Bioengineering Executive
- Professor Tim Woodfield – Director and Regenerative medicine lead
- Associate Professor Yusuf Cakmak – Point-of-care technologies lead
- Associate Professor Azam Ali – Biomaterials lead
- Dr Sarah Diermeier – Nanomedicine and diagnostics lead
- Professor Anthony Butler – Imaging lead
- Associate Professor Logan Walker – Associate Dean Research UOC
- Dr Vanda Symon – Te Tītoki Mataora ( TTM ) Health Tech Capability programme executive
- Peter Hilton – Research facilitator
Biomaterials
Biomaterials – Lead
Associate Professor Azam Ali, biomaterials science and engineering
Researchers
- Associate Professor Jaydee Cabral, medical hydrogels, regenerative medicine, 3D bioprinting
- Professor Karl Lyons, restorative dental biomaterials
- Professor Paul Cooper, dental biomaterials and pulp-tissue regeneration
- Associate Professor Rajesh Katare, therapeutic biomaterials including miRNA, Wound care, Cardiac ECM
- Fraser Harrold, Soft and hard tissue mechanics, bone tissue engineering and regeneration
- Professor John Reynolds, therapeutic biomaterial and delivery system; neural tissue repair and regeneration
- Professor George J. Dias, biomaterials, biobased HA, bone graft and tissue engineering
- Professor Mauro Farella, Medical implants/devices, smart brasses
- Dr Jithendra Ratnayake, Dental Biomaterials, biobased HA, Dental Implants, bone graft
- Dr Dominic Agyei (Department of Food Science), chemical & process engineering, bioactive biomaterials, formulations technology
- Dr Sarah Sunderland, Antimicrobial biomaterials and in vitro / in vivo evaluation
Imaging
Imaging - Lead
Professor Anthony Butler (Pathology, UOC)
Researchers
- Associate Professor Steven Gieseg (Biological Sciences, UC)
- Professor Tim Buckenham (Radiologist, CDHB)
- Dr Alex Mchaffie (Pathology, UOC)
- Jon Crighton (Specialist Registrar, CDHB)
- Stefan Gabrielson (Radiologist, CDHB)
- Dr David Krofcheck (Physics, Auckland)
- Dr Nanette Schleich (Radiation Therapy, UOW)
- Professor Phil Butler (MBI)
Honorary researchers
- Dr Nadia Mitchell (Lincoln University)
- Dr Aamir Raja (UAE)
- Dr Niels de Ruiter (UC)
- Dr Mahdieh Moghiseh (MBI)
Point-of-care technologies
Point-of-care – Lead
Associate Professor Yusuf Ozgur Cakmak, Wearables, mHealth and non-contact systems.
Researchers
- Associate Professor Max Berry (Dept of Paediatrics and Child Health, Wellington)
- Associate Professor Jeremiah Deng (Information Sciences, Dunedin)
- Senior Lecturer Mei Peng (Senior Lecturer, Dept of Food Science, Dunedin)
- Associate Professor Paul Teal (PHySIC, Victoria University, Wellington)
- Associate Professor Melanie Bussey (Biomechanics and Director of the Motion Analysis Research Lab, Dunedin)
- Professor Mauro Farella (Medical implants/devices, smart brasses, Dentistry, Dunedin)
- Professor Micheal Schultz (Gastroenterology, Mobile Health applications, Dept of Medicine, Dunedin)
- Professor John Reynolds (Wearable Ultrasound for in vivo drug delivery, Dept of Anatomy, Dunedin)
- Dr Jerin Mathew (EEG neurofeedback, pain modulation, Dept of Anatomy, Dunedin)
- Associate Professor Shieak Tzeng (Dept of Surgery and Anaesthesia, Wellington)
Regenerative medicine
The team, led from University of Otago Christchurch campus, consists of mechanical engineers, clinicians, process engineers, mathematicians and surgeons.
Regenerative Medicine – Lead
Professor Tim Woodfield (Orthopaedics, Christchurch)
Researchers
- Associate Professor Khoon Lim, light activated biomaterials, (CReaTE, Orthopaedics, Christchurch)
- Dr Gabriella Lindberg, hydrogel bioinks and bioresins, (CReaTE, Orthopaedics, Christchurch)
- Dr Bram Soliman, macro- and microenvironment of engineered tissues, (CReaTE, Orthopaedics, Christchurch)
- Dr Steven Cui
- Dr Alessia Longoni, bone and cartilage tissue engineering, stem cell biology (CReaTE, Orthopaedics, Christchurch)
- Dr Lyn Wise (Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dunedin)
- Professor Warwick Duncan, Periodontology and Dental Implantology (Dentistry, Dunedin)
- Associate Professor Dawn Coates, Periodontal health and disease (Dentistry, Dunedin)
- Professor Don Schwass, Dentist (Dentistry, Dunedin)
- Professor Richard Cannon, Oral microbiology and antifungal drug resistance (Dentistry, Dunedin)
- Professor Mauro Farella, Orthodontics, masticatory muscle physiology, orofacial pain (Dentistry, Dunedin)
- Associate Professor Azam Ali, Biomaterials, biofabrication, medical devices, tissue engineering and regeneration (Dentistry, Dunedin)
- Associate Professor Jaydee Cabral, 3D bioprinting (Chemistry, Dunedin)
- Dr Andrew Clarkson, post-stroke neuroprotection and regeneration (Anatomy, Dunedin)
- Professor Stephen Robertson, Genetic disorders affecting children (Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin)
A large number of postgraduate students have worked alongside our researchers to achieve their qualifications.
Visit our Regenerative Medicine students page.
Nanomedicine and Diagnostics
Nanomedicine and Diagnostics – Lead
- Dr Sarah Diermeier, UoO Biochemistry – RNA medicines, non-coding RNA s, ASO s
Researchers
- Professor Parry Guilford, UoO Biochemistry – cancer diagnostics and therapies
- Dr Daniel Pletzer, UoO Microbiology – peptides, peptidomimetics, small molecules to treat bacterial pathogens
- Professor Alex McLellan, UoO Microbiology – CAR-T, cancer
- Dr Laura Gumy, UoO Anatomy – neuron injury
- Professor John Reynolds, UoO Anatomy – ultrasound triggered targeted in vivo drug delivery
- Associate Professor Greg Walker, UoO Pharmacy – Delivery and formulation
- Professor Joel Tyndall, UoO Pharmacy – Medicinal Chemistry, drug discovery particularly molecular modelling
- Professor Sarah Hook, UoO Pharmacy – oral vaccine formulations sustained release gels for vaccines and drugs
- Associate Professor Shayamal Das, UoO Pharmacy – Drug formulation and delivery, drug delivery to the lung
- Associate Professor Arlene McDowell, UoO Pharmacy – drug delivery (nanoparticles)
- Associate Professor Logan Walker, UoO Christchurch Pathology – RNA diagnostics, cancer therapeutics
- Dr Rachel Purcell, UoO Christchurch Surgery – tumour microbiomes, circulating bacterial DNA as prognostic biomarker
- Dr Kirsty Danielson, UoO Wellington Surgery – cancer therapies and biomarkers, RNA
- Professor Mike Eccles, UoO Pathology – DNA methylation-based biomarkers, RNA therapeutics, circulating tumour cells
- Dr Erin Macaulay, UoO Pathology
Research facilitator
- Peter Hilton, (Otago and Christchurch, Bioengineering)