Invited Speakers

The University of Auckland

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Ian Reid is an endocrinologist and Distinguished Professor at the University of Auckland.  His research interests include calcium metabolism, vitamin D, osteoporosis and Paget’s disease. He has written extensively about the safety and efficacy of calcium supplements, how to define vitamin D deficiency, and has been involved in development of most new osteoporosis treatments in the last 30 years, particularly the bisphosphonates. He is a past-president of the International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS), and recipient of research awards from the Australian & New Zealand Bone & Mineral Society, the European Calcified Tissue Society, the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research, and the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Science Prize.