We have great pleasure in sharing the video recording of seminars presented by Public Health staff and visiting guests of University of Otago, Wellington (UOW).
Please note that not all seminars are able to be recorded. To enquire about seminars prior to 2017, please email publichealth.uow@otago.ac.nz
The following seminars can now be viewed by clicking on the titles below:
2023
- COVID‑19 in the UK: risk factors, infections, and mortality – Neil Pearce, 24 February
2021
- The Stoked Spokes project: Reconnecting Aotearoa with pedal power and postcards – Matthew Jenkins, 12 March
2020
- Broken-hearted cities: Why driving is the new smoking – Alex Dyer, 4 December
- Unpacking the issues in Māori suicide mortality review for takatāpui rangatahi – Clive Aspin
- Takatāpui/LGBTIQ+ Homelessness in Aotearoa New Zealand – Brodie Fraser, 23 October
- Standing Up for the Rights of Takatāpui through Political Representation – Tākuta Elizabeth Aiono Kerekere, 9 October
- Māori Suicide Prevention, Postvention and Mauri Ora – Kaupapa, Whakapapa, Moemoeā – Dr Keri Lawson-Te Aho, 2 October
- Reorienting health systems towards communities: Why do it? What are some good ideas for achieving it? – Dr Anna Matheson, 25 September
- Times Uncertain: A COVID Story – Dr Sydney Shep, 10 September
- The Arms Legislation Act 2020: Where to from here? – Dr Hera Cook, 21 August
- Effectiveness of hauora delivered school-based programmes, & kiri ora in preventing Rheumatic Fever – Dr John Malcolm, 7 August
- The cannabis referendum – Ross Bell, 31 July
- We just have to get them growing their own food – Dr Virginia Webb, 24 July
- Towards equal chances: age disparities in cancer survival – Dr Sophie Pilleron, 2 July
- The COVID–19 Elimination Strategy: Why it was the best choice for New Zealand – Professor Michael Baker and Professor Nick Wilson, 26 June
- The Moab 320 kilometre ultramarathon – Seth Campbell, 19 June
- Ethical pandemic control – Jim Thomas, 6 April
- Health impacts of 3 major wars on NZ military personnel and how much of the health burden could have been prevented – Nick Wilson, 5 March
- Gun control: Protecting our future with lessons learnt – Philip Alpers, 28 February
- Reflections on public health in the Pacific region – Colin Tukuitonga, 18 February
- The Emerging Coronavirus Epidemic Nick Wilson, Raina MacIntyre, 12 February
- Improving the mental health of the population – Anthony Jorm, 10 February
2019
- Caroline Shaw & Amanda D’Souza – Never Say Lecture Again – 13 December
- Helen Lockett – Improving the Effectiveness of Evidence-Based Practices: A case study example to improve the labour force participation of people experiencing mental health and addiction issues – 6 December
- Justin Richards – Physical activity and mental health: Taking a peek underneath the blanket – 15 November
- Diana Sarfati & Alec Ekeroma – Cancer control in the small island states of the Pacific – 8 November
- Geoff Bertram – Electricity Prices, Profits, and Productivity – 4 October
- Vince Galvin – The Construction of the 2018 Census File – 27 September
- Tina Ngata, Tāwhana Chadwick, Emalani Case – Deconstructing the Doctrine of Discovery – 23 September
- Natalia Kanem – Unfinished business: The pursuit of rights and choices for all – 17 September
- Liz Craig – From Child Health Advocacy to Politics: Reflections on Working for Social Change – 13 September
- Les Toop – Direct To Consumer Advertising of prescription medicines: for health or for profit? – 6 September
- Teresa Goza & Eve Rongo – Deconstructing power and privilege across the cancer continuum; an update on the cancer claim Wai 2647 (Slides) – 30 August
- Sheree Gibb, Andrea Teng, Nevil Pierse – Integrated Data for Public Health Research – 23 August
