MB ChB, PhD, DCH, MPH, FNZCPHMSenior LecturerContact 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 in the Department of Public Health, Wellington, and convenes 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 and a member of the Paediatric Society and the Children's Rights Alliance.