Principal Investigators

The Centre includes over 60 research teams spread across the Departments of Anatomy; Biochemistry; Medicine; Pharmacology and Toxicology; Physiology; Psychological Medicine; Psychology; and Zoology; as well as the Schools of Pharmacy, Physical Education, Sport & Exercise Sciences; and Physiotherapy at the University of Otago.

Department of Anatomy

• Dr Andrew Clarkson
• Dr Michael Garratt
• Associate Professor Gina Forster
• Professor Christine Jasoni
• Associate Professor Beulah Leitch
• Professor Ping Liu
• Dr Ruth Napper
• Professor Dorothy Oorschot
• Dr Laura Gumy
• Associate Professor Louise Parr-Brownlie
• Professor John Reynolds
• Associate Professor Joanna Williams
• Associate Professor Stephen Bunn
• Professor Dave Grattan
• Associate Professor Greg Anderson
• Associate Professor Yusuf Cakmak

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Department of Biochemistry

• Professor Stephanie Hughes
• Emeritus Professor Warren Tate

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Department of Information Science

• Professor Holger Regenbrecht

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Otago Medical School – Dunedin Campus

Department of Medicine

• Dr Nick Cutfield
• Associate Professor Graeme Hammond-Tooke
• Dr John Mottershead
• Professor Stephen Robertson

Department of Psychological Medicine

• Professor Paul Glue
• Associate Professor Yoram Barak

Department of Surgical Sciences

• Professor Dirk De Ridder

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Department of Paediatrics and Child Health

• Professor Lynette Sadleir
• Associate Professor Max Berry

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School of Pharmacy

• Dr Olivia Harrison
• Associate Professor Ailsa McGregor
• Dr Shakila Rizwan
• Associate Professor Bruce Russel
• Professor Ian Tucker
• Dr Hu Zhang

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Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

• Associate Professor John Ashton
• Associate Professor Ivan Sammut
• Professor Paul Smith
• Associate Professor Yiwen Zheng

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School of Physical Education, Sport & Exercise Sciences

• Dr Rebekah Blakemore

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School of Physiotherapy

• Professor Leigh Hale

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Department of Physiology

• Professor Ruth Empson
• Dr Phil Heyward
• Professor Brian Hyland
• Associate Professor Karl Iremonger
• Associate Professor Phil Sheard
• Associate Professor Alexander Tups
• Professor Colin Brown
• Professor Rebecca Campbell
• Dr Rosie Brown

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Department of Psychology

• Professor Cliff Abraham
• Professor David Bilkey
• Professor Mike Colombo
• Professor Liz Franz
• Dr Kristin Hillman
• Associate Professor Liana Machado
• Professor Neil McNaughton
• Dr Narun Pat
• Dr Ryan Ward

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Centre for Translational Research

• Professor Anna Ranta

Department of Zoology

• Emeritus Professor Alison Mercer
• Associate Professor Mike Paulin