2021 COVID-19 Masterclass Opinion Editorials 22 November–5 December
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2020 COVID-19 Masterclass webinars 22 June–3 July
Recordings of the Masterclass webinars, delivered by a range of Otago and international experts, are available to view below. The relevant Q+A will be posted next to each recording, when responses have been received from the speakers.
Videos of the live-streamed webinars are also available on the OGHI Facebook page and YouTube
Professor Michael Baker
Infectious diseases epidemiologist with an extensive publication record on pandemics and related research
The COVID-19 elimination strategy: Why it was the best choice for New Zealand.(MP4 231MB)
Associate Professor Angela Ballantyne
Medical ethicist
Balancing utility and equity considerations in ICU triage. (MP4 148MB)
Professor Joanne Baxter
Associate Dean (Māori) at the Kōhatu Centre for Hauora Māori at the University of Otago
Understanding key issues for Māori in the COVID-19 policy and health response. (MP4 190MB)
Dr Ashley Bloomfield
Director-General of Health of New Zealand
Communicating with the Public about COVID-19. (MP4 267MB)
Associate Professor Brian Cox
Director of the Hugh Adam Cancer Epidemiology Unit at University of Otago
What is the R value and why is it relevant to understanding COVID-19? (MP4 294MB)
Dr Shyamal Das
Senior lecturer in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Otago
The Otago hand sanitiser solution for COVID-19. (MP4 64MB)
Professor Philip Hill
McAuley Chair in International Health and Co-Director of the Otago Global Health Institute and the Centre for International Health at the University of Otago
Understanding Global COVID-19 health statistics. (MP4 183MB)
Associate Professor Bob Huish
Associate Professor of International Development Studies at Dalhousie University
Fighting COVID-19 - Cuba's important contribution. (MP4 344 MB)
Dr Noelyn Hung
Anatomical pathologist with subspecialist interest in perinatal pathology
The performance and pathological findings of COVID-19-positive autopsy.(MP4 353MB)
Dr Sarah Jefferies
Public Health Physician in the Intelligence Group at the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR)
National outbreak epidemiology in New Zealand. (MP4 330MB)
Dr Marissa Kaloga
Lecturer in the University of Otago's Social and Community Work programme
Economic Justice, Social Determinants of Health, and New Zealand's Post COVID Recovery. (MP4 100MB)
Professor Stephen Knowles
Department of Economics at the University of Otago
The relative costs of intervening against COVID-19 across the world. (MP4 91MB)
Dr Kaaren Mathias
Public health physician with a research focus on global mental health
COVID-19 and implications for global mental health. (MP4 63MB)
Dr Matthew Parry
Statistician in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Otago
How to understand modelling of COVID-19 spread. (MP4 49MB)
Professor Robert Patman
Sesquicentennial Distinguished Chair with research interests in international relations, global security, US foreign policy, great powers, and the Horn of Africa
How has COVID-19 affected the global geo-political situation? (MP4 260MB)
Associate Professor Patricia Priest
Head of the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine at the University of Otago
What is New Zealand's strategy for surveillance of COVID-19 going forward? (MP4 296MB)
Professor Miguel Quiῆones-Mateu
Webster Family Chair in Viral Pathogenesis in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Otago
What has been going on in the Otago COVID-19 laboratory? (MP4 175MB)
Dr Aalisha Sahukhan
Acting Head of Health Protection in the Fiji Ministry of Health
How did Fiji beat COVID-19? (MP4 77MB)
Professor James Ussher
Immunologist and clinical microbiologist in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Otago and Southern Community Laboratories
How is a COVID-19 vaccine constructed and evaluated? (MP4 475MB)
How is COVID-19 diagnosed and what are the future diagnostic possibilities? (MP4 150MB)
Dr Ayesha Verrall, Dr Susan Jack, and Dr Andrew Chen
Dr Ayesha Verrall, infectious disease physician and epidemiologist at the Department of Pathology at the University of Otago, Wellington. Dr Susan Jack, public health specialist and epidemiologist, and is a Medical Officer of Health, Southern District Health Board. Dr Andrew Chen, Research Fellow with Koi Tū - the Centre for Informed Futures at the University of Auckland.
