Dunedin School of Medicine

Network Non-Research Activities

Non-research Activities of Researchers (in alphabetical order) at the University of Otago in Relation to Developing Countries:

Colleague

Organisation & Activity

Michael Baker
Public Health, Wellington

  • WHO: International Health Regulation

Jenny Bryant-Tokalau
Te Tumu
(School of Maori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies)

  • CHEC (Commonwealth Human Ecology Council): Board Member

Brian Cox
Preventive & Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine

  • International Cancer Screening Network of NCI: NZ rep; assessment of cancer screening in 23 participating countries
  • Intl. Agency for Research on Cancer: IARC PhD Scholarship program

Richard Edwards
Public Health, Wellington

  • International Diabetes Federation: Consultant to Burden of Disease in Cameroon (CAMBoD) project

Donald Evans
Bioethics Centre, Health Sciences

  • UNESCO/ Nuffield Foundation: International Bio-ethics committee representing Asia/Pacific
  • CURE: Establishment of ethics processes in China

Jim Faed
Otago Blood Bank

  • WHO: Transfusion in the Pacific

Rosalind Gibson
Human Nutrition

  • International Zinc Nutrition Consultative Group: Member
  • WHO: Technical working group on development of dietary methods for evaluating food fortification programmes; and Consultancy on post-grad training in nutrition in Cambodia

Tim Green
Human Nutrition

  • WHO: Technical Group on Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation

Mira Harrison-Woolrych
Preventive and Social Medicine
NZ Pharmacovigilance Centre

  • International Society of Pharmacovigilance: Chair, Western Pacific Chapter

Susan Heydon
School of Pharmacy

  • Himalayan Trust: Member, involved with Khunde Hospital
  • Australasian College of Tropical Medicine: Council Member, 2008 -

Philip Hill
Preventive and Social Medicine
Centre for International Health

  • Gates Foundation: Scientific Advisor for Gates Grand Challenge 6-74 Biomarkers study
  • CDC Atlanta: CDC Advisory Committee for United States TB diagnostics guidelines

Alec Holt
Health Informatics, Information Science

  • WHO: Pacific Open Learning Project for medical people; and Health Information Systems in the Tongan Ministry of Health

Philippa Howden-Chapman, Public Health (Wellington)

  • WHO: Social & Economic determinants mission

John Langley
Preventive & Social Medicine
Injury Prevention Research Unit

  • WHO: International Collaborative Effort on Injury Statistics, including indicators

Lance Jennings
Pathology (Christchurch)

  • APACI-public/private partnership: Chair - Influenza awareness education
  • WHO: Structure & function of WHO GISN/Recommendations & lab procedures for detection  of  AI A(H5N1)
  • WHO/ISIRV: A(H5N1) diagnostics / Influenza &  resp virus surveillance
  • WHO/WPRO: (1) Practical guide to burden of disease studies; (2) Practical guide to surveillance; (3) NIC capacity development

Mary McIntyre
Public Health (Wellington)

  • International Centre for Environmental & Bioethics: Committee member

Jim Mann
Human Nutrition, and
Department of Medicine
(Edgar National Centre for Diabetes Research)

  • WHO: Chair and member of several Expert Advisory Groups
  • World Cancer Research Fund: Member, Advisory Group & Panel: Diet, physical activity and cancer
  • International Union of Nutritional Sciences: Chair, Panel on Evidence based nutrition
  • Euopean Association for the:Study of Diabetes: Chair, Nutritional recommendations for the management of diabetes

Richard Morgan
Geography

  • Ministry for the Environment (Samoa): Framework for Impact Assessment
  • Government of Thailand: Report on strategy for Health Impact Assessment

David Murdoch
Pathology (Christchurch)

  • Gates Foundation/ Pneumo ADIP: Pneumococcal surveillance and vaccination advisory committee
  • Pneumcoccal Awareness Council of Experts: Member

Jing-Bao Nie
Bioethics Centre

  • International Association of Bioethicists: Board member

Pauline Norris
School of Pharmacy

  • Government of Samoa: Testing antibiotics for quality

Louise Signal
Public Health (Wellington)

  • WHO: Setting indicators & benchmarks following the Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion

David Skegg
Preventive & Social Medicine
Vice Chancellor, Uni of Otago

  • WHO: Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction

Michael Tatley
Preventive and Social Medicine
New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre

  • WHO: International Drug Safety Monitoring
  • Brighton Collaboration: Implementation Working Group on Vaccine Safety in Developing Countries

Nick Wilson
Public Health (Wellington)

  • WHO: Several consultancies, focus: immunisation

Lifeng Zhou & Michael Tatley
Preventive and Social Medicine
New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre

  • Ministry of Science and Technology of China: Training in Pharmacovigilance methodology for the family planning network of China
  • National Population of Family Planning Commission of China: Advisors ‘Post-marketing surveillance and risk re-evaluation of contraceptives’ (Ministry of Science and Technology of China)

 

 

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