Suetonia Palmer


Suetonia Cressida Palmer is a New Zealand nephrology academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Otago.

Academic career

After a 2009 PhD titled Kidney function in cardiovascular disease at the University of Otago, Palmer rose to full professor.
In 2022, Palmer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. In 2024, the University of Otago awarded Palmer the title of Poutoko Taiea Distinguished Professor, to begin January 2025.

Selected works