Jane Harding
Dame Jane Harding DNZM FRSNZ FRACP | |
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Born | 1955 (age 65–66) |
Nationality | New Zealand |
Alma mater | |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Neonatology |
Institutions | University of Auckland |
Dame Jane Elizabeth Harding DNZM FRSNZ FRACP (born 1955) is a New Zealand academic new-born intensive case specialist (neonatologist). She was awarded the Rutherford Medal in 2019.
Education and career[]
Harding studied at the University of Auckland, graduating in 1978, and in 1982 obtained a DPhil in foetal physiology from the University of Oxford.[1] She returned to in New Zealand for paediatric training then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.[1] Following that, she worked at the University of Auckland's faculty of Medicine from 1989, becoming Professor of Neonatology in 1997.[1] She is deputy director of the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland.[1]
Harding is a member of the New Zealand charitable organisation .[2]
Honours and awards[]
Harding was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2001.[3] In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to paediatrics.[4] She was awarded the Health Research Council of New Zealand's Beaven Medal in 2016.[5] In 2017, Harding was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.[6]
In 2019, Harding received the Rutherford Medal, New Zealand's highest science honour, from the Royal Society of New Zealand.[7][8] Also in 2019, Harding received the Supreme Award at the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards.[9]
In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours, Harding was promoted to Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to neonatology and perinatology.[10]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2005). Short-course chemotherapy for tuberculosis. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. 24. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-104-2. Wikidata Q29581694.
- ^ "Our Members". Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "List of all Fellows with surnames G–I". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee honours list 2002". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ "Low blood sugar treatment for babies earns researcher top medal". Health Research Council of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Jane Harding". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "2019 Rutherford Medal: Better lifelong outcomes for mothers and babies". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ "Top award for making a difference in babies' lives". 15 October 2019.
- ^ "2019 Women of Influence Supreme winner medical pioneer Jane Harding". Stuff. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2020". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
External links[]
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- New Zealand neonatologists
- New Zealand medical researchers
- Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- University of Auckland alumni
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- University of California, San Francisco alumni
- Recipients of the Rutherford Medal
- New Zealand medical biography stubs
- New Zealand Women of Influence Award recipients