Rapid case contact management: what is it and why is it important, how does it work in practice, and what is the role of technology to enhance it? (MP4 251MB)
Associate Professor Tony Walls
Paediatric infectious disease specialist in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Otago, Christchurch campus:
Children and COVID-19. (MP4 68MB)
Global Health Bytes webinars
Short monthly webinars (third Wednesday of the month, 4-4:30pm NZ time) on a range of global-health topics.
Next Global Health Byte: TBC
- Join via Zoom Password: 303183, or
- In person on the University of Otago Dunedin campus: Room AVC3, Disability Information & Support, Student Learning Centre Offices (Central Library/Information Services Building), Albany Street
Instructions for Global Health Bytes participants (PDF 412KB)
Instructions for Global Health Bytes speakers (PDF 458KB)
Recorded Global Health Bytes webinars
- 19 February 2020: Preventive TB treatment in people with Diabetes – a new global strategyProfessor Philip Hill (PDF 783KB)
- 19 February 2020: Preventive TB treatment in people with Diabetes – a new global strategy Professor Philip Hill (MP4 167MB)
- 18 March 2020: Maternal and child health, women's empowerment and ethnic diversity Professor David Fielding (PDF 779KB)
- 18 March 2020: Maternal and child health, women's empowerment and ethnic diversityProfessor David Fielding (MP4 375MB)
- 20 May 2020: Colonizing Madness: Asylum and Community in Fiji Associate Professor Jacqui Leckie (PDF 799KB)
- 20 May 2020: Colonizing Madness: Asylum and Community in Fiji Associate Professor Jacqui Leckie (MP4 407MB)
- 19 August 2020: Smokeless tobacco and areca nut control – integral part of COVID-19 management strategyDr Priya Mohan (PDF 780KB)
- 19 August 2020: Smokeless tobacco and areca nut control – integral part of COVID-19 management strategyDr Priya Mohan (MP4 212MB)
- 16 September 2020: Does vitamin insufficiency in low income settings affect COVID-19 susceptibility and outcomes?Associate Professor Anitra Carr (PDF 778KB)
- 16 September 2020: Does vitamin insufficiency in low income settings affect COVID-19 susceptibility and outcomes? Associate Professor Anitra Carr (MP4 108MB)
- 21 October 2020: COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand: insights from genomicsDr Jemma L. Geoghegan, University of Otago (PDF 780KB)
- 21 October 2020: COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand: insights from genomics Dr Jemma L. Geoghegan, University of Otago (MP4 134MB)
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17 March 2021: An Undetected Outbreak of Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii within the Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole Hospital linked to Middlemore Hospital
Ms Lupeoletalalelei Isaia, University of Otago (PDF 1.1MB) - 17 March 2021: An Undetected Outbreak of Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii within the Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole Hospital linked to Middlemore Hospital
Ms Lupeoletalalelei Isaia, University of Otago (MP4 172MB)
- 16 June 2021: Samoan children's sense of place: experiential landscapes in an urban village Dr Christina Ergler, University of Otago (PDF 810KB)
- 16 June 2021: Samoan children's sense of place: experiential landscapes in an urban village Dr Christina Ergler, University of Otago (MP4 154MB)
- 18 August 2021: Crowdfunded Care in Aotearoa: National insights into the global phenomenon of online medical crowdfunding Dr Susan Wardell, University of Otago (PDF 806KB)
- 18 August 2021: Crowdfunded Care in Aotearoa: National insights into the global phenomenon of online medical crowdfunding Dr Susan Wardell, University of Otago (MP4 232MB)
- 22 September 2021: The threat of carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Fiji Sakiusa Cabe Baleivanualala, University of Otago (PDF 815KB)
- 22 September 2021: The threat of carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumanii in Fiji Sakiusa Cabe Baleivanualala, University of Otago (MP4 126MB)
Global health engagement
Summary literature review of best practice in global health engagement (PDF 427KB)
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