Researchers
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| Specialty | Research interests include HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, international health, and socioeconomic and quality of life consequences of illness. | ||||
| Science Interest (Past) |
I trained as a nurse and worked for a number of years in community health projects in Nepal. After returning to New Zealand in 1997 I completed a Master of Public Health, worked in the Dunedin School of Medicine's AIDS Epidemiology Group, and on a number of different research projects in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine.
After completing a PhD at the end of 2012, I joined the Centre for International Health (CIH) and worked with the Tuberculosis (TB) Research Group based in Bandung, Indonesia, until June 2016. I am now based again in New Zealand in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine at the University of Otago, working part-time in the CIH on TB-related projects, and part-time in the AIDS Epidemiology Group. Research interests include HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, international health, and socioeconomic and quality of life consequences of illness. |
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| Science Interest (Current) |
My current research is in two main areas:
1) HIV: I am the Leader of the AIDS Epidemiology Group, which has a contract with the New Zealand Ministry of Health for surveillance of HIV and AIDS in New Zealand. Key areas of research within this role include the cascade of care of PLHIV, stigma and discrimination and quality of life of PLHIV. 2) Tuberculosis: Main research projects include: - Active case finding of TB in high prevalence areas in Indonesia - Private practitioners role in TB diagnosis and notification in Indonesia - Latent TB and TB disease in health care workers in Indonesia - Out of pocket costs for people diagnosed with TB - Latent TB in Māori in New Zealand |
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