Professor Sir Jim Mann, of Dunedin, KNZM, for services to health
Professor Sir Jim Mann, of Dunedin, for services to health.
Professor Sir Jim Mann has pioneered research relating to non-communicable disease prevention and management at the University of Otago’s Departments of Medicine and Human Nutrition since 1988. Sir Jim’s epidemiological and nutrition-related research, published in almost 400 scientific publications and 90 book chapters, has informed world-leading interventions in the fields of coronary heart disease and diabetes. He has led committees that have developed international and national guidelines for the management of obesity and diabetes, and cardiovascular disease risk assessment. Since 2015 he has been Director of Healthier Lives - He Oranga Hauora National Science Challenge, which aims to reduce the disease burden associated with four of New Zealand’s major non-communicable diseases and achieve equity of health outcomes for all New Zealanders. He is a Board Member of the Heart Foundation and previously served as Medical Advisor to Diabetes New Zealand, having contributed to the activities of both organisations for more than 30 years. He has been appointed by the World Health Organisation to lead and serve on numerous advisory groups and Centres, including the Collaborating Centre for Human Nutrition, the Nutritional Guidance Advisory Group and the Expert Advisory Panel on Nutrition. Sir Jim was the inaugural Director of the Edgar National Centre for Diabetes and Obesity Research, helping to raise more than $120 million in research funding, and is currently Co-Director.