MB ChB, PhD, DCH, MPH, FNZCPHM
Senior Lecturer
Contact details
Email amanda.dsouza@otago.ac.nz
Research interests and activities
Dr Amanda D’Souza (she/her) is a public health physician with expertise in children’s health and wellbeing.
Amanda is a senior lecturer and deputy-HoD (operational) in the Department of Public Health, Wellington. Amanda convenes and teaches the postgraduate course on public policy and health systems (PUBH714) and teaches the undergraduate public health module for medical students. Amanda has a background in child health from policy, practice, and community sector perspectives. She has a special interest in child and youth health promotion; equity in childhood; public policy; children’s rights; early childhood; and child maltreatment prevention. Her PhD explored the consideration of children in policy development through case studies of Sweden, Australia, and Aotearoa.
Amanda is a Fellow of the NZ College of Public Health Medicine, a member of the Paediatric Society of New Zealand, and chair of the Children’s Rights Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand.