Rate My Professor Yuriko Haroen

Yuriko Haroen is a Poisons Information Officer at the National Poisons Centre, which operates within the University of Otago's Health Sciences Division in Dunedin. The Centre provides a 24-hour poisons information service, offering advice on exposures to poisons, chemicals, and medications. As part of the team, she contributes to this essential public health service, with direct contact via phone at +64 3 479 7250 or email. The Poisons Centre staff includes a Director (Associate Professor Adam Pomerleau), Deputy Director (Dr Bill Boroughf), Service Delivery Manager (Lucy Shieffelbien), and other Poisons Information Officers and Specialists.

Yuriko Haroen holds a Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences (BBiomedSc) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Science (PGDipSci), both from the University of Otago. She was listed as a graduand in Pharmacology in 2020. Her university involvement extends beyond her current role; in 2019, she served as a senior Residential Leader in Campus & Collegiate Life, recognized alongside peers Cameron Barr and Jess Young as excellent role models and leaders who embraced their responsibilities effectively. In 2018, she participated in the Silent Leadership Challenge as a member of an Otago research group including Dr Yiwen Zheng and Professor Paul Smith. She is also documented as a student mentor and appears in University of Otago calendars and reports associated with the institution.