Pat Cragg
{{Short description|New Zealand physiologist and academic administrator}}
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| alma_mater = University of Bristol
| thesis1_title = Respiration and body weight in the reptilian genus Lacerta: A physiological, anatomical and morphometric study
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Patricia Ann Cragg is a New Zealand physiologist and full professor and former academic administrator at the University of Otago.
Academic career
Cragg graduated from the University of Bristol with a BSc and PhD (1976) titled "Respiration and body weight in the reptilian genus Lacerta: A physiological, anatomical and morphometric study".{{Cite web|title=Respiration and body weight in the reptilian genus Lacerta : a physiological, anatomical and morphometric study|url=https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/respiration-and-body-weight-in-the-reptilian-genus-lacerta-a-phys|access-date=2021-02-21|website=University of Bristol|language=en|archive-date=18 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018195735/https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/respiration-and-body-weight-in-the-reptilian-genus-lacerta-a-phys|url-status=live}}
Cragg moved to New Zealand to take a position with the University of Otago, filling teaching, research{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Profile: Associate Professor Pat Cragg|url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/healthsciences/expertise/Profile/?id=32|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608095113/https://www.otago.ac.nz/healthsciences/expertise/profile/index.html?id=32|archive-date=2017-06-08|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.otago.ac.nz|language=en-nz}} and administrative roles over the years. She retired in May 2018.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-02-05|title=Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) to retire|url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/otagobulletin/news/otago704685.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-21|website=University of Otago|language=en-nz|archive-date=18 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018195748/https://www.otago.ac.nz/otagobulletin/news/otago704685.html}} In April 2019 Cragg returned from retirement to be Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and in December 2019 she was promoted to full professor with effect from 1 February 2020.{{Cite web|date=2019-12-13|title=Promotions celebrate Otago academics' contributions|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/university-of-otago/promotions-celebrate-otago-academics%E2%80%99-contributions|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Otago Daily Times |language=en|archive-date=8 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808114110/https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/university-of-otago/promotions-celebrate-otago-academics%E2%80%99-contributions|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-12-10|title=30 new Professors for the University of Otago|url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago729509.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-21|website=University of Otago|language=en-nz|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118073650/https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/news/otago729509.html}}
Selected publications
- {{Cite Q|Q83704765}}
- {{Cite Q|Q48096584}}
- {{Cite Q|Q92479717}}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol
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Category:New Zealand physiologists