University of Otago Department of Preventive and Social Medicine Dunedin School of Medicine

Our people

Preventive and Social Medicine - Staff

Administration

Professor Jennie Connor Head of Department
Susan Bell Executive Assistant
Brett Dailey Finance Manager
Judith Smeijers Administrative Services Manager/Department Health and Safety Officer
Bronwyn Hughes Finance Assistant
Tanya Lyders Administrative Secretary
Nicola Casey Administrative Secretary Research and Teaching Support
Debbie Payne Administrative Secretary

Academic and research

Dr Mike Anderson Professional Practice Fellow
Dr Josie Athens Biostatistics
Mei-Ling Blank Teaching Fellow
Dr Warwick Brunton Health Systems
Dr Claire Cameron Biostatistics
Carly Collins Teaching Fellow
Professor Jennie Connor Epidemiology
Dr Sarah Derrett Health Services
Associate Professor Nigel Dickson Epidemiology
Associate Professor John Dockerty Epidemiology
Dr Richard Egan Teaching Fellow
Professor Robin Gauld Health Policy
Mr Andrew Gray Statistical Consulting
Associate Professor Bob Hancox Respiratory Epidemiology
Research Professor Peter Herbison Statistical Consulting
Professor Philip Hill McAuley Professor of International Health
Dr John Holmes Clinical Senior Lecturer
Dr Simon Horsburgh Lecturer Epidemiology
Robyn Kydd Research Fellow
Dr Sophia Leon de la Barra Research Fellow
Dr Rebbecca Lilley Professional Practice Fellow
Dr Sarah Lovell Lecturer in Public Health
Dr Kirsten Lovelock Senior Research Fellow
Ms Sue McAllister Assistant Research Fellow
AIDs Epidemiology Group
Associate Professor David McBride Occupational Health
Professor Rob McGee Health Promotion
Dr Lianne Parkin Epidemiology
Professor Charlotte Paul Epidemiology
Associate Professor Martin Pollock CJD Register
Dr Patricia Priest Epidemiology
Rebecca Psutka Research Fellow
Ms Antoinette Righarts Assistant Research Fellow
Dr Peter Saxton Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Associate Professor Katrina Sharples Biostatistics Group
Professor David Skegg Epidemiology
Dr Tai Sopoaga Pacific Island Health
Janine Tansley Teaching Fellow
Dr Thea van Roode Research Fellow
Judith Vercoe Occupational Health
Dr Debra Waters Epidemiology
Associate Professor Sheila Williams Statistical Consultancy

Centre for Health Systems

Professor Robin Gauld Director
Fiona Doolan-Noble Assistant Research Fellow

Centre for International Health

Professor Philip Hill Co-Director
McAuley Professor of International Health
Professor John Crump Co-Director
McKinlay Professor of Global Health
Merrin Rutherford Assistant Research Fellow
Dr Debasish Saha PhD Student
Kaaren Mathias Adjunct Research Fellow
Ayesha Verrall Research Fellow
Satupaitea Viali Honorary Fellow
Fiona Gray Administrator

Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit

Professor Richie Poulton Director
   
Administrative staff  
Ms Michelle McCann Administration Officer / PA to the Director
   
Research fellows  
Dr Sandhya Ramrakha Research Manager
Ms Judith Sligo Manager, Next Generation Studies
   
Postdoctoral fellows  
Dr Reremoana (Moana) Theodore  
Dr Emma Wyeth  
   
Dunedin Study age 38 assessment team
Dr Sandhya Ramrakha Assessment Manager
Mr Sean Hogan Team Leader
   
Next Generation Studies team  
Ms Judith Sligo Manager
Mrs Aroha Bolton Research Nurse/Interviewer
Mrs Georgina Salter Research Interviewer
Mrs Natalie Davis Research Nurse/Interviewer
Ms Jackie Telfer Parent Leave cover for Natalie Davis
   
Postgraduate students - ext 5017  
Mr Jesse Koukaua  
Ms Fiona Parker  
Dr Graham Wilson  
   
