The 2021 Public Health Summer School will offer 24 short courses (1–2 days long) presented by an outstanding faculty of public health academics and practitioners. There are 12 new courses as well as 12 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
- Survival skills for health researchers – 5 February
- How to write a paper – 11 February – note this course is now full
- Introduction to epidemiology – 5 February
- VHIN introduction to health research in the IDI – 4 February – on hold and likely to be deferred until 2022
- Introduction to R – 1 February
- Introduction to survival analysis – 10 February
- Intermediate concepts of applied statistics – 11 February
Qualitative methods
- Introduction to qualitative methods – 12 February
- Introduction to NVivo – 9 February
Evidence, economics and healthcare systems
- Introduction to the New Zealand health system – 4 February – note this course is now full
- Simulation modelling of interventions – 12 February
- Unseen algorithms in healthcare – 9 February
- Countering disinformation in the age of COVID-19 – 10 February
Māori and Pacific health and cultural competencies
- Hauora Māori: Introduction to models, processes and frameworks to advance wellbeing – 17 February – note this course is now full
- Introduction to Pacific health: Approaches for action – 3 February (Wellington – now full), 5 February (Auckland – places available)
Population mental health
- Kei te kōrero he rongoā: The healing power of stories for Māori suicide prevention, postvention and well-being – 15 February
Healthy public policy and law
- Public health law – 18 February
- Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) and Smokefree2025. Where to from here? – 16 February
- Hand in hand – tobacco, alcohol and policy measures – 17 February
- Eviction and its consequences – 18 February
Infectious diseases, environmental health and sustainability
- COVID-19: What we have learnt and where we are going – 1 February
- Post COVID-19 reset: Transformational opportunities for a healthier, fairer, more sustainable Aotearoa – 2, 3 February
- Building for zero carbon by 2050 – 16 February
- 2021 water reforms: A safer healthier, more sustainable drinking water supply system for Aotearoa – 19 February
Summer evening talks on public health
Four free evening talks have now been confirmed as part of our 2021 programme. These are:
1 February
The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic – The Right Honourable Helen Clark
10 February
Risk perception during a COVID-19 ‘info-demic’ and public health challenges for us in the future – Dr Jonathan Jarman
16 February
Building healthy homes for the zero carbon future – Dr Geoff Bertram
18 February
The Three Waters Review is missing the most important fourth water, the source water – Dr Mike Joy
Further details at Summer evening talks
