, 2014; 9(12): e114925.	Journal
Tupai-Firestone R, Kaholokula K, Kingi T, Kruger R, Breier B, Borman B, Ellison-Loschmann L. (2014) Reflections from the 'Chewing the facts on fat: What does that say about me!' study. International Pacific Health Research Conference. 3-5 November, Auckland, NZ.	Conference Proceedings
McKenzie F, Ellison-Loschmann L, Jeffreys M, Tupai-Firestone R, Pearce N, Romieu I. Healthy lifestyle and risk of breast cancer: differential patterns for indigenous Māori and non-indigenous women in New Zealand. BMC Cancer, 2014; 14: 12.	Journal
McKenzie F, Ellison-Loschmann L, Jeffreys M, Tupai-Firestone R, Pearce N, Romieu I. Cigarette smoking and risk of breast cancer in a New Zealand multi-ethnic case-control study. PLOS One, 2013; 8(4): e63132.	Journal
Jeffreys M, McKenzie F, Tupai-Firestone R, Gray M, Cheng S, Moala A, Pearce N, Ellison-Loschmann L. A multi-ethnic breast cancer case-control study in New Zealand: evidence of differential risk patterns. Cancer Causes Control, 2013; 24(1): 135-52.	Journal
Tupai-Firestone R, Ellison-Loschmann L, Shelling A, Ekeroma A, Ikenasio-Thorpe B, Pearce N, Jeffreys M. Ethnic differences in disease presentation of uterine cancer in New Zealand women. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care, 2012; 38(4): 239-45.	Journal
Douwes J, Slater T, McLean D, Pearce N, Judd L, Tupai-Firestone R, Dryson E, Walls C, Foliaki S, Harding E, Duckett H, Cheung K, Coenraads P, Shanthakumar M. (2012) Occupational dermatitis in New Zealand cleaners. Study report for the Department of Labour.Centre for Public Health Research (CPHR), Massey University, NZ.	Reports
Tupai-Firestone R, Gander P. Exploring knowledge and attitudes of taxi drivers with regard to obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. NZ Med J, 2010; 123(1321): 24-33.	Journal
Tupai-Firestone R, Wong K, Ellison-Loschmann L, Pearce N, Jeffreys M. Characteristics of ovarian cancer in women residing in Aotearoa, New Zealand: 1993-2004. J Epidemiol Community Health, 2009; 63(10): 814-9.	Journal

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