Departmental administration
- Professor Rachael Taylor Head of Department
- Dr Sean Coffey Deputy Head of Department
- Associate Professor Sharon Pattison Deputy Head of Department
- Dr Paul Hessian Laboratory Manager
- Lenore Armstrong Finance Associate
- Sarah Shepherd Lead Administrator Client Services
- Amanda Buchanan Client Services Administrator
- Anne Ryalls Client Services Administrator
Executive Committee
- Professor Rachael Taylor
- Professor Rob Walker
- Associate Professor Chris Baldi
- Associate Professor Gerry Wilkins
- Dr Sean Coffey
- Dr John Edmond
- Dr Paul Hessian
- Dr Steve Johnson
- Associate Professor Sharon Pattison
- Dr Hamish Osborne
- Lenore Armstrong
- Lis Heath
Academic staff
Cardiology
- Associate Professor Chris Baldi Associate Professor
- Dr Sean Coffey Senior Lecturer
- Dr John Edmond Clinical Senior Lecturer
- 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 Director
- Professor Jim Mann Co-Director
- Associate Professor Kirsten Coppell Co-Director
- Professor Michael Schultz Head of Department
- Research Associate Professor Kim Meredith-Jones Research Associate Professor
- Dr Andrew Reynolds Senior Research Fellow
- Dr Michelle Jospe Postdoctoral Fellow
- Jenny McArthur Assistant Research Fellow
- Deborah McIntosh Assistant Research Fellow
- Dr Cherie Stayner Research Manager
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
Healthier Lives National Science Challenge
- Professor Jim Mann Director
- Claire Ashford Business Support Co-ordinator
- Lesley Day Assistant to Director
- Jean Cockram Manager
- Fleur Templeton Knowledge Exchange Manager
NZ-China NCD Research Collaboration Centre
- Fia Jephson Sandstrom Administrator
- Dr Hu Zhang Research Collaboration Manager
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 Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Logan Mitchell Clinical Senior Lecturer
- Dr Kelechi Ogbuehi Senior Lecturer
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 Lecturer
- Anne Ryalls Teaching Fellow and Ambulatory Medicine Convenor
Postgraduate students
PhD students
Taiwo Adebowale
Emailtaiwo.adebowale@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic Can early sleep intervention improve mental and physical health and wellbeing in pre-teens?
Supervisors Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Barbara Galland (Women's and Children's Health), Sarah Fortune (Psychological Medicine), Jill Haszard (Biostatistics)
Obreniokibo Ameisimaka
Emailobreniokibo.amiesimaka@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic Medication adherence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients: New Zealand-wide inter-disciplinary investigation
Supervisors Michael Schultz (Medicine), Rhiannon Braund (New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre), Kristina Aluzaite (Medicine)
Sierra Beck
Emailsierra.beck@otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
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)
Bradley Brosnan
Emailbrad.brosnan@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic How do electronic devices influence sleep in children?
