Anna Ranta
{{Short description|New Zealand neurologist}}
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Annemarei Ranta is a New Zealand academic neurologist, and is a full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in stroke care.
Academic career
Ranta was born in Germany. She obtained her medical degree from Pennsylvania State University, and also has a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and biology from St Mary's College of Maryland.{{Cite web |title=Ranta, Anna {{!}} CCDHB |url=https://www.ccdhb.org.nz/about-us/history/wellington-hospital-smo-archive/appointments-made/appointments-after-1980/medicine-and-related-specialties/neurology/ranta-anna/ |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=www.ccdhb.org.nz}} She moved to New Zealand in 2007, where she was initially a consultant neurologist and lead stroke physician at the MidCentral District Health Board.
Ranta completed a postgraduate certificate in public health at Massey University in 2010, and a PhD titled Transient Ischaemic Attack and Stroke Electronic Decision Support to Improve Stroke Care in New Zealand at the University of Otago.{{Cite thesis|title=Transient Ischaemic Attack and Stroke Electronic Decision Support to Improve Stroke Care in New Zealand|last=Ranta|first=Annemarei|publisher=OUR Archive, University of Otago|date=2014|hdl=10523/5311 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10523/5311|type=PhD thesis}} Ranta was appointed associate professor at Otago in 2017,{{Cite web |last=Otago |first=Study Public Health at |date=2016-12-14 |title=Otago academics made full professor |url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/sjwri/news/otago-academics-made-full-professor |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=www.otago.ac.nz |language=en}} and full professor in 2021.{{Cite web |last=Board |first=Otago Bulletin |date=2020-12-08 |title=Otago announces 26 new professors |url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/otagobulletin/news/otago-announces-26-new-professors |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=www.otago.ac.nz |language=en}} As of 2024, she is head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Otago's Wellington campus.{{Cite web |last=University of Otago |first=Wellington |date=2023-06-30 |title=Professor Anna Ranta, Head of Department of Medicine |url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/wellington/professor-anna-ranta-head-of-department-of-medicine |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=www.otago.ac.nz |language=en}}
Ranta's research is focused on stroke care and the development of interventions to improve stroke care. Ranta led Health Research Council-funded research that showed significant variations in stroke care across New Zealand, for instances some patients received follow-up care within 1–2 weeks while others waited up to five months.{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=John |date=2022-06-13 |title=Stroke victims asked about care experience |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/stroke-victims-asked-about-care-experience |access-date=2024-03-02 |work=Otago Daily Times |language=en}} There were also differences in care received by Māori and Pacific patients. Ranta has worked on decreasing such inequities in stroke care, leading the development of tools such as electronic decision support tools for stroke prevention, for use by GPs, and ways to improve access to stroke specialists from rural healthcare services.
Ranta leads the New Zealand National Stroke Registry and Stroke Strategy. Ranta is a on the boards of the World Stroke Organisation and the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists. She has been President of the Neurological Association of New Zealand.{{Cite web |title=ANZCA {{!}} Professor Anna Ranta |url=https://www.anzca.edu.au/profiles/speakers/professor-anna-ranta |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=www.anzca.edu.au |language=en-AU}} She is on several editorial boards, including those of Stroke and Neurology.
Selected works
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- {{CiteQ|Q59131985}}
- {{CiteQ|Q63681992}}
- {{CiteQ|Q95587675}}
- {{CiteQ|Q89808385}}
- {{CiteQ|Q124714675}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJDlJglyBW0 Do different folks have different strokes? An unexpected journey] Inaugural professorial lecture by Anna Ranta, 17 August 2021
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Category:New Zealand academics
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Category:Pennsylvania State University alumni
Category:St. Mary's College of Maryland alumni
Category:Massey University alumni
Category:University of Otago alumni