We are a large team of researchers, supported by a Rōpū Kaitiaki | Advisory Board
Lead Researchers
Meet our Lead researchers, based at Te Hikuwai Rangahau Hauora | Health Services Research Centre, Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington
Dr Lynne Russell
Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Porou
Senior Māori Researcher,
Co-principal Investigator and Rōpū Māori Lead
Dr Mona Jeffreys Epidemiologist and Co-Principal Investigator
Dr Marianna Churchward
Lotofaga, Faleasiu, Samoa
Senior Pacific researcher and Pacific Team Lead
Te Rōpū Kaitiaki | Advisory Board
Our Rōpu Kaitiaki | Advisory Board is guided by Witeria (Witi) Ashby, (Pou Tikanga), Whaea Iris Pahau (Tāngata Whenua co-Chair) and Tuiloma Lina-Jodi Samu (Tāngata Tiriti co-Chair).
Matua Witeria (Witi) Ashby
Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Kawa
Pou Tikanga
Whaea Iris Pahau
Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kuri, Ngāti Awa
Tangata Whenua Kaitaki
Tuiloma Lina-Jodi Vaine Samu
Salelesi, Faleula, Sapunaoa, Falealili, Pu’apu’a i Savai’i, Samoa
Tangata Tiriti Kaitiaki
Te Rōpū Kaitiaki | Advisory Board members with lived experience of COVID-19
Hamuera Evans
Te Iwi Mōrehu
Lived experience of COVID-19
Jenene Crossan
Ngāi Tahu
Lived experience of COVID-19
Donna Glossop
Nurse and lived experience of COVID-19
Tuala Tagaloa Tamasese Tusani
Lived experience of COVID-19
… and other members of Te Rōpū Kaitiaki | Advisory Board
Dr Tristram Ingham
Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou
Epidemiologist, Kaupapa Māori researcher, Tangata Whaikaha disability researcher
Bernadette Jones
Ngā Wairiki, Ngāti Apa
Kaupapa Māori researcher, Tangata Whaikaha disability researcher
Dr Donna Cormack
Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe
Epidemiologist, Kaupapa Māori researcher and member of Te Rōpū Whakakaupapa Urutā
Tagaloa Dr Junior Ulu
Pacific health community leader
Dr Raymond Hutubessy
WHO, international health economics advisor
Prof Colin Simpson
Epidemiologist
Prof Aziz Sheikh
Epidemiologist, lead for Scottish arm of COVIDENCE UK Study
Other members of the research team
Dr Analosa Veukiso-Ulugia
Research Fellow – Pacific
Beate Noldan
Project Manager
Dr Rebecca (Bex) Bell
Kāi Tahu, Rangitāne
Senior Māori Researcher
Dr Janet McDonald
Qualitative and disability researcher
Dr Jackie Cumming
Health services researcher and health economist
Dr Claire O’Loughlin
Qualitative researcher
Dr Conroy Wong
Respiratory physician and clinical researcher
Dr Fiona Mckenzie
Epidemiologist
Dr Huhana Hickey MNZM
Ngāti Tāhinga, Whakatōhea, Tainui
Senior Māori Researcher
Dr Jesse Kokaua
Biostatistician – Pacific
Dr Kirsten Smiler
Te Whānau a Kai, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Te Whakatōhea
Senior Kaupapa Māori disability researcher
Dr Lanuola Asiasiga
Research Fellow – Pacific
Laura Kamau
Ngāti Poporo, Ngāi Te Rākatō
Māori Researcher
Dr Lis Ellison Loschmann
Te Ātiawa, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Toa Rangitira, Ngāti Raukawa
Epidemiologist
Dr Megan Pledger
Statistician
Dr Maite Irurzun Lopez
Health Economist
Dr Sione Vaka
Research Fellow – Pacific
Myra Tautau
Research Fellow – Pacific
Elizabeth (Dewes) Barnao
Ngāti Porou
Research Assistant
James Shanly
Summer Scholar
Tali Uia
Research Assistant
Art and illustrations
Ephraim Russell
Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki,
Rongowhakata, Ngāi Tamanuhiri, Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Whakatohea, Rangitane,
Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha, Ngāi Tahu
Māori mixed media visual artist
Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho
Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Kahungungu, Kai tahu, Fale’ula
Illustrator
Learn more about the art and illustrations used for the study here.