Professor Jim Mann (KNZM) is a world leader in human nutrition, diabetes and obesity. He has been Professor in Human Nutrition and Medicine at the University of Otago and Consultant Physician (Endocrinology) in Dunedin Hospital for over 30 years. He was previously the Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Human Nutrition, and is the Director of the NZ-China Non-communicable Diseases Research Collaboration Centre, co-Director of the Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research and Principal Investigator for the Riddet Institute, a national Centre of Research Excellence.
Professor Mann has been involved in guideline development for numerous international and national organisations concerned with nutrition, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, several of which he has chaired or continues to chair. He has authored over 500 peer reviewed journal articles and written and edited several textbooks and popular books, including the Essentials of Human Nutrition.
- Professor Jim Mann’s research profile
- Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research (EDOR)
- Public Health Research at Otago