Monday 22 June – Friday 3 July 2020
Recordings of the webinars, delivered by a range of Otago and international experts, are available to view below. The relevant Q+A will be posted next to each recording, when responses have been received from the speakers.
Videos of the live-streamed webinars are also available on the OGHI Facebook page.
Webinars:
- Professor Philip Hill, McAuley Chair in International Health and Co-Director of the Otago Global Health Institute and the Centre for International Health at the University of Otago: Understanding Global COVID-19 health statistics. (MP4 183MB)
- Professor Joanne Baxter, Associate Dean (Māori) at the Kōhatu Centre for Hauora Māori at the University of Otago: Understanding key issues for Māori in the COVID-19 policy and health response. (MP4 190MB)
- Professor Michael Baker, infectious diseases epidemiologist with an extensive publication record on pandemics and related research: The COVID-19 elimination strategy: Why it was the best choice for New Zealand.(MP4 592MB)
- Dr Noelyn Hung, anatomical pathologist with subspecialist interest in perinatal pathology:The performance and pathological findings of COVID-19-positive autopsy.(MP4 353MB)
- Associate Professor Bob Huish, Associate Professor of International Development Studies at Dalhousie University: Fighting COVID-19 - Cuba’s important contribution. (MP4 344 MB)
- Dr Sarah Jefferies, Public Health Physician in the Intelligence Group at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR): National outbreak epidemiology in New Zealand. (MP4 330MB)
- Dr Shyamal Das, senior lecturer in the school of Pharmacy at the University of Otago: The Otago hand sanitiser solution for COVID-19. (MP4 1,139MB)
- Dr Aalisha Sahukhan, Acting Head of Health Protection in the Fiji Ministry of Health: How did Fiji beat COVID-19? (MP4 1,082MB)
- Associate Professor Tony Walls, paediatric infectious disease specialist in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Otago, Christchurch campus: Children and COVID-19. (MP4 947MB)
- Dr Kaaren Mathias, public health physician with a research focus on global mental health: COVID-19 and implications for global mental health. (MP4 1,004MB)
- Dr Marissa Kaloga, lecturer in the University of Otago’s Social and Community Work programme: Economic Justice, Social Determinants of Health, and New Zealand’s Post COVID Recovery. (MP4 100MB)
- Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General of Health of New Zealand: Communicating with the Public about COVID-19. (MP4 627MB)
- Professor Robert Patman, one of the University of Otago’s inaugural Sesquicentennial Distinguished Chairs with research interests in international relations, global security, US foreign policy, great powers, and the Horn of Africa: How has COVID-19 affected the global geo-political situation? (MP4 682MB)
- Associate Professor Brian Cox, director of the Hugh Adam Cancer Epidemiology Unit at University of Otago: What is the R value and why is it relevant to understanding COVID-19? (MP4 294MB)
- Dr Ayesha Verrall, infectious disease physician and epidemiologist at the Department of Pathology at the University of Otago, Wellington. Dr Susan Jack, public health specialist and epidemiologist, and is a Medical Officer of Health, Southern District Health Board. Dr Andrew Chen, Research Fellow with Koi Tū - the Centre for Informed Futures at the University of Auckland. Rapid case contact management: what is it and why is it important, how does it work in practice, and what is the role of technology to enhance it? (MP4 590MB)
- Associate Professor Angela Ballantyne’s academic interests include medical ethics education, research ethics, the ethics of pregnancy and reproductive technologies, and secondary use research with clinical data: Balancing utility and equity considerations in ICU triage. (MP4 148MB)
- Dr Matthew Parry, statistician in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Otago: How to understand modelling of COVID-19 spread. (MP4 49MB)
- Professor Miguel Quiῆones-Mateu, Webster Family Chair in Viral Pathogenesis in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Otago: What has been going on in the Otago COVID-19 laboratory? (MP4 414MB)
- Associate Professor James Ussher, immunologist and clinical microbiologist in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Otago and Southern Community Laboratories: How is a COVID-19 vaccine constructed and evaluated? (MP4 475MB) and How is COVID-19 diagnosed and what are the future diagnostic possibilities? (MP4 150MB)
- Associate Professor Patricia Priest, Head of the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine at the University of Otago: What is New Zealand’s strategy for surveillance of COVID-19 going forward? (MP4 296MB)
- Professor Stephen Knowles, Department of Economics at the University of Otago: The relative costs of intervening against COVID-19 across the world. (MP4 744MB)
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