- Mike Bedford & Susan Bates – He mokopuna, he taonga? The reality of a broken childcare and ECE system – and a potential fix – 9 August
- Deborah Woodley – The future for public health at the Ministry of Health – 19 July
- Joreintje Mackenbach – Social and physical environments – what's in it for public health? – 9 July
- Esther Woodbury & Carey-Ann Morrison – Spaces of Belonging: disability, belonging and wellbeing – 5 July
- Hera Cook & Marie Russell – Gun policy in New Zealand after the Christchurch massacre – 28 June
- James Renwick – Climate change, climate action, and links to public health in New Zealand – 21 June
- Julia Milne – Common Unity Project Aotearoa (Slides) – 14 June
- Judith Katzenellenbogen – Linked data to quantify rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia: challenges and methods – 11 June
- Heather McLeod – Trajectories of Care at the End of Life in New Zealand (Technical Note, Slides, Policy Brief) – 24 May
- Kate Prickett – American Family Firearm Ownership, Policy, and Fatalities among Young Children – 10 May
- Kirsten Lovelock – The Hard Worker, Class, and the Material and Symbolic Significance of OccupationalHealth Outcomes – 12 April
- Janet Smylie – Decolonizing Indigenous Health Information Systems in Canada – Moving Beyond Patchwork Solutions (presentation slides) – 5 April
- Elizabeth Kerekere – Pride, ILGA, the World and Beyond – 15 March
- Diana Sarfati & Ellie Wernham – The story of an “inconvenient” maternity study – 8 March
- Jim Thomas – Harnessing the Power of Networks – 5 March
- Victoria Metcalf – Power & Justice in Citizen Science – 15 February
2018
- Richard Reid - Urban design to meet public health aims: A masterplan for Three Kings, Auckland - 7 December
- Dalice Sim - Adolescent smoking in New Zealand’s Pasifika: differences by ethnicity - 23 November
- Nick Wilson - 100 years ago this month: Public health reflections on the influenza pandemic and World War One - 16 November
- Peter Crampton - A comparison of the NZDep index of socioeconomic deprivation and the Index of Multiple Deprivation - 15 November
- Robert Tauxe - Learning from catastrophe: How better foodborne outbreak investigations can make food safer - 2 November
- Amanda Jones - Sugary drinks and the obesity epidemic in Canada: Beverage intake, interventions, and simulated taxes - 26 October
- Jeannine Stairmand, Cheryl Davies, Louise Signal - Cancer care journeys and clinical decision-making: An exemplar of Māori-centred research - 28 September
- Ashley Bloomfield - Successes, challenges and opportunities for public health in New Zealand - 21 September
- Joanne Baxter - Māori Health Workforce Development: transforming the landscape - 31 August
- Jude Ball - Sex, drugs, smokes & booze: What’s driving teen trends? - 24 August
- Lucy Telfar-Barnard - The Rental Housing ‘Warrant of Fitness’: from evidence to policy - 17 August
- Tim Chambers - The extent and nature of children’s real-time exposure to alcohol marketing - 10 August
- John D. Potter - Diet, human health, and planetary health - 27 July
- Hera Cook -What challenges does the growth of Female Cosmetic Genital Surgery present for the medical profession? - 20 July
- Siouxsie Wiles - The end of modern medicine? - 6 July
- Philippa Howden-Chapman & Nevil Pierse - How housing affects well-being: examples from a recent stocktake and public health practice and policy - 22 June
- Mike Bedford - Early Childhood Education in New Zealand: A hazard to child and teacher health? - 8 June
- Panel group - Behind the scenes in qualitative research - 1 June
- Ben Shrader - Crisis? What crisis? An overview of the National-led Government’s housing policies 2008 – 2017 - 25 May
- Jason Gurney - A limb lost every thirty seconds: Diabetes and lower-limb amputation - 18 May
- Tony Blakely - How much of Māori: European differences in mortality are due to socioeconomic position and smoking? - 4 May
