Dr. David Murdoch

Professor and Department Head

Department of Pathology

University of Otago's Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Dr. David Murdoch is a professor and the head of pathology at the University of Otago, Christchurch and the director of microbiology at Canterbury Health Laboratories in Christchurch, New Zealand. He trained in infectious diseases, clinical microbiology, epidemiology and tropical medicine, and is a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH). Dr. Murdoch is also the infectious diseases editor for the Internal Medicine Journal and an editorial consultant for the Lancet.

Dr. Murdoch’s research interests include pneumococcal disease, respiratory tract infections, respiratory viruses, legionella infection, bloodstream infections, endocarditis and rapid diagnostics.