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Contact Details

Phone
64 3 474 0999
Email
michael.schultz@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor and Gastroenterologist
Department
Department of Medicine (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MD PhD
Research summary
Intestinal epithelial function in health and disease
Teaching
  • MICN2 and 3: SIS, Systems Integration Course (until 2008)
  • MICN2/3: Clinical advisor in Gastroenterology to the Curriculum Development Group
  • MICN3: Clinical Skills Tutor (since 2008)
  • MICN4: clinical teaching and home tutoring, OSLERs, key topics
  • MICN5: intercalated teaching, OSCE
  • Station development in 2008
  • Lead examiner for 2009
  • MICN6: tutorials for trainee interns
  • MICN5: Mentor, TPER
Clinical

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Research

Michael Schultz has a special interest in inflammatory bowel diseases and related disorders both on a clinical and basic research level. As director of the Gut Health Network, a research theme of the University of Otago, he is involved in a variety of projects. Basic science: The research group is located in the Department of Physiology in the laboratory of Associate Professor Grant Butt and works on the role of epithelium in intestinal inflammation with the use of human organoids, animal models and cell cultures. Collaborations with the Department of Microbiology and Immunology support these projects. Professor Schultz is involved in several epidemiological and therapeutic projects involving patients with irritable bowel syndrome, coeliac disease, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Publications

Kim, E. S., Kim, D. H., Kim, S.-J., Park, S. H., Lee, H. S., Kim, S. K., … Brownson, A., … Schultz, M., on behalf of the Australia New Zealand IBD Consortium (ANZIBDC), and the Asian Organization for Crohn's and Colitis (AOCC). (2026). Distinct predictive factors for acute severe ulcerative colitis in East Asian and Western populations. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izag098 Journal - Research Article

Yap, J. M., Wall, C. L., Meredith-Jones, K., Iosua, E., Osborne, H., & Schultz, M. (2026). A randomised controlled trial comparing the effects of personalised diet and physical activity intervention versus usual care on cardiometabolic risk factors in adults with inactive inflammatory bowel disease. Nutrients, 18(5), 785. doi: 10.3390/nu18050785 Journal - Research Article

Amiesimaka, O. I., Aluzaite, K., Schultz, M., & Braund, R. (2026). Medication adherence support in Aotearoa New Zealand: No central policy, no ownership, no accountability. Community Health Equity Research & Policy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/2752535x261433136 Journal - Research Article

Cochrane, J., Forbes, A. J., Coppell, K. J., & Schultz, M. (2026). The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Otago, New Zealand 1996–2024: A 28-year analysis. JCC Plus, 1(1), e70003. doi: 10.1002/jcc5.70003 Journal - Research Article

Fernandes, R. G., Kim, D. H., Ruddick-Collins, L., Vasudevan, A., Brownson, A. R., Ngoi, B., … Schultz, M., … An, Y.-K. (2025). Acute severe ulcerative colitis patients from Asia have lower colectomy risk than patients from Australasia. Clinical Gastroenterology & Hepatology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2025.10.019 Journal - Research Article

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