Speakers

Dr Corina Grey is a public health physician and epidemiologist. She is currently the New Zealand Director of Public Health, a key statutory role that provides national leadership and advice on public health matters. Corina has more than 20 years’ experience in various roles across the health system and public sector, including most recently as Deputy Secretary of Policy and Insights at the Ministry for Pacific Peoples. She has published extensively in the areas of cardiovascular epidemiology, health equity and Pacific health, and from 2020-2023 was co-principal investigator of Manawataki Fatu Fatu, a research programme focused on equity in heart health for Māori and Pacific peoples. Corina authored a chapter on Pacific health data in the first Pacific health textbook, published earlier this year, and is passionate about making data accessible and meaningful to improve population health.

Prof Karin Leder is a clinician, epidemiologist and public health professor. She leads collaborative research related to environmental exposures, including climate-related impacts.

At Monash University, she co-leads the Planetary Health Division at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and is the inaugural Director of Monash’s Health and Climate Initiative.

She has extensive experience convening transdisciplinary experts and leading complex research programs, particularly Director of Research for the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) program.

Additionally, she is a clinical infectious diseases specialising in spread of infections across international borders.

I joined the LSHTM at the beginning of 2011, after working in New Zealand for the previous 30 years. I originally trained in biostatistics, before moving over to do a PhD in epidemiological methods. Since the completion of my PhD in epidemiology in 1985 I have been engaged in a wide range of public health research activities. My current research interests focus on epidemiological and biostatistical methods, and their application to studies of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including occupational and environmental health, asthma, kidney disease and neurological disease. I have a particular interest in global epidemiological studies. I am a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ) and the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSCi) and Past-President of the International Epidemiological Association (IEA).

Professor Marion Saville AM is an anatomical pathologist and cytopathologist, and the Executive Director of the Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer, a role she has held since 2000. A recognised leader in cervical cancer prevention, she has served on cervical screening advisory committees in Australia, New Zealand and Ontario, and currently chairs the review of Australia’s National Cervical Screening Program guidelines. Her career spans senior cytology roles across Australia and New Zealand, supported by specialist cytopathology training and HPV research fellowships in the United States. Professor Saville was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 2020 for her significant contributions to women’s health.

Peter Ellis is the Director of the Statistics for Development Division at the Pacific Community (SPC).

His team of around 45 helps Pacific Island national statistical offices collect, process, analyse and disseminate data for official statistics in multiple demographic, social and economic domains.

Peter is an Accredited Statistician with the Statistical Society of Australia. Previous roles include Chief Data Scientist at Nous Group, Manager Sector Performance at New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, and Director Program Evaluation for the Australian aid program.

His personal blog on statistical issues is at https://freerangestats.info.