The Otago Medical School Dunedin Campus preventive and social medicine professor won the Dean’s Medal for research excellence, an award that gave extra meaning to all the work she and her colleagues had carried out over many years.
‘‘I’ve never won anything like this before. It’s very special. I’m delighted. I feel very honoured and I’m very grateful for my research colleagues as well,’’ Prof Derrett said.
‘‘We do a lot of research collaboratively, so I’m grateful for all of us.
As director of the Injury Prevention Research Unit (IPRU) much of her research is focused on injury.
She has led the Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study (2007-2013), the Subsequent Injury Study, she is the New Zealand principal investigator on the Bandung Neurosurgery Department Patient Outcomes Project, an investigator on the Longitudinal Spinal Cord Injury Outcome study, and an investigator on several other projects which look into health and wellbeing outcomes for people experiencing a range of health conditions.
She is also working with colleagues at the University of Chicago, investigating integrated care and diabetic services in the United States.
Otago Medical School dean Prof Rathan Subramaniam said the annual awards ceremony was a chance to recognise and thank the vital, high-calibre staff the Dunedin Campus of the medical school had.
‘‘The fact this region hosts one of the world’s top 100 medical schools, in the field of medicine and life sciences, is only possible because of the quality of the people we have here at Otago.
‘‘We simply couldn’t do what we do without such extraordinary staff.’’
Clinical teaching awards, excellence in teaching, trainee intern, Anastasia Shoebridge; house officer, Darlene Pupi; nursing team, fracture clinic; registrar award,Brendon Saunders; senior medical officer award,Gerry Wilkins; regional centre teaching award: Dunstan Hospital undergraduate teaching team; health research excellence awards, best collaboration award between Southern DHB and Otago Medical School Dunedin campus, collaborators, Kristina Aluzaite (project lead); Dr Ben Brockway, Associate Prof Yoram Barak, Dr Trudy Sullivan, Prof Michael Schultz, Dr Nick Cutfield, Dr Brent Hyslop; other important research role: Emma Grant, Julie Hunter , Holly Adam, Jenni Duncan (clinical staff); ward receptionists: Soneeka Pratap, Kulie Legg; Supported by the rest of 6ATR clinical and unit service manager: Helen Murphy; Dunedin medical campus: Harry Wu, Josh Read; neuroscience students: Urshita Jain, Jaysha Tippins; External collaborator: Associate Prof Guy Warman (University of Auckland); Bay of Plenty DHB clinical and research staff enabling multi-site comparison; best research publication award, Mei-Ling Blank; best published paper by a master or PhD student award, Sarah Donald; best research support award, Elizabeth (Liz) Goodin; The Gil Barbezat Summer Studentship Prize, Luke Nie; guest speaker, research presentation, Dean’s Medal, Prof Dirk De Ridder; Otago Medical School Research Society research awards, research staff speaker 2020, Emma Wade; Pat Cragg summer student speaker, Jennifer Palmer; summer student speaker 2020, runner-up, Nahid Khalajiassadi; PhD student speaker 2019, Sophie Mathiesen; PhD student speaker award 2019, runner-up, Shivani Sethi; masters and honours student speaker award 2019, Hayley Stent; runner-up, Helen Cao, runner-up, Rosey Acker; clinical teaching awards, Southland Campus, trainee intern award for excellence in teaching, Andy Maclachlan; house officer award for excellence in teaching, Rowena Peters; nursing team award for excellence in teaching, surgery; registrar award for excellence in teaching, Rachel Hunter; senior medical officer award for excellence in teaching, Agata Moody; excellence award for longstanding contribution in teaching, Andy Doherty; Southland research award: Southland Hospital campus, research award, Pierre Navarre; departmental teaching and research awards, Bioethics Centre, Bioethics Centre teaching award in ALM (advanced learning in medicine) of the MB ChB Programme, teaching award, John McMillian; Bioethics Centre teaching award, Mike King; Bioethics Centre research award, Prof Jing-Bao Nie; general practice and rural health, Department of General Practice and Rural Health teaching award in ALM of the MB ChB Programme, teaching award, Peter Radue; Department of General Practice and Rural Health teaching award in the rural medical immersion programme, Marta Kroo; Department of General Practice and Rural Health teaching award in the rural postgraduate programme, Rory Miller; Department of General Practice and Rural Health teaching award in the general practice postgraduate programme, teaching award, Struan Clark; general practice and rural health research award, Prof Tim Stokes; medicine, Department of Medicine teaching award in ALM of the MB ChB programme, teaching award Sierra Beck; Department of Medicine teaching award in ALM of the MB ChB programme for outstanding teaching support, Anne Ryalls; medicine research award, Melanie Millier; pathology, Department of Pathology medical laboratory science teaching award, Braeden Donaldson; medical laboratory science teaching in pathology papers award,Tania Slatter; Department of Pathology teaching award in medical laboratory science and in ALM of the MB ChB programme, Ian Morison; pathology research award, Dr Euan Rodger; preventive and social medicine, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine undergraduate public health leadership teaching award Helen Harcombe; postgraduate public health leadership teaching award ,Trudy Sullivan; outstanding contributions to overall department teaching leadership award, Lianne Parkin; teaching award in ALM, Sarah Donald; preventive and social medicine research award, Dave Barson and Brandon de Graaf; psychological medicine, Department of Psychological Medicine teaching award in ALM, Charlotte Mentzel; psychological medicine research award, Dr Maria Kleinstaeuber; surgical sciences, Department of Surgical Sciences teaching award in ALM, Greg Jones; teaching award for outstanding teaching support, Aroha Meikle; surgical sciences research award, Fran Munro; women’s and children’s health,Department of Womens and Children’s Health teaching award in ALM,Emma Macfarlane; teaching award for outstanding teaching support, Tracy-lee Fisher; women’s and children’s health research award, Shirley Jones; Hauora Maori Department of Hauora Maori teaching award for outstanding teaching support, Tui Kent; Pacific health, Department of Pacific Health teaching award in ALM, Malama Tafunai; Dean’s Office, Dean’s Office teaching award for excellence in education in ALM, Steve Gallagher.