- Barbara Israel - Community-Based Participatory Research: A partnership approach to promoting health equity in Detroit, Michigan - 20 Apr
- Richard Edwards, Louise Thornley - Endgames for smoking – what is happening internationally, and how does Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 compare? - 13 Apr
Powerpoint slides - Angela Bowen - Maternal Mental Health: The landscape in Canada and beyond…. - 6 Apr
- Louise Delany - Ensuring a public health lens on proposed legislation: why submissions are needed and how to prepare them - 16 Mar
- Keri Lawson Te-Aho - Māori and Indigenous suicide prevention: Global thinking, local action - 9 Mar
- Tim Moore - A Child’s First Thousand Days: An update on the latest research developments - 2 Mar
- Freddie Bray - Development and diversity: assessing the future burden of cancer worldwide 19 Feb
- Geoffrey Rice - Why do we still need to know about the 1918 influenza pandemic? 7 Feb
2017
- Nick Wilson, Jane McDonald - In bed with Siri and Google Assistant: A comparative analysis of sexual health advice - 15 Dec
- Michael Fletcher - Recent trends in welfare in New Zealand and priorities for policy reform - 8 Dec
- Louise Signal, Moira Smith, Tim Chambers - The world from a child’s perspective! Kids Cam: innovative research to improve the lives of New Zealand children - 10 November
- Caroline McElnay - Life at 133 - reflections on public health - 28 October
- Patricia Nez Henderson - Engaging American Indian Communities in Tobacco Control Research: Potential Relevance for Māori People? - 26 October
- Jeffrey Henderson - Profound geographic variation in cancer among American Indians and Alaska Natives: A curious case - 25 October
- Alistair Woodward - The Future of the Bicycle - 13 October
- Jason Gurney, Bridget Robson, James Stanley - Equal Explanatory Power: The What, Why and How - 6 October
- Wael Al-Delaimy - The Big Picture: the Shift from Public to Global Health - 2 October
- Anja Mizdrak - Health related food taxes and subsidies in the UK - 8 Sept
- Climate Change - Political forum - 7 Sept
- Barbara Burlingame - Sustainable diets as a public health imperative - 1 September
- Lynne Russell - “Ō mātou whakaaro” - What wāhine Māori think about smoking and about trying to quit - 18 August
- Shaun Awatere and Keriata Stuart - Urban planning informed by kaupapa Māori principles - 9 August
- Rebecca Kiddle, Amanda Thomas and Morten Gjerde - Imagining Decolonised Cities or Indigenising the City - 26 July
- Rachael Dean (Rural Women NZ) - Accessing health care - the realities for rural New Zealand - 21 July
- Jonathan Samet - The current state of tobacco control in the US: Lessons for NZ? - 20 July
- Julian Crane - At home with your microbes – new friends everywhere - 28 June
- Tony Blakely, Nick Wilson - Lessons so far comparing QALY gains and costs for multiple interventions: BODE3 league tables focusing on salt and tobacco interventions - 23 June
- Geoffrey Donovan - Public health benefits of urban trees - 16 June
- Nadine Dodge and Kain Glensor - Investing for Sustainable Transport - 15 June
- Ralph Chapman, Sylvia Allan and Roger Blakeley - Reflections on Better Urban Planning - 9 June
- Brenda Pilott - Privacy Issues for Community Social Services - 9 June
- Arthur Grimes and Philip S Morrison - Wages, Wellbeing & Location - 31 May
- Mike Joy - Our deadly nitrogen addiction - 26 May
- Louise Thornley - Tackling tobacco on small atolls: tales from a VSA stint in Tokelau - 19 May
- Suzanne Selig - Poisoning of a Community: The Impact of Social Injustice and Neglect - 30 March
- Jonathan Heeney - The Emergence of Zoonotic Viruses with Pandemic Potential - 27 March
- David Heymann - Towards a world free from the threat of emerging infectious diseases - 7 February
