Jim Mann (scientist)

Mann was born in George, Western Cape, South Africa, on 30 September 1944, the son of Pearl Mann (née Joseph) and Harry Bernard Mann.[2] He studied at the University of Cape Town, graduating MB ChB in 1967, and PhD in 1971.[2] The title of his doctoral thesis was Some factors influencing serum triglyceride in man.[3] He then completed Master of Arts and Doctor of Medicine degrees at the University of Oxford in 1975.[2]

On 28 January 1978, Mann married Helene Vicary Jones, and the couple went on to have two children.[2]

Between 1975 and 1987, Mann was a university lecturer in social medicine at the University of Oxford, and concurrently a consultant physician at the John Radcliffe Hospital.[2] He became a fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford in 1977.[2]

In 1988, Mann moved to New Zealand where he was appointed professor of human nutrition and medicine at the University of Otago,[2][4][5][6] and consultant physician (endocrinology) at Dunedin Hospital.[7] He is also a director of the Edgar Diabetes and Obesity Research (EDOR,[8] a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Human Nutrition at the University of Otago) and a principal investigator for the Riddet Institute at Massey University.[9] In 2015 he was appointed director of Healther Lives – He Oranga Hauora, a National Science Challenge based at the University of Otago.[10]

• Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson Unrestricted Grant for Human Nutrition, Bristol-Myers Squibb Awards, Bristol-Myers Squibb / Mead Johnson[13]
• 2002 – University of Otago Distinguished Research Medal[13]
• 2002 – Appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to medicine, in the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours[14][15]
• 2004 – Sir Charles Hercus Medal of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi[16]
• 2005 – Distinguished Researcher Award from the University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine[17]
• 2012 – Himsworth Award from the Nutrition Group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes[18]

In the 2022 New Year Honours, Mann was promoted to knight companion.[19]

• Essentials of Human Nutrition. New York: Oxford University Press. Co-edited with Stewart Truswell. 1998; 2002, ISBN 0-19-850861-1; 2007, ISBN 978-0199290970; 2011, ISBN 978-0199566341; 2017 ISBN 9780198752981.