Tēnā koutou katoa, Welcome
Our Mission: Promote research excellence and sustainability
The Early and Mid-Career (EMCR) Researcher Group aims to support EMCRs to achieve research excellence at the University of Otago. The EMCR group is an EMCR-led initiative established by, and for, EMCRs within the Division of Health Sciences. This group will facilitate networking and promote career development opportunities among EMCRs within the Division. The EMCR Management Committee serves to coordinate the organization and planning of EMCR Group activities, and to facilitate communication between EMCRs and the Divisional Research Committee.
Activities organised by the EMCR group will address/target seven main areas of focus (see below). The areas of focus have been developed to reflect Aotearoa’s unique research environment and issues particular to Health Sciences research. Finally, some areas were taken from the Vitae® model from the UK. By addressing many facets of research/academic life (listed below) the group aims to support EMCRs in a holistic way to help fellow EMCRs achieve research excellence.
- Support development of early and mid-career Māori and Pacific researchers
- Knowledge and intellectual abilities
- Research governance and organisation
- Engagement, influence and impact
- Personal effectiveness
- Balancing research and teaching
- Balancing academia and clinical activities
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 10 members from across the three main campuses.
Khoon Lim (Chair)
Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Christchurch Campus
Senior Research Fellow
Twitter handle: @khoonono
Khoon's profile page
(7) Balancing academia and clinical activities
Megan Anakin
Education Unit, Dean’s Office, Otago Medical School – Dunedin Campus
Lecturer and Education Adviser
Twitter handle: @MeganAnakin
Megan's profile page
(1) Support development of early and mid-career Māori and Pacific researchers, (6) Balancing research and teaching
Htin Lin Aung
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Biomedical Sciences
Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellow
Twitter handle: @DrHtinLinAung
Htin Lin Aung's profile page
(1) Support development of early and mid-career Māori and Pacific researchers, (4) Engagement, influence and impact
Aniruddha Chatterjee
Department of Pathology, Otago Medical School, Dunedin Campus
Rutherford Discovery Fellow
Twitter handle: @futureliesindna
Aniruddha's profile page
(3) Research governance and organisation, (4) Engagement, influence and impact
Janice Chew-Harris
Christchurch Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, Christchurch Campus
Research Fellow
Twitter handle: @Janice_C_Harris
Janice's profile page
(1) Personal Effectiveness, and (2) Knowledge and Intellectual abilities.
Catherine Collins
Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences
Research Fellow
Twitter handle: @cjcollins_nz
Catherine's profile page
(1) Support development of early and mid-career Māori and Pacific researchers, (5) Personal effectiveness
Daniel Cury Ribeiro
School of Physiotherapy
Senior Lecturer – Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellow
Twitter handle: @danielcr
Daniel's profile page
(3) Research governance and organisation, (6) Balancing research and teaching
Hemakumar Devan
Centre for Health, Activity and Rehabilitation Research (CHARR), School of Physiotherapy, Wellington Campus
Postdoctoral Fellow
Twitter handle: @HemDevan
Hem's profile page
(2) Knowledge and intellectual abilities, (5) Personal effectiveness
Eddy Dowle
Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences
Research Fellow
(3) Research governance and organisation, (4) Engagement, influence and impact
Claire Henry
Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Women’s Health, Wellington Campus
Research Fellow
Twitter handle: @DrClaireHenry
Claire's profile page
(2) Knowledge and intellectual abilities, (6) Balancing research and teaching
Manon Knapen
Divisional Support
Division of Health Sciences
Scientific Officer, Research and Development
Reference Group
The EMCR group also includes a larger Reference Group to capture the diversity of the Division. Each Department has a designated member, if you would don’t already know who is involved in the Reference Group from your School/Department, flick us an email and we will put you in touch.
List to be published soon.
Contact
For more information, please contact:
Email hsemcr@otago.ac.nz
Links and resources
Internal Resources already available to EMCRs
- 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)
