List of Heads of Departments (HODs)

Otago Business School (Division of Commerce)

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Professor Maree Thyne	Pro-Vice-Chancellor	Division of Commerce
Professor Jin Zhang	Head	Department of Accountancy and Finance
Professor Ronald Peeters	Head	Department of Economics
Professor Sara Walton	Head	Department of Management
Professor Fiona Edgar	Head	Department of Marketing
Professor Anna Carr	Head	Department of Tourism
Professor Richard Greatbanks	Director	Executive Programmes

Division of Health Sciences

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Associate Professor Megan Gibbons	Pro-Vice-Chancellor	Division of Health Sciences
Associate Professor Justine Camp	Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Māori

Research Infrastructure Group

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Professor Sarah Hook	Research Infrastructure Manager	Operations
Mr Sarah W Rhodes	Head	Biomedical Research Facility
Dr Karen L Reader		Otago Micro and Nanoscale Imaging
Dr Torsten Kleffman	Operations Manager	Centre for Protein Research

Faculty of Biomedical Sciences

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Professor Julia Horsfield	Dean	Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
Professor Greg Anderson	Head	Department of Anatomy
Professor Julian Eaton-Rye	Head	Department of Biochemistry
Associate Professor J Kirman	Head	Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor Rajesh Katare	Head	Department of Physiology

Faculty of Dentistry

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Professor Paul Cooper	Dean	Faculty of Dentistry
Associate Professor Peter Cathro	Head	Oral Rehabilitation
Professor Andrew Tawse-Smith	Head	Oral Sciences
Professor Darryl Tong	Head	Oral Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences
Professor Warwick Duncan	Director	Sir John Walsh Research Institute

Faculty of Health Professional Programmes

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Associate Professor Ailsa McGregor	Head	Faculty of Health Professional Programmes
Professor Bruce Russell	Dean	School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Professor Ivan Sammut	Head	Pharmacology and Toxicology
Professor Leigh A Hale	Dean	School of Physiotherapy
Professor Eileen McKinlay	Director	Centre for Interprofessional Education
Associate Professor Tania Slatter	Head	Department of Medical Laboratory Science
Dr Virginia Jones	Head	Department of Nursing
Dr Kate J Chadwick	Head	Department of Radiation Therapy

Faculty of Medicine

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Professor Suzanne Pitama	Head	Faculty of Medicine

Dunedin Region

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Professor Suetonia Green	Dean and Head of Region	Faculty of Medicine – Dunedin
Professor Rachael Taylor	Deputy Dean	Faculty of Medicine – Dunedin
Professor Christopher Jackson	Deputy Dean	Faculty of Medicine – Dunedin
Associate Professor Josephine Johnston	Head	Deparment of Bioethics
Professor Patrick Manning	Head	Department of Medicine
Dr Helen Paterson	Head	Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Professor Peter McIntyre	Head	Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Associate Professor Glen Reid	Head	Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Dr Sharon Leitch	Head	Department of Primary Health Care
Associate Professor Tess Patterson	Head	Department of Psychological Medicine
Professor Robin Turner	Head	Department of Public Health
Professor Greg Jones	Head	Department of Surgery and Critical Care

Christchurch Region

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Professor Lutz Beckert	Dean and Head of Region	Faculty of Medicine – Christchurch
Dr Ben Hudson	Head	Department of Primary Health Care
Dr Maira Patu	Head	Department of Māori/Indigenous Health Innovation (MIHI)
Dr Amanda Landers	Head	Department of Medicine
Dr Jo Gullam	Head	Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Professor Gary Hooper	Head	Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine
Professor Tony Walls	Head	Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Professor Martin  Kennedy	Head	Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Professor Richard  Porter	Head	Department of Psychological Medicine
Dr Rose Crossin	Head	Department of Public Health
Professor Tim Eglinton	Head	Department of Surgery and Critical Care

Wellington Region

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Professor William M M Levack	Dean and Head of Region	Faculty of Medicine – Wellington
Professor Rebecca Grainger	Head	Department of Medicine
Associate Professor Sara Filoche	Head	Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Professor Esko Wiltshire	Head	Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
Associate Professor Diane Kenwright	Head	Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Professor Lynn C McBain	Head	Department of Primary Health Care
Professor Susanna Every-Palmer	Head	Department of Psychological Medicine
Associate Professor Ruth Cunningham	Head	Department of Public Health
Associate Professor Kirsty Danielson	Head	Department of Surgery and Critical Care

Division of Humanities

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Professor Hugh Campbell	Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Interim)	Division of Humanities

Faculty of Law

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Associate Professor Bridgette Toy-Cronin	Dean	Faculty of Law
Associate Professor Bridgette Toy-Cronin	Director	Civil Justice Centre
Professor Nicki Taylor	Director	Children's Issues Centre
To be confirmed	Director	Emerging Technologies

School of Arts

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Professor Simone Marshall	Head	School of Arts
Professor Maebh Long	Director	Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies
Associate Professor Daniel Osland	Head	Classics
Professor David Ciccoricco	Head	English and Linguistics
Associate Professor F Steel	Head	History
Dr Adelso Yanez	Head	Languages and Cultures
Professor Heather Dyke	Head	Philosophy
Professor Murray Rae	Head	Theology
Professor David Tombs	Director	Centre for Theology and Public Issues

School of Geography

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Professor Sophie Bond	Head	School of Geography
Professor Caroline Orchiston	Director	Centre for Sustainability Research

School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Professor Patrick Vakaoti	Dean	Te Tumu - School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies
Dr Jenny Te Paa Daniel	Director	National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies

School of Performing Arts

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Associate Professor Jennifer Cattermole	Head	School of Performing Arts
Professor Henry Johnson	Head	Music
Professor Suzanne Little	Head	Theatre

School of Social Sciences

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Professor Tim Thomas	Head	School of Social Sciences
Associate Professor Anne Ford	Head	Archaeology
Professor Catherine Fowler	Head	Media, Film and Communication
Associate Professor James Headley	Head	Politics
Dr Deane Galbriath	Head	Religion
Professor Ruth Fitzgerald	Head	Social Anthropology
Associate Professor Shayne Walker and Professor Emily Keddell as Co-Head	Head	Social and Community Work
Associate Professor Bryndl Hohman-Marriott	Head	Sociology, Gender Studies and Criminology

University of Otago College of Education

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Professor Viv Anderson	Dean	College of Education

Division of Sciences

Name	Position	Section / Department / School / Division
Professor Charles Brennan	Pro-Vice-Chancellor	Division of Sciences
Associate Professor Matt Larcombe	Head	Department of Botany
Professor Nigel Lucas	Head	Department of Chemistry
Professor Grant Dick	Head of School	School of Computing
Professor Miranda Mirosa	Head	Department of Food Science
Professor Andrew R Gorman	Head	Department of Geology
Professor Rachel Brown (Acting)	Head	Department of Human Nutrition
Professor Miles Lamare	Head	Department of Marine Science
Professor Matthew Scholfield	Head	Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Professor Michael Sam	Dean	School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences
Associate Professor Ashton S Bradley	Head	Department of Physics
Professor Jamin Halberstadt	Head	Department of Psychology
Professor Tony Moore	Dean	School of Surveying
Professor Mark Lokman	Head	Department of Zoology