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List of Heads of Departments (HODs)

Last Modified: 3 May 2023

Academic Division

Name Position Section / Department / School / Division
Professor H Nicholson Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic
Professor B K Daniel Head HEDC

Otago Business School (Division of Commerce)

Name Position Section / Department / School / Division
Professor R Gauld Pro-Vice-Chancellor Division of Commerce
Professor M Tyne Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor Division of Commerce
Professor J Zhang Head Department of Accountancy and Finance
Professor R Peeters Head Department of Economics
Associate Professor G Dick Head Department of Information Science
Professor F Edgar Head Department of Management
Associate Professor K Robertson Head Department of Marketing
Professor B Lovelock Head Department of Tourism
Mr I Lafferty Director Executive Programmes

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Division of Health Sciences

Name Position Section / Department / School / Division
Professor P Priest Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Acting) Division of Health Sciences
Professor N Gemmell Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Acting)

Faculty of Dentistry

Professor P Cooper Dean Faculty of Dentistry
Associate Professor P Cathro Head Oral Rehabilitation
Professor A Tawse-Smith Head Oral Sciences
Professor D Tong Head Oral Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences
Professor W Duncan Director Sir John Walsh Research Institute

Otago Medical School

Professor T Wilkinson (Acting) Dean Otago Medical School

School of Biomedical Sciences

Professor L Matisoo-Smith (Acting) Dean School of Biomedical Sciences
Professor C Jasoni Head Department of Anatomy
Professor P Dearden Head Department of Biochemistry
Professor G M Cook Head Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor M Glass Head Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Associate Professor R Katare Head Department of Physiology

Research Infrastructure  Group

Professor S. Hook Research Infrastructure Manager Operations
Mr S W Rhodes Head Biomedical Research Facility
Dr K L Reader Otago Micro and Nanoscale Imaging
Dr R Day Otago Genomics Facility
Dr T Kleffman Operations Manager Centre for Protein Research

University of Otago, Christchurch

Professor S Pitama Dean University of Otago, Christchurch
Professor T W Eglinton Head Department of Anaesthesia
Dr B Hudson Head Department of General Practice
Professor R B Gearry Head Department of Medicine
Associate Professor C Lacey Director Maori/Indigenous Health Institute (MIHI)
Dr J E Gullam Head Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Professor G J Hooper Head Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine
Professor T M Walls Head Department of Paediatrics
Professor M A Kennedy Head Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science
Professor G Abel Head Department of Population Health
Professor R J Porter Head Department of Psychological Medicine
Professor A Butler Head Radiology (Section)
Professor T W Eglinton Head Department of Surgery
Professor P C Seaton Head Centre for Postgraduate Nursing Studies

Dunedin School of Medicine

Professor J M Baxter Dean Dunedin School of Medicine
Dr M King Deputy Dean Dunedin School of Medicine
Professor L Anderson Head Bioethics Centre
Professor Tim Stokes Head Department of General Practice and Rural Health
Professor R Taylor Head Department of Medicine
Professor A Rich Head Department of Pathology
Professor R Hancox Head Department of Preventive and Social Medicine
Dr Tess Patterson Head Department of Psychological Medicine
Mrs J Krysa Head Department of Surgical Sciences
Professor P.B. McIntyre Head Department of Women's and Children's Health

University of Otago, Wellington

Professor W M M Levack Dean University of Otago, Wellington
Associate Professor P D Larsen Head Department of Surgery and Anaesthesia
Associate Professor P D Larsen Head Department of Radiation Therapy
Professor A Ranta Head Department of Medicine
Associate Professor S Filoche Head Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Women’s Health
Professor E Wiltshire Head Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Associate Professor D Kenwright Head Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Dr L C McBain Head Department of Primary Healthcare and General Practice
Associate Professor S Every-Palmer Head Department of Psychological Medicine
Professor L N Signal Head Department of Public Health

School of Pharmacy

Professor C Marra Dean School of Pharmacy

School of Physiotherapy

Professor L A Hale Dean School of Physiotherapy

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Division of Humanities

Name Position Section / Programme / School / Division
Professor J Palmer Pro-Vice-Chancellor Division of Humanities

University of Otago College of Education

Associate Professor V Anderson Dean College of Education

Faculty of Law

Professor S Griffiths Dean Faculty of Law
Dr B Toy-Cronin Director Centre for Legal Issues
Associate Professor N Taylor Director Children's Issues Centre
Associate Professor C Gavaghan Director Emerging Technologies

School of Arts

Professor T Cooper Head School of Arts

Programmes and Centres

Professor L McIlvanney Director Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies
Dr G McIntyre Head Classics
Associate Professor D Ciccoricco Head English and Linguistics
Professor M Seymour Head History
Associate Professor A Alm Head Languages and Cultures
Associate Professor Z Weber Head Philosophy
Professor J Horsfield Head Theology
Professor D Tombs Director Centre for Theology and Public Issues

School of Geography

Associate Professor S Bond and Associate Professor N Cullen CoHeads School of Geography
Associate Professor C Orchiston Director Centre for Sustainability

School of Performing Arts

Ms J Cattermole Head School of Performing Arts

Programmes and Centres

Professor P Adams Head Music
Dr S Young Head Theatre

School of Social Sciences

Professor W Sweetman Head School of Social Sciences

Programmes and Centres

Associate Professor T Thomas Head Archaeology
Dr B Nicholls Head Media, Film and Communication
Professor P Nel Head Politics
Professor B Schonthal Head Religion
Dr G Rawlings Head Social Anthropology
Mr S Walker Head Social and Community Work
Associate Professor M Dawson Head Sociology, Gender Studies and Criminology
Dr J Te Paa Daniel Director National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies

School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies

Professor P Vakaoti Dean Te Tumu - School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies

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Division of Sciences

Name Position Section / Department / School / Division
Professor R Barker Pro-Vice-Chancellor Division of Sciences
Professor Orlovich Head Department of Botany
Associate Professor N Lucas Head Department of Chemistry
Professor S Mills Head Department of Computer Science
Professor Miranda Mirosa Head Department of Food Science
Associate Professor A R Gorman Head Department of Geology
Associate Professor C Hulbe Head Department of Human Nutrition
Professor M Lamare Head Department of Marine Science
Associate Professor S J Wakes Head Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Associate Professor E Hargreaves Dean School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences
Professor P B Blakie Head Department of Physics
Professor J Halberstadt Head Department of Psychology
Professor J Bering Head Department of Science Communication
Associate Professor A Moore Dean School of Surveying
Associate Professor M Lokman Head Department of Zoology

 

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