Selected work
Work
Six pieces of analytical and policy work from my Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health, with full context for each. They cover different methodologies: health impact assessment, regulatory analysis, applied biostatistics, comparative health systems analysis, health promotion, and policy writing. I completed the diploma with distinction.
Note on context. All six pieces below were prepared as part of postgraduate coursework at the University of Otago as part of my Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health. They are presented here as samples of my analytical writing and methodology, not as live published research.
Health Impact Assessment
Community Water Fluoridation in Wellington & Taranaki
A complete Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in support of an iwi-led submission on the proposed Fluoridation Referendum Bill, with a full Environmental Health Risk Assessment appendix covering hazard identification through to risk management.
Parliamentary Submission
Restoring Evidence-Based Smokefree Policy in Aotearoa
A mock submission to the Health Committee recommending restoration of the three tobacco control measures repealed in 2025, with critical analysis from the Committee perspective and a phased implementation pathway.
Quantitative Analysis
Predictors of Adolescent Stress: a Regression Study
A multivariable linear regression analysis in a cohort of 1,332 adolescents, including full diagnostic assessment, confounder testing, and interaction analysis, with a plain-language summary translating the findings for non-technical readers.
Policy Essay
Institutional Racism, Housing, and Hauora Māori
A policy essay examining how institutional racism within Aotearoa's housing system affects Māori wellbeing across all four dimensions of Te Whare Tapa Whā, with comparative analysis of indigenous housing outcomes in Canada and Australia.
Comparative Health Systems Analysis
Healthcare in the United States and Singapore
A structured comparison of two high-income health systems, one market-driven and one state-coordinated. It looks at how political economy, governance, and national values shape health outcomes and costs. The US spends three times more than Singapore per person, and achieves worse results.
Health Promotion Analysis
Education as a Determinant of Health for Māori
A critical four-part analysis of how colonisation and neoliberal education reform produced health inequities for Māori, and how Ka Hikitia and Kura Kaupapa Māori function as upstream health promotion interventions, assessed through Te Pae Mahutonga.