Departmental administration
- Professor Patrick Manning Head of Department
- Dr Sean Coffey Deputy Head of Department
- Associate Professor Chris Baldi Laboratory Manager
- Damian Mallon Operations Lead
Email opslead.med.dsm@otago.ac.nz - Hannah Larkins Administrator
Email medicine@otago.ac.nz - Adri Pieterse Administrator
Email teachingadmin.medicine@otago.ac.nz - Nicky Verberne Administrator
Email medicine.research-administrator@otago.ac.nz - Michelle Langham Administrator
Email physician.education@otago.ac.nz - Abi Charters Administrator
Email physician.education@otago.ac.nz
Executive Committee
- Chair: Professor Patrick Manning Head of Department
- Dr Sean Coffey Deputy Head of Department
- Dr Brendan Arnold Director of Postgraduate Teaching
- Dr Steve Johnson Chair Teaching Committee
- Associate Professor Kim Meredith-Jones Chair Research Committee
- Associate Professor John Edmond
- Dr Tracey Putt
- Dr Erica Doucet
- Takiwai Russell-Camp
- Ruban Young Finance Associate
- Damian Mallon Operations Lead
Academic staff
Bone and Body Composition Research Unit
- Associate Professor Kim Meredith-Jones Director, Bone and Body Composition Research Unit
Email kim.meredith-jones@otago.ac.nz - Gaye Ellis Research Nurse
Cardiology
- Associate Professor Chris Baldi Associate Professor
- Dr Sean Coffey Senior Lecturer
- Dr John Edmond Associate Professor
- Dr Belinda Green Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Professor Gillian Whalley Professor of Clinical Sonography/Cardiology
- Associate Professor Gerard Wilkins Associate Professor
- Professor Michael Williams Clinical Professor
Clinical Excercise Physiology
- Associate Professor Chris Baldi Research Associate Professor
Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research
- Professor Rachael Taylor Professor
- Professor Jim Mann Professor
- Associate Professor Justine Camp Associate Professor
- Dr Andrew Reynolds Senior Research Fellow
- Dr Cherie Stayner Research Manager
- Ms Rosie Jackson EDOR executive
- Associate Professor Kim Meredith-Jones Research Associate Professor
- Professor Michael Schultz Professor
Emergency Medicine
- Dr Sierra Beck Senior Lecturer
- Dr Caroline Collins Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Aileen Conboy Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Susan Creighton Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Clive Dreyer Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Tim Kerruish Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Bruce Lambie Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Jill Rubython Clinical Senior Lecturer
Endocrinology Research Group
- Professor Patrick Manning Professor
- Samantha Ross Assistant Research Fellow
- Liz Berry Research Nurse
Gastroenterology
- Dr Steve Johnson Senior Lecturer
- Professor Michael Schultz Professor
- Dr Kyle Hendry Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Andy Highton Postdoctoral Fellow
General Medicine
- Dr Brendon Rae Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Dion Astwood Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Animesh Chatterjee Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Elizabeth Mornin Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Jill Wolfgang Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Joel Papak Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Michael Furlong Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Shelley Collings Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Tracey Putt Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Yuki Aoyagi Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr David Clarke Clinical Senior Lecturer
Infectious Diseases
- Dr Jill Wolfgang Clinical Senior Lecturer
Leukocyte and Inflammation Research Laboratory
- Dr Paul Hessian Senior Research Fellow
- Melanie Millier Assistant Research Fellow
Maternal and Child Health
- Dr Lisa Daniels Senior Research Fellow
Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Clinical Haematology
- Dr Louise Bremer Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Shaun Costello Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Professor Christopher Jackson Professor
- Dr Lyndell Kelly Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Blair McLaren Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Annette Neylon Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr John North Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Associate Professor Sharon Pattison Associate Professor
Nephrology
- Dr Jennifer Bedford Honorary Senior Research Fellow
- Liz Berry Clinical Study Coordinator
- Dr Animesh Chatterjee Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Associate Professor John Leader Honorary Associate Professor
