Meet our panel of medical specialists

David Menkes is an academic psychiatrist with a background in psychology and pharmacology (PhD 1983, Yale). Since completing specialist training in Dunedin (FRANZCP 1989) he has worked as an academic liaison psychiatrist in NZ and the UK. He has a continuing interest in the pharmacology and toxicology of drug treatments in psychiatry, is a member of the Medicines Adverse Reactions Committee (Medsafe), the PTAC Mental Health Subcommittee that advises PHARMAC, www.healthyskepticism.org, and works closely with the International Society of Drug Bulletins (www.isdbweb.org)... read more »

Associate Professor Wayne Miles Wayne is a psychiatrist with Waitemata DHB, Clinical Director of Awhina Research and Knowledge, and a Clinical Associate Professor with the Auckland University School of Medicine. He has had many roles with the RANZCP including that of President, and has also been involved with the NZMA. Wayne has had extensive experience in both the treatment of and research into schizophrenia. He has conducted sponsored research with and/or received honoraria for services to Otsuka, Pfizer, Roche, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb and GSK... read more »