Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 6548<br />Mob +64 21 479 6548
- joanne.baxter@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Dean, Dunedin School of Medicine, Co-director Māori Health Workforce Development Unit, Professor of Māori Health
- Qualifications
- BHB MB ChB(Auck) MPH(Otago) FAFPHM FNZCPHM
- Research summary
- Research focused on Māori Health, equity, public health, and the health workforce.
- Teaching
Teaching Hauora Māori to medical students across all years. Contributing to the Māori Health major in the Bachelor of Health Science and a new post-graduate paper in Māori health. Guest lectures and workshops to diverse other students.
- Memberships
- Numerous internal and external committees including the National Health Workforce Advisory Committee
- Clinical
- Public health physician who teaches Māori health and works to support health service and policy responses to equity and Te Tiriti.
Research
Joanne Baxter (Poutini Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō) is a Public Health Medicine Physician. She is Dean of the Dunedin School of Medicine / Te Kura Whaiora o Ōtepoti and Co-director of the Māori Health Workforce Development Unit. She is also a member of the Ministry of Health’s Health Workforce Advisory Board.
Joanne is recognised for her research on Māori mental health, ethnic health inequalities, indigenous medical education and Māori health workforce development.
Joanne has played a critical role in strategic Māori development within the Health Sciences Division including leading a team to dramatically increase the recruitment, retention and achievement of Māori students in health sciences and health professional programmes.