Departmental administration
- Professor Rachael Taylor Head of Department
- Dr Sean Coffey Deputy Head of Department
- Dr Sharon Pattison Deputy Head of Department
- Dr Paul Hessian Laboratory Manager
- Lenore Armstrong Finance Associate
- Sonya Boereboom Lead Administrator Client Services
- Amanda Buchanan Client Services Administrator
- Pip Lennon Client Services Administrator
- Anne Ryalls Client Services Administrator
- Jules Bishop 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
- Dr 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
- Dr Kim Meredith-Jones Senior Research Fellow
- Dr Andrew Reynolds 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
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
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 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
- Associate 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
ADEBOWALE, Taiwo
- taiwo.adebowale@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- PhD
- Topic
- Can early sleep intervention improve mental and physical health and wellbeing in pre-teens?
- Supervisors
- Professor Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Associate Professor Barbara Galland (Women's and Children's Health), Dr Sarah Fortune (Psychological Medicine), Dr Jill Haszard (Medicine and Biostatistics)
AMIESIMAKA, Obreniokibo
- amiob249@student.otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- PhD
- Topic
- Medication adherence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients: New Zealand-wide inter-disciplinary investigation
- Supervisors
- Professor Michael Schultz (Medicine), Professor Rhiannon Braund (New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre), Ms Kristina Aluzaite (Medicine)
BROSNAN, Bradley
- brad.brosnan@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- PhD
- Topic
- ow do electronic devices influence sleep in children?
- Supervisors
- Professor Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Associate Professor Barbara Galland (Women's and Children's Health), Dr Jill Haszard (Medicine and Biostatistics), Dr Kim Meredith-Jones (Medicine)
COX, Alice
- alice.cox@otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- PhD
- Topic
- Eating behaviour and growth in NZ infants
- Supervisors
- Professor Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Associate Professor Anne-louise Heath (Human Nutrition), Dr Jill Haszard (Medicine and Biostatistics)
FANGUPO, Louise
- lou.fangupo@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- PhD
- Topic
- Does a sleep intervention reduce weight gain in infancy? A novel approach
- Supervisors
- Professor Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Dr Justine Camp (Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences), Associate Professor Rose Richards (Centre for Pacific Health)
GROUND, Marcus
- groma788@student@otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- PhD
- Topic
- Optimising recellularization of tissue engineered heart valves
- Supervisors
- Professor Rob Walker (Medicine), Professor Jillian Cornish (Professorial Research Fellow), Mr Paget Milson (Head Cardiothoracic Surgery)
HEATH, Elisabeth
- lis.heath@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
- Dr Richard Egan (Medicine), Professor Rob Walker (Medicine), Dr Jean Ross , Dr Ella Iosua (Biostatistics Centre)
JACKSON, Rosalie
- rosie.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
- Professor Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Associate Professor Barbara Galland (Women's and Children's Health), Dr Jill Haszard (Medicine and Biostatistics)
LAWS, Gemma
- gemma.laws@postgrad.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
- Professor Michael Schultz (Medicine), Associate Professor Roslyn Kemp (Microbiology and Immunology)
MCLEOD, Peter
- mclpe968@student.otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- PhD
- Topic
- Disease modification in aortic stenosis with targeted antihypertensive therapy
- Supervisors
- Dr Sean Coffey (Medicine), Professor Michael Williams (Medicine)
MOHARRAM, Mohammed
- mohammed.moharram@otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- PhD
- Topic
- Advanced echocardiographic imaging in ischaemic heart disease
- Supervisors
- Dr Sean Coffey (Medicine), Professor Michael Williams (Medicine)
MOORE, Matt
- mooma461@student.otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- PhD
- Topic
- Predicting the rate of progression of aortic valve disease
- Supervisors
- Dr Sean Coffey (Medicine), Professor Greg Jones (Surgical Sciences)
MORRISON, Silke
- silke.morrison@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- PhD
- Topic
- Does not getting enough sleep change what children eat and how they move?
- Supervisors
- Professor Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Associate Professor Barbara Galland (Women's and Children's Health), Dr Jill Haszard (Medicine and Biostatistics)
NG, Yann Huey
- ngya7313@student.otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- PhD
- Topic
- Study on diabetic cardiac cells dysfunction using single cell physiology system
- Supervisors
- Associate Professor Chris Baldi (Medicine), Associate Professor Regis Lamberts (Physiology)
OSBORNE, Hamish
- hamish.osborne@otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- PhD
- Topic
- Optimised Detection of Cardiac Abnormalities in Elite Athletes using Cardiac Imaging
- Supervisors
- Professor Gillian Whalley (Medicine), Dr Sean Coffey (Medicine), Associate Professor Lynley Anderson (Bioethics)
PONS, Ariel
- ponar758@student.otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- PhD
- Topic
- Quantitative assessment of quality of life in ischaemic and valvular heart disease
- Supervisors
- Dr Sean Coffey (Medicine), Professor Gillian Whalley (Medicine)
SITUMORANG, Margaretha
- margaretha.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
- Associate Professor Kirsten Coppell (Medicine), Dr Sandra Mandic, Associate Professor Michael Keall (OUW – Public Health), Associate Professor Melody Smith
WICKHAM, Shay-Ruby
- shay.wickham@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- PhD
- Topic
- How do different health behaviours influence mood and wellbeing in youth?
- Supervisors
- Professor Rachael Taylor (Medicine), Associate Professor Tamlin Conner (Psychology), Dr Jill Haszard (Medicine and Biostatistics)
YAP, Jia
- yapji273@student.otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- PhD
- Topic
- Effects of Mediterranean diet and physical activity on IBD patients in Otago, New Zealand
- Supervisors
- Professor Michael Schultz (Medicine), Dr Kim Meredith-Jones (Medicine), Dr Catherine Wall (UOC – Medicine), Dr Hamish Osborne (Medicine)
Master's Honours and Postgraduate Diploma students
BECK, Sierra
- sierra.beck@otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- MMedSc
- Topic
- Clinician Performed Ultrasound in the Acute Care Setting
- Supervisors
- Dr Sean Coffey (Medicine), Professor Gillian Whalley (Medicine), Ms Megan Anakin (Dean's Department)
BLANKS, Victoria May
- tori.blanks@southerndhb.govt.nz
- Programme
- MMedSc
- Topic
- Footwear and Falls in Older Persons Study
- Supervisors
- Dr Xaviour Walker (Medicine), Associate Professor Gisela Sole (Physiotherapy), Professor Debra Waters (Medicine), Dr Lara Vlietstra (Medicine)
ALSHAIKHI, Moaz Ahmed M
- alsmo588@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
- Dr Kelechi Ogbuehi (Medicine), Dr David Squirrell, Dr Ehsan Vaghefi, Dr John Ah-Chan
FORDYCE, Andrew
- foran990@student.otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- BMedSc(Hons)
- Topic
- Comparison of methods to detect patent foramen ovale
- Supervisors
- Dr Luke Wilson (Medicine), Professor Gillian Whalley (Medicine), Dr Sean Coffey (Medicine)
XIAO, Andrew Dison
- xiaan393@student.otago.ac.nz
- Programme
- BMedSc(Hons)
- Topic
- Aortic valve stress estimation with Cardiac MRI
- Supervisors
- Dr Sean Coffey (Medicine), Associate Professor Sarah Wakes (Mathematics)
