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 Jennifer Pereira

Dr Jennifer Pereira

After undergraduate training in medicine at the University of Auckland, Jennifer trained in neurology at Auckland City Hospital. Postgraduate training consisted of an MS research fellowship, with the Therapeutic Immunology Group in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge (UK). There she completed her MD focused on immunological changes after treatment of MS with alemtuzumab. Jennifer then returned to Auckland and works as consultant neurologist with a special interest in neuroimmunology in the Department of Neurology at Auckland City Hospital... read more »

Associate Professor Barry Snow

Associate Professor Barry Snow

Barry Snow was educated at Auckland Medical School. He spent his first house surgeon year at Rotorua Hospital where he learned to catch trout. After his FRACP examinations in 1983, he pursued geriatrics training before changing to Neurology training at Auckland Hospital. From 1998 to 2005 he taught at the UBC Medical School, Vancouver. There he was engaged in research into Movement Disorders, particularly Parkinson’s disease; he has published over 100 papers in the area. He returned to NZ in 2005 to join the Department of Neurology at Auckland Hospital. He is currently Director of Adult Medicine at Auckland District Health Board. In addition to his general Neurology work, he runs a Movement Disorder Clinic and research programme... read more »