Rate My Professor Barry Borman

Borman’s research specializations encompass biostatistics, environmental health, birth defects epidemiology, public health surveillance, the use of national health datasets and record linkage, investigations of disease clusters, and the translation of epidemiological research into policy development and health sector decision-making. His key publications include “A feasibility study investigating the risk of prediabetes among children in New Zealand” (Scientific Reports, 2025, with R. Tupai-Firestone et al.); “Case–Control Study of Congenital Anomalies: Study Methods and Nonresponse Bias Assessment” (Birth Defects Research, 2025, with A. Eng et al.); “Mandatory fortification with folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects: a case study of Australia and New Zealand” (Child's Nervous System, 2023, with L. Thurston and C. Bower); “Environmental Health Intelligence New Zealand (EHINZ): intelligence for public health action” (Research in Health Services & Regions, 2022, with C. Haenfling et al.); “Social vulnerability indicators for flooding in Aotearoa New Zealand” (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, with K. Mason et al.); and “Burden of disease from second-hand smoke exposure in New Zealand” (New Zealand Medical Journal, 2016, with K. Mason). Borman maintains an extensive teaching portfolio at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, supervises MPH and PhD students, and teaches postgraduate courses in epidemiology, fostering the next generation of public health professionals.