Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor Joanne Baxter: POSTPONED

A vision for Māori health, Te Tiriti and equity – transforming the landscape and resetting the default

About Professor Joanne Baxter's research
Joanne Baxter (Poutini Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō) is a Public Health Medicine Physician and Associate Dean Māori for the Division of Health Sciences. She is director of the Division of Health Science Māori Health Workforce Development Unit, and the Kōhatu Centre for Hauora Māori. Joanne is recognised for her research on Māori mental health where she was an investigator in Te Rau Hinengaro, the New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Other research includes ethnic health inequalities, indigenous medical education and Māori health workforce development.

Joanne has played a critical role in strategic Māori development within the Health Sciences Division, including leading a team to dramatically increase the recruitment, retention and achievement of Māori students in health sciences and health professional programmes. Joanne has also led significant outcomes in curriculum development including in the Māori Health curriculum to undergraduate medical students in Dunedin, and the Māori health major in Otago’s new Bachelor of Health Science.

This lecture will be followed with light refreshments, tea, coffee and juice.