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Professor Frank Bloomfield



PhD, MBChB, BSc (Hons), FRACP, MRCP (UK)


Professor Frank Bloomfield is the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) for the University of Auckland, taking up the role in March 2023. Prior to this, he was Director of the Liggins Institute, one of the university's Large Scale Research Institutes. He is a Professor in Neonatology, having worked clinically for many years as a Consultant Neonatologist at Auckland City Hospital. Frank previously has been President of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Perinatal Society of New Zealand.