MB ChB, MPH, FAFPHM
Research Professor; TRRHAEP
Contact details
Tel +64 4 832 3223
Email ricci.harris@otago.ac.nz
Research interests and activities
Professor Ricci Harris (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Raukawa) is a public health physician and Kaupapa Māori epidemiologist at Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare.
Her research is primarily concerned with upholding Māori rights to health and health equity as ensured by Te Tiriti o Waitangi and in-line with International Indigenous Rights.
She draws on Kaupapa Māori Research theory to undertake and develop decolonial approaches to epidemiology that centre Māori and are contextualised within systems of ongoing racism and colonialism. This has included research into the classification of ethnicity, ethnic disparities in health status and receipt of health services, and the impact of racism on Māori health and inequities.