OFFICER OF THE NEW ZEALAND ORDER OF MERIT (ONZM)
University of Otago staff member Prof Bridget Robinson has
been honoured for her services to medicine.
A cancer specialist at the university's Christchurch School
of Medicine for more than 20 years, Prof Robinson is also a
consultant with the Canterbury District Health Board.
Her particular areas of interest are Hodgkin's disease,
soft-tissue tumours, breast cancer and other forms of cancer.
Prof Robinson has provided expert advice to many
organisations and individuals, including the Health and
Disability Commissioner, and is a member of several medical
organisations including the Child Cancer Foundation
professional health subcommittee, the Health Research Council
of New Zealand, the Medicines Assessment Advisory Committee,
the New Zealand Children's Cancer Study Group and the New
Zealand Society of Oncology.
She is also a former member of the editorial board of the New
Zealand Medical Journal.
Prof Robinson could not be contacted for her reaction.
