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from 2005 to 2013. He has been Chair of the Performance Based Research Fund Sector Reference Group and Chair of the Tertiary Education Commission PBRF Governance Group. He was the Chair of Te Papa Hauora/Christchurch Health Precinct Advisory Council, advising on the post-earthquake rebuild, for five
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to implement the New Zealand Health Research Strategy 2017–2027. When COVID-19 arrived in New Zealand his background in respiratory medicine led to his advising full-time on the New Zealand response to COVID-19.
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Carlos A Camargo; Tristram Ingham; Kristin Wickens; et al. (27 December 2010). "Cord-blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and risk of respiratory infection, wheezing, and asthma".
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Town is a physician and has published on evidence-based guidelines for respiratory medicine, particularly asthma, COPD and pneumonia. He is a Fellow of the
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is a New Zealand respiratory scientist and health official. He was appointed the Chief Science Advisor to the New Zealand Ministry of Health in 2019.
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Town was the Dean of the University of Otago in Christchurch from 2002 to 2005. He was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the
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in July 2019. His role at the Ministry was originally part-time, and involved working with
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COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) update – 10 December, 2021 12:30pm | Ministry of Health NZ
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and claimed that it has dangerous side effects. Though he has voiced support for other
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The role of inflammation in oxygen-induced lung injury in the preterm guinea pig
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Neill AM; Martin IR; Weir R; et al. (1 October 1996).
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Town has publicly stated that the research on the drug
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COVID-19 Response (Vaccinations) Legislation Act 2021
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doesn't show that the drug is effective at treating
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University of Otago
University of Southampton
FRACP
University of Otago
Doctor of Medicine
University of Southampton
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Ivermectin
COVID-19
protease
University of Canterbury
Ministry of Health
MBIE
Health Research Council
Scholia
Ian Town (Q105047287)
G. I. Town
"Defining community acquired pneumonia severity on presentation to hospital: an international derivation and validation study"
Thorax
doi
10.1136/THORAX.58.5.377
ISSN
0040-6376
PMC
1746657
PMID
12728155
Wikidata
Q24678793

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