The Division of Health Sciences benefits from its high calibre of staff and their wide range of skills and research expertise. Please search our Staff Expertise Database for details on University of Otago, Health Sciences staff. Each staff profile provides information on qualifications, current academic position, contact details, and a summary of research and publications.
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Dr Rachel Darnell
Clinical and molecular microbiology; Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial tolerance
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Professor Shyamal Das
Drug formulation and delivery, drug delivery to the lung
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Dr Suranga Dassanayake
Hypertension and Exercise, Sports and Exercise Sciences, Physiotherapy, Anatomical variations
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Research Professor Gabrielle Davie
Using routinely collected data for health research
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Anna Davies
Epidemiology; data linkage
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Associate Professor Patrick Dawes
Tonsil and adenoid disease, and deafness
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Dr Pauline Dawson
Health equity, social determinants of health, health geography, rural maternity care
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Professor Andrew Day
Gastrointestinal disorders in children
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Professor Catherine Day
Molecular basis of signalling.
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Dr Rob Day
Agricultural science, developmental biology, cancer biology, genomics and technology development
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Professor Martin de Bock
Paediatric diabetes
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Brandon de Graaf
Data science and geospatial modelling
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Dr Jade De La Paz
Forensic anthropology research aimed at improving professional applications in casework
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Professor Dirk De Ridder
Functional imaging guided invasive and non-invasive neuromodulation of phantom percepts and psychological disorders
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Dr Flo de Roo
Investigating how cancer-associated fibroblasts shape the gastric cancer tumour microenvironment and influence tumour progression, immune responses, and patient outcomes
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Associate Professor Harsha De Silva
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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Dr Viraj De Silva
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Honorary Associate Professor Rohana De Silva (Kumara)
Dental implants and post-operative pain management
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Professor Peter Dearden
Evolution, development, and genome evolution
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Dr Lyvianne Decourtye
Developmental biology and genetics