Our people at the Department of Medicine

• Departmental Administration
• Executive Committee
• Academic staff
• Lecturers and Teaching Fellows
• Postgraduate students

Departmental Administration

• Associate Professor Michael Schultz Head of Department
• Professor Rachael Taylor Deputy Head of Department
• Dr Ben Brockway Deputy Head of Department (Clinical)
• Lenore Armstrong Finance Manager
• Jan Brosnahan Postgraduate Administrator
• Linda Cunningham Postgraduate Education Events Manager
• Dr Paul Hessian Laboratory Manager
• Jan Kettink Research Administrator
• Leslie Turner Executive Administrator

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Executive Committee

• Associate Professor Michael Schultz
• Lenore Armstrong
• Dr Ben Brockway
• Dr Paul Hessian
• Associate Professor Simon Stebbings
• Professor Rachael Taylor
• Leslie Turner
• Professor Rob Walker

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Academic staff

Cardiology

• Dr Chris Baldi Senior Research Fellow
• Dr Sean Coffey Senior Lecturer
• Dr John Edmond Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Belinda Green Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Krys Milburn Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Associate Professor Gerard Wilkins Associate Professor
• Professor Michael Williams Clinical Professor

Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research

• Professor Rachael Taylor Director
• Dr Kirsten Coppell Co-Director
• Professor Jim Mann Co-Director
• Dr Kim Meredith-Jones Research Fellow
• Joanna Norton Research Nurse
• 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
• Dr Wayne Sutherland Senior Research Fellow
• Liz Berry Research Nurse
• Samantha Ross Assistant Research Fellow
• Anne Ryalls Research Nurse

Gastroenterology

• Dr Jason Hill Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Steve Johnson Senior Lecturer
• Dr Ralf Lubcke Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Associate Professor Michael Schultz Associate Professor

Infectious Diseases

• Dr Jill Wolfgang Clinical Senior Lecturer

Internal Medicine

• Dr Dion Astwood Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Wendy Busby Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Shelley Collings Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Michael Furlong Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Elizabeth Mornin Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Brendon Rae Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Jill Wolfgang Clinical Senior Lecturer

Leukocyte and Inflammation Research Laboratory

• Dr Paul Hessian Senior Research Fellow
• Melanie Millier Assistant Research Fellow

Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Clinical Haematology

• Dr Louise Bremer Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Shaun Costello Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Christopher Jackson Senior Lecturer
• Dr Lyndell Kelly Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Blair McLaren Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Annette Neylon Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr John North Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Sharon Pattison Senior Lecturer

Neurology

• Dr Nick Cutfield Senior Lecturer
• Associate Professor Graeme Hammond-Tooke Associate Professor
• Debra McNamara Research Nurse
• Dr John Mottershead Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Alan Wright Clinical Senior Lecturer

Older Person's Health

• Dr Stephen Chalcroft Senior Lecturer
• Dr Stephanie Farrand Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Marie McLaughlin Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Associate Professor Debra Waters Director of Gerontology Research

Ophthalmology

• Dr Rodney Keillor Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Logan Mitchell Senior Lecturer
• Dr David Peart Clinical Senior Lecturer

Palliative Medicine

• Dr Brendon Rae Clinical Senior Lecturer

Radiology

• Professor Terence Doyle Professor
• Dr Amy Fong Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Grant Meikle Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Ben Wilson Clinical Leader

Rehabilitation

• Dr Toni Auchinvole Clinical Senior Lecturer

Renal

• Dr Jennifer Bedford Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
• Dr Ines Becker Research Co-ordinator
• Associate Professor John Leader Honorary Associate Professor
• Dr John Schollum Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Professor Rob Walker Professor

Respiratory

• Dr Ben Brockway Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Dr Jack Dummer Senior Lecturer
• Jan Cowan Research Manager
• Rebecca Mackenzie
• Dr Colin Wong Clinical Senior Lecturer

Rheumatology

• Dr Jo Dockerty Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Emeritus Professor John Highton Professor
• Dr Sarah Jordan Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Associate Professor Simon Stebbings Senior Lecturer

Sports Medicine

• Dr Peter Burt Professional Practice Fellow
• Dr Hamish Osborne Senior Lecturer
• Dr Melyssa Roy Professional Practice Fellow

Stroke Medicine

• Dr Wendy Busby Clinical Senior Lecturer

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Lecturers and Teaching Fellows

• Lis Latta Lecturer and Ambulatory Medicine Convenor
• Anne Ryalls Teaching Fellow

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Postgraduate students

PhD candidates

• Ashley Akerman, "Cardiovascular-oriented heat conditioning". Supervisors: Dr Jim Cotter, Sam Lucas (Phys Ed); Dr Rajesh Katere (Physiology); Dr Chris Baldi (Medicine)

• Rebecca Cooke, "Characteristics of obesity resistance and susceptibility". Supervisors: Associate Professor Rachael Taylor (Medicine); Dr Rachel Brown (Human Nutrition)

