Research Opportunities - New Zealand
and
Christchurch
Hospital
Dunedin
Hospital/University of Otago
Wellington
School of Medicine
Christchurch Hospital
Contact:
Associate Professors Richard Robson and Stephen Chambers, Drs Michael
Lever and Barbara Peddie
Ph: +64 3 364 0655
Fax: +64 3 364 0941
Email: rrobson@chmeds.ac.nz
- haemorheology in renal disease
Contact:
Dr Brett Shand
Ph: +64 3 364 0655
Fax: +64 3 364 0941
Dialysis Research
- blood pressure control
- assessment of body fluids
- use of erythropoietin
Contact:
Dr Kelvin Lynn
Ph: +64 3 364 0655
Fax: +64 3 364 0941
Email: kelvinl@smtpgate.chhlth.govt.nz
- reflux nephropathy and urinary tract infection
- drug disposition in renal disease
Contact:
Dr Kelvin Lynn and Associate Professor Richard Robson
Ph: +64 3 364 0655
Fax: +64 3 364 0941
kelvinl@smtpgate.chhlth.govt.nz
rrobson@chmeds.ac.nz
Dunedin Hospital/university Of
otago
Clinical Research:
- cardiovascular risk factors in renal disease
- lipid abnormalities and oxidative stress in renal and cardiovascular disease
- diabetic nephropathy and hypertension
- hypertension, insulin resistance and menopause
- vascular reactivity and endothelial dysfunction
- drug nephrotoxicity
Basic Research:
- pathophysiology of peritoneal membrane function
- role of intracellular signalling in mesothelial cell function
- impact of dialysate on mesothelial cell function
Contact:
Associate Professor Robert Walker and Dr John Stewart
Ph: +64 3 474 0999 extn. 8354
Fax: +64 3 474 7641
Email: rob.walker@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Wellington School Of Medicine
Basic Research:
- role of oxidative stress
- lipid peroxidation in the initiation and development of glomerulonephritis
- lipid peroxidation in fibrosis and sclerosis associated with glomerular
disease
Contact:
Dr Paul Davis
Ph: +64 3 385 5999 ext. 6856
Fax: +64 3 389 5427
Email: pdavis@wnmeds.ac.nz
