Te Kahui Houhare Rangahau Hauora
The Early and Mid-Career Researcher (EMCR) Group aims to support EMCRs to achieve research excellence by facilitating networking and promoting career development opportunities within the Division. We can be contacted here:
Email hsemcr@otago.ac.nz
Our Mission: Promote research excellence and sustainability within Aotearoa’s unique research environment
Research careers are dynamic, exciting and hugely rewarding, but can also be daunting and precarious, particularly when starting out.
The Division of Health Sciences Early and Mid-Career Researcher (EMCR) Management Committee was set up by a group of passionate EMCRs in order to support colleagues across the division to develop research excellence at the University of Otago. As EMCRs ourselves, we understand the trials and tribulations that come with this ultimately rewarding career and want our researchers to achieve excellence while maintaining a holistic life balance.
Working with the Divisional Research Committee, we aim to strengthen our research community across all areas of health science and organise and promote career development opportunities for our EMCRs within the Division. To achieve this, we hold regular symposia, listen to, promote and advocate for EMCRs, and support EMCRs with funding, networking opportunities, and professional development workshops.
We also have a dedicated Blackboard page that includes a calendar of events and other useful information, from grant peer review support, funding opportunities, guides for research impact, Māori Health Advancement, and Vision Mātauranga, and much more. The link is in the Resources section of this page. If you have any problems gaining access to Blackboard, just email us at the address below.
We want to hear from you to know what you need to cultivate a satisfying research career. If you would like to know more, or have any ideas about how we can better support EMCRs, feel free to email us or catch us on Twitter:
Email hsemcr@otago.ac.nz
Twitter https://twitter.com/EMCR_OtagoHS_NZ
Upcoming events
Early to Mid Career Conference 2021
11 November 2021, 9:15am–5:00pm. Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum.
Division of Health Sciences Accelerator Grant 2021
The main priority of this grant is to support Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCRs) of the Division of Health Sciences, to provide additional resources that will enhance career development.
Areas of priorities
- Support EMCRs to develop and strengthen meaningful relationships and research collaborations with Māori communities, enabling research that is of relevance to Māori and Vision Mātauranga
- Support EMCRs to develop and strengthen meaningful relationships and research collaborations with Pasifika communities, enabling research that is of relevance to Pasifika
- Proof-of-concept experiment for a future grant application
- Domestic travel for access to specialised equipment not available at host institution
- Domestic travel to workshops/seminars for training e.g. leadership skills, professional skills or commercialisation
This year, in our inaugural EMCR Accelerator Grant round, we awarded approximately $53,000 to EMCRs.
Read about successful projects
EMCR Management Committee members
Each Management Committee member is involved in two areas of focus and strategic oversight is provided by the Chair.
The EMCR Management Committee currently comprises 11 members from across the three main campuses.
Catherine Collins (Co-Chair)
Research Fellow
Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences
Twitter handle: @cjcollins_nz
Catherine's profile page
Claire Henry (Co-Chair)
Research Fellow
Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Women’s Health, Wellington Campus
Twitter handle: @DrClaireHenry
Claire's profile page
Megan Anakin
Lecturer and Education Adviser
Education Unit, Dean’s Office, Otago Medical School – Dunedin Campus
Twitter handle: @MeganAnakin
Megan's profile page
Htin Lin Aung
Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellow
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Biomedical Sciences
Twitter handle: @DrHtinLinAung
Htin Lin Aung's profile page
Abigail Bland
Assistant Research Fellow
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dunedin
Twitter handle: @AbbyBland8
Abigail's profile page
Janice Chew-Harris
Research Fellow
Christchurch Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, Christchurch Campus
Twitter handle: @Janice_C_Harris
Janice's profile page
Daniel Cury Ribeiro
Senior Lecturer, Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellow
School of Physiotherapy
Twitter handle: @danielcr
Daniel's profile page
Hemakumar Devan
Postdoctoral Fellow
Centre for Health, Activity and Rehabilitation Research (CHARR), School of Physiotherapy, Wellington Campus
Twitter handle: @HemDevan
Hem's profile page
Eddy Dowle
Research Fellow
Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences
Matthew Jenkins
Research Fellow in Mental Health
Department of Psychological Medicine, Wellington
Laura Joyce
Senior Lecturer
Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery
Contact
For more information, please contact:
Email hsemcr@otago.ac.nz
Links and resources
Internal Resources already available to EMCRs
- HS_EMCR_SUPPORT Blackboard paper
- Funding opportunities
- Mentoring for female academics
- O-zone group
- Mental health support
- HEDC
- HEDC – opportunities for academic staff with teaching responsibilities
- HEDC – Supervising postgraduate students
- Māori at Health Sciences
- Pacific at Health Sciences
- Māori health research advancement
External links
- Royal Society Te Apārangi ECR Forum
- ECRs in Aotearoa after COVID-19 (RSNZ ECR Forum) (PDF)
- ECRcentral
Downloads
- Terms of Reference (PDF)
- Strategic Plan 2020–2025 (PDF)
