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BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD

Research Fellow: He Kāinga Oranga | Housing and Health Research Programme, Te pokapū rōnaki tāone-nui | The New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities, Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington

Contact details

Tel +64 4 832 3359
Email ayo.fasoro@otago.ac.nz
Google Scholar Ayodeji Fasoro

Research interests and activities

Ayo has a background in epidemiology and biostatistics. He has a strong interest in addressing population health determinants and turning complex data into useful insights to inform practice.

Ayo is currently using Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) datasets to work on two research programmes:

  • Research to maximise the health and well-being gains from housing, and Housing children and youth: Ensuring Aotearoa’s future get the best start possible with He Kāinga Oranga – Housing and Health Research Programme
  • Public housing and urban regeneration: maximising wellbeing with the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities Research Programme

Research Interests:

  • Housing and health
  • Healthy ageing
  • Social determinants of health
  • Communicable and non-communicable disease epidemiology

Publications

Fraser, B., Jiang, T., Aspinall, C., Pehi, T., Ombler, J., McMinn, C., … Fasoro, A., … Pierse, N. (2026). Evaluating fifth-year outcomes Housing First for women in Aotearoa New Zealand. Discover Public Health, 23, 198. doi: 10.1186/s12982-026-01547-4 Journal - Research Article

Bello, C. B., Raji, O. M., Adarabioyo, M. I., Fadare, R. I., Oni, O. I., & Fasoro, A. (2025). Predictors of psychological distress among postpartum women at a tertiary health institution in Nigeria. Discover Mental Health, 5, 206. doi: 10.1007/s44192-025-00345-9 Journal - Research Article

Fasoro, A., Chisholm, E., Howden-Chapman, P., & Pierse, N. (2025). The association between social housing concentration and the education and health outcomes of social housing tenants: A cross-sectional study of over 200,000 people in New Zealand. Urban Studies. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/00420980251376932 Journal - Research Article

Fasoro, A., Fraser, B., Howden-Chapman, P., & Pierse, N. (2025). Public housing serves those with the greatest need—contrary to Government's review claims. The Briefing, (29 October). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/public-housing-serves-those-greatest-need-contrary-governments-review-claims Journal - Research Other

Fasoro, A., Fraser, B., Howden-Chapman, P., & Pierse, N. (2025). Disparities in need: Comparing public housing tenants and Accommodation Supplement recipients in Aotearoa New Zealand. Housing & Society. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/08882746.2025.2563756 Journal - Research Article

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