Emma was a Deputy Director at Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga 2016 to 2018 and now leads a research project. She is also the Director of Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora Māori o Ngāi Tahu (Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit) and a Lecturer in Māori Health, both in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine at the University of Otago.
