Meet our panel of medical specialists

Research Review New Zealand works with over 70 local medical specialists to select and advise on the most important research from around the world. They advise on what really matters, what impact it has on local healthcare and what we need to do in our daily practice to accomodate new skills and knowledge. Select a category below to see more about each of our expert advisors.

Professor Shanthi Ameratunga

Professor Shanthi Ameratunga

Professor Shanthi Ameratunga has a personal chair in Epidemiology at the University of Auckland. A paediatrician and public health physician by training, Shanthi’s research focuses on trauma outcomes, injury prevention, disability and youth health. She is the Project Director of the Traffic Related Injury in the Pacific (TRIP) Study, a collaboration with the Fiji National University funded by The Wellcome Trust and the Health Research Council of New Zealand... read more »

Associate Professor Elsie Ho

Associate Professor Elsie Ho

Associate Professor Elsie Ho is Director of Population Mental Health and Director of the Centre for Asian and Ethnic Minority Health Research at the School of Population Health, the University of Auckland. Her major research interests are in the areas of migration, diversity and Asian health and wellbeing. She has a firm commitment to developing inclusive societies that value diversity and optimise human potential and resources... read more »