Joanne Baxter

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]

Joanne Baxter
Born
Joanne Mary Baxter
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Otago

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]

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.[7] Baxter has twice been honoured by Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa / The Māori Medical Practitioners Association, winning the Maarire Goodall Award in 2013,[8] and the Ngākau Award in 2019.[9] In 2022, she won the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award at the Osmosis Raise the Line Faculty Awards.[10]

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. "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. 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.
  8. "Dr Maarire Goodall Award". Te ORA. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  9. "Dr Paratene (Pat) Ngata – Ngakau Ora Award". Te ORA. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  10. "Awards and achievements" (PDF). University of Otago Magazine. No. 56. July 2023. p. 41. Retrieved 11 August 2023.


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