Our people

Dean

• Professor Bruce Russell

Deputy Deans

• Professor Alesha Smith
• Professor Ivan Sammut

Associate Deans

• Professor Alesha Smith Associate Dean (Postgraduate)
• Professor Joel Tyndall Associate Dean (Internationalisation)
• Dr Lisa Kremer Associate Dean (Māori)
• Ellery Fruean Associate Dean (Pacific)
  
• Associate Professor Greg Walker Associate Dean (Research)
• Dr Amber Young Director (BPharm, BPharmHons)

Academic staff

• Professor John Ashton
  ALK-positive lung cancer
• Professor Shyamal Das
  Drug formulation and delivery
• Ellery Fruean Associate Dean (Pacific)
• Dr Jonathan Falconer Senior Teaching Fellow 
• Associate Professor Allan Gamble
  Design and synthesis of biologically-active molecules
• Dr Michael Garelja
  Molecular basis of migraine
• Dr Greg Giles
  Biological reduction and oxidation
• Professor Michelle Glass
  Cannabinoids, neurodegenerative diseases, Huntington’s disease, G-protein coupled receptors
• Dr Joanne Harrison
  Cardiorenal protection and novel pesticide development
• Professor Debbie Hay
• Associate Professor Susan Heydon
  Medicines and society in developed and developing countries; history of pharmacy education in New Zealand
• Professor Sarah Hook
  Development and application of novel therapeutic and prophylactic vaccines
• Professor Natalie Hughes
  Drug delivery; pharmaceutical analysis; clinical pharmacokinetics
• Dr Lisa Kremer Associate Dean Māori
  Neonatal Health, Pharmacy Education
• Professor Arlene McDowell
  Veterinary pharmaceutics and delivery of bioactives
• Mhairi Nimic
  Cancer drug development
• Dr Monica Patel
  Mechanism of action and metabolism of clinically relevant synthetic cannabinoids
• Dr Shakila Rizwan Senior Lecturer
  Development and evaluation (physiochemical and biological) of novel formulations for delivering drugs to the brain
• Professor Bruce Russell Dean
  Psychopharmacology, addiction, schizophrenia, depression and treatment-resistance
• Professor Ivan Sammut
  Pharmacological Targets in Cardiovascular and Renal Disease
• Professor Alesha Smith Deputy Dean, Associate Dean (Postgraduate)
  Quality use of medicines
• Jaime Tutbury Pūkenga - Hauora Māori Lead
• Professor Joel Tyndall Associate Dean (Internationalisation)
  Drug design and discovery
• Associate Professor Greg Walker Associate Dean (Research)
  Drug delivery and formulation
• Associate Professor Lyn Wise
  Virology, skin infections, angiogenesis, inflammation, wound healing, therapeutics
• Dr Amber Young Director (BPharm, BPharmHons)
  Clinical pharmacy, health equity, maternal vaccination
• Associate Professor Yiwen Zheng
  Auditory system, tinnitus, tinnitus treatment, vestibular system, hippocampus, spatial learning / memory, neuroplasticity, neurotransmitters

Research staff

• Emma Cunningham Assistant Research Fellow
• Dr Jess Fairhall Research Fellow
• Dharshini Ganeshan Assistant Research Fellow
• Floriane Imhoff-White
• Dr Pummy Krittaphol Bailey Research Fellow
• Kunling Li Assistant Research Fellow

Teaching fellows

• Hee Ji Lee
• Morgayn Read
• Chelsea Tyler

Postdoctoral fellows

• Tyla Alexander
• Sushant Aryal
• Anuptiya Gupta
• Prakash Khadka
• Rajesh Lamichhane
• Jordan Lehoux
• Zohaib Rana
• Oscar Silvestre
• Zoe Tasma

Professional practice fellows

• Nabeel Ahmed
• Bevan Clayton-Smith
• Supriya Devi
• Kate Farquharson
• Kyley Kerse
• Bee Sian Kho
• HeeSeung Lee
• Bridget Mark
• Louise McDermott
• Judy Park
• Michelle Plant
• Noni Richards
• Emma Smith
• Michael Smith
• Ashley Williamson-Morton
• James Windle
• Angela Wong

Clinic staff

• HeeSeung Lee
• Emma Smith

Honorary positions

• Honorary Professor Rhonda Rosengren
  Breast and prostate cancer, nanomedicine, drug metabolism
• Professor Ross Tsuyuki Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Director of the Epidemiology Coordinating and Research (EPICORE) Centre
• Emeritus Professor Ian Tucker
• Dr Chihiro Hasegawa
• David Finlay
• Professor Carlo Marra
• Andi Shirtcliffe
• Dr Leanne Te Karu
• Professor Stephen Duffull
• Professor Thomas Rades
• Dr Rohit Jain

Administration staff

• Andy Coburn Faculty Manager, Divisional Services and Administration
• Lauren Docherty Undergraduate and Placements Administrator, Divisional Services and Administration
• Lisa Head Operations Lead, Divisional Services and Administration
• Stella Kaffke, Administrator, Divisional Services and Administration
• Tessa Nicol, Administrator, Divisional Services and Administration
• Tripura Mamidi Administrator, Divisional Services and Administration
• Maggie Jenkins Postgraduate and Research Administrator, Divisional Services and Administration
• Sambo Sok Manager Finance 
• Jelita Novarini Finance Associate

Technical staff

• Rachael Collett Technical Manager
• Blake Gibson Operations Manager
• Sara de la Harpe Instrument and Development Technician
• Nerida Downes Pharmaceutical Science Technician
• Heather Lindsay Pharmacy Technician
• Lisa-Jane Reid Pharmacy Technician
• Ben Reshey Teaching Laboratory Manager
• Chloe Salter Pharmacy Technician
• Gabriella Stuart Research Technician
• Katie Young

PhD students

• Firoz Alam
• Lucy Broughton
• Julia Constantino Camilli
• Thomas Cawood
• Brydie Dumellow
• Madeha Javed
• Dan Li
• Shivankar Nair
• Muniksha Reddy
• Simon Su
• Ram Prasad Wagle
• Ke Wu
• Komal
• Grace Zheng