Thursday, 17 February 2022
EDOR congratulates Professor Christine Jasoni, who has started her tenure this month as the new Head of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Otago.
Many EDOR members hold positions of leadership within the University of Otago, with nearly half of the Centre membership currently (or previously) being a Head of Department or Dean. EDOR members are also Directors of a number of national and university-based Research Centres.
In addition to these established leaders, EDOR members include a range of early and mid-career researchers.
Current Head of Departments or Dean
- Professor Rachael Taylor (EDOR Director) – Head of Medicine (Dunedin)
- Professor Christine Jasoni – Head of Anatomy
- Professor Sally McCormick – Head of Biochemistry
- Professor Louise Signal – Head of Public Health (Wellington)
- Associate Professor Rosalina Richards – Associate Dean (Pacific) for the Dunedin School of Medicine
- Associate Professor Ben Wheeler – Head of Section Children's Health
Previous Head of Department or Dean
- Professor Dave Grattan – Head of Anatomy
- Professor Jeremy Krebs – Head of Medicine (Wellington)
- Professor Jim Mann – Head of Human Nutrition
- Professor Michael Schultz – Head of Medicine (Dunedin)
- Professor Barry Taylor - Head of Women's and Children's Health; Dean of the Dunedin School of Medicine
Current Directors of Research Centres
- Professor Jim Mann – Director of the Healthier Lives National Science Challenge
- Professor Barry Taylor – Deputy Director of A Better Start National Science Challenge
- Professor Dave Grattan – Director of the Centre for Neuroendocrinology
- Associate Professor Rosalina Richards - Director of the Centre for Pacific Health in Va'a o Tautai
- Professor Michael Schultz – Director of the Gut Health Network
- Professor Louise Signal – Director of the Health Promotion and Policy Research Unit; Co-Director of Te Rōpū Rangahau ō Te Kāhui Matepukupuku: Cancer Society Research Collaboration
- Associate Professor Reremoana (Moana) Theodore - Co-Director of the National Centre for Lifecourse Research (NCLR)
