Rate My Professor Gillian MacKay

Dr Gillian MacKay serves as Senior Teaching Fellow in the Genetics Mātai Ira Teaching Programme within the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Otago. The Genetics programme enables students to major or minor in Genetics as part of a Bachelor of Science degree or pursue a strong genetics component in the Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences, particularly through the Reproduction, Genetics and Development major. It unites expertise from contributing departments across the university, including Anatomy, Biochemistry, Botany, Mathematics and Statistics, Microbiology and Immunology, Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Women's Health, Paediatrics and Child Health, Pathology, Physiology, Surgical Sciences, and Zoology, delivering comprehensive coverage of modern genetics via a multi-disciplinary approach informed by university-wide research. Dr MacKay is a central figure in the programme's teaching staff, co-convening key undergraduate papers such as GENE221 Molecular and Microbial Genetics, GENE222 Genes, Chromosomes and Populations, GENE223 Developmental and Applied Genetics, GENE313 Medical Genetics, and GENE314 Developmental Genetics. Students encounter her in most GENE 200-level laboratories, and she oversees the Genetics Laboratory.