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
- 1 2 "Old Collegian becomes Otago University Chancellor". King's College. 2003. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ↑ Smirk, Susan (2010). "Skegg". Critic Magazine.
- ↑ Rutherford, Jill (2004). "To Lead" (PDF). Otago Magazine. University of Otago.
- ↑ "Conference of Executive Heads: Invited Speakers". Association of Commonwealth Universities.
- ↑ "Royal Society of New Zealand announces new President". Royal Society of New Zealand. 12 March 2012.
- ↑ Johnston, Martin (2008-12-31). "Honours List: Cancer researcher lifted lid on healthcare faults". The New Zealand Herald.
- Lambert, Max (1991). Who’s Who in New Zealand (12th ed.). Reed, Auckland. p. 583. ISBN 0 7900 01306.