Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences

What we do?

What impact do we have?

Some of our projects:

INFORMAS (International Network for Food and Obesity / non-communicable disease Research, Monitoring and Action Support)
mCessation in Samoa
Training in global health - in partnership with the APRU Global Health Network
Medical elective (value, benefits and equity opportunities)
Maternal halth information needs among Samoan women
Hearing health in the Pacific region
Mobile support for diabetes and CVD
Eye health in the Pacific region (with the Fred Hollows Foundation NZ)
Pacific Monitoring for NCA Action

Teaching

Master of Health Leadership (International Health)

POPLHLTH 715 Global Public Health

POPLHLTH 752 Case Studies in Global Health

POPLHLTH 725 Environmental Health

Global Health Module – Formal Learning Week (MCBhB)

Events 2019

April 7 - The Great Intergenerational Food Transofrmation: Findings from two recent Lancet Commisions, Rotorua

March 19 - The Great Intergenerational Food Transformation: what does this mean for Auckland?, Auckland

March 8 - 10th Annual CUGH Global Health Conference, Chicago

Events 2018

November 27-28 - Otago Global Health Institute Annual Conference, Dunedin

November 8-9 - Women Leaders in Global Health, London

October 28-30 - APUR Global Health Program Conference, Kuala Lumpur

October 8-12 - 5th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Liverpool

April 14-15 - Global Health & Innovations Conference, New Haven, Connecticut

Past Event Recordings

2018 INFORMAS National Report - ‘How healthy are New Zealand food environments. A comprehensive assessment 2014-2017’

2017 Lancet Commission on Obesity - New thinking and future directions for research and action on Obesity

2017 Robin Ireland presents - "The potential for local food policies to improve health: experience from the UK"

2016 Scott Burris presents - "Policy Surveillance: a Vital Public Health Practice Comes of Age"

Scholarships

Global Public Health Prize
(541.8 kB, POWERPOINT)

Andrews Family Fellowship
(401.4 kB, PDF)

To find out more scholarships and awards opportunities visit:

Global Health Group

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