Rate My Professor Linda Holloway

In 1999, Holloway relocated to Dunedin as Assistant Vice-Chancellor (later Pro-Vice-Chancellor) for Health Sciences until 2005, promoting interprofessional education, and then as Dean of the Otago Medical School until her retirement in 2006—the only woman to hold this role. Her research specializations include perinatal pathology, respiratory disease, and breast cancer. She served as the pathology medical advisor for the Cartwright Inquiry (1987–1988), a pivotal investigation that advanced patient rights and healthcare reforms globally. Holloway has held influential positions such as Chair of the National Health Committee, member of the Medicines Assessment Advisory Committee, ten-year Chair of the Abortion Supervisory Committee, and director of the Institute of Environmental Health and Forensic Sciences Ltd. Post-retirement, she continues teaching pathology to undergraduate medical students and providing interim leadership. Her contributions earned the Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (1997), Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2005), Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (2009), and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Otago (2024).