National Centre for Lifecourse Research
Professor Richie Poulton Co-Director
Associate Professor David Craig Research Associate Professor

Hugh Adam Cancer Epidemiology

Associate Professor Brian Cox Director
Linda McQueen Secretary
Dr Mary Jane Sneyd Research Fellow
Mary Ford Project Administrator

Injury Prevention Research Unit

Professor Hank Weiss Director
Dr Jean Simpson Deputy Director, Research Fellow
   
Administrative staff  
Mrs Jo-Ann Bremner Adminsitrative Secretary
   
Staff  
Mr Dave Barson Data Manager / Programmer
Dr Dorothy Begg Senior Research Fellow
Ms Rebecca Brookland Research Fellow
Professor Jennie Connor Research Associate
Ms Kim Cousins PhD Student
Associate Professor Colin Cryer Professorial Research Fellow
Dr Peter Davidson Senior Research Fellow
Ms Gabrielle Davie Biostatistician / Senior Research Fellow
Mr Brandon de Graaf Data Manager / Programmer
Dr Sarah Derrett Senior Research Fellow
Helen Harcombe Postdoctoral Fellow
Associate Professor Kypros Kypri Research Associate (Australia)
Emeritus Professor John Langley Professorial Research Fellow
Dr Rebbecca Lilley Research Fellow
Dr Brett Maclennan Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Mrs Emily Macleod Research Fellow
Mrs Bronwen McNoe Research Fellow
Dr Shyamala Nada-Raja Senior Research Fellow
Dr Melissa Purnell Research Fellow
Mr Hamish Rogers Assistant Research Fellow
Dr Ari Samaranayaka Research Fellow
Ms Aimee Ward Assistant Research Fellow
Ms Suzanne Wilson Research Fellow
Dr Emma Wyeth Postdoctoral Fellow

National Poisons Centre

Dr Wayne Temple Director
Lucy Shieffelbien Office Manager
Andrew Barnes Poisons Information Officer
Dr Michael Beasley Medical Toxicologist
Lana Ellis Poisons Information Officer
Dr John Fountain Medical Toxicologist
Ian Hall Honorary Fellow
Jenni Jones Poisons Information Officer
Jennifer Logan Poisons Information Officer
Michael McArthur Poisons Information Officer
Dr Richard Mason Poisons Information Specialist
Yvette Millard Poisons Information Officer
Dr Leo Schep Poisons Information Specialist
Robin Slaughter Poisons Information Officer

New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre

Dr Michael Tatley Director NZPhvC
Dr Mira Harrison-Woolrych Director IMMP
Ms Janelle Ashton Manager Information Systems
Ms Kaylene Crawford IMMP Team Leader
Dorothy Howard Support Staff
Jeannie Johnson Accounts Administration
Desiree Kunac Research Fellow
Mrs Glenys Murray Support Staff
Mrs Val Paterson Secretary
Dr Ruth Savage Medical Assessor
Shwetha Shivarudrappa Support Staff
Iain Sweetman Information Systems Analyst
Ming Tan Research Fellow - IMMP
Geoff Wootton Support Staff

Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit

Professor John Broughton Director

Centre for Hauora Māori

Associate Professor Joanne Baxter Senior Lecturer
Tui Kent Administrator
Francis Kewene Lecturer
Dr Emma Wyeth Postdoctoral Fellow

Cancer Society Social and Behavioural Research Unit

Research Associate Professor Tony Reeder Co-Director / Principal Investigator
Dr Rose Richards Co-Director / Research Fellow
Professor Rob McGee Co-Principal Investigator
Ms Anna Dawson Assistant Research Fellow
Dr Richard Egan Research Fellow
Mrs Nathalie Huston Research Support Officer
Dr Louise Marsh Research Fellow
Mrs Bronwen McNoe Research Fellow
Dr Robin Quigg Research Fellow
Lindsay Robertson Assistant Research Fellow