- Dr Tracey Putt Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr John Schollum Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Professor Rob Walker Professor
- Dr Luke Wilson Senior Research Fellow
Neurology
- Dr Sarah Buchanan Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Nick Cutfield Senior Lecturer
- Dr David Gow Consultant Neurologist
- Debra McNamara Research Nurse
- Dr John Mottershead Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Alan Wright Clinical Senior Lecturer
Older Person's Health
- Professor Debra Waters Director of Gerontology Research
- Dr Stephanie Farrand Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Brent Hyslop Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Marie McLaughlin Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Xaviour Walker Senior Lecturer
Ophthalmology
- Dr Francesc March de Ribot Honorary Associate Professor
Palliative Medicine
- Dr Brendon Rae Clinical Senior Lecturer
Radiology
- Professor Terence Doyle Professor
- Dr Amy Fong Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Ben Wilson Clinical Leader
Rehabilitation
- Dr Toni Auchinvole Clinical Senior Lecturer
Respiratory
- Dr Ben Brockway Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine
- Jan Cowan Research Manager
- Dr Jack Dummer Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine
- Prakash Khadka Assistant Research Fellow
- Rose Smither Assistant Research Fellow
- Emeritus Professor Robin Taylor Emeritus Professor in Respiratory Medicine
Rheumatology
- Professor Simon Stebbings Head of Rheumatology Research Unit
- Dr Katey Jenks Senior Lecturer
- Dr Jo Dockerty Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Sarah Jordan Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Professor Fiona McQueen Honorary Clinical Professor
- Emeritus Professor John Highton Professor
Sports Medicine
- Dr Peter Burt Professional Practice Fellow
- Dr Hamish Osborne Senior Lecturer
- Professor Darryl Tong Senior Lecturer
Stroke Medicine
- Dr Wendy Busby Clinical Senior Lecturer
Lecturers and Teaching Fellows
- Lis Heath Senior Lecturer
- Anne Ryalls Teaching Fellow and Ambulatory Medicine Convenor
Postgraduate students
PhD students
Sierra Beck
Email sierra.beck@otago.ac.nz
Topic Clinician Performed Cariothoracic Ultrasound in non-expert users and the impact of Artificial Intelligence.
Supervisors Sean Coffey (Medicine), Megan Anakin (DSM), Gillian Whalley (Medicine)
Ella Craske
Email crael133@student.otago.ac.nz
Topic What works best to improve sleep in youth?
Supervisors Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Deirdre Brown (Psychology), Jill Haszard (Biostatistics), Shay-Ruby Wickham (Medicine)
Chao Gu
Email guch4480@student.otago.ac.nz
Topic The hour before bedtime: what should kids really be doing
Supervisors Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Kim Meredith-Jones (Medicine), Justine Camp (Medicine), Jill Haszard (Biostatistics)
Samantha Jackson
Email jacsa869@student.otago.ac.nz
Topic Taimaha i rukiruki: A kaupapa Māori approach to pēpi loss
Supervisors Justine Camp (Medicine), Rose Richards (Va’a o Tautai Otago), Kendall Stevenson (External)
Peter McLeod
Email mclpe968@student.otago.ac.nz
Topic Disease modification in aortic stenosis with targeted antihypertensive therapy
Supervisors Sean Coffey (Medicine), Michael Williams (Medicine)
Erina Korohina
Email korer264@student.otago.ac.nz
Topic Whenua to Whānau: The Health and Environmental Potential of Tipuna Inspired Eating
Supervisors Andrew Reynolds (Medicine), Anna Rolleston (External), Justine Camp (Medicine), Marama McDonald (External)
Cameron Moffatt
Email mofca257@student.otago.ac.nz
Topic The Health Start Study : A Stepped Wedge Trial Evaluating the Impact of Delayed Secondary School Start Times in Aotearoa New Zealand
Supervisors Kim Meredith-Jones (Medicine), Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Deirdre Brown (Psychology), Jill Haszard (Biostatistics)
Hamish Osborne
Email hamish.osborne@otago.ac.nz
Topic Optimised detection of cardiac abnormalities in elite athletes using cardiac imaging
Supervisors Gillian Whalley (Medicine), Sean Coffey (Medicine), Lynley Anderson (Bioethics)
Danielle Sword
Email swoda717@student.otago.ac.nz
Topic Ko te hōkaitanga o te rongoā mate pukupuku a CAR T-cell - Enhancing the applicability of CAR T-cell therapy in Aotearoa
Supervisors Dr Justine Camp (Medicine), Dr Robert Weinkove (External), Dr Rachel Perret (External), Dr Amohia Boulton (External)
Yan Wen
Email wenya172@student.otago.ac.nz
Topic Dietary fibre structures and their differing role in metabolism and cardiometabolic health
Supervisior Andrew Reynolds (Medicine)
BMedSc(Hons)
Loji Moharram
Email mohlo976@student.otago.ac.nz
Topic Validating the VALVQ
Supervisors Sean Coffey (Medicine)