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BSc MBBS MRCPCH FRACP PhD
Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics

Max-Berry

Associate Professor Max Berry obtained her BSc in Developmental Neurobiology from the University of London prior to completion of undergraduate medical training at Guys and St Thomas's Hospitals, London. She obtained MRCPCH in the UK just before emigrating to NZ, where she completed her training in neonatal and perinatal medicine in Hamilton and Wellington. In 2008 Dr Berry was awarded an HRC Fellowship for PhD studies; during the course of her PhD she examined the long-term effects of preterm birth, early nutrition and antenatal corticosteroid exposure on cardiometabolic outcomes in sheep.

Associate Professor Berry joined the department in 2012 as a Neonatologist and Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics. She has an active role in 5th and 6th year teaching.

Contact details

Email max.berry@otago.ac.nz

Research interests

Associate Professor Berry's research interests include pre-clinical and clinical studies examining novel approaches to mitigate the impact of an altered perinatal environment on cardiometabolic and neurodevelopmental outcomes. She also leads pre-clinical translational biomedical research  across a number of other pathophysiological states, integrating basic sciences with advances in clinical care.

Publications

Sixtus, R. P., Gray, C., Barnes, H., Paterson, E. S. J., Berry, M. J., & Dyson, R. M. (2024). Cardiovascular responses to heat and cold exposure are altered by preterm birth in guinea pigs. Physiological Reports, 12, e70098. doi: 10.14814/phy2.70098 Journal - Research Article

Pavy, C. L., Shaw, J. C., Dyson, R. M., Palliser, H. K., Moloney, R. A., Sixtus, R. P., Berry, M. J., & Hirst, J. J. (2024). Ganaxolone therapy after preterm birth restores cerebellar oligodendrocyte maturation and myelination in guinea pigs. Developmental Psychobiology, 66, e22554. doi: 10.1002/dev.22554 Journal - Research Article

White, P., Ranasinghe, S., Chen, J., van de Looij, Y., Sizonenko, S., Prasad, J., Berry, M., … Dean, J. (2024). Comparative utility of MRI and EEG for early detection of cortical dysmaturation after postnatal systemic inflammation in the neonatal rat. Brain, Behavior & Immunity, 121, 104-118. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2024.07.028 Journal - Research Article

Moloney, R. A., Palliser, H. K., Dyson, R. M., Pavy, C. L., Berry, M., Hirst, J. J., & Shaw, J. C. (2024). Ongoing effects of preterm birth on the dopaminergic and noradrenergic pathways in the frontal cortex and hippocampus of guinea pigs. Developmental Neurobiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22937 Journal - Research Article

Raghu, K., & Berry, M. J. (2024). Acute liver failure secondary to therapeutic paracetamol dosing in an extremely preterm neonate. Drug & Therapeutics Bulletin, 62(3), e245406. doi: 10.1136/dtb.2023.245406rep Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

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