Supervisors Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Kim Meredith-Jones (Medicine), Barbara Galland (Women's and Children's Health), Jill Haszard (Biostatistics)
Alice Cox
Emailcoxal603@student.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic Eating behaviour and growth in NZ infants
Supervisors Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Anne-louise Heath (Human Nutrition), Jill Haszard (Biostatistics)
Andrew Fordyce
Emailforan990@student.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic Improving the diagnosis of patent foramen ovale in cryptogenic stroke
Supervisors Luke Wilson (Medicine), Gillian Whalley (Medicine), Sean Coffey (Medicine)
Chao Gu
Emailguch4480@student.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
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)
Elisabeth (Lis) Heath
Emaillatli559@student.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic Preparing for palliative care: New Zealand medical and nursing graduates' preparation, self-efficacy and attitudes towards providing palliative and end of life care
Supervisors Richard Egan (Preventive and Social Medicine), Jean Ross (External), Ella Iosua (Biostatistics), Rob Walker (Medicine)
Rosalie Jackson
Emailrosie.jackson@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic How does sleep deprivation impact eating behaviours and food cravings in children aged 8-12 years
Supervisors Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Barbara Galland (Women's and Children's Health), Jill Haszard (Biostatistics)
Gemma Laws
Emailgemma.laws@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic Immune cell activation and function in IBD
Supervisors Michael Schultz (Medicine), Roslyn Kemp (Microbiology and Immunology)
Peter McLeod
Emailmclpe968@student.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic Disease modification in aortic stenosis with targeted antihypertensive therapy
Supervisors Sean Coffey (Medicine), Michael Williams (Medicine)
Mohammed Moharram
Emailmohammed.moharram@otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic Advanced echocardiographic imaging in ischaemic heart disease
Supervisors Sean Coffey (Medicine), Michael Williams (Medicine)
Matt Moore
Emailmooma461@student.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic Predicting the rate of progression of aortic valve disease
Supervisors Sean Coffey (Medicine), Greg Jones (Surgical Sciences)
Hamish Osborne
Emailhamish.osborne@otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic Optimised detection of cardiac abnormalities in elite athletes using cardiac imaging
Supervisors Gillian Whalley (Medicine), Sean Coffey (Medicine), Lynley Anderson (Bioethics)
Ariel Pons
Emailponar758@student.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic Quantitative assessment of quality of life in ischaemic and valvular heart disease
Supervisors Sean Coffey (Medicine), Gillian Whalley (Medicine)
Aysu Shahin
Emailshaay419@student.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic Metabolites in plasma and urine as objective markers of dietary intakes
Supervisors Andrew Reynolds (Medicine), Jim Mann (Medicine), Alastair Ross (External)
Margaretha Situmorang
Emailmargaretha.situmorang@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic Associations between Availability of Food Outlets and Dietary Behaviours among Adolescents Using Different Modes of Transport to School
Supervisors Kirsten Coppell (Medicine), Sandra Mandic, Michael Keall (OUW – Public Health), Melody Smith (UoA)
Danielle Sword
Emailswoda717@student.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
TopicKo 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)
Shay-Ruby Wickham
Emailshay.wickham@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic How do different health behaviours influence mood and wellbeing in youth?
Supervisors Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Tamlin Conner (Psychology), Jill Haszard (Biostatistics)
Jia Yap
Emailyapji273@student.otago.ac.nz
Programme PhD
Topic Effects of Mediterranean diet and physical activity on IBD patients in Otago, New Zealand
Supervisors Michael Schultz (Medicine), Catherine Wall (UOC – Medicine), Ella Iosua (Biostatistics), Kim Meredith-Jones (Medicine), Hamish Osborne (Medicine)
Masters', Honours and Postgraduate Diploma students
Emma Brown
Emailbroem023@student.otago.ac.nz
Programme BMedSc(Hons)
Topic Neurology: Alzheimer's Disease and related dementia
Supervisors Sarah Buchanan (Medicine), Nicholas Cutfield (Medicine)
Bailey Lacey-Rameka
Emaillacba051@student.otago.ac.nz
Programme BMedSc(Hons)
Topic Debunking the body mass index myth
Supervisors Luke Wilson (Medicine), Hamish Osborne (Medicine), Gillian Whalley (Medicine)
Victoria (Tori) Booth
Emailtori.blanks@southerndhb.govt.nz
Programme MMedSc
Topic Footwear and Falls in Older Persons Study
Supervisors Xaviour Walker (Medicine), Gisela Sole (Physiotherapy), Debra Waters (Medicine), Lara Vlietstra (Medicine)
Jessica Tater
Emailtatje748@student.otago.ac.nz
Programme BMedSc(Hons)
Topic Continuous glucose monitoring: a novel strategy to enhance adherence to time-restricted eating
Supervisors Melyssa Roy (Medicine), Rachael Taylor (Medicine)
Moaz Ahmed M Akshaikhi
Emailalsmo588@student.otago.ac.nz
Programme MOphth
Topic Implementing Artificial Intelligence-based Primary Screening System for Diabetic Retinopathy in a Regional area in New Zealand: Real-world Evaluation
Supervisors Kelechi Ogbuehi (Medicine), David Squirrell, Ehsan Vaghefi, John Ah-Chan