Publications and Engagement.

Pharmacoepidemiology and clinical-practice research, mostly through the Medicines Intelligence Group and the Health Research Council fellowship in opioid-related harm.

Publications
15
First-author
8
Themes
5
  1. School of Pharmacy Best Publication Prize 2025

    Outcomes related to new persistent opioid use after surgery or trauma

    Annals of Surgery 281(3):354–360 · 2025

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  2. Persistent opioid use after hospital admission due to trauma

    Pain 166(1):e1–e9 · 2025

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Opioid pharmacoepidemiology

  1. Gong J, et al. (2025). Outcomes related to new persistent opioid use after surgery or trauma. Annals of Surgery 281(3):354–360.

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  2. Gong J, et al. (2025). Persistent opioid use after hospital admission due to trauma. Pain 166(1):e1–e9.

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  3. Gong J, et al. (2024). Persistent opioid use after hospital admission from surgery in New Zealand. Anesthesia & Analgesia 139(4):701–710.

  4. Colleagues, Gong J (2024). Rate and predictors of postoperative opioid use and high opioid exposure after surgery in New Zealand. ANZ Journal of Surgery 94(10):1846–1852.

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  5. Gong J, et al. (2024). Incidence and risk factors of new persistent opioid use after surgery and trauma: a systematic review. BMC Surgery 24(1):210.

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  6. Gong J, et al. (2022). Identifying surgical and trauma patients in New Zealand for opioid-related pharmacoepidemiological research. Pharmacoepidemiology 2(1):1–12.

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  7. Colleagues, Gong J (2022). Postdischarge opioid use and persistent use after general surgery (retrospective cohort). Surgery 172(2):602–611.

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  8. Gong J, et al. (2021). Persistent opioid use and opioid-related harm after hospital admissions for surgery and trauma in New Zealand (protocol). BMJ Open 11(1):e044493.

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Pharmacist practice and scope

  1. Gong J, et al. (2026). New Zealand pharmacist prescribers: a descriptive study of roles and practice. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice.

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Acute pain and analgesia

  1. Colleagues, Gong J (2021). Systematic review and meta-analysis of oral paracetamol versus combination oral analgesics for acute musculoskeletal injuries. Emergency Medicine Australasia 33(1):107–113.

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  2. Gong J, et al. (2019). PAinED randomised controlled trial: oral paracetamol versus combination oral analgesics for acute musculoskeletal injuries in the emergency department. Annals of Emergency Medicine 74(4):521–529.

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Respiratory and metabolic

  1. Colleagues, Gong J (2026). Metformin for asthma exacerbations (Cochrane protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Wider clinical evidence

  1. Colleagues, Gong J (2022). Bleeding risk of oral anticoagulants in liver cirrhosis. New Zealand Medical Journal 135(1563):52–61.

  2. Colleagues, Gong J (2020). Graft-versus-host disease after liver transplantation: a diagnostic and management challenge. ACG Case Reports Journal 7(12):e00499.

  3. Colleagues, Gong J (2019). Clinical pharmacy considerations in special populations: drug dose adjustment in hepatic impairment. Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy 1st Edition.

Engagement

  1. 2026. Responsible AI use in doctoral research. Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences doctoral panel, University of Auckland. [panel]

  2. 2026. Generative AI in pharmacy teaching. Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences Teaching and Learning Committee, University of Auckland. [talk]

  3. 2026. Asthma mortality trends in New Zealand, 2008 to 2019. Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand annual meeting, Perth. [talk]

  4. 2025. Pharmacoepidemiology of persistent opioid use after hospital admission. American College of Pharmacoepidemiology annual meeting. [talk]

  5. 2025. Asthma medicines safety in linked national health data. European Respiratory Society International Congress. [talk]

  6. 2025. Clinical AI tools that survive a regulatory review. MedTech Forum, Aotearoa New Zealand. [talk]

  7. 2025. Concerns that tramadol could be getting over-prescribed. Newstalk ZB, drive-time programme. [media]

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  8. 2025. Persistent opioid use after hospitalisation in New Zealand. New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists Association annual conference. [talk]

  9. 2024. Persistent opioid use after hospital admission in New Zealand. Newshub 6pm news interview. [media]

  10. 2024. Local study uncovers extent of persistent opioid use. New Zealand Doctor. [media]

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  11. 2024. One in 10 still using opioids three months after surgery. Radio New Zealand. [media]

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  12. 2024. Research points to increases in opioid dispensing. Auckland Scoop. [media]

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  13. 2024. Opioid use on rise in New Zealand. University of Auckland news. [media]

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  14. 2023. Aarhus University Pharmacoepidemiology Summer School. Aarhus University, Denmark. [talk]

  15. 2023. Pharmacoepidemiology methods for medicines policy in Aotearoa. ISPOR Europe annual conference. [talk]