David Skegg

Sir David Christopher Graham Skegg, KNZM, OBE, FRSNZ (born 16 December 1947) is a New Zealand epidemiologist and university administrator. He is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Otago and Professor of Preventive and Social Medicine. His primary research interest is cancer epidemiology.^[1][2][3]

Biography

Skegg was born in Auckland and attended King's College, Auckland. He entered the medical course at the University of Otago, travelling on exchange to Harvard University. He later received a (postgraduate) Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford, joining Balliol College and working with noted epidemiologist Sir Richard Doll.^[1][4]

Returning to Otago, Skegg took up the departmental chair in Preventive and Social Medicine in 1980. In 2004, he took up the Vice-Chancellorship of the university. He stood down from that position in 2011. He was appointed President of the Royal Society of New Zealand in July 2012.^[5]

Skegg has acted as a consultant to the World Health Organisation and to the New Zealand government. In 1990, he was awarded an OBE for services to medicine and, in 2009, received a knighthood. He has contributed to the study of cervical, breast and prostate cancer, as well contraceptives and reproductive health.^[6]

References

Lambert, Max (1991, 12th edn). Who’s Who in New Zealand. Reed, Auckland. p. 583. ISBN 0 7900 01306.  Check date values in: |date= (help)

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Old Collegian becomes Otago University Chancellor". King's College. 2003. Retrieved 26-Aug-2010.  Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
2. ↑ Smirk, Susan (2010). "Skegg". Critic Magazine. 
3. ↑ Rutherford, Jill (2004). "To Lead". Otago Magazine. University of Otago. 
4. ↑ "Conference of Executive Heads: Invited Speakers". Association of Commonwealth Universities. 
5. ↑ "Royal Society of New Zealand announces new President". Royal Society of New Zealand. 12 March 2012. 
6. ↑ Johnston, Martin (2008-12-31). "Honours List: Cancer researcher lifted lid on healthcare faults".