For staff contact details please refer to the University of Otago directory
Head of Department
- Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith Professor, Head of Department
Deputy Head of Department
- Professor Greg Anderson Professor, Deputy Head of Department
Academic Staff
- Professor Hallie Buckley Professor
- Assoc. Prof. Stephen Bunn Associate Professor
- Dr Yusuf Cakmak Senior Lecturer
- Dr Andrew Clarkson Lecturer
- Professor George Dias Professor
- Dr Jonny Geber Lecturer
- Professor Neil Gemmell Professor
- Dr Jane Girling Lecturer
- Professor Dave Grattan Professor
- Assoc. Prof. Sian Halcrow Associate Professor
- Assoc. Prof. Niels Hammer Associate Professor
- Dr Tim Hore Senior Lecturer
- Assoc. Prof. Christine Jasoni Associate Professor
- Professor Gareth Jones Professor/Emeritus Professor
- Dr Michael Knapp Senior Lecturer
- Assoc. Prof. Beulah Leitch Associate Professor
- Assoc. Prof. Ping Liu Associate Professor
- Dr Ruth Napper Senior Lecturer
- Professor Helen Nicholson Professor, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (External Engagement)
- Assoc. Prof. Dorothy Oorschot Associate Professor, Associate Dean Medical Education (Biomedical Sciences)
- Dr Louise Parr-Brownlie Senior Lecturer
- Professor John Reynolds Professor, Director (Health Sciences First Year Programme)
- Dr Joanna Williams Senior Lecturer
- Dr Megan Wilson Senior Lecturer
- Dr Stephanie Woodley Senior Lecturer
- Assoc. Prof. Ming Zhang Associate Professor
Professional Practice Fellows/Teaching Fellows
- Dr Ashraf Amer Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Rebecca Bird Teaching Fellow
- Dr Natasha Flack Teaching Fellow
- Dr Brad Hurren Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Amrit Kaur Professional Practice Fellow
- Ms Rachel Lissaman Teaching Fellow
- Mr Vivek Perumal Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Latika Samalia Professional Practice Fellow
External Teaching Staff
- Dr Phil Blyth Senior Lecturer
- Professor Greg Jones Contracted Professor
Research Only Staff
- Nadia Adotevi Assistant Research Fellow with Leitch Group
- Dr Daniela Aldabe Postdoctoral Fellow with Woodley Group
- Dr Alana Alexander Postdoctoral Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Caroline Ancel Assistant Research Fellow with Anderson Group
- Ms Zsuzsanna Barad Assistant Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Mrs Sarala Basnet Assistant Research Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Mrs Nicola Batchelor Research Technician with Pankhurst Group
- Dr Tamsin Braisher Assistant Research Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Rosemary Brown Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Miss Niamh Cameron Assistant Research Fellow with Parr-Brownlie Group
- Ms Nicola Collie Assistant Research Fellow with Liu Group
- Dr Catherine Collins Postdoctoral Fellow with Matisoo-Smith Group
- Dr Hugh Cross Scientific Officer (Bioinformatics)
- Dr Rob Day Research Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Caroline Decourt Postdoctoral Fellow with Anderson Group
- Dr Lyvianne Decourtye Postdoctoral Fellow with Wilson Group
- Dr Eddy Dowle Postdoctoral Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Nicolas Dussex Research Fellow with Knapp Group
- Dr Maggie Evans Postdoctoral Fellow with Anderson Group
- Miss Sara Ferreira Research Technician with Gemmell Group
- Mrs Jane Fitzgerald Scientific Officer with Reynolds Group
- Dr Natasha Flack Postdoctoral Fellow with Nicholson Group
- Dr Teodora Georgescu Postdoctoral Fellow with Grattan Group
- Ms Helen Gilmore Research Assistant with Halcrow Group
- Dr Kelly Glendining Research Fellow with Jasoni Group
- Dr Anna Gosling Postdoctoral Fellow with Matisoo-Smith Group
- Miss Emma Gowing Research Technician with Clarkson Group
- Mr Jason Gray Assistant Research Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Ms Diane Guevremont Scientific Officer with Williams Group
- Dr Laura Gumy Research Fellow
- Dr Papi Gustafson Postdoctoral Fellow with Grattan Group
- Mrs Megan Inglis Research Technician with Anderson Group
- Dr Rena Jing Scientific Officer with Liu Group
- Ms Olga Kardailsky Research Technician with Matisoo-Smith Group
- Ms Annabel Kean Research Assistant with Reynolds Group
