The 2020 Public Health Summer School will offer 32 short courses (1-2 days long) by an international faculty of public health academics and practitioners. There are 14 new courses as well as 18 of our most popular core courses. Courses vary from small group computer lab classes to interactive workshops and multi-speaker symposiums.
You are invited to register in a single course or create a programme based on your interests. Read more about each course below or to go straight to registration, click on this button.
Denotes a new courseResearch, Epidemiology, Big Data and Statistical Methods
- Getting started in public health research - 17 Feb
- How to write a paper - 20 Feb (This course is now full)
- Introduction to epidemiology - 14 Feb
- Survey research: Getting helpful answers to important questions - 19 Feb
- VHIN Introduction to health research in the IDI - 26 Feb
- IDI data analysis: Practical introduction - 27,28 Feb Note – course deferred until 2021
- Introduction to R - 10 Feb
- Intermediate R: the tidyverse - 12 Feb
- GIS techniques in health research - 13,14 Feb (This course is now full)
- Machine learning for health research - 17 Feb
Qualitative Methods
- Introduction to qualitative methods - 12 Feb
- Introduction to NVivo - 18 Feb
Economics, Health Systems and Evidence
- Introduction to health economics - 21 Feb
- Introduction to the New Zealand health system - 17 Feb
- Literature review and basic meta-analysis skills - 11 Feb
- Prioritisation of health interventions - 24 Feb
- Simulation of preventive interventions: health & cost impacts - 18 Feb
Māori and Pacific Health and Cultural Competencies
- Hauora Māori foundations - 28 Feb (This course is now full)
- Hauora Māori: Towards tino rangatiratanga in public health - 20 Feb (This course is now full)
- Introduction to Pacific Health: Approaches for Action - 10 Feb (Wellington), 14 Feb (Auckland)
- Important issues for Pacific populations - 11 Feb Note – course deferred until 2021
- Countering implicit bias and racism in healthcare - 19 Feb (This course is now full)
Population Mental Health
- Māori suicide prevention research, policy & practice - 24 Feb
- Youth mental health from a population perspective - 10 Feb
Healthy Public Policy and Law
- Public health law - 27 Feb (This course is now full)
- The harmful commodities industries: Joining the dots between alcohol, gambling, junk food, and tobacco - 19 Feb
- Modifying tobacco products to realise the Smokefree 2025 Goal? - 26 Feb
- Preventing Cancer Symposium - 18 Feb
- Firearms and New Zealand: Where to from here? - 28 Feb
Environmental Health and Infectious Diseases
- Improving housing standards for co-benefits for energy efficiency, carbon mitigation and health - 11 Feb
- Disaster management and public health - 24,25 Feb
- Responding to a mystery epidemic in the Pacific - 12 Feb
Summer evening talks on Public Health
Summer talks - 10 Feb to 28 Feb
