Joanne Baxter

Joanne Baxter
Born
Joanne Mary Baxter
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago
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Joanne Mary Baxter is a New Zealand Māori public health medicine 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,[1] and co-director of the Māori Health Workforce Development Unit at the University of Otago. Baxter took up the position of dean of the Dunedin School of Medicine on 1 July 2022, and is the first Māori woman in the role.[2]

Academic career

Baxter was educated at Queen Charlotte College in Picton, where she was head girl in her final year.[3] She was one of ten recipients of a Ngarimu Scholarship for undergraduates in 1982.[4] She has MB ChB degrees from the University of Auckland and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Otago,[5] where she has been employed since 2000. Baxter is a member of the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine (NZCPHM). Her research focusses on Māori health and mental health, health inequalities, Māori health workforce and medical education.[6] She was promoted to full professor effective from 1 February 2020.[1]

Honours and awards

In 2016, Baxter was a key team member of the Dunedin Study led by Richie Poulton, that won that year's Prime Minister's Science Prize.[7] Baxter was a finalist for Te Ururangi Award for Education in the 2017 Matariki Awards, alongside Dame Georgina Kingi, who won the award, and Robert Jahnke.[8] Baxter has twice been honoured by Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa / The Māori Medical Practitioners Association, winning the Maarire Goodall Award in 2013,[9] and the Ngākau Award in 2019.[10] In 2022, she won the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award at the Osmosis Raise the Line Faculty Awards.[11]

Selected works

  • Jack 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. ^ a b "30 new professors for the University of Otago". University of Otago. 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Otago appoints new Dean to Dunedin School of Medicine". University of Otago. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. ^ Butterfield, Tania (2 June 2011). "Pathway for Maori pupils". Marlborough Express. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Ngarimu scholars". Tu Tangata. No. 7. 1 August 1982. p. 16. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Ahorangi / Professor Joanne Baxter". University of Otago. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Associate Professor Joanne Baxter". Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Prime Minister's Science Prize winner 2016". Prime Minister's Science Prizes. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  8. ^ Kaire-Melbourne, Kimiora (21 July 2017). "Māori educators recognised for shaping generations". Te Ao Māori News. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Dr Maarire Goodall Award". Te ORA. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Dr Paratene (Pat) Ngata – Ngakau Ora Award". Te ORA. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Awards and achievements" (PDF). University of Otago Magazine. No. 56. July 2023. p. 41. Retrieved 11 August 2023.


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