1 May 2018
His research interests include genetics and evolution, including the effects of stress (particularly induced by antibiotics and agrochemicals), risk assessment and the influence of language on science and eugenics.
1 November 2014
The discovery of how the stomach bacterium_ Helicobacter pylori _was found to be responsible for gastric ulcers is a classic tale of revolution in scientific understanding. But the full story is far more complex - and only part of an emerging appreciation of the role played by our microbial fellow-travellers. Alison Campbell explains.
1 May 2007
This is a transcript of a talk given at the Skeptics conference in Auckland last year. Parts of it were also presented at the inaugral lecture for Bruce Arroll on being appointed to a personal chair last October. The title of that talk was Highways Through Uncertainty and will be published in the NZ Family Physician in early 2007. This paper can be found on the internet at www.rnzcgp.org.nz
1 February 2006
PHARMAC is the Government drug-purchasing agency. Pharmac's 2005 Annual Review showed that about eight prescription items were issued per adult in that year. In the course of my work I write a lot of prescriptions but I certainly don't consume eight scripts per year.