Rate My Professor Robin Gauld

Professor Robin Gauld serves in the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago's Dunedin School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Division. He earned a PhD in public administration from the University of Hong Kong, a master's degree with distinction, and a first-class honours degree from Victoria University of Wellington. His academic career includes lecturing and research positions at the University of Hong Kong and City University of Hong Kong, as well as teaching roles at the University of Texas and Harvard University. At Otago, he previously headed the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine and, from late 2016, was Dean of the Otago Business School and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Commerce) in an honorary appointment. He directs the Centre for Health Systems and Technology, spanning the Medical and Business Schools, and was co-director of the Centre for Health Systems. Gauld was a 2008–2009 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow affiliated with Boston University and Harvard University and holds a Senior Fellowship at the Boston University Health Policy Institute. In 2018, Victoria University of Wellington awarded him a Higher Doctorate. He belongs to the British Academy of Management and the International Public Management Network.