Jeanette Crossley
Dr Jeanette Crossley, of One Tree Hill, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit at an investiture ceremony on 1 April 2009 for services to science, in particular Addison's Disease. She developed the New Zealand Addison's Network; a support network for New Zealanders with Addison's disease. She has created a website and a newsletter that is issued three times a year, providing support for those with the disease. She has also worked in paediatric diabetes research and was on the executive committee of the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes. Dr Crossley also developed the blood spot screening test for cystic fibrosis in newborn babies. Photo: Photography by Woolf