Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 27 230 1522
- pauline.dawson@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Senior Lecturer
- Department
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Women’s Health (Dunedin)
- Qualifications
- RM BMid MMid PhD
- Research summary
- Health equity, social determinants of health, health geography, rural maternity care
- Teaching
- Convener ALM6 / trainee intern year O&G
- Teaches throughout the MBChB programme and Postgraduate Diploma in Obstetrics and Medical Gynaecology (PGDipOMG)
- Memberships
- New Zealand College of Midwives
- Editorial Board New Zealand College of Midwives Journal
- Perinatal Society of New Zealand
- Clinical
- Maintains practising Certificate through educational roles and community midwifery practice
Research
Pauline is a practising midwife whose aim is to improve outcomes and experiences for families through their childbearing journey. She centres equity in all her work.
Her PhD examined the barriers to equitable maternal health in Aotearoa and her master's thesis looked at birth place choices made in the Southern Aotearoa, particularly by those in rural areas.
Pauline has experience in large data set analysis and inferential modelling and is committed to data sovereignty principles and ethics. She also has experience in Foucauldian analysis of healthcare and data.