| Mick O'Callaghan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Name: | Michael William O'Callaghan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 27 April 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Rotherham, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fields: | Veterinary science | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Workplaces: | Massey University Tufts University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education: | Culverden District High School Christchurch Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Lincoln College Massey University University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thesis Title: | Assessment of sino-atrial and atrio-ventricular nodal function in the conscious horse by intra-atrial electrostimulation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thesis Url: | https://idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk/permalink/f/t9gok8/44CAM_ALMA21431209910003606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thesis Year: | 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael William O'Callaghan (born 27 April 1946) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A wing three-quarter, O'Callaghan represented and at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1968. He played three Test matches for the All Blacks against the touring French team that year.[1]
After studying veterinary medicine at Massey University, O'Callaghan completed a master's degree at the National Veterinary School of Toulouse in France, where he played first for Stade Poitevin and then Stade Toulousain.[1] He then undertook doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge; the title of his thesis, completed in 1978, was Assessment of sino-atrial and atrio-ventricular nodal function in the conscious horse by intra-atrial electrostimulation.[1] [2] While at Cambridge, he was awarded blues for rugby every year from 1974 to 1977.[1] O'Callaghan then returned to Massey where he was on the faculty of the School of Veterinary Medicine, before moving to Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine for 10 years, including three years as head of department.[1] [3] He then spent 15 years at Genzyme in Massachusetts as a research and development executive leader, before joining Audentes Therapeutics as senior vice president, preclinical development and translational medicine.[3]
O'Callaghan married New Zealand scholar of French culture, Raylene Ramsay, in Poitiers in 1971.[4] [5]