The 2019 Public Health Summer School will offer 30 short courses (1-4 days long) by an international faculty of public health academics and practitioners. There are 16 new courses as well as 14 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 enrol 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 - 11 Feb
- Introduction to epidemiology - 15 Feb
- Advanced epidemiology - 19,20,21,22 Feb
- Introduction to R - 14 Feb (This course is now full)
- Intermediate R: the tidyverse - 19 Feb (This course is now full)
- VHIN Introduction to health research in the IDI - 28 Feb
- Machine learning for health research - 18 Feb
- Digital health – Informatics for population health gain and equity - 25 Feb (This course is now full)
- Ethics of public and patient involvement in research: governance, democracy and social justice - 15 Feb
Qualitative Methods
- Introduction to qualitative methods - 13 Feb
- Introduction to NVivo - 15 Feb
Economics, Health Systems and Evidence
- Introduction to health economics - 22 Feb
- Prioritisation of health interventions - 19 Feb
- Introduction to the New Zealand health system - 22 Feb
- Literature review and basic meta-analysis skills - 12 Feb
- Systematic reviews for public health - 13 Feb
Communication and Influencing
- How to write a paper - 20 Feb (This course is now full)
- Media Savvy for Public Health - 20 Feb (This course is now full)
- Leading and Influencing in Public Health - 27 Feb
Māori and Pacific Health and Cultural Competencies
- Hauora Māori Foundations - 28 Feb
- Hauora Māori – towards tino rangatiratanga in Public Health - 1 Mar (This course is now full)
- Introduction to Pacific Health: Approaches for Action - 11 Feb
- Emerging issues in Pacific Health research - 12 Feb
Healthy Public Policy
- Child wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand - 11 Feb
- Cannabis Conundrums and Other Drug Policy Challenges - 26 Feb
- Regulating the retail supply of tobacco: moving research toward practice - 13 Feb
- Partnerships in complex environments: tools and techniques for effective outcomes - 26 Feb
