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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 471 6378
Email
jon.cornwall@otago.ac.nz
Position
Education Adviser and Senior Lecturer
Qualifications
DipPhty BSc(Physiology) MSc(Anatomy) DMPhty PGCertTertT PhD
Research summary
Bioethical issues surrounding posthumous human assets, muscle biology
Memberships

Federative International Committee for Ethics in the Medical Humanities (FICEM)

Research

Dr Jon Cornwall is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Early Learning in Medicine, Otago Medical School. Originally trained as a physiotherapist and clinical anatomist, Jon works in medical education and has research interests in posthumous human assets, including the posthumous utility of bodies, organs, and health information in healthcare and education. His other research interest is the functional morphology of spinal muscles, and muscle biology including age-related change in spinal muscle function.

He is a member of the Federative International Committee of Ethics in the Medical Humanities, the group that oversees ethical processes surrounding body donation for the International Federation of Association of Anatomists, and serves on the editorial board of several anatomy journals.

Publications

Boddington, E., Cornwall, J., Gulliver, L., & Saumure, K. (2026). Does having a rural practitioner teach small groups by distance facilitate students' ongoing interest in rural medicine? Practitioner-educator reflections on a novel intervention in a New Zealand medical school. Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE) Conference: Weaving Connection Nau te routou, naku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi. 623. Retrieved from https://www.anzahpe.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Hart, J., Cornwall, J., Hazelhurst, J., The Research Educators Network (REN). (2026). The availability and nature of intercalated and other research degrees at Australasian medical schools. Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE) Conference: Weaving Connection Nau te routou, naku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi. 373. Retrieved from https://www.anzahpe.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Jones, D. G., Champney, T. H., Hildebrandt, S., Winkelmann, A., Billings, B., Ghosh, S. K., … Cornwall, J. (2026). IFAA Recommendations for good practice for the donation and anatomical study of human remains (revised 2026). Anatomical Sciences Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/ase.70289 Journal - Research Other

Hazelhurst, J., Cornwall, J., Schmitt, B., Billings, B., Biasutto, S., Winkelmann, A., … Johnson, L. (2026). Anatomists' experience and perspectives on the international transfer of human remains for the purpose of education. Anatomical Sciences Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/ase.70226 Journal - Research Article

Cornwall, J., Hildebrandt, S., & Champney, T. (2026). From concept to community of practice in anatomical ethics and professionalism: 5 years of the “Bioethics Unicorns” education initiative. Anatomical Sciences Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/ase.70197 Journal - Research Other

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