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Contact Details

Phone
+64 4 918 5321
Email
caroline.shaw@otago.ac.nz
Position
Associate Professor
Department
Department of Public Health (Wellington)
Qualifications
MBChB, MPH, PhD, FNZCPHM
Research summary
Climate change, population health, transport system and equity
Teaching
PUBH733: Environment and health, ALM4: Public Health (MBChB degree)

Research

Associate Professor Shaw is an epidemiologist and public health medicine specialist. Her research mainly focuses on the transport system; examining transport as a determinant of health and health equity and how policies to mitigate climate change in the transport sector will impact health.

Publications

Taptiklis, P., Boulic, M., Phipps, R., van Heerden, H., & Shaw, C. (2025). Microfibres and health: State of the evidence and research gaps [Review]. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 19, 100766. doi: 10.1016/j.hazadv.2025.100766 Journal - Research Article

Osborne, E., Davies, C., Raerino, K., & Shaw, C. (2025). “It's good for the community to see real people like them on the bike”: Exploring e-bike support in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Transport & Health, 43, 102061. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102061 Journal - Research Article

Miller, A., Osborne, E., Edwards, R., Macmillan, A., & Shaw, C. (2025). The road lobby and unhealthy transport policy discourse in Aotearoa New Zealand: A framing analysis. Journal of Transport & Health, 41, 101999. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.101999 Journal - Research Article

Jones, R., McLeod, M., Gage, R., Woodward, A., & Shaw, C. (2025). Inequities in patterns and determinants of travel for Māori in Aotearoa/NewZealand. Journal of Transport & Health, 40, 101959. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2024.101959 Journal - Research Article

Shaw, C., Randal, E., Macmillan, A., Tripp, D., Miller, A., Woodward, A., & Thu, W. (2024). Improving health and preventing cancer through a better transport system in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2024.2412092 Journal - Research Article

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