David Skegg

Sir David Christopher Graham Skegg, KNZM, OBE, FRSNZ (born 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.

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.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Old Collegian becomes Otago University Chancellor". King's College. 2003. http://www.kcoca.com/courier.cfm?Page=CourierArticle&CourierArticleID=272. Retrieved 26-Aug-2010. 
2. ^ Smirk, Susan (2010). "Skegg". Critic Magazine. http://critic.co.nz/articles/335. 
3. ^ Rutherford, Jill (2004). "To Lead". Otago Magazine. University of Otago. http://www.otago.ac.nz/news/otagomagazine/otago004395.pdf. 
4. ^ "Conference of Executive Heads: Invited Speakers". Association of Commonwealth Universities. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/acu2006/program/speakers.html. 
5. ^ Johnston, Martin (2008-12-31). "Honours List: Cancer researcher lifted lid on healthcare faults". http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10550120. 

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