School of Medical Sciences Teaching and learning

Potential postgraduate supervisors and thesis topics

Basic biomedical research
Area of interest	Researcher
Antioxidants/Oxidation stress	Dr Bob Anderson (r.anderson@auckland.ac.nz) Assoc Prof Laurie Melton (l.melton@auckland.ac.nz)
Bone growth	Assoc Prof Jill Cornish (j.cornish@auckland.ac.nz)
Carcinogenesis and cancer prevention	Prof Lynn Ferguson (l.ferguson@auckland.ac.nz)
Calcium nutrition	Prof Ian Reid (i.reid@auckland.ac.nz)
Dietary fibre	Assoc Prof Philip Harris (p.harris@auckland.ac.nz)
Neuroendocrine disorders	Dr Kathleen Mountjoy (k.mountjoy@auckland.ac.nz)
Nutrition toxicology	Dr Malcolm Tingle (m.tingle@auckland.ac.nz)

Clinical nutrition research
Area of interest	Researcher
Body composition	Dr Lyndsay Plank (l.plank@auckland.ac.nz)
Dietary intervention studies - Metabolic unit	Dr Sally Poppitt (s.poppitt@auckland.ac.nz)
Dietary intervention studies - Free living subjects	Prof Lynn Ferguson (l.ferguson@auckland.ac.nz)
Food chemistry	Assoc Prof Laurie Melton (l.melton@auckland.ac.nz)
Pancreatitis	Assoc Prof John Windsor (j.windsor@auckland.ac.nz)

Epidemiology/Public health research
Area of interest	Researcher
Cardiovascular disease/diabetes	Dr Robert Scragg (r.scragg@auckland.ac.nz) Dr Patricia Metcalf (p.metcalf@auckland.ac.nz)
Paediatric	Assoc Prof John Windsor (j.windsor@auckland.ac.nz) Assoc Prof Ed Mitchell (e.mitchell@auckland.ac.nz) Dr Cameron Grant (c.grant@auckland.ac.nz)