Dr Julie Winter-Smith

Julie Winter-Smith (‘Alaki Fonua/Pelehake, Tonga and Daku, Fiji) is a Professional Teaching Fellow at the University of Auckland and leads Pūtahi Manawa’s Fatu Malosi Summer Research Programme. Julie completed her PhD in Population Health in 2024. Her doctoral research used Statistics New Zealand’s Integrated Data Infrastructure to explore the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease among different Pacific ethnic groups, including how this differs for Pacific peoples born outside of New Zealand. Julie is passionate about achieving heart health equity for Pacific peoples and building the Pacific heart health research workforce pipeline.

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