Centres of Research Excellence Fund

2006/7 Assessment Panels

The Assessment Panels are responsible for assessing the Excellence and the Access or Human Capital Development content of the CoRE fund proposals.  The membership of the Assessment Panels is as follows.

SEP    Social, Economic and Environmental Policy

This new panel merges the applications from the original Education and Social Sciences, and the Economics, Policy and Environmental Studies panels.

Includes sociology, education, economics, public policy, NZ studies and environmental science

Name	Institution
Professor Norman Blaikie (chair)	Independent
Professor Luanna Meyer	Victoria University of Wellington
Dr Patu Hohepa	Independent
Professor Peter Jarvis	University of Surrey
Professor Charles Crothers	Auckland University of Technology
Professor Stephen Curwell	Salford University

 

GBS    Genetics, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences

Including biochemistry, biotechnology, microbiology, cellular & molecular biology, genetics, marine science,  animal & plant sciences and food science & technology

Name	Institution
John Lancashire (chair)	Independent
Associate Professor John Bass	University of Auckland
Dr Peter Kettle	Agmardt
Professor Jill Gready	Australian National University
Professor Robert Duce	Texas A&M University
Dr Graeme Jarvis	NZTE

HMT    Health Management

Including public health and epidemiology

Name	Institution
Dr Bruce Scoggins (chair)	Independent
Dr Kathryn Backett-Milburn	University of Edinburgh
Professor Edwin Mitchell	University of Auckland
Ms Mere Balzer	Te Runanga o Kirikiriroa
Dr Ashley Bloomfield	Ministry of Health
Professor Ian Town	University of Canterbury

MDS    Medical Sciences

Including human health, disease, growth and development; neuroscience; behavioural psychology and human genetics

Name	Institution
Professor Patrick Sullivan (chair)	Massey University
Professor Peter Colman	Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medicine
Associate Professor Jean Fleming	Griffith University
Dr Bruce Scoggins	Independent
Professor Doug Hilton	Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medicine
Professor Mason Durie	Massey University
Appointment pending (1)

PSM    Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Including materials sciences, chemistry and biochemistry, condensed matter physics, optics, computing science and mathematics

Name	Institution
Professor George Benwell (chair)	University of Otago
Professor Tony Signal	Massey University
Professor Matt Trau	University of Queensland
Professor Michael Cowling	University of NSW
Professor John O'Connor	University of Newcastle