Fiona McQueen
Occupation(s)Rheumatologist, children's writer, environmental activist
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Thesis
Doctoral advisorJohn Gordon Buchanan, Ian James Simpson, Mark Greenslade Thomas, Kathryn E Crosier
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland, University of Otago

Fiona Marion Florence McQueen is a New Zealand rheumatologist, environmentalist and children's writer, and was a full professor at the University of Auckland before retiring to run a private herbalist practice in Glenorchy in Otago. She was New Zealand's first woman professor of rheumatology.

Academic career

McQueen graduated from the University of Otago with a MB Chb in 1980, and worked as a consultant rheumatologist in New Zealand.[1] She completed a PhD titled Investigations into the immunopathology of inflammatory arthritis at the University of Auckland in 1996.[2] McQueen then joined the faculty of the University of Auckland, rising to full professor in 2009.[1] She was New Zealand's first woman professor of rheumatology, and is an honorary clinical professor at the University of Otago.[3][4] McQueen used magnetic resonance imaging to show the development of bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis, and published a ten-year longitudinal study that was "the first of its kind and identified the central importance of osteitis in the development of bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis".[4] Consultant rheumatologist Nicola Dalbeth nominated her as one of the "25 great women" in rheumatology.[4]

McQueen's lifelong hobby of tramping led to an interest in conservation, and in 2017 she published a book arguing against the use of 1080 for pest control in New Zealand forests.[1]

McQueen is also a children's writer, having written two books out of a planned trilogy about the adventures of a marmot and a squirrel, Roderick and the Wizard of Endor, and Roderick and the Creeping Evil.[5][6]

Selected works

Books

  • McQueen, F. M. (2019). Roderick and the Wizard of Endor: A Magical Adventure. Glenorchy: Fiona McQueen.
  • McQueen, F. M. (2021). Roderick and the Creeping Evil. Tross Publishing.
  • McQueen, Fiona M. F. (2017). The Quiet Forest: The Case Against Aerial 1080. Tross Publishing. ISBN 978-1-872970-55-4.

Other

References

  1. 1 2 3 Vernon, Pam (12 February 2019). "'Biocidal Aotearoa' – Hear an interview with NZ MD Fiona McQueen on 1080 (On the Brink Radio)". Environmental Health Watch NZ. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  2. ↑ McQueen, Fiona Marion Florence (1996). Investigations into the immunopathology of inflammatory arthritis (PhD thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/5526.
  3. ↑ Department of Medicine, University of Otago (9 June 2023). "Our people at the Department of Medicine". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "ICYMI: 25 Great Women in Rheumatology | RheumNow". rheumnow.com. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Booklovers, N. Z. (20 April 2021). "Interview: Fiona McQueen talks about Roderick and the Creeping Evil". nzbooklovers. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Bookmarks: Fiona McQueen". RNZ. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2023.


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