• Lisa Daniels, "A randomised controlled trial of a baby-led approach to complementary feeding: Impact on iron and zinc intake and status at 12 months of age". Supervisors: Associate Professor Rachael Taylor (Medicine); Anne-Louise Heath (Human Nutrition)

• Safina Gadeok, "Human colonic enteroids: an epithelial barrier for IBD". Supervisors: Associate Professor Grant Butt (Physiology) Associate Professor Michael Schultz (Medicine)

• Timothy Galt, (Intercalated PhD), "EEG Biofeedback in Mild Cognitive Impairment". Supervisors: Dr Nick Cutfield, Associate Professor Patrick Manning (Medicine); Professor Dirk de Ritter (Surgical Sciences)

• Ruth Harvie, "Food for irritable bowel syndrome". Supervisors: Associate Professor Michael Schultz, Dr Kirsten Coppell (Medicine)

• Roisin Hegarty, "Developing a patient-informed treatment approach for improving quality of life among people with arthritis-related fatigue". Supervisors: Dr Gareth Treharne, Dr Tamlin Connor (Psychology); Associate Professor Simon Stebbings (Medicine)

• Michelle Jospe, "The SWIFT study - Objectives of support strategies on weight, body composition, and eating and dieting behaviour at one year". Supervisors: Associate Professor Rachael Taylor (Medicine); Dr Rachel Brown (Nutrition)

• Dr Kristin Kenrick, "Recognising and managing coeliac disease in NZ: How can we do better". Associate Professor Chrys Jaye (GP); Professor Andrew Day (Paeds CSM); Associate Professor Michael Schultz (Medicine)

• Catherine Leader, "Prevention of kidney injury in a rat model of chronic heart failure". Professor Rob Walker (Medicine); Associate Professor Ivan Summat (Pharmacology)

• Susan MacDonell, "Investigating neural pathways in obesity". Supervisors: Associate Professor Debra Waters (Medicine/Physio School); Dr Lisa Houghton, Professor Rosalind Gibson (Human Nutrition)

• Samantha Ross, "Characteristics of obesity resistance and susceptibility". Supervisors: Associate Professor Patrick Manning, Dr Wayne Sutherland (Medicine); Professor Dirk de Ridder (Surgical Sciences)

• Dr Melyssa Roy, "Novel approaches to the management of obesity and chronic disease". Supervisors: Associate Professor Rachael Taylor, Dr Hamish Osborne (Medicine); Dr Rachel Brown (Nutrition)

• Kiri Sharp, "Dietary approaches for weight loss in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease". Supervisors: Dr Kirsten Coppell, Associate Professor Michael Schultz (Medicine)

• Nick Shields, "Adoptive therapy of colorectal cancer". Supervisors: Associate Professor Sarah Young (Pathology); Dr Chris Jackson (Medicine)

• Genevieve Wilson, "Diabetes and cardiovascular dysfunction". Supervisors: Supervisors: Dr Chris Baldi, Associate Professor Gerry Wilkins (Medicine)

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Master's, Honours, and Postgraduate Diploma students

• Dr Sheng Chiong Hong, (MOphth candidate), "Smart-phone Fundus Imaging". Supervisors: Dr Logan Mitchell, Professor Rob Walker, Dr Paul Hessian (Medicine); Dr Graham Wilson (Gisborne)

• Dr Ben O’Keeffe, (MOphth candidate), "The effect of raised eye pressure after cataract surgery on optic nerve and macular microstructure using spectral-domain OCT". Supervisors: Dr Logan Mitchell (Medicine, Ophthalmology); Professor Tony Wells (Wellington)

• Dr Samy Karki, (MOphth candidate), "Dynamic pupillometry in a cohort of individuals with type II Diabetes and establishing relationship between pupillary abnormalities and the severity". Supervisors: Dr Logan Mitchell, Dr Kelechi Ogbuehi, Dr Kirsten Coppell (Medicine)

• Louise Fangupo, (MSc candidate), "Does a baby-led approach to complementary feeding increase the risk of growth faltering or choking in infants". Supervisors: Associate Professor Rachael Taylor (Medicine); Dr Anne-Louise Heath (Nutrition)

• Robyn Moore, (MDiet candidate). Supervisor: Associate Professor Rachael Taylor (Medicine), but based in Human Nutrition (Primary Dept)

• Lucy Kennedy, (MDiet candidate). Supervisor: Associate Professor Rachael Taylor (Medicine) but based in Human Nutrition (Primary Dept)

• William Muller, (BMedSc(Hons) candidate), "Vision Screening in New Zealand: An Audit of Southern and Tairawhiti DHBs". Supervisor: Dr Logan Mitchell (Medicine)

• Briar Nesbitt Greedus, (BSc(Hons) [Neurosciences] candidate), "The SWIFT study - Objectives of support strategies on weight, body composition, and eating and dieting behaviour at one year". Supervisor: Associate Professor Patrick Manning (Medicine)