Dianne Webster
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| Awards | Companion of the Queen's Service Order, Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit |
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| Alma mater | University of Auckland, University of London |
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| Doctoral advisor | Anne Simmonds |
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| Institutions | Auckland District Health Board, University of Auckland School of Medicine |
Dianne Rosemary Webster CNZM QSO is a New Zealand consultant paediatrician. She directed the New Zealand national newborn metabolic screening programme for more than twenty-five years. In 2007, Webster was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for services to public health, in particular paediatrics. In 2020, she was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health, particularly paediatrics.
Academic career
[edit]Webster graduated from the University of Auckland with a degree in chemistry in 1972, and then completed a PhD in biochemistry, titled Interrelations between purine and pyrimidine metabolism in man, at the Guys Hospital Medical School, King's College London in 1981.[1][2] Webster continued her doctoral studies on the purine/pyrimidine metabolism and examined the enzyme deficiency disease orotic aciduria and as a research assistant and postdoctoral researcher.[2]
In 1991 Webster became involved in the neonatal screening programme when she was appointed as director of the National Testing Centre at the Auckland District Health Board.[2] She was director for more than twenty-five years.[3] Webster also lectured in the University of Auckland School of Medicine.[2] Webster oversaw the policy discussions and other changes required to add severe combined immune deficiency to the screening programme. Other changes during her leadership included the introduction of a text message alert system for midwives, and improvements to speed and equity of screening.[3]
Honours and awards
[edit]In the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours Webster was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for services to public health, in particular paediatrics.[3] In the 2020 New Year Honours, Webster was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to health, particularly paediatrics.[4]
In 2008 Webster was awarded the International Society for Neonatal Screening's Robert Guthrie Award.[2]
She was elected an emeritus member of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia.[5]
Selected works
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- David M S McHugh; Cynthia A Cameron; Jose E Abdenur; et al. (1 March 2011). "Clinical validation of cutoff target ranges in newborn screening of metabolic disorders by tandem mass spectrometry: a worldwide collaborative project". Genetics in Medicine. 13 (3): 230–254. doi:10.1097/GIM.0B013E31820D5E67. ISSN 1098-3600. PMID 21325949. Wikidata Q53438013.
- Gregg Marquardt; Robert Currier; David M S McHugh; et al. (16 February 2012). "Enhanced interpretation of newborn screening results without analyte cutoff values". Genetics in Medicine. 14 (7): 648–655. doi:10.1038/GIM.2012.2. ISSN 1098-3600. PMID 22766634. Wikidata Q45109758.
- Songya Pang; Anastasia Clark; Eurico Camargo Neto; et al. (April 1993). "Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency: Newborn screening and its relationship to the diagnosis and treatment of the disorder". Screening : journal of the International Society of Neonatal Screening. 2 (2–3): 105–139. doi:10.1016/0925-6164(93)90024-D. ISSN 0925-6164. Wikidata Q57632303.
- Natasha L Heather; Sumudu N Seneviratne; Dianne Webster; et al. (12 December 2014). "Newborn screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia in New Zealand, 1994-2013". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 100 (3): 1002–1008. doi:10.1210/JC.2014-3168. ISSN 0021-972X. PMID 25494862. Wikidata Q51069880.
- Benjamin B Albert; Wayne S Cutfield; Dianne Webster; Joan Carll; José G B Derraik; Craig Jefferies; Alistair Gunn; Paul L Hofman (20 June 2012). "Etiology of increasing incidence of congenital hypothyroidism in New Zealand from 1993-2010". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 97 (9): 3155–3160. doi:10.1210/JC.2012-1562. ISSN 0021-972X. PMID 22723332. Wikidata Q51330337.
References
[edit]- ^ Webster, D. R. (1981). Interrelations between purine and pyrimidine metabolism in man (PhD thesis). Kings College London, University of London.
- ^ a b c d e "Dianne Webster – ISNS". www.isns-neoscreening.org. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ a b c "The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2007 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "New Year Honours List 2020 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "HGSA Emeritus members". Human Genetics Society of Australasia. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
