Associate Professor
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Associate Professor in Health Policy
School of Health
- Associate Professor in Health PolicySchool of Health
- +6444634702 (Work)
- EA, Easterfield Building, Gate 3, Kelburn Parade, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand
BIO
I am a public health researcher and educator with expertise in health promotion, health policy, and complex systems. My work focuses on understanding and addressing health inequality as a systemic issue shaped by social, environmental, and institutional factors, and on how health systems operate in practice. I focus on prevention, community-centred approaches, and system-level change, using interdisciplinary methods and relationships to work across sectors and settings. While grounded in health inequality, this work is relevant to a broader set of contemporary challenges in which outcomes emerge from interconnected systems. I have experience across research, policy, and large-scale public health initiatives, and I teach public health and health systems with a focus on systems thinking, policy processes, and applied problem-solving.
DEGREES
- BA(Hons) Political ScienceVictoria University of Wellington, New Zealand1990 - 1994
- Post-graduate Diploma in Public Health (PGDipPH)University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2003 - 1 Oct 2004
- PhD (Public Health)University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2005 - 1 Jan 2009
AVAILABILITY
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision