Merriman Research Group
Genetics of Gout in Aotearoa
We are based in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Otago, in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Our research focuses on understanding the genetic basis of gout in New Zealand and Polynesian populations.
Principal Investigator
Professor Tony Merriman:
Staff members
- Marilyn Merriman
- Ruth Topless
- Riku Takei
Research Fellows
PhD students
- Jaye Moors
- Kerasoma Leaupepe
- Nick Sumpter
MSc students
- Anezka Hoskin
Honours students
Past members
- Mandy Phipps-Green (Staff)
- Murray Cadzow(Staff)
- Ashleigh Frewen (Staff)
- Matt Bixley (Staff)
- Edana Lord (Staff)
- Callum Tanner (Staff)
- James Boocock (MSc student)
- Hakimeh Azimi (MSc student)
- Tahzeeb Fatima Awais (PhD student)
- Humaira Rasheed (PhD Student)
- Amara Shaukat (PhD Student)