Overview
The Student Affairs Office is responsible for all matters relating to students' personal, academic, and pastoral care.
The Office follows up matters such as absences, exam results, class division process, withdrawals, and readmissions. We also offer mentoring and career guidance.
If you're studying at Otago Medical School's Dunedin campus and have matters impacting on your academic performance or wellbeing, please get in touch early to see how the Student Affairs Office can help.
All personal matters are treated in confidence.
Our people at the Student Affairs Office
Note: The Associate Deans' hours are variable, so please contact Jillian Tourelle or reception at Dean's Office, in the first instance.
Mirjana Moffat
Administrator
Tel +64 3 479 7420
Email oms.studentaffairs@otago.ac.nz
Dr Althea Gamble Blakey
Associate Dean Student Affairs (ELM)
Email althea.blakey@otago.ac.nz
Dr Ciara Lee
Associate Dean Student Affairs (ALM)
Email ciara.lee@otago.ac.nz
Associate Professor Tess Patterson (on leave until November 2025)
Associate Dean Student Affairs (ELM)
Email tess.patterson@otago.ac.nz
Jillian Tourelle
Manager, Students Affairs and Trainee Intern Course Co-ordinator
Tel +64 3 479 7700
Email jillian.tourelle@otago.ac.nz
Contact the Student Affairs Office
To make an appointment, contact us by phone or email, or visit our office:
OMS Student Affairs reception
Tel+64 3 479 7420
Email oms.studentaffairs@otago.ac.nz
Sayers Building (Ground Floor), 290 Great King Street, Dunedin