- Position
- Emeritus Professor
- Department
- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (Wellington)
- Qualifications
- MBChB DCH (Otago) FRACP PhD
- Research summary
- Paediatrics and Child Health
- Memberships
- Professor Elder is Chair of the Governance Group of the NZ Child and Youth Clinical Networks and on the executive committee of the Paediatric Society of NZ
- Clinical
- Professor Elder works clinically as a Paediatric Sleep Physician at Wellington hospital
Research
Dawn's main research focus has been in the area of sleep and breathing, starting initially in the preterm and neonatal age group but extending now to older children. Dawn's PhD thesis addressed the topic of respiratory variability in infants and children. Further projects are planned along this theme. Dawn's research during speciality training related to SIDS and this is still an area of interest. She has also published on death review and the role of post mortem after preterm and term neonatal death.