Meet our panel of medical specialists

Research Review New Zealand works with over 70 local medical specialists to select and advise on the most important research from around the world. They advise on what really matters, what impact it has on local healthcare and what we need to do in our daily practice to accomodate new skills and knowledge. Select a category below to see more about each of our expert advisors.

Dr Claire Hemmaway

Dr Claire Hemmaway

Claire is a Consultant Haematologist at Auckland City Hospital. Her main research interests are acute leukaemias and lymphomas, with a particular interest in these diseases in teenagers and young adults. She moved to New Zealand in 2016, having trained and worked in London prior to that as both a paediatric and adult haematologist. Her research was in mouse models of infant leukaemia at the Institute of Child Health... read more »

Dr Leanne Berkahn

Dr Leanne Berkahn

Leanne Berkahn is a consultant haematologist at Auckland City Hospital and senior lecturer in the Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology at the University of Auckland School of Medicine. Her current research interests are new therapeutic approaches in the management of leukaemia and lymphoma... read more »