Brett Delahunt
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Brett Delahunt {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|KStJ|FRSNZ}} (born 20 February 1950) is a New Zealand professor emeritus of pathology and molecular medicine at the Wellington School of Medicine. He is an expert in urological pathology.
Early life and family
Born in Wellington on 20 February 1950, Delahunt was educated at Scots College.{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |authorlink1=Alister Taylor |authorlink2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=119}} He studied at Victoria University of Wellington from 1969 to 1972, graduating BSc(Hons), and then at the University of Otago from 1973 to 1978, where he completed a BMedSc in 1976 and MB ChB in 1978.
Honours and awards
- Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to pathology, 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours{{Cite web |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2004 |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2004 |date=7 June 2004 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=10 November 2018}}
- Knight of the Order of St John, 1995{{London Gazette |issue=54218 |date=20 November 1992 |page=15693}}
- In 2018, he was awarded the Hercus Medal of the Royal Society of New Zealand as a result of his "internationally recognised contributions as a pathologist, especially in relation to kidney and prostate cancer."{{Cite web|title = 2018 Hercus Medal: Advances in prostate and kidney cancer|url = https://royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/medals-and-awards/medals-and-awards-news/2018-hercus-medal-advances-in-prostate-and-kidney-cancer/|website = Royal Society of New Zealand| accessdate = 10 November 2018}}
- Fellow Royal Society of New Zealand, 2012{{Cite web|title = Brett Delahunt| url = https://www.ccdhb.org.nz/about-us/history/wellington-hospital-smo-archive/appointments-made/1961-1980/medical-admin-clinical-support-services/pathology/delahunt-brett/|website = CCDHB| accessdate = 10 November 2018}}
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Category:People from Wellington City
Category:People educated at Scots College, Wellington
Category:Victoria University of Wellington alumni
Category:University of Otago alumni
Category:New Zealand pathologists
Category:Academic staff of the University of Otago
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand