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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7745
Email
jennie.connor@otago.ac.nz
Position
Emeritus Professor
Department
Department of Public Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
BSc MB ChB DipObst MPH PhD FAFPHM FNZCPHM
Research summary
Epidemiology and Public Health

Research

Jennie Connor is a public health physician and epidemiologist. She retired from the Chair in Preventive and Social Medicine in 2020.

For more than 20 years, Professor Connor has taught epidemiology and conducted public health research that has largely focused on injury prevention, sexual and reproductive health, and the health impacts of alcohol. She completed two assessments of the 'Alcohol-attributable burden of disease and injury in New Zealand' with international collaborators, including estimation of alcohol-attributable cancer. She is a medical spokesperson for Alcohol Action New Zealand, an incorporated society advocating for the adoption of evidence-based policy to reduce harm from alcohol.

Recent research collaborations include evaluation of NZ’s alcohol legislation, quantifying alcohol’s harm to others, impacts of driving cessation on older drivers and their families, epidemiology of chlamydia in NZ, and sexual and reproductive health in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study.

Professor Connor is not available to supervise research students.

Publications

Sneyd, S., Shields, E., Enright, H., & Connor, J. (2026). Unpicking alcohol protections: New Bill set to increase harm and reduce public voice. The Briefing, (22 April). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/unpicking-alcohol-protections-new-bill-set-increase-harm-and-reduce-public-voice Journal - Research Other

Arrowsmith, K., McLean, R., Phillipson-Puna, T., Muliaumasealii, M., Leilua, S., Meher, M., Crengle, S., … and also New Zealand Prospective Older Adult Transport and Health Study (NZPATHS), including Connor, J., & Cameron, C. (2026). Mana Motuhake: Kaumātua Māori journey for transport equity in Aotearoa. (pp. 1-34). Dunedin, New Zealand: National Hauora Coalition and University of Otago. [Technical/Scientific Report]. Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

McLean, R., Widyastuti, N., Connor, J., Shope, J., Taylor, J., Kerse, N., & Crengle, S. (2025). Prevalence of driving avoidance and self-regulation trajectories in a prospective cohort study of older drivers: NZPATHS. Proceedings of the New Zealand Association of Gerontology (NZAG) Conference: Ageing Together. (pp. 55). Retrieved from http://gerontology.org.nz Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

McLean, R., Connor, J., Widyastuti, N., & Samaranayaka, A. (2025). Planning for driving cessation: A cross-sectional study of community dwelling older drivers (NZPATHS). Journal of Transport & Health, 44, 102162. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102162 Journal - Research Article

Shields, E., Wright, K., Borland, A., Connor, J., Randerson, S., & Maynard, K. (2025). New Zealanders strongly support policies to curb alcohol harm: Will government listen? The Briefing, (12 May). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/new-zealanders-strongly-support-policies-curb-alcohol-harm-will-government-listen Journal - Research Other

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