{"id":329,"date":"2023-05-21T14:50:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T02:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/?page_id=329"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:35:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:35:05","slug":"current-omsrs-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/welcome\/current-omsrs-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Otago Medical School Research Society Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>President<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a style=\"font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\" href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/physio\/about\/people\/profile\/?id=2233\" data-ogsc=\"\">Dr Emily Gray<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\">\u00a0(School of Physiotherapy)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Vice-President<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/healthsciences\/expertise\/Profile\/?id=1669\">Dr Benedict Seo<\/a>\u00a0(Faculty of Dentistry)<\/p>\n<h2>Secretary<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/anatomy\/people\/staff\/profile?id=1286\">Dr Natasha Flack<\/a>\u00a0(Department of Anatomy)<\/p>\n<h2>Treasurer<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/dsm-medicine\/people\/profile?id=1614\">Dr. Jack Dummer<\/a> (Department of Medicine)<\/p>\n<h2>Meeting Secretary<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/healthsciences\/expertise\/Profile\/?id=3486\">Dr Holly Perry<\/a>\u00a0(Department of Pathology)<\/p>\n<h2>Convenor Review Panel<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/biochemistry\/people\/profile?id=1260\">Dr Adam Middleton<\/a> (Department of Biochemistry)<\/p>\n<h2>Other committee members<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/sopeses\/staff\/academic-staff\/lara-vlietstra\" data-ogsc=\"\">Dr Lara Vlietstra<\/a> (School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences)<\/li>\n<li>Dr Zoe Ashley<span style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\">\u00a0(Department of Surgical Sciences): support for meeting secretary<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pletzerlab.com\" data-ogsc=\"\">Dr Daniel Pletzer<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\"> (Department of Microbiology and Immunology)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/bms\/expertise\/profile?id=3253\">Dr Francesc March de Ribot<\/a> (Department of Medicine)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/physio\/about\/people\/academic\/profile?id=2491\">Dr Ewan Kennedy<\/a> (School of Physiotherapy)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/pharmacy\/people\/profile?id=1247\">Dr Shakila Rizwan<\/a> (School of Pharmacy)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/sjwri\/people\/profile?id=3130\">Dr Jithendra Ratnayake<\/a> (Faculty of Dentistry)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/bms\/expertise\/profile?id=2966\">Dr Jon Cornwall<\/a> (Centre for Early Learning in Medicine, Otago Medical School)<\/li>\n<li>Postgraduate representative: Andy Stewart (Department of Anatomy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Immediate Past President<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/pharmacy\/people\/profile\/?id=1496\" data-ogsc=\"\">Professor Shyamal Das<\/a> (School of Pharmacy)<\/p>\n<h2>Review Panel<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/bms\/expertise\/profile?id=3364\">Dr Michael Garelja<\/a> (Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/bms\/expertise\/profile?id=2674\">Dr Nicholas Fleming<\/a> (Department of Pathology)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otago.ac.nz\/dentistry\/departments\/oral-sciences\/molecular-microbiology\/profile?id=2006\">Dr Erwin Lamping<\/a> (Faculty of Dentistry)<\/li>\n<li><a 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