Public Health :: Research Concentrations
Environmental Health
Studies in the Department aim to understand the links between environmental
factors and human health. There is a strong emphasis on ecological
perspectives and methods. Ecology and
Health Research Centre, Fire Safety,
Radiation and Health - Cellphone
Study, Occupational Health Research.
The Health Promotion and Public Health Policy Research Unit (HePPRU) aims to foster excellence in research in health promotion and public health policy. The Unit has a particular emphasis on nutrition, tobacco and equity-focused research. Members of HePPRU are leading and contributing to a programme of research which will inform health promotion and public health policy development and advocacy.
Te Röpü Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pömare strives to
create a Kaupapa Mäori space committed to improving Mäori
health outcomes and eliminating inequalities through quality science
and ongoing theoretical development. It takes a rights-based approach
consistent with the Treaty of Waitangi, and is engaged with community
through a spectrum of influence from community development, policy
advocacy, research dissemination and Mäori health research
workforce development.
e-mail contact: bridget.robson@otago.ac.nz
Health Inequalities Research Programme (HIRP)
The Health Inequalities Research Programme
(HIRP) is a Health Research Council funded research programme,
with co-funding from the Cancer Society and the Ministry of Health.
The project within HIRP range from linkage to health and census
datasets, to specific research on topics, including inequalities
in colon cancer survival, unequal treatment within the health services,
and neighbourhood effects on health.
e-mail contact: Tony Blakely tony.blakely@otago.ac.nz
The Health, Wellbeing & Equity Impact Assessment Research Unit is a research, evaluation, training and resource unit of the University of Otago. It is a joint initiative between the Division of Humanities, the Division of Health Sciences - both part of the University of Otago, and Quigley and Watts Ltd.
Contact Louise Signal : email louise.signal@otago.a.nz
Health Services Research
Health Services Research projects
in the Department cover a range of topics related to the organisation
and funding of health systems, with a particular focus on primary
care health systems research. Examples of research projects include
studies of non-profit community-governed primary care, research
into the development of new measures of community participation
in governance, the development of national primary care performance
indicators, and studies of primary care funding.
e-mail contact: peter.crampton@otago.ac.nz
The Pandemic Influenza Research Group New Zealand (PIRGNZ)has an interest in research on pandemic influenza and seasonal influenza (with the latter to particularly to inform pandemic planning). One of our project’s has CDC funding and we have had occasional contracts with the NZ Ministry of Health. More...
contact: Michael Baker michael.baker@otago.ac.nz
The Cancer Control and Screening Research Group is a growing area of interest for the Department. Current or recent research and policy work related to cancer includes research into ethnic disparities in colon cancer survival, socioeconomic and ethnic trends in cancer incidence, mortality and survival in Zealand, and work on the feasibility of bowel cancer screening in New Zealand.
Contact: Diana.sarfati@otago.ac.nz
The Social Psychiatry & Population Mental Health Research unit is dedicated to contributing to knowledge, policy, and services by conducting leading-edge research in the areas of mental health, mental illness, and suicide. We take the perspective that understanding mental health and mental illness cannot be achieved without acknowledging the social context. We apply this thinking to all our projects, which range from population-level to individual-level studies.
Contact : sunny.collings@otago.ac.nz
CAP is intended to help reinvigorate work toward designing a fair, evidence-based and practical system of healthcare prioritisation in New Zealand. We also hope to catalyse and assist with the design and implementation of studies aimed at assessing the effectiveness of healthcare interventions. We expect that our work could have international implications, as all countries need to prioritise health services, and we are developing links with overseas initiatives in this domain.
Other research activities
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