Press Release – University of Auckland A world-leading specialist in gout, Professor Nicola Dalbeth, won the top research award of the medical faculty of the University of Auckland. img src ”https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2104/1ac9bbe584eb26678401.jpeg” width ”720″ height ”454″ Professor Nicola Dalbeth Professor … A world-leading specialist in gout, Professor Nicola Dalbeth, won the top research award of the medical faculty of the University of Auckland. Professor Nicola Dalbeth Professor Dalbeth is this year’s winner of the Gluckman Medal for distinguished contribution to research for her work in gout, an arthritis prevalent in Aotearoa. Her more than 400 research papers span everything from the extra risk Covid-19 poses for people suffering from gout to whether the condition – an inflammatory arthritis – should have a different name. (She thinks it should.)