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Contact Details

Phone
64 3 479 9463
Email
susan.jack@southerndhb.govt.nz
Position
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Department
Department of Public Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MB ChB DipPaeds MPHTM PhD
Research summary
Anaemia and micronutrient deficiencies; child under-nutrition; effectiveness of maternal and child health interventions

Research

Susan is a medical graduate of the University of Otago with a Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatrics (University of Auckland), Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (James Cook University, Australia), and a PhD in Epidemiology (University of Otago).

From 1994–2010 Susan lived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia where she was part of setting up a non-government organisation undertaking community health and development work among urban poor communities. Susan also did consultancy work for the World Health Organization, USAID, and Tearfund UK in Cambodia and other countries in Asia. She then worked for four years at the WHO Cambodia office as medical officer for Child Survival and later as acting team leader for the Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition team. Susan returned to New Zealand in late 2010 to complete her PhD and undertake Public Health Physician training. She has continued to do consultancy work for WHO in the Solomon Islands in the area of maternal and child health.

Susan's interests include effective translation of evidence into policy, strategy, implementation, and evaluation of public health programmes in under-resourced settings. Her research interests include anaemia and micronutrient deficiencies, child under-nutrition, and effectiveness of maternal and child health interventions.

Publications

Oliver, J., Jack, S., Bennett, J., & Baker, M. G. (2026). Group C/G Streptococcal pharyngitis and acute rheumatic fever in Auckland, New Zealand, 2010-2016. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jpc.70440 Journal - Research Other

Roy, M., Jack, S., Thirkell, C., Graham, G., Anglemyer, A., & Butchard, M. (2026). Blood lead levels in adults and children of East Otago communities, New Zealand: Findings from a public health response to lead detected in drinking water. Public Health Challenges, 5(2), e70273. doi: 10.1002/puh2.70273 Journal - Research Article

George, J., Jack, S., Gauld, R., Colbourn, T., & Stokes, T. (2023). Impact of health system governance on healthcare quality in low-income and middle-income countries: A scoping review. BMJ Open, 13, e073669. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073669 Journal - Research Article

Jack, S. (2022, November). Challenges that faced the PHU in Dunedin during the pandemic. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshop, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Tilton, E., Mitchelson, B., Anderson, A., Peat, B., Jack, S., Lund, M., … Wilson, N. (2022). Methodology and cohort characteristics of the Aotearoa New Zealand Rheumatic Heart Disease Registry [Cohort profile]. BMJ Open, 12, e066232. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066232 Journal - Research Article

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