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BSc MBBS MRCPCH FRACP PhD

Max-Berry

Associate Professor Max Berry obtained her BSc in Developmental Neurobiology from the University of London prior to completion of undergraduate medical training at Guys and St Thomas's Hospitals, London. She obtained MRCPCH in the UK just before emigrating to NZ, where she completed her training in neonatal and perinatal medicine in Hamilton and Wellington. In 2008 Dr Berry was awarded an HRC Fellowship for PhD studies; during the course of her PhD she examined the long-term effects of preterm birth, early nutrition and antenatal corticosteroid exposure on cardiometabolic outcomes in sheep.

Associate Professor Berry joined the department in 2012 as a Neonatologist and Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics. She has an active role in 5th and 6th year teaching.

Contact details

Email max.berry@otago.ac.nz

Research interests

Associate Professor Berry's research interests include pre-clinical and clinical studies examining novel approaches to mitigate the impact of an altered perinatal environment on cardiometabolic and neurodevelopmental outcomes. She also leads pre-clinical translational biomedical research  across a number of other pathophysiological states, integrating basic sciences with advances in clinical care.

Publications

Tran, N. T., Berry, M. J., Schlegel, M., Sheppard, A., Callahan, D. L., Davies-Tuck, M. L., … Ellery, S. J. (2025). Understanding creatine for neurological health in babies (UNICORN): An observational cohort study. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 22(Suppl. 1), 2533665. doi: 10.1080/15502783.2025.2533665 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Freeman, A. K., Dyson, R. M., Berry, M. J., & Ellery, S. J. (2025). Safety of maternal creatine supplementation: Evidence from a guinea pig model of full-term pregnancy. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 22(Suppl. 1), 2533674. doi: 10.1080/15502783.2025.2533674 Journal - Research Article

Choi, Y. J., Liu, G., Powell, H., Berry, M., Blache, D., Chia, X. W., … Pillow, J. J. (2025). The effect of diurnal timing of antenatal steroids on fetal lung maturation in sheep. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 61 (Suppl. 1), (pp. 9-10). doi: 10.1111/jpc.70008 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Freeman, A. K., Ellery, S. J., Berry, M. J., Grattan, D. R., & Dyson, R. M. (2024, August). Prenatal creatine supplementation: Closing the gap to improve brain development following preterm birth. Verbal presentation at the BMS Postgraduate Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Manley, B. J., Kamlin, O. F., Donath, S. M., Francis, K. L., Cheong, J. L. Y., Dargaville, P. A., … Berry, M. J., … for the PLUSS Trial Investigators. (2024). Intratracheal budesonide mixed with surfactant for extremely preterm infants: The PLUSS randomized clinical trial. JAMA, 322(22), 1889-1899. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.17380 Journal - Research Article

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