- Mr Zin Khant Aung Assistant Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Rebecca Kinaston Research Fellow
- Dr Charlotte King Postdoctoral Fellow with Halcrow Group
- Ms Pene Knowles Research Technician with Grattan Group
- Dr Ilona Kokay Senior Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Sharon Ladyman Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Melanie Laird Postdoctoral Fellow with Hore Group
- Dr Mariana Leriche Vazquez Assistant Research Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Edana Lord Research Assistant with Matisoo-Smith Group
- Dr Natalie Matheson Postdoctoral Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Dr Melanie Miller Postdoctoral Fellow with Halcrow Group
- Dr Christine Neyt Assistant Research Fellow with Pankhurst Group
- Mrs Michelle O’Sullivan Assistant Research Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Dr Michael Pankhurst Research Fellow
- Dr Holly Phillipps Postdoctoral Fellow with Grattan Group
- Ms Christy Rand Research Technician with Stanton Group
- Dr Chris Rawle Research Fellow with Stanton Group
- Dr Karen Reader Research Fellow
- Dr Mohammed Rizwan Research Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Margaret Ryan Senior Research Fellow with Williams Group
- Dr Steve Seo Postdoctoral Fellow with Oorschot Group
- Dr Kristina Smiley Postdoctoral Fellow with Grattan Group
- Dr Kelby Smith-Han Postdoctoral Fellow with Nicholson Group
- Ms Rose Smither Assistant Research Fellow with Parr-Brownlie Group
- Dr Jo-Ann Stanton Senior Research Fellow
- Dr Helen Taylor Research Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Erica Todd Research Fellow with Gemmell Group
- Dr Nico Vautrelle Assistant Research Fellow with Reynolds Group
- Stacey Ward Research Assistant with Halcrow Group
- Dr Joe Yip Postdoctoral Fellow with Bunn Group
- Mrs Sylvia Zellhuber-McMillan Research Technician with Reader Group
- Miss Ute Zellhuber-McMillan Research Assistant with Clarkson Group
- Johann Zwirner Assistant Research Fellow
Administration and Finance Staff
- Miss Julia Dixon Undergraduate Administrator
- Ms Aven Drayson Executive Assistant to Head of Department
- Mrs Joanna Isaacs Assistant Administrator
- Ms Theresa Lee Finance Administrator
- Ms Kathryn McClea Bequest Administrator/Administrative Assistant
- Mrs Annette McCormack Secretary
- Mrs Dot Scott Postgraduate Administrator
- Ms Lilly Yu Finance Manager
Technical Staff
- Dr Louisa Baillie Anatomical Model Fabricator
- Miss Marlene Black Plastinator/Prosector
- Mr Brynley Crosado Prosector
- Ms Carol Dunstone Technical Manager
- Ms Lorryn Fisher Departmental Research Technician
- Mr Brian Fitzpatrick Physical Resource Manager
- Mr Michael Gillies Cleaner
- Mr Mark Gould Health and Safety Officer
- Miss Rachel Kinnaird Gross Anatomy Manager (On leave)
- Mr Keppel Kooman Purchasing Officer
- Ms Rachna Luthra Anatomy Museum Assistant
- Mr Tim Moser Teaching Laboratory Technician
- Ms Fieke Neuman Teaching Laboratory Manager
- Mr Evan Roberts Storeperson
- Mrs Liane Sim Teaching Laboratory Technician
- Mr Chris Smith Museum Curator
- Miss Ellie Stevens Gross Anatomy Manager
- Ms Sharon White Dissecting Room Technician
- Mr Alex Witherow General Assistant
IT Staff
- Mr Tim Anstey IT Support Technician
- Mr Wim Gillis IT Developer/Systems Administrator
- Mrs Sue Hammond IT Administrator
- Mr Ross Marshall-Seeley IT Manager
- Mr Robbie McPhee Illustrator/Graphic Artist
- Mr Tony Vink IT Support Technician
Research Support Services Staff
- Mrs Joanne Gillum Manager, Genetic Analysis Services
- Miss Julia Jenkins Laboratory Coordinator, Behavioural Phenotyping Unit
- Mr Saeed Sharif Sequencing Technician, Genetic Analysis Services
Emeriti
- Professor David Green Emeritus Professor
Honorary Staff
- Dr Shannon Clarke Honorary Lecturer
- Dr Peter Hurst Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Dr Jennifer Juengel Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- Mr John McEwan Honorary Fellow
- Dr Phil Peplow Honorary Senior Lecturer
- Assoc. Prof. Nancy Tayles Honorary Associate Professor
- Professor Jeff Wickens Honorary Professor
Affiliates
- Mr John Dennison Affiliate
- Dr Rachel Scott Affiliate
- Dr Monica Tromp Affiliate
