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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Professor Stephen Robertson
Genetic disorders affecting children, with emphasis on malformations of the skeleton and brain
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Dr Katharina Robichon
Immunologist, specialised in autoimmune diseases, with a trained background in viral infections
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Professor Bridget Robinson
Angiogenesis and Oncology
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Associate Professor Bridget Robson
Māori health
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Dr Euan Rodger
Cancer epigenetics
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Emeritus Professor Sarah Romans
Academic psychiatry
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Cat Ronayne
Medical laboratory science, lipid epidemiology, active learning and interprofessional education
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Emeritus Professor Clive Ronson
Plant-microbe interactions, horizontal gene transfer, symbiotic nitrogen fixation, bacterial genetics and genomics
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Dr Sally Rose
Women's Health
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Dr Patrice Rosengrave
Reproduction and genetics
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Honorary Professor Rhonda Rosengren
Breast and prostate cancer, nanomedicine, drug metabolism
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Dr Jim Ross
Primary health care, medical education, conversation analysis, community-based mental health
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Samantha Ross
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Emeritus Professor Alastair Rothwell
Orthopaedic Surgery
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Dr Melyssa Roy
Evidence-based behavioral exercise and nutrition interventions to promote health and prevent, treat and manage chronic disease.
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Dr Jill Rubython
Emergency medicine
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Dr Troy Ruhe
Māori and Pacific quantitative social scientist specialising in using large, linked data sets for Pacific and Māori health
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Mr Dean Ruske
Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery
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Professor Bruce Russell
Parasitology
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Professor Bruce Russell
Biomarkers that enable the prediction of a response to treatment for severe mental health disorders