Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 4328
- nese.conway@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Senior Lecturer
- Qualifications
- DPHC MBBS MPH PGDHSM
Additional details
From the beautiful islands of Tuvalu, Nese Ituaso Conway has recently taken up a role at the Va’a o Tautai – Centre for Pacific Health as a Senior Lecturer at the Otago Medical School, as well as taken up the role as Acting Deputy Co-director alongside Talai Nabalagi.
Dr Ituaso Conway was one of the first Tuvaluan females to graduate as medical doctors. Her work experience includes the role of Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister of Tuvalu and previously was the Director of Public Health in Tuvalu with wide networks, connections and work experience in the Pacific region in healthcare, climate change, labour mobility schemes and good governance. Her background in health services management ties in with her interests in health community education and emerging burdens of disease in the Pacific region.
In the current role she leads the teaching of the Pacific Health curriculum at the Otago Medical School, in collaboration with teachers from other campuses, and fosters support and growth of Pacific health research and services with students and Pacific communities in New Zealand and the region.
Publications
Emont, J. P., Ko, A. I., Homasi-Paelate, A., Ituaso-Conway, N., & Nilles, E. J. (2017). Epidemiological investigation of a diarrhea outbreak in the South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu during a severe La Niña-associated drought emergency in 2011. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 96(3), 576-582. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0812 Journal - Research Article
Asher, I., Haahtela, T., Selroos, O., Ellwood, P., Ellwood, E., the Global Asthma Network Study Group, including Hancox, R., … Pattemore, P., & Ituaso-Conway, N. (2017). Global Asthma Network survey suggests more national asthma strategies could reduce burden of asthma. Allergologia et Immunopathologia, 45(2), 105-114. doi: 10.1016/j.aller.2016.10.013 Journal - Research Article
Lan, L.-J., Lien, Y.-S., Wang, S.-C., Ituaso-Conway, N., Tsai, M.-C., Tseng, P.-Y., … Hsiao, Y.-P. (2015). Dermatological disorders in Tuvalu between 2009 and 2012. Molecular Medicine Reports, 12(3), 3629-3631. doi: 10.3892/mmr.2015.3806 Journal - Research Article
Gass, K., Beau de Rochars, M. V. E., Boakye, D., Bradley, M., Fischer, P. U., Gyapong, J., … Ituaso-Conway, N., … Lammie, P. (2012). A multicenter evaluation of diagnostic tools to define endpoints for programs to eliminate Bancroftian Filariasis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 6(1), e1479. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001479 Journal - Research Article
Massey, P. D., Viney, K., Kienene, T., Tagaro, M., Itogo, N., Ituaso-Conway, N., & Durrheim, D. N. (2011). Ten years on: Highlights and challenges of directly observed treatment short-course as the recommended TB control strategy in four Pacific Island nations. Journal of Rural & Tropical Public Health, 10, 44-47. Journal - Research Article