In a departure from our normal meetings at Ellerslie we were hosted by the University of Auckland at the Auckland University Medical School, Park Road Grafton on 13 June.
40 plus members, guests and spouses were present. Also Present from the Auckland University were Distinguished Professor Ian Reed – deputy Dean of the Auckland University of Auckland Faculty of Medical Health Sciences, Dr Niki Reed from Massey University, Dr Justin O’Sullivan of Liggins Institute and Professor Cris Print.
The purpose of the meeting was to present the NRCF Ross Craig Oncology Award 2017 to Dr Rosalie Stephens a medical oncologist at Auckland City Hospital.
Following presentation of the Award Dr Stephens thanked the club and those members present for the supports giving her into clinical research into aspects of Melanoma Treatment.
Those present could not help but come away impressed with this fine doctor. It speaks much of her and the Auckland University Med School and Auckland City Hospital that after a distinguished career in Britain she decided to return to New Zealand to continue with her professional career. Hopefully the NRCF Ross Craig Oncology Award will assit her in research into aspects of Melanoma Treatment so that this disease can be controlled and hopefully a cure developed.
After the presentations members were treated to a tour of a Medical Sciences Learning Centre.
Thank you to the University of Auckland for hosting us.
Below are pictures of
1. LH side, Distinguished Professor Ian Reid-Deputy Dean UoA Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, Dr Nikki Freed-Massey University: Dr Justin O’Sullivan Liggins Institute,
2. Centre Dr Rosalie Stephens-NRCF Ross Craig Oncology Awardee 2017, 3. RH side David Archer and your editor. 4&5 On the right hand border above - general pictures of the members. 6. Below leftMinION, a palm-sized gene sequencer made by UK-based Oxford Nanopore Technologies. The device is portable and cheap. It can read out relatively long stretches of genetic sequence, an ability increasingly in demand for understanding complex regions of genomes. And it plugs into the USB port of a laptop, displaying data on the screen as they are generated, rather than at the end of a run that can take days.
Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences. The award of $3000 is given to the top graduating student and the award recognises Harold’s contribution to the Foundation as a founding trustee and his work as Commissioner of Health at the Auckland Hospital Board. Harold was appointed Commissioner in March 1989 when the Minister of Health Helen Clark sacked the publicly elected board which included her husband Peter Davis. In his Commissioner’s role Harold recognised the need for more Maori & Pacifica health practioners which was the genesis of the CertHSc so it is fitting the Foundation have named this award after Harold.
