Professor Wayne S. Cutfield  

BHB, MBChB, DCH, FRACP, MD

• NRCGD Associate Director, Clinical sciences

• NRCGD Site representative, The Liggins Institute

• NRCGD Project Leader

• Director, The Liggins Institute

Research interests

Long term metabolic and endocrine consequences of pre- and perinatal events

NRCGD Project: Click here for details

Biography

Professor Wayne Cutfield is a paediatric endocrinologist and an expert on insulin sensitivity and action in children. He is Director of the Liggins Institute, Director of Endocrinology at Auckland's Starship Hospital, and co-ordinates the paediatric training programme for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. As Director of the Liggins Institute's Maurice and Nessie Paykel Clinical Research Unit, he leads clinical research which shows how environmental influences early in life can affect childhood growth and development in ways that could lead to chronic conditions in adult life. Wayne is currently president of the Asia Pacific Paediatric Endocrine Society, a large regional umbrella society representing 15 countries and over half the world’s population.

Contact details

The Liggins Institute

The University of Auckland

Private Bag 92019

Auckland 1142, New Zealand

Email ; Phone +64 9 9234476