In addition to his Professorship, Jim Mann is also a Consultant Physician (Endocrinology) in Dunedin Hospital. He is also the Director of the Edgar National Centre for Diabetes and Obesity Research (ENCDOR) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Human Nutrition. Mann is a principal investigator for the Riddet Institute, a national Centre of Research Excellence at Massey University, Palmerston North.
Mann has over 300 publications and is the recipient of a great many awards.