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Russell is a physician at Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand. His qualifications are MB, ChB BMedSci from the University of Otago in NZ, and PhD from Monash University Australia. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He is Clinical Professor of Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand. He is also involved in the acute internal medicine service at Christchurch Hospital and runs a private specialist clinic in the areas of diabetes, endocrinology, metabolic disorders and lipidology. He has been involved in clinical research since the mid 1980’s and is currently an investigator with NZ Clinical Research. His main research interests are prevention and treatment of type 1 DM, new technologies for diabetes mellitus, lipid disorders and cardiovascular disease, triglyceride regulation and clinical trials of new medications for diabetes and lipid disorders. He has been an investigator for 248 studies, from phase 1 through to long term CVD outcome trials. He has published 12 book chapters and 248 refereed articles in the areas of diabetes, atherosclerosis, and lipid disorders. |