Dr Karen Wright
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Senior Lecturer- Medical
Karen Wright (Kāi Tahu) is a public health physician and senior lecturer at Te Kupenga Hauora Māori. She is medically trained and has fellowships in both general practice and public health medicine. Karen has 14 years of health sector experience and has worked in various roles within primary and secondary care including population health, planning and funding, and innovation and improvement. She is passionate about system and service transformation to uphold Indigenous rights and achieve equitable health outcomes. Karen coordinates the Tōmaiora Summer Student Programme and teaches hauora Māori into both clinical and non-clinical programmes.
Rangahau · Related projects
Project lead: Dr Karen Wright Kāi Tahu The University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau (Host) Māori in Aotearoa experience large and persistent differences in health outcomes compared to non-Māori in nearly all health conditions. While causation of these unfair and unjust differences is understandably complex, differential access to health care services…
View projectMā te mōhio ka mārama: Understanding the primary care data and digital landscape to support hauora Māori and Māori health equity in Aotearoa
Project lead: Dr Karen Wright Kāi Tahu The University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau (Host)
Māori in Aotearoa experience large and persistent differences in health outcomes compared to non-Māori in nearly all health conditions. While causation of these unfair and unjust differences is understandably complex, differential access to health care services and differences in the quality of care received are contributing factors.
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Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu
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Professor Deidre Brown
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Ngāti Tiipā, Ngāti Paoa, Ngāti Tamaoho, Ngāti Porou
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Ella Ruth Newbold
Associate Professor Aroha Harris
Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Dr Aroha Harris belongs to Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi. Her research interests span Māori and iwi histories of Māori policy…