Professor David Murdoch has many hats on his plate to juggle.
He’s still working in clinical practice for the Canterbury DHB, and he’s still the Dean of Otago’s Christchurch Campus. He’s a pathologist, a career that has recently become very relevant and interesting to everyone. He also makes guitars and ukuleles in his spare time. On top of all that, he decided with the support of his wife, he stresses to chuck his mortarboard in the ring for the Vice-Chancellor position and got the job. He’ll take up the position, which is equivalent to being CEO of the University, in January of next year.