Rate My Professor Matt Foster

Matt Foster is the Operations Lead at the University of Otago, Wellington campus, within the Division of Health Sciences. In this role, he manages a team of administrators that support the coordination of medical degree programs, including undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. He provides operational leadership across several departments, such as the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, and the Department of Radiation Therapy, facilitating general enquiries and administrative functions for these units.

Prior to his current position, Matt Foster served in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine at the University of Otago, where he administered and coordinated Masters and PhD students, offering support to research staff and students. His contributions have been recognized in academic publications, including acknowledgments for research assistance in 'Procrastination and the Non-Monotonic Effect of Deadlines on Task Completion' (2021) and 'Deadlines, Procrastination, and Forgetting in Charitable Tasks' (2017). He plays a key role in the operational efficiency of health sciences education and research at the Wellington campus.