Joanne Baxter

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Joanne Baxter
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago

Joanne Baxter is a New Zealand Māori public health physician and academic and affiliates with the iwi of Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha and Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō. She is a professor and director of Kōhatu, Centre for Hauora Māori at the University of Otago.[1]

Academic career[]

Baxter was educated at Queen Charlotte College in Picton, where she was head girl in her final year.[2] She has an MB ChB from the University of Auckland and a master of public health from the University of Otago,[3] where she has been employed since 2008. Her research focusses on Māori health and mental health, dangerous drinking of alcohol and health inequalities.[4] She was promoted to full professor effective from 1 February 2020.[1]

Baxter was a finalist for Te Ururangi Award for Education in the 2017 Matariki Awards, alongside Dame Georgina Kingi, who won the award, and .[5]

Selected works[]

  • Jack F. Dummer; Emma Tumilty; Debbie Hannah; Kathryn McAuley; Jo Baxter; Fiona Doolan-Noble; Simon Donlevy; Tim Stokes (10 February 2020). "Health Care Utilisation and Health Needs of People with Severe COPD in the Southern Region of New Zealand: A Retrospective Case Note Review". COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: 1–7. doi:10.1080/15412555.2020.1724275. ISSN 1541-2555. PMID 32037897. Wikidata Q89618611.
  • Emma Tumilty; Fiona Doolan-Noble; Anna Tiatia Fa Atoese Latu; et al. (1 June 2020). "'A balancing act'. Living with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Southern New Zealand: a qualitative study". Journal of Primary Health Care. 12 (2): 166–172. doi:10.1071/HC20007. ISSN 1172-6156. PMID 32594984. Wikidata Q96774030.
  • Sara R Jaffee; Judith L Sligo; Helena M McAnally; Aroha E Bolton; Joanne M Baxter; Robert J Hancox (21 November 2020). "Early-onset and recurrent depression in parents increases risk of intergenerational transmission to adolescent offspring". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. doi:10.1111/JCPP.13356. ISSN 1469-7610. PMID 33222168. Wikidata Q102321025.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "30 new Professors for the University of Otago". University of Otago. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ^ Butterfield, Tania (2 June 2011). "Pathway for Maori pupils". Marlborough Express. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Ahorangi / Professor Joanne Baxter". University of Otago. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Associate Professor Joanne Baxter". Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. ^ Kaire-Melbourne, Kimiora (21 July 2017). "Māori educators recognised for shaping generations". Te Ao Māori News. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

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