NZHSOA Annual Meeting 2026

Thursday 18 June 2026

NZHSOA Conference Programme 2026

Manawa, Ground Floor Room 102b, 276 Antigua Street, Christchurch

9:00 AM

Welcome

9:05 – 10:00 AM

Dr Jana Stojanova

Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology
St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney

TBD

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Professor Murray Barclay

Departments of Gastroenterology and Clinical Pharmacology, HNZ

TBD

10:30 – 11:10 AM Morning Tea

11:10 – 11:40 AM

Ms Sharon Paterson

Toxicology, CHL

40 Years of Drug Screening

11:40 AM – 12:10 PM

Dr Paul Chin

Clinical Pharmacology, HNZ

Therapeutic Tightrope: Bloody Monitoring

12:30 – 1:30 PM Lunch

1:40 – 2:10 PM

Dr Glenn Rowland

Specialist Biochemistry, CHL

Chemical Safety Assessment of New Foods

2:10 – 2:40 PM

Dr Denis Nyaga

IGENZ Ltd

Lymphoma NGS Panel for Tricky Lymphoma Cases

2:40 – 3:00 PM

Dr Lisa Hsu

Genetics, CHL

Beyond the Beta: A Critical Evaluation of Challenges in Consolidating Complex Carrier Screening Workflows

3:10 – 3:15 PM Break

3:15 – 3:45 PM

Dr Andrew Laurie

Genetics, CHL

Introduction of Whole Genome Sequencing at CHL

3:45 – 4:15 PM

Dr Kit Doudney

Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science, UoO

PPA2 Deficiency: An Inherited Recessive Disease with More than a Dominant Inheritance Rate

4:15 PM